2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to the 2011 NBA lockout the regular season was shortened to 66 games. The Trail Blazers finished the season in 11th place in the Western Conference with a 28–38 record. It was the last season with head coach Nate McMillan, who was fired on March^[1] and with starting shooting guard Brandon Roy, who announced his retirement.^[2] The Trail Blazers also parted ways with their number one pick from the 2007 NBA draft Greg Oden after an injury-marred short career with the team.^[3]

2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Nate McMillan (fired) Kaleb Canales (interim)
General manager	Chad Buchanan
Owner(s)	Paul Allen
Arena	Rose Garden
Results
Record	28–38 (.424)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest) Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KGW CSN Northwest
Radio	KXTG
< 2010–11 2012–13 >

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[4]

Draft

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
1	21	Nolan Smith	PG/SG	United States	Duke
2	51	Jon Diebler	SG	United States	Ohio State

Roster

2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From F 12 LaMarcus Aldridge 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985–07–19 Texas F 8 Luke Babbitt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1989–06–20 Nevada F 88 Nicolas Batum 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–12–14 France G 11 Jamal Crawford 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1980–03–20 Michigan G 5 Raymond Felton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1984–06–26 North Carolina G 3 Jonny Flynn 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989–02–06 Syracuse F 21 J. J. Hickson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1988–09–04 NC State G 2 Wesley Matthews 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986–10–14 Marquette C 10 Joel Przybilla 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1979–10–10 Minnesota F 83 Craig Smith 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1983–11–10 Boston College G 4 Nolan Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–25 Duke C 34 Hasheem Thabeet 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1987–02–16 Connecticut F/C 40 Kurt Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1972–10–04 TCU G 9 Elliot Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–06–20 Memphis F 7 Shawne Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–02–16 Memphis

Head coach Nate McMillan Kaleb Canales Assistant(s) Bernie Bickerstaff Larry Greer Bob Ociepka Buck Williams Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

Game log

2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 19 Utah W 110–90 Wesley Matthews (17) Chris Johnson (6) Jamal Crawford (7) Rose Garden 1–0 2 December 21 @ Utah L 89–92 Raymond Felton (17) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) Jamal Crawford (5) EnergySolutions Arena 1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Oklahoma City Thunder	47	19	.712	–	26‍–‍7	21‍–‍12	10–3	66
x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	9.0	20‍–‍13	18‍–‍15	6–7	66
x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	11.0	25‍–‍8	11‍–‍22	9–4	66
Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	19.0	20‍–‍13	8‍–‍25	4–10	66
Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	21.0	13‍–‍20	13‍–‍20	4–9	66

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-San Antonio Spurs *	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	47	19	.712	3.0	66
3	y-Los Angeles Lakers *	41	25	.621	9.0	66
4	x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9.0	66
5	x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	12.0	66
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	14.0	66
9	Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16.0	66
10	Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	17.0	66
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	22.0	66
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	24.0	66
13	Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
14	Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	28.0	66
15	New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 28–38 (Home: 20–13; Road: 8–25)
December: 3–0 (home: 3–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 26 Philadelphia W 107–103 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) Marcus Camby (13) Raymond Felton (8) Rose Garden 20,509 1–0 2 December 27 Sacramento W 101–79 Gerald Wallace (25) Marcus Camby (9) Raymond Felton (6) Rose Garden 20,350 2–0 3 December 29 Denver W 111–102 Wes Matthews (25) Marcus Camby (12) LaMarcus Aldridge (6) Rose Garden 20,531 3–0
January: 9–9 (home: 6–1; road: 3–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 January 1 @ L. A. Clippers L 88–93 Jamal Crawford (23) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Raymond Felton (8) Staples Center 19,060 3–1 5 January 3 @ Oklahoma City W 103–93 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) Gerald Wallace (10) Raymond Felton (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 4–1 6 January 5 L. A. Lakers W 107–96 Gerald Wallace (31) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Raymond Felton (10) Rose Garden 20,444 5–1 7 January 6 @ Phoenix L 77–102 LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Marcus Camby (11) Jamal Crawford Nolan Smith (3) US Airways Center 16,235 5–2 8 January 8 Cleveland W 98–78 LaMarcus Aldridge (28) Marcus Camby (9) Raymond Felton (7) Rose Garden 20,292 6–2 9 January 10 L. A. Clippers W 105–97 Gerald Wallace (20) Marcus Camby (11) Raymond Felton (8) Rose Garden 20,381 7–2 10 January 11 Orlando L 104–107 Jamal Crawford (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (8) Raymond Felton (8) Rose Garden 20,467 7–3 11 January 13 @ San Antonio L 83–99 LaMarcus Aldridge (29) Gerald Wallace (12) Raymond Felton (7) AT&T Center 18,581 7–4 12 January 14 @ Houston L 105–107 (OT) Nicolas Batum (29) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (5) Toyota Center 11,676 7–5 13 January 16 @ New Orleans W 84–77 LaMarcus Aldridge (22) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Raymond Felton (12) New Orleans Arena 14,759 8–5 14 January 18 @ Atlanta L 89–92 Jamal Crawford (22) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) Raymond Felton (8) Philips Arena 13,729 8–6 15 January 20 @ Toronto W 94–84 LaMarcus Aldridge (33) LaMarcus Aldridge (23) LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (5) Air Canada Centre 17,537 9–6 16 January 21 @ Detroit L 91–94 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) Nicolas Batum (9) Raymond Felton (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,456 9–7 17 January 23 Sacramento W 101–89 Jamal Crawford (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (16) Three players (5) Rose Garden 20,363 10–7 18 January 24 Memphis W 97–84 LaMarcus Aldridge (23) Marcus Camby (22) Jamal Crawford (4) Rose Garden 20,602 11–7 19 January 25 @ Golden State L 93–101 LaMarcus Aldridge (18) Marcus Camby (16) Raymond Felton (7) Oracle Arena 17,923 11–8 20 January 27 Phoenix W 109–71 LaMarcus Aldridge (23) Marcus Camby (20) Jamal Crawford (10) Rose Garden 20,664 12–8 21 January 30 @ Utah L 89–93 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) Gerald Wallace (9) Raymond Felton (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,328 12–9
February: 6–8 (home: 4–4; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 22 February 1 Charlotte W 112–68 Jamal Crawford (24) Marcus Camby (7) Raymond Felton (7) Rose Garden 20,608 13–9 23 February 2 @ Sacramento L 92–95 LaMarcus Aldridge (28) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Raymond Felton (10) Power Balance Pavilion 11,740 13–10 24 February 4 Denver W 117–97 Nicolas Batum (33) Marcus Camby (20) Jamal Crawford (8) Rose Garden 20,583 14–10 25 February 6 Oklahoma City L 107–111 (OT) LaMarcus Aldridge (39) Marcus Camby (15) Jamal Crawford (5) Rose Garden 20,559 14–11 26 February 8 Houston L 96–103 Jamal Crawford (21) Gerald Wallace (9) Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (6) Rose Garden 20,350 14–12 27 February 10 @ New Orleans W 94–86 Jamal Crawford (31) LaMarcus Aldridge Marcus Camby (7) Jamal Crawford (8) New Orleans Arena 14,421 15–12 28 February 11 @ Dallas L 94–97 (OT) LaMarcus Aldridge (33) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Nicolas Batum (3) American Center 20,457 15–13 29 February 14 Washington L 109–124 Nicolas Batum (33) Marcus Camby (12) Gerald Wallace (8) Rose Garden 20,558 15–14 30 February 15 @ Golden State W 93–91 Gerald Wallace (24) Marcus Camby (11) Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (6) Oracle Arena 17,934 16–14 31 February 16 L. A. Clippers L 71–74 Nicolas Batum Jamal Crawford (19) Three players (6) Marcus Camby Gerald Wallace (4) Rose Garden 20,665 16–15 32 February 18 Atlanta W 97–77 Nicolas Batum (22) LaMarcus Aldridge Kurt Thomas (10) Raymond Felton (8) Rose Garden 20,635 17–15 33 February 20 @ L. A. Lakers L 92–103 LaMarcus Aldridge Nicolas Batum (18) Marcus Camby (13) Nicolas Batum Jamal Crawford (5) Staples Center 18,997 17–16 34 February 21 San Antonio W 137–97 LaMarcus Aldridge (21) Gerald Wallace (10) Jamal Crawford (8) Rose Garden 20,567 18–16 All-Star Break 35 February 29 @ Denver L 95–104 Jamal Crawford (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Raymond Felton (7) Pepsi Center 15,715 18–17
March: 6–11 (home: 4–4; road: 2–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 March 1 Miami L 93–107 LaMarcus Aldridge (20) Marcus Camby Wesley Matthews (7) Three players (4) Rose Garden 20,597 18–18 37 March 3 Minnesota L 110–122 Nicolas Batum (29) Gerald Wallace (14) LaMarcus Aldridge Raymond Felton (4) Rose Garden 20,644 18–19 38 March 5 New Orleans W 86–74 Nicolas Batum (19) Marcus Camby (16) Raymond Felton (10) Rose Garden 20,520 19–19 39 March 7 @ Minnesota L 94–106 Raymond Felton (23) Gerald Wallace (9) Raymond Felton, Gerald Wallace (9) Target Center 17,118 19–20 40 March 9 @ Boston L 86–104 LaMarcus Aldridge (22) Marcus Camby (10) Raymond Felton (4) TD Garden 18,624 19–21 41 March 10 @ Washington W 110–99 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Jamal Crawford Raymond Felton (5) Verizon Center 18,071 20–21 42 March 13 @ Indiana L 75–92 LaMarcus Aldridge (17) Joel Przybilla Gerald Wallace (6) Raymond Felton (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,933 20–22 43 March 14 @ New York L 79–121 LaMarcus Aldridge Gerald Wallace (15) Gerald Wallace (12) Raymond Felton Gerald Wallace (3) Madison Square Garden 19,763 20–23 44 March 16 @ Chicago W 100–89 LaMarcus Aldridge (21) Nicolas Batum (9) Raymond Felton (5) United Center 22,022 21–23 45 March 18 @ Oklahoma City L 95–111 Jamal Crawford (23) Joel Przybilla (11) Raymond Felton (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 21–24 46 March 20 Milwaukee L 87–116 LaMarcus Aldridge Wesley Matthews (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Raymond Felton (9) Rose Garden 20,387 21–25 47 March 22 Memphis W 97–93 Nicolas Batum (24) Wesley Matthews (9) Raymond Felton (9) Rose Garden 20,636 22–25 48 March 23 @ L. A. Lakers L 96–103 LaMarcus Aldridge (29) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Raymond Felton (6) Staples Center 18,997 22–26 49 March 25 Golden State W 90–87 Raymond Felton (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Raymond Felton (7) Rose Garden 20,636 23–26 50 March 27 Oklahoma City L 95–109 J. J. Hickson (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (8) Jonny Flynn (5) Rose Garden 20,626 23–27 51 March 29 New Orleans W 99–93 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Raymond Felton (10) Rose Garden 20,499 24–27 52 March 30 @ L. A. Clippers L 97–98 J. J. Hickson (29) J. J. Hickson (13) Raymond Felton (8) Staples Center 19,060 24–28
April: 4–10 (home: 3–4; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 53 April 1 Minnesota W 119–106 LaMarcus Aldridge (26) J. J. Hickson (9) Raymond Felton (11) Rose Garden 20,359 25–28 54 April 2 Utah L 97–102 Wesley Matthews (33) Nicolas Batum (10) Raymond Felton (8) Rose Garden 20,050 25–29 55 April 4 New Jersey W 101–88 LaMarcus Aldridge (24) Nicolas Batum (10) Raymond Felton (9) Rose Garden 20,464 26–29 56 April 6 @ Dallas W 99–97 (OT) Raymond Felton (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Raymond Felton (6) American Center 20,544 27–29 57 April 7 @ Milwaukee L 94–116 LaMarcus Aldridge (21) Joel Przybilla (10) Raymond Felton (10) Bradley Center 14,969 27–30 58 April 9 Houston L 89–94 LaMarcus Aldridge (20) J. J. Hickson (10) Raymond Felton (8) Rose Garden 20,487 27–31 59 April 11 Golden State W 118–110 J. J. Hickson (23) Joel Przybilla (14) Raymond Felton (10) Rose Garden 20,502 28–31 60 April 13 Dallas L 94–97 Nicolas Batum (20) J. J. Hickson (10) Jonny Flynn (5) Rose Garden 20,304 28–32 61 April 15 @ Sacramento L 103–104 Wesley Matthews (31) J. J. Hickson (13) Jonny Flynn (5) Power Balance Pavilion 16,012 28–33 62 April 16 @ Phoenix L 107–125 Jamal Crawford J. J. Hickson (22) J. J. Hickson (8) Jonny Flynn (6) US Airways Center 15,322 28–34 63 April 18 Utah L 91–112 Wesley Matthews (21) J. J. Hickson (9) Jonny Flynn (7) Rose Garden 20,545 28–35 64 April 21 @ Memphis L 89–93 J. J. Hickson (23) J. J. Hickson (13) Nolan Smith (6) FedExForum 17,904 28–36 65 April 23 @ San Antonio L 89–124 Wesley Matthews (24) J. J. Hickson (10) Raymond Felton (7) AT&T Center 18,581 28–37 66 April 26 @ Utah L 94–96 J. J. Hickson (20) J. J. Hickson (9) Jonny Flynn (11) EnergySolutions Arena 19,554 28–38
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

Regular season

Portland Trail Blazers statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	55	36.3	.512	.182	.814	8.0	2.4	.9	.8	21.7
Luke Babbitt	40	4	13.4	.410	.430	.850	2.4	.4	.3	.1	5.1
Nicolas Batum	59	34	30.4	.451	.391	.836	4.6	1.4	1.0	1.0	13.9
Marcus Camby [a]	40	40	22.4	.416		.474	8.9	1.9	.8	1.4	3.8
Jamal Crawford	60	6	26.9	.384	.308	.927	2.0	3.2	.9	.2	14.0
Raymond Felton	60	56	31.8	.407	.305	.806	2.5	6.5	1.3	.2	11.4
Jonny Flynn [a]	18	1	15.6	.378	.320	.720	1.7	3.8	.2	.1	5.2
J. J. Hickson	19	10	31.6	.543	.000	.645	8.3	1.2	.6	.9	15.1
Armon Johnson [a]	1	0	5.0	1.000			1.0	.0	1.0	.0	2.0
Chris Johnson [a]	20	0	4.7	.478		.833	.9	.1	.1	.4	1.6
Wesley Matthews	66	53	33.8	.412	.383	.860	3.4	1.7	1.5	.2	13.7
Joel Przybilla	27	19	16.6	.458		.611	5.1	.2	.1	.6	2.0
Craig Smith	47	0	9.9	.504	.000	.717	2.3	.4	.3	.1	3.3
Nolan Smith	44	4	12.3	.372	.289	.714	1.3	1.4	.4	.1	3.8
Hasheem Thabeet [a]	15	3	7.7	.444		.650	2.3	.0	.1	.5	1.9
Kurt Thomas	53	3	15.2	.465		.700	3.5	.9	.5	.6	3.0
Gerald Wallace [a]	42	42	35.8	.472	.265	.776	6.6	2.7	1.5	.6	13.3
Elliot Williams	24	0	6.2	.500	.296	.333	.8	.3	.3	.1	3.7

• ^a Statistics with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Awards and records

• Jamal Crawford led the league in free throw percentage with .927.

All-Star

• LaMarcus Aldridge made his first All-Star appearance as a reserve for the West in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game.

Injuries

• Before the start of the regular season, Brandon Roy announced his retirement due to a degenerative knee condition.^[2]
• LaMarcus Aldridge underwent heart surgery two weeks before the start of the regular season.^[5] Two weeks before the end of the season he had surgery to repair a torn labrum on his right hip.^[6]
• In February, Greg Oden, who was scheduled to miss the season after procedures on both of his knees, had microfracture surgery on his left knee.^[7]
• Shawne Williams had surgery in February to remove bone fragments from his left foot and missed the remainder of the season.^[8]
• In March Elliot Williams had surgery to repair his left dislocated shoulder capsule and was scheduled to miss the remainder of the season.^[9]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Nolan Smith Via free agency Jamal Crawford J. J. Hickson Joel Przybilla Kurt Thomas Craig Smith Via trade Raymond Felton Jonny Flynn Mehmet Okur (later waived) Hasheem Thabeet Shawne Williams

Players Lost Via trade Marcus Camby Andre Miller Gerald Wallace Via free agency Patrick Mills Waived Earl Barron Armon Johnson Chris Johnson Greg Oden Retired Brandon Roy

Trades

June 23, 2011	To Portland Trail Blazers Raymond Felton Draft rights to Tanguy Ngombo (from Mavericks)	To Dallas Mavericks Rudy Fernández Draft rights to Petteri Koponen (from Trail Blazers) To Denver Nuggets Andre Miller Draft rights to Jordan Hamilton (from Mavericks)
June 27, 2011	To Portland Trail Blazers Future second round pick	To Minnesota Timberwolves Draft rights to Tanguy Ngombo
March 13, 2012	To Portland Trail Blazers Jonny Flynn Hasheem Thabeet 2012 second round pick	To Houston Rockets Marcus Camby
March 15, 2012	To Portland Trail Blazers Mehmet Okur Shawne Williams 2012 first round pick	To New Jersey Nets Gerald Wallace

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Greg Oden	December 9	Re-signed
Kurt Thomas	December 11	Chicago Bulls
Jamal Crawford	December 15	Atlanta Hawks
Craig Smith	December 15	Los Angeles Clippers
Joel Przybilla	February 27	Charlotte Bobcats
J. J. Hickson	March 21	Sacramento Kings

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Patrick Mills	March 27	San Antonio Spurs

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.^[10] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.^[11]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Nicolas Batum	August 1	SLUC Nancy (France)	Yes
Jon Diebler	August 6	Panionios (Greece) (unsigned rookie)	No
Patrick Mills	August 29	Melbourne Tigers (Australia)	Yes