2011–12 Toronto Raptors season

The 2011–12 Toronto Raptors season was the 17th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season start was delayed, and the season schedule was compressed due to the 2011 NBA lockout. The Raptors finished the season with a 23–43 record and did not make it to the playoffs.

2011–12 Toronto Raptors season
Head coach	Dwane Casey
Owners	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Results
Record	23–43 (.348)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	NBA TV Canada, Rogers Sportsnet, Rogers Sportsnet One, TSN, TSN2
Radio	CJCL
< 2010–11 2012–13 >

One of the biggest lowlights of the season was dropping the season series against the eventual all-time NBA worst 7-59 Charlotte Bobcats.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]
• December 26: Toronto started the regular season with a win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club Team
1	5	Jonas Valančiūnas	C	Lithuania	Lietuvos rytas

Roster

2011–12 Toronto Raptors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 50 Solomon Alabi 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1988–03–21 Florida State G 6 Alan Anderson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982–10–16 Michigan State F/C 7 Andrea Bargnani 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1985–10–26 Italy G 5 Jerryd Bayless 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–08–20 Arizona G 8 José Calderón 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–09–28 Spain F 32 Ed Davis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1989–06–05 North Carolina G 1 Justin Dentmon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1985–09–05 Washington G/F 10 DeMar DeRozan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–08–07 USC F 3 Gary Forbes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985–02–25 UMass C 34 Aaron Gray 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1984–12–07 Pittsburgh F 15 Amir Johnson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987–05–01 Westchester HS (CA) F 2 James Johnson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1987–02–20 Wake Forest F 11 Linas Kleiza 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1985–01–03 Missouri C 21 Jamaal Magloire 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1978–05–21 Kentucky G 18 Ben Uzoh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1988–03–18 Tulsa

Head coach Dwane Casey Assistant(s) Micah Nori Eric Hughes Scott Roth Johnny Davis Tom Sterner Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

Game log

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 18 Boston Celtics L 75–76 Andrea Bargnani (16) Ed Davis (10) José Calderón (6) Air Canada Centre 16,721 0–1 2 December 21 @ Boston Celtics L 73–81 Andrea Bargnani (20) DeMar DeRozan (10) Jerryd Bayless James Johnson (3) TD Garden 18,624 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: 23–43 (Home: 13–20; Road: 10–23)
December: 1–2 (home: 0–1; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 26 @ Cleveland W 104–96 José Calderón DeMar DeRozan (15) Amir Johnson (13) José Calderón (11) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 1–0 2 December 28 Indiana L 85–90 DeMar DeRozan (22) Amir Johnson (10) José Calderón (6) Air Canada Centre 19,800 1–1 3 December 30 @ Dallas L 86–99 Andrea Bargnani (30) Andrea Bargnani (7) José Calderón (7) American Airlines Center 20,307 1–2
January : 6–13 (home: 2–5; road: 4–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 January 1 @ Orlando L 96–102 Andrea Bargnani (28) Andrea Bargnani (7) José Calderón (13) Amway Center 18,846 1–3 5 January 2 @ New York W 90–85 Andrea Bargnani DeMar DeRozan (21) Rasual Butler Jamaal Magloire (10) José Calderón (12) Madison Square Garden 19,763 2–3 6 January 4 Cleveland W 92–77 Andrea Bargnani (31) James Johnson (8) José Calderón (11) Air Canada Centre 14,468 3–3 7 January 6 New Jersey L 85–97 José Calderón (19) Amir Johnson (10) José Calderón (8) Air Canada Centre 16,771 3–4 8 January 7 @ Philadelphia L 62–97 Andrea Bargnani (21) Amir Johnson (14) José Calderón (7) Wells Fargo Center 14,522 3–5 9 January 9 Minnesota W 97–87 Andrea Bargnani (31) Amir Johnson (11) José Calderón (6) Air Canada Centre 14,097 4–5 10 January 10 @ Washington L 78–93 Andrea Bargnani (22) Amir Johnson (10) José Calderón (8) Verizon Center 14,077 4–6 11 January 11 Sacramento L 91–98 Leandro Barbosa (24) Andrea Bargnani (10) José Calderón (10) Air Canada Centre 14,323 4–7 12 January 13 Indiana L 90–95 DeMar DeRozan (23) Ed Davis (10) José Calderón (9) Air Canada Centre 15,302 4–8 13 January 14 @ Chicago L 64–77 DeMar DeRozan (15) Amir Johnson (13) José Calderón (8) United Center 21,962 4–9 14 January 16 @ Atlanta L 84–93 Leandro Barbosa (22) Ed Davis (11) José Calderón (11) Philips Arena 11,050 4–10 15 January 18 @ Boston L 73–96 Gary Forbes (18) Ed Davis (9) José Calderón (4) TD Garden 18,624 4–11 16 January 20 Portland L 84–94 James Johnson (23) Ed Davis (10) José Calderón (13) Air Canada Centre 17,537 4–12 17 January 22 @ L. A. Clippers L 91–103 Leandro Barbosa (19) DeMar DeRozan Aaron Gray (8) Jerryd Bayless (5) Staples Center 19,060 4–13 18 January 24 @ Phoenix W 99–96 Andrea Bargnani (36) James Johnson Linas Kleiza (10) José Calderón (11) US Airways Center 15,404 5–13 19 January 25 @ Utah W 111–106 (2OT) Andrea Bargnani Linas Kleiza (25) DeMar DeRozan (8) José Calderón Jerryd Bayless (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,802 6–13 20 January 27 @ Denver L 81–96 Leandro Barbosa (19) Aaron Gray (11) Linas Kleiza (4) Pepsi Center 18,855 6–14 21 January 29 @ New Jersey W 94–73 DeMar DeRozan (27) Ed Davis (9) José Calderón (9) Prudential Center 14,319 7–14 22 January 31 Atlanta L 77–100 Jerryd Bayless (14) Ed Davis (11) José Calderón (9) Air Canada Centre 16,117 7–15
February: 4–9 (home: 3–5; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 February 1 @ Boston L 64–100 Jerryd Bayless (14) Ed Davis (12) José Calderón (7) TD Garden 18,624 7–16 24 February 3 Washington W 106–89 Leandro Barbosa (19) Amir Johnson (13) José Calderón (17) Air Canada Centre 16,382 8–16 25 February 5 @ Miami L 89–95 DeMar DeRozan (25) Ed Davis (8) James Johnson (4) American Airlines Arena 19,802 8–17 26 February 6 @ Washington L 108–111 (OT) Linas Kleiza Jerryd Bayless (30) Amir Johnson (10) James Johnson (6) Verizon Center 14,687 8–18 27 February 8 Milwaukee L 99–105 DeMar DeRozan (25) Linas Kleiza (8) José Calderón (15) Air Canada Centre 15,291 8–19 28 February 10 Boston W 86–74 DeMar DeRozan (21) Amir Johnson (12) José Calderón (14) Air Canada Centre 19,207 9–19 29 February 12 L. A. Lakers L 92–94 José Calderón (30) Ed Davis (8) DeMar DeRozan (7) Air Canada Centre 19,311 9–20 30 February 14 New York L 87–90 José Calderón (25) Linas Kleiza (11) José Calderón (9) Air Canada Centre 20,092 9–21 31 February 15 San Antonio L 106–113 DeMar DeRozan (29) Amir Johnson (7) José Calderón (11) Air Canada Centre 15,999 9–22 32 February 17 Charlotte L 91–98 DeMar DeRozan (24) Amir Johnson (15) José Calderón (8) Air Canada Centre 15,575 9–23 33 February 22 Detroit W 103–93 DeMar DeRozan (23) Aaron Gray (12) José Calderón (15) Air Canada Centre 17,125 10–23 34 February 28 @ Houston L 85–88 DeMar DeRozan (17) Ed Davis (15) José Calderón (7) Toyota Center 13,337 10–24 35 February 29 @ New Orleans W 95–84 Jerryd Bayless DeMar DeRozan (21) Amir Johnson (7) José Calderón (6) New Orleans Arena 14,527 11–24
March: 6–11 (home: 4–6; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 March 2 Memphis L 99–102 Jerryd Bayless (18) Aaron Gray Linas Kleiza (12) José Calderón (9) Air Canada Centre 18,056 11–25 37 March 4 Golden State W 83–75 DeMar DeRozan (25) Amir Johnson (13) Three players (4) Air Canada Centre 18,056 12–25 38 March 5 Orlando L 88–92 DeMar DeRozan (23) Aaron Gray (11) James Johnson José Calderón (7) Air Canada Centre 15,392 12–26 39 March 7 Houston W 116–98 DeMar DeRozan (23) Amir Johnson (8) José Calderón (12) Air Canada Centre 14,597 13–26 40 March 10 @ Detroit L 86–105 DeMar DeRozan (15) Three players (5) Jerryd Bayless (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,090 13–27 41 March 11 Milwaukee L 99–105 DeMar DeRozan (21) Ed Davis (10) Jerryd Bayless (6) Air Canada Centre 17,316 13–28 42 March 13 @ Cleveland W 96–88 Jerryd Bayless (20) Amir Johnson (9) Jerryd Bayless (7) Quicken Loans Arena 14,203 14–28 43 March 14 @ New Jersey L 84–98 Jerryd Bayless James Johnson (16) Amir Johnson (9) Jerryd Bayless (10) Prudential Center 10,701 14–29 44 March 16 @ Memphis W 114–110 (OT) Jerryd Bayless (28) Andrea Bargnani James Johnson (7) Jerryd Bayless (9) FedExForum 17,239 15–29 45 March 17 @ Charlotte L 103–107 Jerryd Bayless (29) Ed Davis (12) Jerryd Bayless (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,108 15–30 46 March 20 @ New York L 87–106 DeMar DeRozan (17) Ed Davis (9) José Calderón (9) Madison Square Garden 19,763 15–31 47 March 21 Chicago L 82–94 DeMar DeRozan (23) Aaron Gray Linas Kleiza (8) José Calderón (8) Air Canada Centre 17,869 15–32 48 March 23 New York W 96–79 DeMar DeRozan (30) Three players (7) José Calderón (10) Air Canada Centre 19,800 16–32 49 March 24 @ Chicago L 101–102 (OT) José Calderón James Johnson (20) Gary Forbes (13) José Calderón (10) United Center 21,841 16–33 50 March 26 Orlando L 101–117 Gary Forbes (21) Jamaal Magloire (7) José Calderón (11) Air Canada Centre 16,429 16–34 51 March 28 Denver W 105–96 Andrea Bargnani (26) Gary Forbes (10) José Calderón (10) Air Canada Centre 15,867 17–34 52 March 30 Miami L 101–113 DeMar DeRozan (28) Amir Johnson (12) José Calderón (16) Air Canada Centre 19,883 17–35
April: 6–8 (home: 4–3; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 53 April 1 Washington W 99–92 Andrea Bargnani (18) Andrea Bargnani Aaron Gray (8) José Calderón (8) Air Canada Centre 16,858 18–35 54 April 3 Charlotte W 92–87 Andrea Bargnani (30) Aaron Gray (9) José Calderón (11) Air Canada Centre 14,640 19–35 55 April 4 @ Philadelphia W 99–78 Andrea Bargnani (24) Ed Davis (14) José Calderón (13) Wells Fargo Center 18,186 20–35 56 April 6 Cleveland L 80–84 DeMar DeRozan (28) Linas Kleiza (8) DeMar DeRozan (4) Air Canada Centre 16,565 20–36 57 April 8 @ Oklahoma City L 75–91 José Calderón (19) Aaron Gray (10) José Calderón (6) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 20–37 58 April 9 @ Indiana L 98–103 Alan Anderson (17) Ed Davis (10) José Calderón (14) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,021 20–38 59 April 11 Philadelphia L 75–93 Alan Anderson Ed Davis (13) Ed Davis (13) Ed Davis (5) Air Canada Centre 16,324 20–39 60 April 13 Boston W 84–79 DeMar DeRozan (22) Ed Davis (12) Ben Uzoh (5) Air Canada Centre 17,270 21–39 61 April 15 @ Atlanta W 102–86 DeMar DeRozan (23) Aaron Gray Linas Kleiza (7) Justin Dentmon (4) Philips Arena 13,845 22–39 62 April 16 Atlanta L 87–109 DeMar DeRozan (22) Ben Uzoh (10) Ben Uzoh (8) Air Canada Centre 15,992 22–40 63 April 18 @ Miami L 72–96 James Johnson (18) Solomon Alabi James Johnson (6) Alan Anderson (3) American Airlines Arena 19,600 22–41 64 April 22 @ Detroit L 73–76 DeMar DeRozan (16) Solomon Alabi (10) Gary Forbes James Johnson (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,370 22–42 65 April 23 @ Milwaukee L 86–92 James Johnson (22) James Johnson (13) Gary Forbes Ben Uzoh (5) Bradley Center 13,867 22–43 66 April 26 New Jersey W 98–67 Ed Davis (24) Solomon Alabi (19) Ben Uzoh (12) Air Canada Centre 18,161 23–43
2011–12 season schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ed Davis	PF	66	9	1,534	438	60	40	63	415	23.2	6.6	.9	.6	1.0	6.3
Amir Johnson	PF	64	43	1,553	408	79	33	69	452	24.3	6.4	1.2	.5	1.1	7.1
DeMar DeRozan	SG	63	63	2,206	211	128	48	17	1,054	35.0	3.3	2.0	.8	.3	16.7
James Johnson	SF	62	40	1,561	292	122	71	84	566	25.2	4.7	2.0	1.1	1.4	9.1
José Calderón	PG	53	53	1,799	160	468	47	3	555	33.9	3.0	8.8	.9	.1	10.5
Aaron Gray	C	49	40	813	281	27	22	17	191	16.6	5.7	.6	.4	.3	3.9
Linas Kleiza	SF	49	3	1,057	199	46	23	4	473	21.6	4.1	.9	.5	.1	9.7
Gary Forbes	SG	48	2	713	102	54	24	4	319	14.9	2.1	1.1	.5	.1	6.6
Leandro Barbosa†	SG	42	0	946	79	63	36	7	512	22.5	1.9	1.5	.9	.2	12.2
Rasual Butler	SF	34	14	453	66	19	7	5	110	13.3	1.9	.6	.2	.1	3.2
Jamaal Magloire	C	34	1	374	113	6	4	10	41	11.0	3.3	.2	.1	.3	1.2
Andrea Bargnani	C	31	31	1,032	172	61	18	15	603	33.3	5.5	2.0	.6	.5	19.5
Jerryd Bayless	PG	31	11	705	66	118	24	4	353	22.7	2.1	3.8	.8	.1	11.4
Anthony Carter	PG	24	0	209	33	34	8	4	47	8.7	1.4	1.4	.3	.2	2.0
Alan Anderson	SF	17	12	461	34	26	5	3	163	27.1	2.0	1.5	.3	.2	9.6
Ben Uzoh†	PG	16	8	357	63	59	16	3	77	22.3	3.9	3.7	1.0	.2	4.8
Solomon Alabi	C	14	0	122	47	3	2	9	33	8.7	3.4	.2	.1	.6	2.4
Justin Dentmon†	PG	4	0	72	7	9	1	0	22	18.0	1.8	2.3	.3	.0	5.5

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Raptors only.

Injuries

• On March 26 Jerryd Bayless had a partial tear in his left oblique muscle during a game against the Orlando Magic and was out for the remainder of the season.^[2]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added Via free agency Rasual Butler Anthony Carter Gary Forbes Aaron Gray Jamaal Magloire 10-day contracts Alan Anderson

Players Lost Via trade Leandro Barbosa Via free agency Alexis Ajinça Reggie Evans Waived Rasual Butler Anthony Carter

Trades

March 15, 2012

To Toronto Raptors Leandro Barbosa

To Indiana Pacers Future second round pick Cash considerations

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Jamaal Magloire	December 9	Miami Heat
Rasual Butler	December 10	Chicago Bulls
Aaron Gray	December 11	New Orleans Hornets
Anthony Carter	December 12	New York Knicks
Gary Forbes	December 14	Denver Nuggets

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Reggie Evans	December 22	Los Angeles Clippers

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.^[3] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.^[4]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Sonny Weems	July 8	Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)	No
Leandro Barbosa	August 18	Flamengo (Brazil)	Yes
Joey Dorsey	September 26	Caja Laboral (Spain)	No
Alexis Ajinça	November 10	Hyères-Toulon (France)	Yes