2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season is the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 34th season in Southern California, and their 28th season in Los Angeles. Following the 2011 NBA lockout each team only played 66 games instead of the usual 82. The Clippers finished 40-26, their best winning percentage in franchise history.^[1] They finished the season as the #5 seed in the Western Conference. In the playoffs, they lost to the San Antonio Spurs 0-4 in the Western Conference semi-finals.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[2]

Summary

NBA Draft 2011

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
2	37	Trey Thompkins	PF	United States	Georgia
2	47	Travis Leslie	G	United States	Georgia

Roster

2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 1.5 !G 1 Billups, Chauncey  7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1976–09–25 Colorado 1.5 !G 12 Bledsoe, Eric 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–12–09 Kentucky 4.0 !F 5 Butler, Caron 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1980–03–13 Connecticut 4.0 !F 30 Evans, Reggie 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–05–18 Iowa 1.5 !G 4 Foye, Randy 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1983–09–24 Villanova 4.0 !F 15 Gomes, Ryan 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1982–09–01 Providence 4.0 !F 32 Griffin, Blake (C) 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1989–03–16 Oklahoma 6.0 !C 6 Jordan, DeAndre 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1988–07–21 Texas A&M 1.5 !G 23 Leslie, Travis (DL) 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1990–03–29 Georgia 4.0 !F 2 Martin, Kenyon 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1977–12–30 Cincinnati 1.5 !G 3 Paul, Chris (C) 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985–05–06 Wake Forest 4.0 !F 21 Simmons, Bobby 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980–06–02 DePaul 4.0 !F 33 Thompkins, Trey 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1990–05–29 Georgia 1.5 !G 25 Williams, Mo 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982–12–19 Alabama 2.5 !G/F 11 Young, Nick 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985–06–01 Southern California	Head coach Vinny Del Negro Assistant coach(es) Marc Iavaroni Dean Demopoulos Robert Pack Dave Severns Howard Eisley Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2012–03–29

Roster notes

• Forward Caron Butler becomes the 17th former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.
• Forward Bobby Simmons makes his second tour of duty with the Clippers. He played for the team from 2003–2005.

Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scraped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

Regular season

Standings

Game log

First Round

(4) Memphis Grizzlies vs. (5) Los Angeles Clippers

Conference Semifinals

(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (5) Los Angeles Clippers

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

See also

2011–12 NBA season

References

1. ↑ Markazi, Arash. Report cards: Del Negro. ESPN. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
2. ↑ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2010.