2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season was 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 at the time.[1] They finished the season as the #5 seed in the Western Conference, returning to the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coachVinny Del Negro
General managerNeil Olshey
Owner(s)Donald Sterling
ArenaStaples Center
Results
Record40–26 (.606)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishConference semifinals
(lost to Spurs 0–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioKFWB
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It marked the first season with 3x All-Star and 2008 All-NBA First Team selection Chris Paul, following the completion of a trade in December with the New Orleans Hornets.[2] Originally thought to be heading to the Lakers, Paul would make the All-NBA Third Team and lead the "Lob City" era of the Clippers for the next six years.[3][4]

In the playoffs, the Clippers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the First Round in seven games, but were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the Semifinals in four games.

Key dates

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Summary

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NBA Draft 2011

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Draft picks

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

Roster

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2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SG 1 Billups, Chauncey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1976-09-25 Colorado
PG 12 Bledsoe, Eric 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989-12-09 Kentucky
SF 5 Butler, Caron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1980-03-13 Connecticut
PF 30 Evans, Reggie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980-05-18 Iowa
SG 4 Foye, Randy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1983-09-24 Villanova
SF 15 Gomes, Ryan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1982-09-01 Providence
PF 32 Griffin, Blake 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1989-03-16 Oklahoma
C 6 Jordan, DeAndre 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1988-07-21 Texas A&M
SG 23 Leslie, Travis (DL) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1990-03-29 Georgia
PF 2 Martin, Kenyon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1977-12-30 Cincinnati
PG 3 Paul, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-05-06 Wake Forest
SF 21 Simmons, Bobby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980-06-02 DePaul
C 33 Thompkins, Trey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1990-05-20 Georgia
SG 25 Williams, Mo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982-12-19 Alabama
SG 11 Young, Nick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-06-01 USC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  •   Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 23, 2012

Roster notes

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  • 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 to 2005.
  • The first year of the "Lob City" Clippers trio - Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, and DeAndre Jordan - who remained together until 2018.

Pre-season

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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: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 December 19 @ L. A. Lakers W 114–95 Chauncey Billups (23) Chris Paul (7) Chris Paul (9) Staples Center 1–0
2 December 21 L. A. Lakers W 108–103 Blake Griffin (30) DeAndre Jordan (7) Chris Paul (10) Staples Center 2–0
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

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Standings

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Pacific DivisionWLPCTGBHomeRoadDivGP
y-Los Angeles Lakers4125.62126‍–‍715‍–‍189–566
x-Los Angeles Clippers4026.6061.024‍–‍916‍–‍177–766
Phoenix Suns3333.5008.019‍–‍1414‍–‍199–566
Golden State Warriors2343.34818.012‍–‍2111‍–‍227–866
Sacramento Kings2244.33319.016‍–‍176‍–‍273–1066
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBGP
1c-San Antonio Spurs *5016.75866
2y-Oklahoma City Thunder *4719.7123.066
3y-Los Angeles Lakers *4125.6219.066
4x-Memphis Grizzlies4125.6219.066
5x-Los Angeles Clippers4026.60610.066
6x-Denver Nuggets3828.57612.066
7x-Dallas Mavericks3630.54514.066
8x-Utah Jazz3630.54514.066
9Houston Rockets3432.51516.066
10Phoenix Suns3333.50017.066
11Portland Trail Blazers2838.42422.066
12Minnesota Timberwolves2640.39424.066
13Golden State Warriors2343.34827.066
14Sacramento Kings2244.33328.066
15New Orleans Hornets2145.31829.066

Game log

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2011–12 game log
Total: 40–26 (home: 24–9; road: 16–17)
December: 1–2 (home: 0–1; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 December 25 @ Golden State W 105–86 Blake Griffin (22) Caron Butler (10) Chris Paul (9) Oracle Arena
19,596
1–0
2 December 28 @ San Antonio L 90–115 Blake Griffin (28) Blake Griffin (9) Chris Paul (9) AT&T Center
18,581
1–1
3 December 30 Chicago L 101–114 Blake Griffin (34) Blake Griffin (13) Chris Paul (14) Staples Center 1–2
January: 11–4 (home: 10–1; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
4 January 1 Portland W 93–88 Blake Griffin (20) DeAndre Jordan (11) Chris Paul (7) Staples Center
19,060
2–2
5 January 4 Houston W 117–89 Blake Griffin (22) Blake Griffin (9) Chris Paul (10) Staples Center
19,060
3–2
6 January 7 Milwaukee W 92–86 Blake Griffin (22) Blake Griffin (14) Chris Paul (7) Staples Center
19,229
4–2
7 January 10 @ Portland L 97–105 Caron Butler (20) Blake Griffin (12) Chauncey Billups
Mo Williams (4)
Rose Garden
20,381
4–3
8 January 11 Miami W 95–89 (OT) Chris Paul (27) Blake Griffin (12) Chris Paul (11) Staples Center
19,341
5–3
9 January 14 L. A. Lakers W 102–94 Chris Paul (33) Blake Griffin (14) Chris Paul (6) Staples Center
19,895
6–3
10 January 16 New Jersey W 101–91 Blake Griffin (23) Blake Griffin (14) Randy Foye (10) Staples Center
19,060
7–3
11 January 17 @ Utah L 79–108 Caron Butler (14) Blake Griffin (11) Chauncey Billups (6) EnergySolutions Arena
19,371
7–4
12 January 18 Dallas W 91–89 Mo Williams (26) Blake Griffin (17) Blake Griffin (7) Staples Center
19,252
8–4
13 January 20 Minnesota L 98–101 Mo Williams (25) DeAndre Jordan (11) Mo Williams (5) Staples Center
19,492
8–5
14 January 22 Toronto W 103–91 Mo Williams (26) DeAndre Jordan (16) Chauncey Billups (14) Staples Center
19,060
9–5
15 January 25 @ L. A. Lakers L 91–96 Blake Griffin (26) Blake Griffin (9) Chris Paul (12) Staples Center
18,997
9–6
16 January 26 Memphis W 98–91 Blake Griffin (20) Blake Griffin
DeAndre Jordan (9)
Blake Griffin (8) Staples Center
19,275
10–6
17 January 29 @ Denver W 109–105 Chauncey Billups (32) Blake Griffin
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (7) Pepsi Center
19,495
11–6
18 January 30 Oklahoma City W 112–100 Chris Paul (26) DeAndre Jordan (11) Chris Paul (14) Staples Center
19,404
12–6
February : 8–6 (home: 2–3; road: 6–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
19 February 1 @ Utah W 107–105 Chris Paul (34) Blake Griffin (14) Chris Paul (11) EnergySolutions Arena
19,637
13–6
20 February 2 Denver L 91–112 Blake Griffin (18) DeAndre Jordan (9) Chris Paul (9) Staples Center
19,223
13–7
21 February 4 @ Washington W 107–81 Blake Griffin (21) Blake Griffin
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Blake Griffin
Mo Williams (8)
Verizon Center
19,419
14–7
22 February 6 @ Orlando W 107–102 (OT) Chris Paul (29) Blake Griffin (10) Chris Paul (8) Amway Center
18,846
15–7
23 February 8 @ Cleveland L 92–99 Blake Griffin (25) Blake Griffin (15) Chris Paul (12) Quicken Loans Arena
17,100
15–8
24 February 10 @ Philadelphia W 78–77 Chris Paul (24) Blake Griffin (11) Three players (4) Wells Fargo Center
20,539
16–8
25 February 11 @ Charlotte W 111–86 Blake Griffin (21) DeAndre Jordan (12) Chris Paul (14) Time Warner Cable Arena
19,110
17–8
26 February 13 @ Dallas L 92–96 Caron Butler (23) DeAndre Jordan (9) Chris Paul (9) American Airlines Center
20,436
17–9
27 February 15 Washington W 102–84 Blake Griffin (23) Blake Griffin (15) Chris Paul (9) Staples Center
19,135
18–9
28 February 16 @ Portland W 74–71 Blake Griffin (21) Blake Griffin (14) Randy Foye (4) Staples Center
20,665
19–9
29 February 18 San Antonio L 100–103 (OT) Blake Griffin (22) Blake Griffin (20) Chris Paul (6) Staples Center
19,217
19–10
30 February 20 @ Golden State L 97–104 Chris Paul (24) Reggie Evans (12) Chris Paul (6) Oracle Arena
19,596
19–11
31 February 22 Denver W 103–95 Chris Paul (36) DeAndre Jordan (16) Chris Paul (9) Staples Center
19,163
20–11
32 February 28 Minnesota L 97–109 Blake Griffin (30) DeAndre Jordan (14) Chris Paul
Mo Williams (6)
Staples Center
19,243
20–12
March: 11–9 (home: 8–3; road: 3–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
33 March 1 @ Sacramento W 108–100 Chris Paul (22) Blake Griffin (9) Chris Paul (9) Power Balance Pavilion
15,512
21–12
34 March 2 @ Phoenix L 78–81 Blake Griffin (17) Caron Butler
Kenyon Martin (8)
Chris Paul (5) US Airways Center
18,091
21–13
35 March 4 @ Houston W 105–103 (OT) Chris Paul (28) Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan (11) Chris Paul (10) Toyota Center
16,646
22–13
36 March 5 @ Minnesota L 94–95 Blake Griffin (26) Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan (12) Chris Paul (5) Target Center
19,509
22–14
37 March 7 @ New Jersey L 100–101 Blake Griffin (28) Blake Griffin (17) Chris Paul (10) Prudential Center
18,711
22–15
38 March 9 @ San Antonio W 120–108 Chris Paul (36) Reggie Evans (13) Chris Paul (11) AT&T Center
18,581
23–15
39 March 11 Golden State L 93–97 Blake Griffin (27) Reggie Evans
Blake Griffin (12)
Chris Paul (5) Staples Center
19,183
23–16
40 March 12 Boston L 85–94 Blake Griffin (24) DeAndre Jordan (13) Chris Paul (5) Staples Center
19,464
23–17
41 March 14 Atlanta W 96–82 Mo Williams (25) Reggie Evans
Blake Griffin (210)
Chris Paul (9) Staples Center
19,060
24–17
42 March 15 Phoenix L 87–91 Blake Griffin (25) DeAndre Jordan (9) Chris Paul (11) Staples Center
19,060
24–18
43 March 17 Houston W 95–91 Chris Paul (23) DeAndre Jordan (11) Chris Paul (5) Staples Center
19,060
25–18
44 March 18 Detroit W 87–83 (OT) Chris Paul (19) Blake Griffin (11) Chris Paul (15) Staples Center
19,060
26–18
45 March 20 @ Indiana L 89–102 Blake Griffin (23) Blake Griffin
DeAndre Jordan (10)
Chris Paul (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
14,901
26–19
46 March 21 @ Oklahoma City L 91–114 Randy Foye (23) Blake Griffin (7) Chris Paul (10) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203
26–20
47 March 22 @ New Orleans L 90–97 Blake Griffin (21) Blake Griffin (11) Chris Paul (9) New Orleans Arena
17,209
26–21
48 March 24 Memphis W 101–85 Blake Griffin (20) Blake Griffin (10) Chris Paul (13) Staples Center
19,060
27–21
49 March 26 New Orleans W 97–85 Chris Paul (25) Blake Griffin (7) Chris Paul (10) Staples Center
19,060
28–21
50 March 28 Phoenix W 103–86 Blake Griffin (27) Blake Griffin (14) Chris Paul (15) Staples Center
19,060
29–21
51 March 30 Portland W 98–97 Three players (20) Blake Griffin (13) Chris Paul (14) Staples Center
19,060
30–21
52 March 31 Utah W 105–96 Chris Paul (26) DeAndre Jordan (10) Three players (6) Staples Center
19,060
31–21
April: 9–5 (home: 4–1; road: 5–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
53 April 2 @ Dallas W 94–75 Randy Foye (28) Blake Griffin (16) Chris Paul (10) American Airlines Center
20,479
32–21
54 April 4 L. A. Lakers L 108–113 Caron Butler (28) Blake Griffin (9) Chris Paul (8) Staples Center
19,819
32–22
55 April 5 @ Sacramento W 93–85 Randy Foye (20) Blake Griffin (14) Chris Paul (16) Power Balance Pavilion
14,411
33–22
56 April 7 Sacramento W 109–94 Blake Griffin (27) Blake Griffin (14) Chris Paul (15) Staples Center
19,060
34–22
57 April 9 @ Memphis L 85–94 Chris Paul (21) DeAndre Jordan (14) Chris Paul (6) FedEx Forum
17,219
34–23
58 April 11 @ Oklahoma City W 100–98 Chris Paul (31) Blake Griffin (12) Blake Griffin (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203
35–23
59 April 12 @ Minnesota W 95–82 Blake Griffin (19) Blake Griffin (13) Chris Paul (8) Target Center
16,016
36–23
60 April 14 Golden State W 112–104 Chris Paul (28) Blake Griffin (9) Chris Paul (13) Staples Center
19,060
37–23
61 April 16 Oklahoma City W 92–77 Nick Young (19) DeAndre Jordan (12) Chris Paul (10) Staples Center
19,516
38–23
62 April 18 @ Denver W 104–98 Chris Paul (21) DeAndre Jordan (9) Chris Paul (8) Pepsi Center
17,219
39–23
63 April 19 @ Phoenix L 90–93 Chris Paul (19) Blake Griffin (11) Chris Paul (10) US Airways Center
14,644
39–24
64 April 22 New Orleans W 107–98 Chris Paul (33) Blake Griffin (15) Chris Paul (13) Staples Center
19,060
40–24
65 April 24 @ Atlanta L 102–109 Blake Griffin (36) DeAndre Jordan (9) Chris Paul (8) Philips Arena
18,223
40–25
66 April 25 @ New York L 93–99 Blake Griffin (29) Blake Griffin
DeAndre Jordan (10)
Blake Griffin (6) Madison Square Garden
19,763
40–26
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Playoffs

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2012 playoff game log
First Round: 4–3 (home: 2–1; road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 April 29 @ Memphis W 99–98 Nick Young (19) Reggie Evans (13) Chris Paul (11) FedExForum
18,119
1–0
2 May 2 @ Memphis L 98–105 Chris Paul (29) Blake Griffin (9) Chris Paul (6) FedExForum
18,119
1–1
3 May 5 Memphis W 87–86 Chris Paul (24) Reggie Evans (11) Chris Paul (11) Staples Center
19,060
2–1
4 May 7 Memphis W 101–97 (OT) Blake Griffin (30) Chris Paul (9) Griffin, Paul (7) Staples Center
19,167
3–1
5 May 9 @ Memphis L 80–92 Mo Williams (20) Blake Griffin (11) Chris Paul (4) FedExForum
18,119
3–2
6 May 11 Memphis L 88–90 Blake Griffin (15) Reggie Evans (10) Chris Paul (7) Staples Center
19,060
3–3
7 May 13 @ Memphis W 82–72 Chris Paul (19) Kenyon Martin (10) Chris Paul (4) FedExForum
18,119
4–3
Conference semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 May 15 @ San Antonio L 92–108 Eric Bledsoe (23) Griffin, Jordan (9) Chris Paul (10) AT&T Center
18,581
0–1
2 May 17 @ San Antonio L 88–105 Blake Griffin (20) DeAndre Jordan (7) Chris Paul (5) AT&T Center
18,581
0–2
3 May 19 San Antonio L 86–96 Blake Griffin (28) Blake Griffin (16) Chris Paul (11) Staples Center
19,060
0–3
4 May 20 San Antonio L 99–102 Chris Paul (23) DeAndre Jordan (8) Chris Paul (11) Staples Center
19,060
0–4
2012 schedule

Injuries and surgeries

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Player Injury Date Injury Type
Chauncey Billups February 6, 2012 Torn left Achilles tendon (out for the season)
Caron Butler April 29, 2012 Broken bone in left hand (out for 1 game)

Player statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Blake Griffin 66 66 36.2 .549 .125 .521 10.9 3.2 .8 .7 20.7
DeAndre Jordan 66 66 27.2 .632 .000 .525 8.3 .3 .5 2.0 7.4
Randy Foye 65 48 25.9 .398 .386 .859 2.1 2.2 .7 .4 11.0
Caron Butler 63 63 29.7 .407 .358 .813 3.7 1.2 .8 .1 12.0
Chris Paul 60 60 36.4 .478 .371 .861 3.6 9.1 2.5 .1 19.8
Reggie Evans 56 0 13.8 .472 .507 4.8 .3 .6 .1 1.9
Mo Williams 52 1 28.3 .426 .389 .900 1.9 3.1 1.0 .1 13.2
Kenyon Martin 42 0 22.4 .441 .231 .370 4.3 .4 1.0 1.0 5.2
Eric Bledsoe 40 1 11.6 .389 .200 .636 1.6 1.7 .8 .4 3.3
Ryan Gomes 32 2 13.3 .326 .138 .727 1.9 .4 .5 .0 2.3
Bobby Simmons 28 0 14.9 .311 .333 .571 2.0 .4 .5 .1 2.9
Trey Thompkins 24 0 5.0 .393 .308 .714 1.0 .1 .1 .1 2.4
Nick Young 22 3 23.5 .394 .353 .821 1.6 .5 .6 .3 9.7
Chauncey Billups 20 20 30.4 .364 .384 .895 2.5 4.0 .5 .2 15.0
Brian Cook 16 0 7.6 .224 .185 1.000 1.4 .1 .1 .3 1.9
Solomon Jones 10 0 9.6 .125 .800 1.7 .2 .4 .5 .6
Travis Leslie 10 0 4.5 .357 .444 .9 .5 .2 .2 1.4
Courtney Fortson 4 0 11.5 .417 .250 .667 2.0 1.3 .0 .0 4.3

Playoffs

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chris Paul 11 11 38.5 .427 .333 .872 5.1 7.9 2.7 .1 17.6
Blake Griffin 11 11 35.7 .500 .000 .636 6.9 2.5 1.8 .9 19.1
Randy Foye 11 11 26.5 .392 .438 .846 2.0 1.5 .5 .3 7.5
DeAndre Jordan 11 11 22.6 .525 .333 5.3 .4 .6 1.6 4.5
Mo Williams 11 0 20.8 .436 .364 .923 .8 1.4 .5 .5 9.6
Nick Young 11 0 18.2 .433 .515 .889 1.1 .3 .3 .4 8.3
Reggie Evans 11 0 18.0 .533 .425 7.3 .1 .8 .5 3.0
Kenyon Martin 11 0 17.5 .524 .625 3.2 .3 .4 1.7 4.5
Eric Bledsoe 11 0 17.2 .587 .429 .625 2.4 2.1 1.2 .4 7.9
Caron Butler 10 10 26.8 .359 .258 .750 3.0 1.0 .6 .2 8.6
Bobby Simmons 4 1 8.0 .556 .250 .3 .0 .0 .0 2.8
  • Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Clippers only.

Transactions

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Trades

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December 14, 2011 To Los Angeles Clippers
Chris Paul
Two future second-round draft picks
To New Orleans Hornets
Al-Farouq Aminu
Eric Gordon
Chris Kaman
2012 first-round draft pick
March 15, 2012 To Los Angeles Clippers

Nick Young

To Washington Wizards
Brian Cook
2015 second-round draft pick

Free agents

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Re-signed

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Player Signed Contract
Brian Cook July 1, 2011 One-year deal (Player Option)
DeAndre Jordan December 12, 2011 4-year deal (Matched offer by Golden State Warriors)

Additions

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Player Signed Former Team
Caron Butler December 9, 2011 Dallas Mavericks
Chauncey Billups December 12, 2011 New York Knicks
Reggie Evans December 22, 2011 Toronto Raptors
Solomon Jones January 4, 2012 Indiana Pacers
Courtney Fortson January 16, 2012 Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League)
Kenyon Martin February 3, 2012 Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers (CBA)
Bobby Simmons February 27, 2012
Contract expired March 20
Re-signed March 24
Reno Bighorns (D-League)

Subtractions

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Player Reason left New team
Ike Diogu Renounced, December 9 San Antonio Spurs
Jamario Moon Renounced, December 9 Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League)
Craig Smith Renounced, December 9 Portland Trail Blazers
Willie Warren Waived, December 19 Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D-League)
Courtney Fortson Waived, January 27 Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League)
Solomon Jones Waived, February 7 New Orleans Hornets

References

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  1. ^ Markazi, Arash. Report cards: Del Negro. ESPN. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Clippers get All-Star Paul in trade with Hornets". ESPN.com. December 15, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Why the NBA killed the Chris Paul trade to Lakers and preferred the Clippers". Los Angeles Times. December 13, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  4. ^ Buha, Jovan. "The 2010s: Lob City stars lead the Clippers' team of the decade". The Athletic. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2010.