2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats season

2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats season
Head coach	Paul Silas
General manager	Rich Cho
President	Rod Higgins
Owner(s)	Michael Jordan
Arena	Time Warner Cable Arena
Results
Record	7–59 (.106)
Place	Division: 5th (Southeast) Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not Qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Carolinas, SportSouth
Radio	WFNZ

The 2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats season was the 8th season of the Charlotte Bobcats in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 22nd overall season of NBA basketball in Charlotte. Considered to be the worst NBA team of all time, the Bobcats failed to improve on their 34–48 record from the previous season and set the record for the worst winning percentage in a season with a .106 winning percentage, "surpassing" the 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers (.110) for the lowest winning percentage in NBA history. They were eliminated from playoff contention on March 28, 2012, after an 88–83 home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, with a record of 7–41. On March 17, 2012, the Bobcats managed to eke out their final win of the season against the Toronto Raptors, narrowly avoiding tying the 1947–48 Providence Steamrollers (which played 18 fewer games) for the record of the lowest number of wins in NBA history. April proved to be particularly unforgiving, with the team failing to secure a single victory, embarking on a harrowing 23-game losing streak that lasted until the start of the following season, further cementing their reputation as one of the most struggling franchises in NBA history. The Bobcats eventually clinched the worst record in NBA history, in a shortened season or otherwise, by losing 104–84 to the New York Knicks in their final regular season game on April 26, 2012.

Guard-forward Gerald Henderson led the team in scoring, with an average of 15.1 points per game. Forward-center Bismack Biyombo led in rebounds per game (5.8), and point guard D. J. Augustin recorded a team-high 6.4 assists per game. During the last minutes of their final regular season game, owner Michael Jordan (who was not in the stands) was shown on the jumbotron and was greeted with a swarm of boos from the home crowd.

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	School/club team
1	7	Bismack Biyombo	DR Congo	PF	Fuenlabrada (Spain)
1	9	Kemba Walker	United States	PG	Connecticut (Jr.)

Roster

2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 0 Biyombo, Bismack 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) August 28, 1992 DR Congo F 4 Brown, Derrick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 233 lb (106 kg) September 7, 1987 Xavier G 33 Carroll, Matt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) August 28, 1980 Notre Dame C 7 Diop, DeSagana 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) January 30, 1982 Oak Hill Academy (VA) G 15 Henderson, Gerald 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) December 9, 1987 Duke G 11 Higgins, Cory 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) June 14, 1989 Colorado G/F 50 Maggette, Corey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) November 12, 1979 Duke F 9 Moon, Jamario 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) June 13, 1980 Meridian CC F/C 22 Mullens, Byron 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) February 14, 1989 Ohio State F 21 Nájera, Eduardo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) July 11, 1976 Oklahoma F 12 Thomas, Tyrus 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) August 17, 1986 LSU G 1 Walker, Kemba 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 184 lb (83 kg) May 8, 1990 Connecticut F 8 White, D. J. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) August 31, 1986 Indiana G/F 55 Williams, Reggie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) September 14, 1986 VMI

Head coach Paul Silas Assistant coach(es) Stephen Silas Ralph Lewis Rob Werdann Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

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: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 19 Atlanta Hawks W 79–77 Kemba Walker (18) Derrick Brown (10) D. J. Augustin (3) Time Warner Cable Arena 9,224 1–0 2 December 22 @ Atlanta Hawks L 75–92 Corey Maggette (18) DeSagana Diop (6) Derrick Brown (4) Philips Arena 10,094 1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Miami Heat	46	20	.697	–	28–5	18–15	9–5	66
x-Atlanta Hawks	40	26	.606	6	23–10	17–16	11–3	66
x-Orlando Magic	37	29	.561	9	21–12	16–17	8–7	66
Washington Wizards	20	46	.303	26	11–22	9–24	7–7	66
Charlotte Bobcats	7	59	.106	39	4–29	3–30	1–14	66

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Chicago Bulls	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Miami Heat *	46	20	.697	4.0	66
3	x-Indiana Pacers *	42	24	.636	8.0	66
4	y-Boston Celtics	39	27	.591	11.0	66
5	x-Atlanta Hawks	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Orlando Magic	37	29	.561	13.0	66
7	x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Philadelphia 76ers	35	31	.530	15.0	66
9	Milwaukee Bucks	31	35	.470	19.0	66
10	Detroit Pistons	25	41	.379	25.0	66
11	Toronto Raptors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
12	New Jersey Nets	22	44	.333	28.0	66
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	21	45	.318	29.0	66
14	Washington Wizards	20	46	.303	30.0	66
15	Charlotte Bobcats	7	59	.106	43.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 7–59 (Home: 4–29; Road: 3–30)
December: 1–2 (home: 1–2; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 26 Milwaukee W 96–95 D. J. Augustin (19) Boris Diaw (11) Boris Diaw (9) Time Warner Cable Arena 17,173 1–0 2 December 28 Miami L 95–96 Gerald Henderson (21) Boris Diaw (16) Boris Diaw (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,614 1–1 3 December 30 Orlando L 79–100 Corey Maggette (20) Corey Maggette DeSagana Diop (7) Boris Diaw (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 18,064 1–2
January : 2–17 (home: 1–6; road: 1–11) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 January 1 @ Miami L 90–129 D. J. White (21) Derrick Brown (7) D. J. Augustin (7) American Airlines Arena 20,016 1–3 5 January 3 @ Cleveland L 101–115 D. J. Augustin (26) Corey Maggette (8) D. J. Augustin (9) Quicken Loans Arena 14,173 1–4 6 January 4 @ New York W 118–110 Boris Diaw (27) D. J. White (9) D. J. Augustin (10) Madison Square Garden 19,763 2–4 7 January 6 Atlanta L 96–102 (OT) D. J. Augustin (21) D. J. Augustin (12) D. J. White (9) Time Warner Cable Arena 17,827 2–5 8 January 7 @ Indiana L 77–99 D. J. Augustin (20) Byron Mullens (11) D. J. Augustin (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,226 2–6 9 January 9 @ New York L 87–91 Boris Diaw (19) Boris Diaw (10) Boris Diaw (7) Madison Square Garden 19,763 2–7 10 January 10 Houston L 70–82 Byron Mullens (15) Byron Mullens (10) D. J. Augustin Kemba Walker (3) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,421 2–8 11 January 12 @ Atlanta L 81–111 Byron Mullens (21) Boris Diaw (6) D. J. Augustin (9) Philips Arena 10,597 2–9 12 January 13 Detroit L 81–98 Byron Mullens (18) Tyrus Thomas Boris Diaw Byron Mullens (7) D. J. Augustin (13) Time Warner Cable Arena 18,043 2–10 13 January 14 Golden State W 112–100 Gerald Henderson (26) Byron Mullens (7) D. J. Augustin (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,122 3–10 14 January 16 Cleveland L 94–102 D. J. Augustin (24) Byron Mullens (12) D. J. Augustin (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 14,988 3–11 15 January 17 @ Orlando L 89–96 Gerald Henderson (22) Bismack Biyombo (10) Kemba Walker (6) Amway Center 18,846 3–12 16 January 21 @ Chicago L 89–95 Gerald Henderson (22) Gerald Henderson (9) D. J. Augustin Matt Carroll (3) United Center 21,861 3–13 17 January 22 @ New Jersey L 87–97 Kemba Walker (16) Bismack Biyombo (7) Boris Diaw (4) Prudential Center 10,035 3–14 18 January 24 New York L 78–111 Kemba Walker (22) Boris Diaw (6) Kemba Walker Cory Higgins (2) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,802 3–15 19 January 25 @ Washington L 75–92 Matt Carroll (17) Tyrus Thomas (9) Kemba Walker (4) Verizon Center 15,286 3–16 20 January 27 @ Philadelphia L 72–89 Kemba Walker (14) Kemba Walker (8) Matt Carroll (4) Wells Fargo Center 16,199 3–17 21 January 28 Washington L 99–102 Byron Mullens (23) Tyrus Thomas Kemba Walker (10) Kemba Walker (11) Time Warner Cable Arena 17,761 3–18 22 January 31 @ L. A. Lakers L 73–106 Gerald Henderson (14) DeSagana Diop (8) Kemba Walker (6) Staples Center 18,997 3–19
February : 1–10 (home: 0–4; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 February 1 @ Portland L 68–112 Gerald Henderson (16) Boris Diaw (6) Boris Diaw Kemba Walker Cory Higgins (3) Rose Garden 20,608 3–20 24 February 4 @ Phoenix L 89–95 Kemba Walker (22) Tyrus Thomas (13) Reggie Williams (6) US Airways Center 14,928 3–21 25 February 7 @ Boston L 84–94 Reggie Williams (21) Kemba Walker (7) Reggie Williams (5) TD Garden 18,624 3–22 26 February 10 Chicago L 64–95 Derrick Brown (10) Bismack Biyombo (10) Boris Diaw (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,379 3–23 27 February 11 L. A. Clippers L 86–111 Kemba Walker (19) Bismack Biyombo Corey Maggette (6) Kemba Walker (4) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,110 3–24 28 February 13 Philadelphia L 89–98 Corey Maggette (22) Byron Mullens (9) Boris Diaw (10) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,773 3–25 29 February 15 @ Minnesota L 90–102 Kemba Walker (21) Boris Diaw (9) Boris Diaw (7) Target Center 15,139 3–26 30 February 17 @ Toronto W 98–91 Reggie Williams (22) Bismack Biyombo (13) D. J. Augustin (10) Air Canada Centre 15,575 4–26 31 February 19 @ Indiana L 73–108 Derrick Brown (16) Bismack Biyombo (8) Kemba Walker (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 11,673 4–27 32 February 22 Indiana L 88–102 Corey Maggette (20) Boris Diaw (11) Boris Diaw (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,478 4–28 33 February 29 @ Detroit L 94–109 Corey Maggette (17) Boris Diaw (6) D. J. Augustin (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,534 4–29
March : 3–14 (home: 2–8; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 March 2 @ San Antonio L 72–102 Boris Diaw Corey Maggette (14) DeSagana Diop (7) D. J. Augustin Kemba Walker (5) AT&T Center 18,581 4–30 35 March 4 New Jersey L 101–104 Corey Maggette (24) Corey Maggette (7) Boris Diaw (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,564 4–31 36 March 6 Orlando W 100–84 Corey Maggette (29) Bismack Biyombo (15) D. J. Augustin Kemba Walker (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,110 5–31 37 March 7 Utah L 93–99 Corey Maggette (25) Bismack Biyombo (9) D. J. Augustin (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 10,891 5–32 38 March 9 New Jersey L 74–83 Corey Maggette (19) Bismack Biyombo (11) D. J. Augustin (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 14,672 5–33 39 March 10 @ Oklahoma City L 95–122 D. J. Augustin (22) Bismack Biyombo (8) D. J. Augustin (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 5–34 40 March 12 @ New Orleans W 73–71 Gerald Henderson (15) Bismack Biyombo Tyrus Thomas (7) D. J. Augustin (5) New Orleans Arena 15,254 6–34 41 March 14 @ Houston L 87–107 Derrick Brown (15) Bismack Biyombo (5) Kemba Walker (8) Toyota Center 18,128 6–35 42 March 15 @ Dallas L 96–101 Corey Maggette (21) Bismack Biyombo (11) D. J. Augustin Kemba Walker (4) American Airlines Center 20,507 6–36 43 March 17 Toronto W 107–103 Gerald Henderson (24) Bismack Biyombo (9) D. J. Augustin (11) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,108 7–36 44 March 19 Philadelphia L 80–105 Gerald Henderson (14) Bismack Biyombo (9) D. J. Augustin Kemba Walker (5) Time Warner Cable Arena 12,792 7–37 45 March 23 Milwaukee L 92–112 Gerald Henderson (29) Tyrus Thomas (7) Kemba Walker (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,729 7–38 46 March 24 @ New Jersey L 89–102 Byron Mullens (17) Byron Mullens (10) D. J. Augustin (8) Prudential Center 13,297 7–39 47 March 26 Boston L 95–102 Gerald Henderson (21) Byron Mullens (7) Derrick Brown Kemba Walker (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,357 7–40 48 March 28 Minnesota L 83–88 Corey Maggette (22) Eduardo Nájera (8) D. J. Augustin (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 10,540 7–41 49 March 30 Denver L 88–99 Gerald Henderson (21) Byron Mullens (10) D. J. Augustin (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,806 7–42 50 March 31 @ Detroit L 107–110 (OT) Byron Mullens (20) Byron Mullens (9) D. J. Augustin (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,082 7–43
April : 0–16 (home: 0–9; road: 0–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 April 3 @ Toronto L 87–92 Byron Mullens (20) Byron Mullens (14) D. J. Augustin Kemba Walker (7) Air Canada Centre 14,640 7–44 52 April 4 @ Atlanta L 93–120 Kemba Walker (21) Gerald Henderson Byron Mullens (7) Kemba Walker (5) Philips Arena 13,046 7–45 53 April 6 @ Milwaukee L 90–95 Byron Mullens (31) Bismack Biyombo Byron Mullens (14) Kemba Walker (8) Bradley Center 13,374 7–46 54 April 7 Atlanta L 96–116 Cory Higgins (22) Bismack Biyombo D. J. White (5) Kemba Walker (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 14,715 7–47 55 April 9 Washington L 85–113 Corey Maggette (23) Derrick Brown (8) Kemba Walker (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 10,303 7–48 56 April 10 @ Cleveland L 90–103 Gerald Henderson (21) Bismack Biyombo (8) D. J. Augustin (11) Quicken Loans Arena 13,576 7–49 57 April 12 Detroit L 85–109 D. J. Augustin Derrick Brown (13) Byron Mullens (6) D. J. Augustin (5) Time Warner Cable Arena 10,828 7–50 58 April 13 @ Miami L 82–105 Derrick Brown (21) Derrick Brown (9) D. J. Augustin (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 7–51 59 April 15 Boston L 82–94 Gerald Henderson (22) Bismack Biyombo Derrick Brown (7) D. J. Augustin (10) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,169 7–52 60 April 16 New Orleans L 67–75 Gerald Henderson (27) Byron Mullens (10) Derrick Brown Kemba Walker (3) Time Warner Cable Arena 10,876 7–53 61 April 18 Chicago L 68–100 Kemba Walker (16) Bismack Biyombo (13) Kemba Walker (5) Time Warner Cable Arena 14,221 7–54 62 April 20 Memphis L 80–85 Gerald Henderson (32) Byron Mullens (11) Kemba Walker (5) Time Warner Cable Arena 13,428 7–55 63 April 22 Sacramento L 88–114 Kemba Walker Byron Mullens Derrick Brown (13) Byron Mullens (8) Kemba Walker (11) Time Warner Cable Arena 11,317 7–56 64 April 23 @ Washington L 73–101 Gerald Henderson (19) Byron Mullens (8) D. J. Augustin (6) Verizon Center 17,355 7–57 65 April 25 @ Orlando L 95–102 D. J. Augustin (23) Kemba Walker (9) D. J. Augustin (6) Amway Center 19,152 7–58 66 April 26 New York L 84–104 Gerald Henderson (21) Jamario Moon (8) D. J. Augustin (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,023 7–59
2011–12 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kemba Walker	PG	66	25	1,792	234	289	60	20	799	27.2	3.5	4.4	.9	.3	12.1
Byron Mullens	C	65	25	1,465	327	57	21	52	606	22.5	5.0	.9	.3	.8	9.3
Derrick Brown	SF	65	17	1,443	236	67	48	12	524	22.2	3.6	1.0	.7	.2	8.1
Bismack Biyombo	C	63	41	1,455	368	27	20	115	327	23.1	5.8	.4	.3	1.8	5.2
D. J. White	PF	58	11	1,098	209	47	17	23	392	18.9	3.6	.8	.3	.4	6.8
Gerald Henderson Jr.	SG	55	55	1,831	225	126	49	20	830	33.3	4.1	2.3	.9	.4	15.1
Tyrus Thomas	PF	54	30	1,013	200	35	36	60	304	18.8	3.7	.6	.7	1.1	5.6
Matt Carroll	SG	53	2	596	58	38	16	7	142	11.2	1.1	.7	.3	.1	2.7
D. J. Augustin	PG	48	46	1,408	109	307	36	1	532	29.3	2.3	6.4	.8	.0	11.1
Cory Higgins	PG	38	0	423	35	36	5	6	150	11.1	.9	.9	.1	.2	3.9
Boris Diaw†	PF	37	28	1,018	195	158	20	19	272	27.5	5.3	4.3	.5	.5	7.4
Reggie Williams	SF	33	13	747	93	60	20	3	274	22.6	2.8	1.8	.6	.1	8.3
Corey Maggette	SF	32	28	881	125	39	23	1	480	27.5	3.9	1.2	.7	.0	15.0
DeSagana Diop	C	27	9	325	85	23	6	13	31	12.0	3.1	.9	.2	.5	1.1
Eduardo Nájera	PF	22	0	270	50	12	19	4	58	12.3	2.3	.5	.9	.2	2.6
Jamario Moon	SF	8	0	123	22	5	1	5	18	15.4	2.8	.6	.1	.6	2.3

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Bobcats only.

Transactions

Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Bismack Biyombo Kemba Walker Via trade Corey Maggette Byron Mullens Via free agency Derrick Brown Melvin Ely Reggie Williams Ben Uzoh Cory Higgins

Players Lost Via trade Stephen Jackson Shaun Livingston Via free agency Kwame Brown Dante Cunningham Joel Przybilla Jamario Moon Waived Boris Diaw Melvin Ely Ben Uzoh

Trades

June 23, 2011	To Charlotte Bobcats Corey Maggette Draft rights to Bismack Biyombo	To Milwaukee Bucks Stephen Jackson Shaun Livingston Beno Udrih Draft rights to Tobias Harris To Sacramento Kings John Salmons Draft rights to Jimmer Fredette
June 23, 2011	To Charlotte Bobcats Cash considerations	To Milwaukee Bucks Draft rights to Jeremy Tyler
December 19, 2011	To Charlotte Bobcats Byron Mullens	To Oklahoma City Thunder Conditional 2012 second round pick

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Derrick Brown	December 9	New York Knicks
Melvin Ely	December 14	Denver Nuggets
Reggie Williams	December 15	Golden State Warriors
Ben Uzoh	December 19	New Jersey Nets
Cory Higgins	December 25	Denver Nuggets
Jamario Moon	April 15	Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Kwame Brown	December 14	Golden State Warriors
Dante Cunningham	December 24	Memphis Grizzlies
Joel Przybilla	February 27	Portland Trail Blazers

Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allowed 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. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allowed its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire 2011–12 CBA season in China.

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Garrett Temple	July 27	Fastweb Casale (Italy)	No
Boris Diaw	September 27	JSA Bordeaux Basket (France)	Yes