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2011–12 Washington Wizards season
Head coach	Randy Wittman (Jan. - Present) Flip Saunders (Dec. - Jan.)
Owner(s)	Ted Leonsis
Arena	Verizon Center

Results
Record	20–46 (.303)
Place	Division: 4th (Southeast) Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finish
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Mid-Atlantic, The CW Washington, TBD TV
Radio	106.7 The Fan
Washington Wizards seasons
< 2010–11	2012–13 >

The 2011-12 Washington Wizards season is the 51st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 39th in the Washington, D.C. area.

Key dates

June 23 - The 2011 NBA Draft took place in Newark, New Jersey.
July 1 - The free agency period begun.

Summary

NBA Draft 2011

Main article: 2011 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	6	Jan Veselý	SF	Czech Republic	Partizan (Serbia)
1	18	Chris Singleton	SF	United States	Florida State (Jr.)
2	34	Shelvin Mack	PG/SG	United States	Butler (Jr.)

Roster

Washington Wizards roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y–M–D)	From
5.5 !F/C	7	Blatche, Andray	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1986–08–22	South Kent HS (CT)
4.0 !F	35	Booker, Trevor	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1987–11–25	Clemson
5.5 !F/C	43	Cook, Brian	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1980–12–04	Illinois
1.5 !G	15	Crawford, Jordan	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988–10–23	Xavier
2.5 !G/F	6	Evans, Maurice	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1978–08–11	Texas
4.0 !F	9	Lewis, Rashard	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1979–08–08	Alief Elsik HS (TX)
1.5 !G	22	Mack, Shelvin	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1990–04–22	Butler
2.5 !G/F	20	Martin, Cartier	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1984–11–20	Kansas State
6.0 !C	42	Nenê	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1982–09–13	Brazil
5.5 !F/C	13	Seraphin, Kevin	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1989–12–07	France
4.0 !F	31	Singleton, Chris	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1989–11–21	Florida State
4.0 !F	3	Singleton, James	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1981–07–20	Murray State
4.0 !F	24	Veselý, Jan	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1990–04–24	Czech Republic
1.5 !G	2	Wall, John (C)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–09–06	Kentucky
2.5 !G/F	21	Almond, Morris	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1985–02–02	Rice

Head coach

Randy Wittman

Assistant coach(es)

Don Zierden
Sam Cassell
Ryan Saunders
Mike Wells
Gene Banks

Athletic trainer(s)

Drew Cleary

Strength and conditioning coach(es)

Eric Waters

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: 2012–04–16

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Nenê	Kevin Seraphin
PF	Trevor Booker	Andray Blatche	Brian Cook
SF	Chris Singleton	Jan Vesely		Rashard Lewis
SG	Jordan Crawford	Roger Mason	Maurice Evans
PG	John Wall	Shelvin Mack

Salaries

Player	2011–12 Salary
Rashard Lewis	$22,152,000
Andray Blatche	$6,442,083
John Wall	$5,530,080
Ronny Turiaf	$4,360,000
Nick Young	$3,695,857
Jan Vesely	$3,065,040
JaVale McGee	$2,462,399
Kevin Seraphin	$1,680,360
TOTAL	n/a

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Regular season

Season standings

Southeast Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Miami Heat	46	20	.697	–	28–5	18–15	9–5
x-Atlanta Hawks	40	26	.606	6	23–10	17–16	11–3
x-Orlando Magic	37	29	.561	9	21–12	16–17	8–7
Washington Wizards	20	46	.303	26	11–22	9–24	7–7
Charlotte Bobcats	7	59	.106	39	4–29	3–30	1–14

Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Chicago Bulls	50	16	.758	–
2	y-Miami Heat	46	20	.697	4
3	x-Indiana Pacers	42	24	.636	8
4	y-Boston Celtics	39	27	.591	11
5	x-Atlanta Hawks	40	26	.606	10
6	x-Orlando Magic	37	29	.561	13
7	x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	14
8	x-Philadelphia 76ers	35	31	.530	15

9	Milwaukee Bucks	31	35	.470	19
10	Detroit Pistons	25	41	.379	25
11	Toronto Raptors	23	43	.348	27
12	New Jersey Nets	22	44	.333	28
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	21	45	.318	29
14	Washington Wizards	20	46	.303	30
15	Charlotte Bobcats	7	59	.106	43

File:--Example.jpg===Game log===

2011–12 game log
Total: 20–46 (Home: 11–22; Road: 9–24)

December: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 26	New Jersey	L 84–90	Nick Young (16)	Andray Blatche (10)	John Wall (5)	Verizon Center 17,102	0–1
2	December 28	@ Atlanta	L 83–101	Nick Young (21)	JaVale McGee (12)	John Wall (6)	Philips Arena 17,750	0–2
3	December 30	@ Milwaukee	L 81–102	Jordan Crawford (24)	Andray Blatche (10)	John Wall (7)	Bradley Center 17,065	0–3

January: 4–14 (Home: 3–8; Road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	January 1	Boston	L 86–94	John Wall (19)	JaVale McGee (14)	John Wall (11)	Verizon Center 17,458	0–4
5	January 2	@ Boston	L 92–100	Andray Blatche (28)	JaVale McGee (14)	John Wall (8)	TD Garden 18,624	0–5
6	January 4	@ Orlando	L 85–103	Nick Young (17)	Jordan Crawford (7)	John Wall (5)	Amway Center 18,846	0–6
7	January 6	New York	L 96–99	Nick Young (24)	JaVale McGee (10)	John Wall (9)	Verizon Center 16,998	0–7
8	January 8	Minnesota	L 72–93	Trevor Booker Nick Young (14)	Andray Blatche JaVale McGee (9)	John Wall (6)	Verizon Center 13,095	0–8
9	January 10	Toronto	W 93–78	Nick Young Rashard Lewis (15)	Chris Singleton (9)	John Wall (9)	Verizon Center 14,077	1–8
10	January 11	@ Chicago	L 64–78	Jordan Crawford (14)	JaVale McGee (14)	John Wall (8)	United Center 21,366	1–9
11	January 13	@ Philadelphia	L 89–120	Rashard Lewis (16)	Trevor Booker (6)	John Wall Jordan Crawford (5)	Wells Fargo Center 14,213	1–10
12	January 14	Philadelphia	L 90–103	Nick Young (27)	JaVale McGee (18)	John Wall (9)	Verizon Center 13,998	1–11
13	January 16	Houston	L 106–114	John Wall (38)	Andray Blatche (12)	John Wall (8)	Verizon Center 15,594	1–12
14	January 18	Oklahoma City	W 105–102	John Wall (25)	JaVale McGee (11)	John Wall (8)	Verizon Center 15,075	2–12
15	January 20	Denver	L 104–108	Nick Young (25)	John Wall (9)	John Wall (10)	Verizon Center 14,866	2–13
16	January 22	Boston	L 94–100	John Wall (27)	John Wall (10)	John Wall (7)	Verizon Center 15,818	2–14
17	January 23	@ Philadelphia	L 83–103	Jordan Crawford (17)	Rashard Lewis Kevin Seraphin (15)	John Wall (5)	Wells Fargo Center 10,108	2–15
18	January 25	Charlotte	W 92–75	Nick Young (20)	JaVale McGee Andray Blatche (10)	Jordan Crawford (5)	Verizon Center 15,286	3–15
19	January 27	@ Houston	W 92–75	John Wall (17)	JaVale McGee (11)	John Wall (6)	Toyota Center 13,894	3–16
20	January 28	@ Charlotte	W 102–99	JaVale McGee (22)	JaVale McGee (10)	John Wall (10)	Time Warner Cable Arena 17,761	4–16
21	January 30	Chicago	W 98–88	John Wall (20)	JaVale McGee Trevor Booker (9)	John Wall (6)	Verizon Center 18,357	4–17

February: 3–11 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
22	February 1	@ Orlando	W 109–103	Nick Young (24)	Trevor Booker (8)	John Wall (10)	Amway Center 18,846	4–18
23	February 3	@ Toronto	L 89–106	Nick Young (21)	Trevor Booker (7)	John Wall (4)	Air Canada Centre 16,382	4–19
24	February 4	L.A. Clippers	L 81–107	Nick Young John Wall (14)	Kevin Seraphin (8)	John Wall (7)	Verizon Center 19,419	4–20
25	February 6	Toronto	W 111–108	John Wall (31)	JaVale McGee Kevin Seraphin (8)	John Wall (7)	Verizon Center 14,687	5–20
26	February 8	New York	L 93–107	John Wall (29)	JaVale McGee (9)	John Wall (6)	Verizon Center 17,376	5–21
27	February 10	Miami	L 89–106	JaVale McGee (24)	Trevor Booker (15)	John Wall (10)	Verizon Center 20,282	5–22
28	February 12	@ Detroit	W 98–77	Nick Young JaVale McGee (22)	JaVale McGee (11)	John Wall (15)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,654	6–22
29	February 14	@ Portland	W 124–109	Nick Young (35)	JaVale McGee (11)	John Wall (9)	Rose Garden 20,558	7–22
30	February 15	@ L.A. Clippers	L 84–102	John Wall JaVale McGee (18)	Trevor Booker (8)	John Wall (12)	Staples Center 19,135	7–23
31	February 17	@ Utah	L 100–114	John Wall (24)	JaVale McGee Jordan Crawford (6)	John Wall (5)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,719	7–24
32	February 20	@ Phoenix	L 88–104	Jordan Crawford (20)	JaVale McGee (9)	John Wall (6)	US Airways Center 13,921	7–25
33	February 22	Sacramento	L 107–115	Jordan Crawford (32)	JaVale McGee (10)	John Wall (11)	Verizon Center 17,085	7–26
34	February 28	@ Milwaukee	L 118–119	Trevor Booker (20)	Trevor Booker (11)	John Wall (15)	Bradley Center 13,548	7–27
35	February 29	Orlando	L 95–102	John Wall (33)	Trevor Booker (13)	Jordan Crawford (5)	Verizon Center 18,688	7–28

March: 5–11 (Home: 3–5; Road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
36	March 3	Cleveland	W 101–98	Jordan Crawford (31)	JaVale McGee (12)	John Wall Andray Blatche Shelvin Mack (5)	Verizon Center 17,759	8–28
37	March 5	Golden State	L 100–120	Nick Young (25)	JaVale McGee (10)	John Wall (14)	Verizon Center 17,843	8–29
38	March 7	Los Angeles	W 106–101	Nick Young (19)	Trevor Booker (17)	John Wall (9)	Verizon Center 20,282	9–29
39	March 10	Portland	L 99–110	John Wall (25)	Trevor Booker (10)	John Wall (8)	Verizon Center 18,071	9–30
40	March 12	@ San Antonio	L 97–112	JaVale McGee (21)	JaVale McGee (15)	Jordan Crawford John Wall (5)	AT&T Center 18,581	9–31
41	March 13	@ Dallas	L 98–107	Trevor Booker (20)	Trevor Booker (12)	John Wall (10)	American Airlines Center 20,319	9–32
42	March 15	@ New Orleans	W 99–89	John Wall (26)	Kevin Seraphin (9)	John Wall (12)	New Orleans Arena 14,256	10–32
43	March 16	@ Atlanta	L 88–102	Trevor Booker (18)	Trevor Booker (9)	John Wall (9)	Philips Arena 15,241	10–33
44	March 18	@ Memphis	L 92–97	John Wall (25)	Kevin Seraphin (12)	John Wall (6)	FedExForum 15,412	10–34
45	March 21	@ New Jersey	W 108–89	Jordan Crawford (23)	Nenê (10)	John Wall (8)	Prudential Center 10,097	11–34
46	March 22	Indiana	L 83–85	Jordan Crawford (21)	Trevor Booker (7)	John Wall (9)	Verizon Center 15,874	11–35
47	March 24	Atlanta	L 92–95	Nenê (21)	Trevor Booker (14)	Trevor Booker John Wall (3)	Verizon Center 18,588	11–36
48	March 25	@ Boston	L 76–88	Jordan Crawford (20)	Trevor Booker (12)	John Wall (9)	TD Garden 18,624	11–37
49	March 26	Detroit	L 77–79	Jordan Crawford (20)	Nenê (9)	John Wall (9)	Verizon Center 15,911	11–38
50	March 29	@ Indiana	L 89–93	Jordan Crawford (20)	Nenê (13)	Shelvin Mack (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 11,505	11–39
51	March 30	Philadelphia	W 97–76	Cartier Martin (20)	Jan Vesely (11)	John Wall (6)	Verizon Center 18,066	12–39

April: 8–7 (Home: 4–3; Road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
52	April 1	@ Toronto	L 92–99	Jordan Crawford (18)	Chris Singleton (8)	John Wall (11)	Air Canada Centre 16,858	12–40
53	April 2	Milwaukee	L 98–112	Jordan Crawford (23)	Jan Vesely (7)	John Wall (9)	Verizon Center 16,234	12–41
54	April 4	Indiana	L 96–109	Jordan Crawford (28)	Kevin Seraphin (10)	Shelvin Mack (4)	Verizon Center 14,561	12–42
55	April 5	@ Detroit	L 94–99	John Wall (28)	Kevin Seraphin (9)	John Wall (10)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,681	12–43
56	April 6	@ New Jersey	L 98–110	John Wall (18)	Kevin Seraphin James Singleton (9)	Shelvin Mack (8)	Prudential Center 12,783	12–44
57	April 9	@ Charlotte	W 113–85	Jordan Crawford (20)	James Singleton (12)	John Wall (12)	Time Warner Cable Arena 10,303	13–44
58	April 10	Orlando	W 93–85	Kevin Seraphin (24)	Kevin Seraphin (13)	John Wall (7)	Verizon Center 15,355	14–44
59	April 13	@ New York	L 65–103	Jordan Crawford (17)	James Singleton (9)	John Wall (4)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	14–45
60	April 14	Cleveland	L 89–98	John Wall (19)	Jan Vesely (11)	John Wall (9)	Verizon Center 17,200	14–46
61	April 16	@ Chicago	W 87–84	Kevin Seraphin (21)	Kevin Seraphin (13)	Jordan Crawford (6)	United Center 22,307	15–46
62	April 18	Milwaukee	W 121–112	Jordan Crawford (32)	Jan Vesely (10)	John Wall (10)	Verizon Center 14,141	16–46
63	April 21	@ Miami	W 86–84	Cartier Martin (22)	Kevin Seraphin Jordan Crawford John Wall (6)	John Wall (13)	American Airlines Arena 19,722	17–46
64	April 23	Charlotte	W 101–73	Nenê (18)	James Singleton (9)	John Wall (14)	Verizon Center 17,355	18–46
65	April 25	@ Cleveland	W 96–85	John Wall (21)	Jan Vesely (12)	John Wall (13)	Quicken Loans Arena 18,086	19-46
66	April 26	Miami	W 104–70	Maurice Evans (18)	Jan Vesely James Singleton (8)	John Wall (12)	Verizon Center 19,537	20-46

2011–12 season schedule

Player statistics

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
John Wall	66	66	36.1	.423	.071	.789	4.6	8.0	1.4	0.9	16.3
Nick Young	40	32	30.3	.406	.371	.862	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.3	16.6
Jordan Crawford	42	10	25.4	.391	.292	.775	2.4	2.9	0.8	0.1	13.2
JaVale McGee	41	40	27.4	.535	.000	.500	8.8	0.6	0.6	2.5	11.9
Andray Blatche	24	13	25.0	.376	.286	.681	6.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	8.8
Trevor Booker	42	24	24.5	.555	.500	.588	6.2	0.8	1.1	0.9	8.6
Rashard Lewis	28	15	26.0	.385	.239	.838	3.9	1.0	0.8	0.4	7.8
Chris Singleton	42	27	20.3	.363	.324	.741	3.3	0.7	1.1	0.4	4.1
Roger Mason	34	0	9.5	.410	.384	.900	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.0	4.0
Kevin Seraphin	33	2	13.7	.510	.000	.625	3.6	0.3	0.2	1.1	3.8
Maurice Evans	14	0	11.6	.385	.320	.750	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	3.6
Shelvin Mack	40	0	11.1	.411	.333	.652	1.5	1.6	0.4	0.0	3.2
Jan Vesely	33	5	15.1	.476	.000	.406	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.5	2.8
Ronny Turiaf	4	0	14.5	1.000	.000	.000	3.0	1.3	1.5	0.8	1.5
Hamady Ndiaye	3	0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

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Transactions

Trades

Javale McGee to the Denver Nuggets for Nene

Nick Young to the Los Angeles Clippers for Brian Cook in a 3 team trade

Free agents

Subtractions

Josh Howard, Othyus Jeffers, Larry Owens, Mufasta Shakur, Yi Jianlian

References

^ "HoopsHype - NBA Salaries - Washington Wizards". July 19, 2011. http://hoopshype.com/salaries/washington.htm. Retrieved July 19, 2011.

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

v t e Washington Wizards

Formerly the Chicago Packers, the Chicago Zephyrs, the Baltimore Bullets, the Capital Bullets, and the Washington Bullets Founded in 1961 Based in Washington, D.C.

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Arenas	International Amphitheatre Chicago Coliseum Baltimore Civic Center Cole Field House Capital Centre/US Airways Arena Verizon Center

Coaches	Pollard McMahon Leonard Jeannette Seymour Farmer Jeannette Shue Jones Motta Shue Loughery Unseld Lynam Staak Bickerstaff Brovelli Heard Walker Hamilton Collins Jordan Tapscott Saunders Wittman

General Managers	Ferry Nash Unseld Grunfeld

D-League Affiliate	Iowa Energy

Administration	Ted Leonsis (Owner) Ernie Grunfeld (President & GM of Basketball Ops.) Randy Wittman (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	10 11 25 41

NBA Championships (1)	1978

Rivals	Cleveland Cavaliers Philadelphia 76ers New Jersey Nets New York Knicks

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