2011–12 Washington Wizards season

2011–12 Washington Wizards season
Head coach	Randy Wittman (Jan. - 2016) Flip Saunders (Dec. - Jan.)
Owner(s)	Ted Leonsis
Arena	Verizon Center
Results
Record	20–46 (.303)
Place	Division: 4th (Southeast) Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Mid-Atlantic, The CW Washington, TBD TV
Radio	106.7 The Fan

The 2011-12 Washington Wizards season was the 51st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 39th in the Washington, D.C. area. The Wizards finished the lockout-shortened season with a 20–46 record and in 14th place in the Eastern Conference. It was the last season of Flip Saunders as Washington's head coach, who was fired after 17 games.^[1] For the 2011–12, the Wizards unveiled a new logo and color scheme, bringing back the "hands" logo used during the 90s when they were still called the Washington Bullets.^[2]

Key dates

June 23: The 2011 NBA Draft took place in Newark, New Jersey.
July 1: The free agency period begun.
December 26: The Wizards begin the regular season with a loss against the New Jersey Nets at home.

Draft picks

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

2011–12 Washington Wizards roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
5.5 !F/C	7	Blatche, Andray	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1986–08–22	South Kent HS (CT)
4.0 !F	35	Booker, Trevor	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1987–11–25	Clemson
5.5 !F/C	43	Cook, Brian	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1980–12–04	Illinois
1.5 !G	15	Crawford, Jordan	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1988–10–23	Xavier
2.5 !G/F	6	Evans, Maurice	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1978–08–11	Texas
4.0 !F	9	Lewis, Rashard	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1979–08–08	Alief Elsik HS (TX)
1.5 !G	22	Mack, Shelvin	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1990–04–22	Butler
2.5 !G/F	20	Martin, Cartier	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1984–11–20	Kansas State
6.0 !C	42	Nenê	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1982–09–13	Brazil
5.5 !F/C	13	Seraphin, Kevin	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	1989–12–07	France
4.0 !F	31	Singleton, Chris	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1989–11–21	Florida State
4.0 !F	3	Singleton, James	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1981–07–20	Murray State
4.0 !F	24	Veselý, Jan	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1990–04–24	Czech Republic
1.5 !G	2	Wall, John (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–09–06	Kentucky
2.5 !G/F	21	Almond, Morris	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1985–02–02	Rice

Head coach

Randy Wittman

Assistant coach(es)

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

^[3]

Regular season

Standings

#	Eastern Conference
#	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

#	Eastern Conference
#	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

Game log

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

December: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)

January: 4–14 (Home: 3–8; Road: 1–6)

February: 3–11 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–6)

March: 5–11 (Home: 3–5; Road: 2–6)

April: 8–7 (Home: 4–3; Road: 4–4)

Game	Date Time	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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Almond, MorrisMorris Almond	4	0	16.8	.353	.333	.333	2.0	.5	1.8	.0	3.5
Blatche, AndrayAndray Blatche	26	13	24.1	.380	.286	.673	5.8	1.1	.8	.7	8.5
Booker, TrevorTrevor Booker	50	32	25.2	.531	.500	.602	6.5	.8	1.0	.9	8.4
Cook, BrianBrian Cook	16	0	9.7	.408	.217	.833	2.5	.5	.3	.1	3.1
Crawford, JordanJordan Crawford	64	32	27.4	.400	.289	.793	2.6	3.0	.9	.1	14.7
Evans, MauriceMaurice Evans	24	0	14.3	.402	.378	.769	1.0	.4	.6	.0	4.9
Hilario, NenêNenê Hilario	11	6	25.8	.607	.000	.657	7.5	1.7	.5	1.2	14.5
Lewis, RashardRashard Lewis	28	15	26.0	.385	.239	.838	3.9	1.0	.8	.4	7.8
Mack, ShelvinShelvin Mack	64	0	12.2	.400	.286	.712	1.4	2.0	.4	.0	3.6
Martin, CartierCartier Martin	17	2	23.0	.440	.387	.579	3.4	.6	.6	.1	9.3
Mason, RogerRoger Mason ^[a]	52	0	13.4	.399	.383	.778	1.3	.9	.3	.1	5.5
McGee, JaValeJaVale McGee ^[a]	41	40	27.4	.535	.000 !	.500	8.8	.6	.6	2.5	11.9
N'Diaye, HamadyHamady N'Diaye ^[a]	3	0	1.0	.000	.000 !	.000 !	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Seraphin, KevinKevin Seraphin	57	21	20.6	.531	.000	.671	4.9	.6	.3	1.3	7.9
Singleton, ChrisChris Singleton	66	51	21.7	.372	.346	.682	3.5	.7	1.1	.5	4.6
Singleton, JamesJames Singleton	12	0	21.8	.547	.222	.933	6.8	1.3	.8	.7	8.2
Turiaf, RonnyRonny Turiaf ^[a]	4	0	14.5	1.000	.000 !	.000 !	3.0	1.3	1.5	.8	1.5
Ubiles, EdwinEdwin Ubiles	4	0	13.0	.278	.200	1.000	2.5	.3	.3	.3	3.5
Veselý, JanJan Veselý	57	20	18.9	.537	.000	.532	4.4	.8	.7	.6	4.7
Wall, JohnJohn Wall	66	66	36.2	.423	.071	.789	4.5	8.0	1.4	.9	16.3
Young, NickNick Young ^[a]	40	32	30.3	.406	.371	.862	2.4	1.2	.8	.3	16.6

^a Statistics with the Washington Wizards.

Awards and milestones

John Wall participated in the Rising Stars Challenge and in the Skills Challenge during the All-Star Weekend in Orlando.
Rashard Lewis scored his 15,000th career point in a 98–77 win against the Detroit Pistons on February 12.^[4]

Injuries and surgeries

On April, Roger Mason, Jr. underwent surgery to repair a broken index finger in his left hand and was out for the remainder of the season.^[5]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

10-day contracts

Players Lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Waived

Trades

December 10, 2011	To Washington Wizards Ronny Turiaf Conditional 2013 second round pick (from Knicks) Cash considerations (from Knicks) Conditional 2012 second round pick (from Mavericks)	To Dallas Mavericks Andy Rautins Future second round pick (from Wizards) To New York Knicks Tyson Chandler (sign and trade) Draft rights to Ahmad Nivins (from Mavericks) Draft rights to Georgios Printezis (from Mavericks)
March 15, 2012	To Washington Wizards Nenê Brian Cook Conditional 2015 second round pick (from Clippers)	To Denver Nuggets JaVale McGee Ronny Turiaf Future second round pick (from Clippers) To Los Angeles Clippers Nick Young

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Roger Mason, Jr.	December 9	New York Knicks
Larry Owens	December 10	Re-signed
Hamady N'Diaye	December 11	Re-signed
Maurice Evans	December 16	Re-signed
Nick Young	December 19	Re-signed
Morris Almond	April 16	Maine Red Claws (D-League)

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Josh Howard	December 15	Utah Jazz
Yi Jianlian	January 6	Dallas Mavericks

Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends.^[6] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.^[7]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Mustafa Shakur	June 27	Pau-Orthez (France)	No
Trevor Booker	August 4	Bnei HaSharon (Israel)	Yes
Kevin Seraphin	September 20	Caja Laboral (Spain)	Yes
Yi Jianlian	October 8	Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)	Yes

References

↑ Washington Wizards fire Flip Saunders, ESPN.com. January 24, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
↑ Wizards Unveil New Logos and Uniforms, NBA.com/wizards. May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
↑ "HoopsHype - NBA Salaries - Washington Wizards". July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
↑ Rashard Lewis Reaches NBA Milestone, HoopsWorld.com. February 13, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
↑ Roger Mason Jr.’s season will end with surgery on finger, Washington Post. April 15, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
↑ "FIBA: NBA stars can play overseas". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. July 30, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
↑ Sun Xiaochen (August 21, 2011). "New rule shuts door on NBA stars". China Daily. Archived from the original on August 31, 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

Washington Wizards

Founded in 1961 Formerly the Chicago Packers (1961–1962), the Chicago Zephyrs (1962–1963), the Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973), the Capital Bullets (1973–1974), and the Washington Bullets (1974–1997) Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season

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

General Managers	Ferry Nash Unseld Grunfeld

D-League affiliate	None

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

Retired Numbers	10 11 25 41

NBA Championships (1)	1978

Eastern Conference Championships (4)	1971 1975 1978 1979

Culture and lore	Wes Unseld 1975 championship upset It ain't over till the fat lady sings The Big E Abe Pollin Earl the Pearl Agent Zero Robin Ficker

Media	TV WDCW Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic The Comcast Network Radio WJFK-FM Announcers Steve Buckhantz Phil Chenier Dave Johnson Glenn Consor

Chicago Packers / Zephyrs–Baltimore / Capital / Washington Bullets–Washington Wizards seasons

1960s

1970s

1977–78

1980s

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2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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