2011–12 Oklahoma City Thunder season

The 2011–12 Oklahoma City Thunder season is the fourth season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

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

Draft picks

In contrast to 2010, the NBA draft for the Thunder on June 23, 2011 held little drama. After previously trading their 2011 second-round pick to the Miami Heat,^[2] the Thunder were left with only the #24 overall pick. They used it to acquire rights to Reggie Jackson, a guard from Boston College.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	24	Reggie Jackson	Guard	United States	Boston College

Roster

Oklahoma City Thunder roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 6.0 !C 45 Aldrich, Cole 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1988–10–31 Kansas 5.5 !F/C 4 Collison, Nick 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1980–10–26 Kansas 1.5 !G 14 Cook, Daequan 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987–04–28 Ohio State 4.0 !F 35 Durant, Kevin (C) 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988–09–29 Texas 1.5 !G 37 Fisher, Derek 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1974–08–09 Arkansas-Little Rock 1.5 !G 13 Harden, James 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–08–26 Arizona State 4.0 !F 11 Hayward, Lazar 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1986–11–26 Marquette 4.0 !F 9 Ibaka, Serge 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–09–18 Spain 1.5 !G 7 Ivey, Royal 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1981–12–20 Texas 1.5 !G 15 Jackson, Reggie 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1990–04–16 Boston College 1.5 !G 6 Maynor, Eric  75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987–06–11 Virginia Commonwealth 6.0 !C 8 Mohammed, Nazr 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1977–09–05 Kentucky 6.0 !C 5 Perkins, Kendrick 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 267 lb (121 kg) 1984–11–10 Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX) 2.5 !G/F 2 Sefolosha, Thabo 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1984–05–02 Switzerland 1.5 !G 0 Westbrook, Russell (C) 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1988–11–12 UCLA	Head coach Scott Brooks Assistant coach(es) Mark Bryant Maurice Cheeks Rex Kalamian Brian Keefe Maz Trakh Athletic trainer(s) Joe Sharpe Strength and conditioning coach(es) Dwight Daub 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: 2012–03–21

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Kendrick Perkins	Nazr Mohammed	Cole Aldrich
PF	Serge Ibaka	Nick Collison
SF	Kevin Durant	Daequan Cook	Lazar Hayward
SG	Thabo Sefolosha	James Harden	Royal Ivey
PG	Russell Westbrook	Derek Fisher	Reggie Jackson	Eric Maynor

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

c - clinched regular-season conference lead
x - clinched playoff spot
y - clinched division

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Weekly

• Westbrook was named Western Conference Player of the Week for January 23-29,^[4] and February 6-12.^[5]

• Kevin Durant was named Western Conference Player of the Week for December 25-January 1,^[6] February 13-19,^[7] and March 19-25.^[8]

Monthly

• Kevin Durant was named Western Conference Player of the Month for February^[9] and March^[10] 2012.

• Coach Scott Brooks was named Coach of the Month for games played in December and January.^[11]

All-Star

• Durant was named as a starter for the Western Conference in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game played in Orlando, earning the game's MVP Award.^[12].

• Russell Westbrook was selected as an All-Star team reserve by a vote of the Western Conference coaches.

• Thunder Coach Scott Brooks coached the Western Conference team in the All-Star Game due to the fact that the Thunder lead the Western Conference in winning percentage heading into the All-Star break.^[13]

Season

• Durant won the regular season scoring title by averaging 28.0 points per game, making him only the seventh player in NBA history to win three scoring titles in a row.^[14]

• Reserve guard James Harden was a runaway winner of the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, garnering 115 of 119 first-place votes.^[15]

• Durant was voted to the All-NBA First Team for the third year in a row, whereas Westbrook was voted to the All-NBA Second Team for the second year in a row.^[16]

• Forward Serge Ibaka was voted to the All-NBA Defensive First Team.^[17]

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Backup point guard Eric Maynor suffered a season-ending torn ACL in his right knee in action at Houston on January 7.^[18]

Starting shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha suffered from a chronic sore right foot, forcing him to miss 23 games from January 30 through March 13.^[19]

Shooting guard Daequan Cook suffered a mild MCL sprain in his right knee against the Utah Jazz on March 20, sidelining him for an estimated 2-3 weeks.^[20]

Guard James Harden was diagnosed with concussive symptoms after being elbowed in the back of the head on April 22 by Lakers forward Metta World Peace. Harden was cleared to play for the Thunder's regular season finale against the Denver Nuggests after undergoing NBA-mandated post-concussion tests, but instead sat out until the first game of the playoffs. World Peace received a seven-game suspension for the incident.^[21]

Transactions

Current roster

On June 28, 2011, the Thunder exercised its fourth-year options on guard James Harden, forward Serge Ibaka, guard Eric Maynor and center Byron Mullens, as well as its third-year option on center Cole Aldrich.^[22]

On June 29, 2011, the Thunder signed center Nazr Mohammed to a one-year extension through 2011-12, avoiding his becoming an unrestricted free agent.^[23] Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but reported to be $3,750,000 for the year.^[24]

On June 27, 2011, the Thunder provided guard Daequan Cook a qualifying offer of $3,126,764 for 2011-12, making Cook a restricted free agent under the terms of the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire after June 30, 2011.^[24][25] Cook's contract situation was resolved after the NBA lockout when the Thunder signed him to a contract extension paying him $6.5 million through the end of the 2012-13 season.^[26]

Free agents

On March 21, 2012, the Thunder signed point guard Derek Fisher for the remainder of the 2012 season, after waiving its second-round 2010 draft pick forward Ryan Reid.^[27] Fisher had previoulsy been traded form the Los Angeles Lakers to the Houston Rockets on March 15, but the Rockets subsequently bought out Fisher's contract making him an unrestricted free agent.

Transaction summary table

Date	Transaction Type	Thunder Acquired	Thunder Gave Up
December 11, 2011	Draftee signing	• Reggie Jackson
December 12, 2011	Draftee signing	• Ryan Reid
December 13, 2011	Roster trade	• Lazar Hayward	• Robert Vaden (to Minnesota) • two conditional second-round picks (to Minnesota)
December 19, 2011	Roster trade	• 2013 second-round pick	• Byron Mullens (to Charlotte)
December 24, 2011	Waiver		• Nate Robinson
March 21, 2012	Free Agent Signing	• Derek Fisher
March 21, 2012	Waiver		• Ryan Reid

See also

• 2011–12 NBA season

References

External links

• Oklahoma City Thunder official site