2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season is 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. They will be going to the playoffs for the first time since the 2005-06 season.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA Draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]

Summary

NBA Draft 2011

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

Los Angeles Clippers roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 1.5 !G 1 Billups, Chauncey  75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1976–09–25 Colorado 1.5 !G 12 Bledsoe, Eric 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–12–09 Kentucky 4.0 !F 5 Butler, Caron 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1980–03–13 Connecticut 4.0 !F 30 Evans, Reggie 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–05–18 Iowa 1.5 !G 4 Foye, Randy 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1983–09–24 Villanova 4.0 !F 15 Gomes, Ryan 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1982–09–01 Providence 4.0 !F 32 Griffin, Blake 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1989–03–16 Oklahoma 6.0 !C 6 Jordan, DeAndre 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1988–07–21 Texas A&M 1.5 !G 23 Leslie, Travis (DL) 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1990–03–29 Georgia 4.0 !F 2 Martin, Kenyon 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1977–12–30 Cincinnati 1.5 !G 3 Paul, Chris (C) 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985–05–06 Wake Forest 4.0 !F 21 Simmons, Bobby 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980–06–02 DePaul 4.0 !F 33 Thompkins, Trey 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1990–05–29 Georgia 1.5 !G 25 Williams, Mo 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982–12–19 Alabama 2.5 !G/F 11 Young, Nick 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985–06–01 Southern California	Head coach Vinny Del Negro Assistant coach(es) Marc Iavaroni Dean Demopoulos Robert Pack Dave Severns Howard Eisley Athletic trainer(s) Jasen Powell Strength and conditioning coach(es) Richard Williams Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2012–03–29

Roster Notes

• Forward Caron Butler becomes the fourteenth 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 2003-2005.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	DeAndre Jordan	Reggie Evans
PF	Blake Griffin	Kenyon Martin	Trey Thompkins
SF	Caron Butler	Nick Young	Ryan Gomes
SG	Randy Foye	Mo Williams	Bobby Simmons	Travis Leslie
PG	Chris Paul	Eric Bledsoe		Chauncey Billups

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

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Re-signed

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 (NBDL)
Kenyon Martin	February 3, 2012	Denver Nuggets / Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers (CBA)
Bobby Simmons	February 27, 2012 Contract expired March 20 Re-signed March 24	Reno Bighorns (NBDL)

Subtractions

See also

2011-12 NBA season

References

1. ^ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5733121. Retrieved October 27, 2010.