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. They finished the season as the #5 seed in the Western Conference, returning to the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

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. 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.

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

June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Summary

NBA Draft 2011

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

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	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

Vinny Del Negro

Assistant coach(es)

Dean Demopoulos
Howard Eisley
Marc Iavaroni
Robert Pack
Dave Severns
Jasen Powell (trainer)

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

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

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

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Los Angeles Lakers	41	25	.621	–	26‍–‍7	15‍–‍18	9–5	66
x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	1.0	24‍–‍9	16‍–‍17	7–7	66
Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	8.0	19‍–‍14	14‍–‍19	9–5	66
Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	18.0	12‍–‍21	11‍–‍22	7–8	66
Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	19.0	16‍–‍17	6‍–‍27	3–10	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: 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

2011–12 season schedule

Playoffs

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

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

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

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

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

Trades

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

Re-signed

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

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

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

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

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2011–12 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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