2011–12 New Jersey Nets season

The 2011–12 New Jersey Nets season was the 45th season of the franchise, their 36th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 35th and final season in New Jersey before moving to Brooklyn, New York and changing their name to the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012–13 season. The Nets finished 22–44, last in the Atlantic Division and 12th overall in the Eastern Conference and failed to make the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season. Point guard Deron Williams led the team in scoring (21.0), assists (8.7), and minutes per game (36.3) and was the team's lone selection in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game. Forward Kris Humphries led the team with 11.0 rebounds and 1.19 blocks per game and games played (62).

2011–12 New Jersey Nets season
Head coach	Avery Johnson
Owners	Mikhail Prokhorov
Arena	Prudential Center
Results
Record	22–44 (.333)
Place	Division: 5th (Atlantic) Conference: 12th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	YES Network, WWOR
Radio	WFAN
< 2010–11 2012–13 >

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]
• December 26: The regular season started with a victory against the Washington Wizards.
• April 23: The Nets play their final game in New Jersey against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club Team
1	25	MarShon Brooks	G	United States	Providence
2	31	Bojan Bogdanović	F	Croatia	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2	36	Jordan Williams	F	United States	Maryland

Roster

2011–12 New Jersey Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G/F 9 MarShon Brooks 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989-01-26 Providence G 2 Jordan Farmar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1986-11-30 UCLA PG 1 Sundiata Gaines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986-04-18 Georgia SF 14 Gerald Green 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986-01-26 Gulf Shores Academy (TX) PF 43 Kris Humphries 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1985-02-06 Minnesota SF 10 Damion James 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987-10-07 Texas PG 7 Armon Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989-02-23 Nevada C 11 Brook Lopez 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1988-04-01 Stanford SG 22 Anthony Morrow 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-09-27 Georgia Tech C 27 Johan Petro 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 247 lb (112 kg) 1986-01-27 France G/F 92 DeShawn Stevenson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1981-04-03 Washington Union HS (CA) SF 45 Gerald Wallace 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982-07-03 Alabama G 8 Deron Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1984-06-26 Illinois F/C 20 Jordan Williams 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1990-10-11 Maryland F/C 33 Shelden Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1983-10-21 Duke

Head coach Avery Johnson Assistant(s) P. J. Carlesimo Mario Elie Tom Barrise Doug Overton Popeye Jones Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured

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 scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 17 New York L 83–92 Brook Lopez Anthony Morrow (15) Brook Lopez (11) Deron Williams (6) Prudential Center 13,027 0–1 2 December 21 @ New York L 82–88 Deron Williams (21) Shelden Williams Johan Petro (10) Deron Williams (7) Madison Square Garden 0–2
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Boston Celtics	39	27	.591	–	24–9	15–18	8–6	66
x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	3	22–11	14–19	8–6	66
x-Philadelphia 76ers	35	31	.530	4	19–14	16–17	7–6	66
Toronto Raptors	23	43	.348	16	13–20	10–23	7–8	66
New Jersey Nets	22	44	.333	17	9–24	13–20	5–9	66

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Chicago Bulls	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Miami Heat *	46	20	.697	4.0	66
3	x-Indiana Pacers *	42	24	.636	8.0	66
4	y-Boston Celtics	39	27	.591	11.0	66
5	x-Atlanta Hawks	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Orlando Magic	37	29	.561	13.0	66
7	x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Philadelphia 76ers	35	31	.530	15.0	66
9	Milwaukee Bucks	31	35	.470	19.0	66
10	Detroit Pistons	25	41	.379	25.0	66
11	Toronto Raptors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
12	New Jersey Nets	22	44	.333	28.0	66
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	21	45	.318	29.0	66
14	Washington Wizards	20	46	.303	30.0	66
15	Charlotte Bobcats	7	59	.106	43.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 22–44 (Home: 9–24; Road: 13–20)
December: 1–3 (home: 0–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 26 @ Washington W 90–84 Deron Williams (23) Kris Humphries (16) Deron Williams (9) Verizon Center 17,102 1–0 2 December 27 Atlanta L 70–106 Marshon Brooks (17) Kris Humphries (6) Sundiata Gaines (4) Prudential Center 18,711 1–1 3 December 29 @ Orlando L 78–94 Marshon Brooks (17) Kris Humphries (10) Deron Williams (7) Amway Center 18,954 1–2 4 December 30 @ Atlanta L 98–105 Deron Williams (23) Kris Humphries (13) Deron Williams (6) Philips Arena 16,300 1–3
January : 6–12 (home: 2–5; road: 4–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 January 1 @ Cleveland L 82–98 Anthony Morrow (15) Mehmet Okur (8) Deron Williams (5) Quicken Loans Arena 15,084 1–4 6 January 2 Indiana L 94–108 Deron Williams (22) Marshon Brooks (7) Deron Williams (8) Prudential Center 12,519 1–5 7 January 4 @ Boston L 70–89 MarShon Brooks (17) Shelden Williams (9) Farmar & Gaines (6) TD Garden 18,624 1–6 8 January 6 @ Toronto W 97–85 Morrow & D. Williams (24) Kris Humphries (16) Deron Williams (6) Air Canada Centre 16,771 2–6 9 January 7 Miami L 90–101 Kris Humphries (25) Shelden Williams (13) Deron Williams (10) Prudential Center 18,711 2–7 10 January 9 Atlanta L 101–106 Anthony Morrow (20) Marshon Brooks (10) Deron Williams (14) Prudential Center 12,259 2–8 11 January 11 @ Denver L 115–123 Jordan Farmar (26) Kris Humphries (9) Deron Williams (13) Pepsi Center 14,139 2–9 12 January 13 @ Phoenix W 110–103 Deron Williams (35) Mehmet Okur (7) Deron Williams (14) US Airways Center 15,191 3–9 13 January 14 @ Utah L 94–107 Kris Humphries (18) Kris Humphries (10) Deron Williams (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,557 3–10 14 January 16 @ L. A. Clippers L 91–101 Marshon Brooks (19) Brooks & S. Williams (8) Jordan Farmar (7) Staples Center 19,060 3–11 15 January 18 Golden State W 107–100 Monta Ellis (30) Kris Humphries (15) Deron Williams (10) Prudential Center 4–11 16 January 21 Oklahoma City L 74–84 Russell Westbrook (21) Kris Humphries (16) Deron Williams (6) Prudential Center 4–12 17 January 22 Charlotte W 97–87 MarShon Brooks (20) Kris Humphries (10) Deron Williams (10) Prudential Center 5–12 18 January 23 @ Chicago L 95–110 Richard Hamilton (22) Joakim Noah (10) Richard Hamilton (10) United Center 5–13 19 January 25 @ Philadelphia W 97–90 (OT) Deron Williams (34) Kris Humphries (19) Deron Williams (11) Wells Fargo Center 6–13 20 January 27 @ Cleveland W 99–96 Kyrie Irving (32) Kris Humphries (11) Deron Williams (10) Quicken Loans Arena 7–13 21 January 29 Toronto L 73–94 DeMar DeRozan (27) Shelden Williams (9) José Calderón (9) Prudential Center 7–14 22 January 31 @ Indiana L 99–106 Deron Williams (34) Roy Hibbert (14) Deron Williams (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7–15
February : 4–10 (home: 1–7; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 February 1 Detroit W 99–96 Deron Williams (26) Shelden Williams (11) Deron Williams (9) Prudential Center 8–15 24 February 3 Minnesota L 105–108 Anthony Morrow (42) Nikola Peković (11) Deron Williams (14) Prudential Center 8–16 25 February 4 New York L 92–99 Jeremy Lin (25) Kris Humphries (12) Deron Williams (11) Madison Square Garden 8–17 26 February 6 Chicago L 87–108 Deron Williams (25) Joakim Noah (12) CJ Watson (11) Prudential Center 8–18 27 February 8 Detroit L 92–99 Deron Williams (34) Kris Humphries (16) Deron Williams (7) Prudential Center 8–19 28 February 10 @ Detroit L 92–109 Jonas Jerebko (20) Greg Monroe (11) Sundiata Gaines (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 8–20 29 February 11 San Antonio L 89–103 Deron Williams (27) Tim Duncan (10) Deron Williams (8) Prudential Center 8–21 30 February 15 Memphis L 100–105 Deron Williams (26) Marreese Speights (18) Deron Williams (11) Prudential Center 8–22 31 February 16 @ Indiana L 88–93 Danny Granger (32) Roy Hibbert (11) Paul George (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8–23 32 February 18 @ Chicago W 97–85 Deron Williams (29) Kris Humphries (18) Deron Williams (8) United Center 9–23 33 February 19 Milwaukee L 85–92 Ersan İlyasova (29) Ersan İlyasova (25) Shaun Livingston (6) Prudential Center 9–24 34 February 20 @ New York W 100–92 Deron Williams (38) Kris Humphries (14) Jeremy Lin (9) Madison Square Garden 10–24 35 February 22 Orlando L 91–108 Marshon Brooks (24) Dwight Howard (17) Deron Williams (8) Prudential Center 10–25 All-Star Break 36 February 28 @ Dallas W 93–92 Brook Lopez (38) Kris Humphries (15) Deron Williams (12) American Airlines Center 11–25
March: 8–10 (home: 4–6; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 37 March 2 @ Boston L 94–107 Brook Lopez (28) Kevin Garnett (10) Rajon Rondo (13) TD Garden 11–26 38 March 4 @ Charlotte W 104–101 Deron Williams (57) Kris Humphries (13) Boris Diaw (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 12–26 39 March 6 @ Miami L 78–108 Deron Williams (16) Johan Petro (8) Deron Williams (4) American Airlines Arena 19,600 12–27 40 March 7 L. A. Clippers W 101–100 Deron Williams (21) Kris Humphries (11) Deron Williams (10) Prudential Center 18,711 13–27 41 March 9 @ Charlotte W 83–74 Kris Humphries (20) Kris Humphries (15) Jordan Farmar (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 14,672 14–27 42 March 10 Houston L 106–112 Gerald Green (26) Johan Petro (9) MarShon Brooks (7) Prudential Center 14,834 14–28 43 March 12 Milwaukee L 99–105 Kris Humphries (31) Kris Humphries (18) Jordan Farmar (7) Prudential Center 12,930 14–29 44 March 14 Toronto W 98–84 Gerald Green (26) Kris Humphries (21) Marshon Brooks (5) Prudential Center 10,701 15–29 45 March 16 @ Orlando L 70–86 Dwight Howard (18) Ryan Anderson (11) Jameer Nelson (6) Amway Center 18,938 15–30 46 March 17 New Orleans L 94–102 Chris Kaman (20) Kris Humphries (16) Deron Williams (12) Prudential Center 11,271 15–31 47 March 19 Cleveland L 100–105 Deron Williams (28) Antawn Jamison (13) Deron Williams (8) Prudential Center 11,254 15–32 48 March 21 Washington L 89–108 Jordan Crawford (23) Kris Humphries (16) John Wall (8) Prudential Center 10,097 15–33 49 March 23 @ Atlanta L 84–93 Josh Smith (30) Josh Smith (12) Deron Williams (8) Philips Arena 14,129 15–34 50 March 24 Charlotte W 102–89 Kris Humphries (20) Kris Humphries (16) Deron Williams (14) Prudential Center 13,297 16–34 51 March 26 Utah L 84–105 Paul Millsap (24) Paul Millsap (13) Devin Harris (11) Prudential Center 10,310 16–35 52 March 28 Indiana W 100–84 Deron Williams (30) Kris Humphries (8) Deron Williams (9) Prudential Center 10,817 17–35 53 March 30 @ Golden State W 102–100 Gerald Wallace (24) Gerald Wallace (18) Deron Williams (20) Oracle Arena 19,596 18–35 54 March 31 @ Sacramento W 111–99 Anthony Morrow (24) Kris Humphries (12) Deron Williams (15) Power Balance Pavilion 14,370 19–35
April : 3–9 (home: 2–5; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 55 April 3 @ L. A. Lakers L 87–91 Deron Williams (20) Kris Humphries (15) Deron Williams (6) Staples Center 18,997 19–36 56 April 4 @ Portland L 88–101 Kris Humphries (21) Kris Humphries (11) MarShon Brooks (6) Rose Garden 20,464 19–37 57 April 6 Washington W 110–98 Gerald Wallace Deron Williams (19) Kris Humphries (12) Deron Williams (13) Prudential Center 12,783 20–37 58 April 8 Cleveland W 122–117 (OT) Gerald Green (32) Kris Humphries (11) Deron Williams (10) Prudential Center 11,341 21–37 59 April 10 Philadelphia L 88–107 Kris Humphries (20) Kris Humphries (10) Deron Williams (5) Prudential Center 15,376 21–38 60 April 13 @ Philadelphia W 95–89 Johan Petro (23) Kris Humphries (13) Deron Williams (10) Wells Fargo Center 19,169 22–38 61 April 14 Boston L 82–94 Gerald Green (15) Jordan Williams (14) Deron Williams (14) Prudential Center 18,711 22–39 62 April 16 Miami L 98–101 Kris Humphries (29) Kris Humphries (8) Sundiata Gaines (7) Prudential Center 18,711 22–40 63 April 18 New York L 95–104 Gerald Wallace (21) Kris Humphries (15) Sundiata Gaines (6) Prudential Center 18,711 22–41 64 April 21 @ Milwaukee L 95–106 Gerald Wallace (18) Gerald Wallace (11) Gerald Wallace (4) Bradley Center 15,939 22–42 65 April 23 Philadelphia L 87–105 MarShon Brooks (18) Kris Humphries (12) MarShon Brooks Gerald Wallace (4) Prudential Center 18,711 22–43 66 April 26 @ Toronto L 67–98 Armon Johnson Anthony Morrow (11) Johan Petro (12) Armon Johnson (5) Air Canada Centre 18,161 22–44
2011–12 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

New Jersey Nets statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Keith Bogans[1]	5	1	18.8	.381	.250	.400	2.2	.6	.4	.0	4.2
MarShon Brooks	56	47	29.4	.428	.313	.764	3.6	2.3	.9	.3	12.6
Andre Emmett[1]	6	0	7.5	.571	.000	.625	1.0	0.2	.3	.2	2.2
Jordan Farmar	39	5	21.3	.467	.440	.905	1.6	3.3	.6	.1	10.4
Sundiata Gaines	57	12	13.9	.376	.341	.615	1.9	2.2	1.0	.0	5.1
Gerald Green	31	2	25.2	.481	.391	.754	3.5	1.1	.9	.5	12.9
Dennis Horner[1]	8	0	2.8	.250	.000	.750	.6	.0	.0	.0	.6
Kris Humphries	62	62	34.9	.481		.752	11.0	1.5	.8	1.2	13.8
Damion James	7	7	24.3	.371	.000	.667	4.7	.4	1.0	1.0	4.9
Armon Johnson[1]	8	0	14.9	.452	.333	1.000	1.5	1.4	.5	.0	5.6
Brook Lopez	5	5	27.2	.494		.625	3.6	1.2	.2	.8	19.2
Anthony Morrow	62	18	26.4	.413	.371	.933	2.0	1.0	.7	.1	12.0
Mehmet Okur	17	14	26.7	.374	.319	.600	4.8	1.8	.5	.3	7.6
Larry Owens[1]	7	0	10.7	.364	.400	.750	1.9	.6	.0	.1	1.9
Johan Petro	59	10	15.6	.419	1.000	.838	3.8	.8	.4	.4	4.2
Jerry Smith[1]	5	0	9.2	.214	.167		1.4	.8	1.0	.0	1.4
DeShawn Stevenson	51	30	18.8	.285	.283	.563	2.0	.8	.4	.1	2.9
Gerald Wallace	16	16	35.8	.416	.385	.859	6.8	3.1	1.4	.7	15.2
Deron Williams	55	55	36.3	.407	.336	.843	3.3	8.7	1.2	.4	21.0
Jordan Williams	43	5	14.8	.507		.652	3.6	.3	.5	.3	4.6
Shawne Williams	25	6	20.6	.286	.241	.727	2.7	.6	.4	.4	4.5
Shelden Williams	58	35	22.0	.478		.731	6.0	.6	.8	.7	4.6

• ¹ Statistics with the New Jersey Nets.

Awards, records and milestones

• Deron Williams was selected for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game. It was his third appearance.
• On March 4, Deron Williams set a new franchise record for points scored in a game with 57 in a 104–101 win against the Charlotte Bobcats.^[2]

Injuries

• Brook Lopez had a fracture in his right foot during the pre-season that required surgery and ended up missing the first 32 games of the regular season.^[3] He returned on February 19, 2012, and played five games before twisting his right ankle, an injury that ultimately aggravated the previous one sustained before the regular season. The Nets decided to place him on the injured list for the remainder of the season.^[4]
• Shawne Williams had surgery on February to remove bone fragments from his left foot and missed the remainder of the season.^[5]
• On February 8, Keith Bogans fractured his left ankle and tore his deltoid ligament in a game against the Detroit Pistons and missed the remainder of the season.^[6]
• Damion James had surgery on his right foot and was out for the season after playing in seven games.^[7]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft MarShon Brooks Jordan Williams Via free agency Keith Bogans Gerald Green Dennis Horner Larry Owens DeShawn Stevenson Shelden Williams Shawne Williams Via trade Mehmet Okur Gerald Wallace 10-day contracts Andre Emmett Armon Johnson Jerry Smith

Players Lost Via trade Mehmet Okur Shawne Williams Via free agency Mario West Brandan Wright Sasha Vujačić Waived Keith Bogans Stephen Graham Dennis Horner Larry Owens Travis Outlaw Ben Uzoh

Trades

June 23, 2011	To New Jersey Nets Draft rights to Bojan Bogdanović	To Minnesota Timberwolves 2013 second round pick Cash considerations
June 23, 2011	To New Jersey Nets Draft rights to MarShon Brooks	To Boston Celtics Draft rights to JaJuan Johnson 2014 second round pick
December 22, 2011	To New Jersey Nets Mehmet Okur	To Utah Jazz Future second round pick
March 15, 2012	To New Jersey Nets Gerald Wallace	To Portland Trail Blazers Mehmet Okur Shawne Williams Conditional 2013 second round pick

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Dennis Horner	December 9	Springfield Armor (D-League)
Shelden Williams	December 13	New York Knicks
Shawne Williams	December 16	New York Knicks
Kris Humphries	December 21	Re-signed
DeShawn Stevenson	December 23	Dallas Mavericks
Larry Owens	January 18	Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
Keith Bogans	January 31	Chicago Bulls
Gerald Green	March 18	After signing two 10-day contracts

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Sasha Vujačić	July 15	Anadolu Efes (Turkey)
Mario West	August 2	Tezenis Verona (Italy)
Brandan Wright	December 9	Dallas Mavericks
Ben Uzoh	December 19	Charlotte Bobcats

Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends.^[8] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.^[9]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Deron Williams	July 16	Beşiktaş Milangaz (Turkey)	Yes[10]
Jordan Farmar	August 3	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)	Yes[11]
Ben Uzoh	October 1	Lokomotiv-Kuban (Russia)	No[12]
Dan Gadzuric	October 4	Jiangsu Dragons (China)	No[13]
Jordan Williams	November 20	Zastal Zielona Góra (Poland)	Yes[14]

See also

• 2011–12 NBA season