2011–12 Denver Nuggets season

2011–12 Denver Nuggets season
2011–12 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	George Karl
General manager	Masai Ujiri
Owner(s)	Stan Kroenke
Arena	Pepsi Center
Results
Record	38–28 (.576)
Place	Division: 2nd (Northwest); Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round; (lost to Lakers 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio	KCKK
< 2010–11	2012–13 >

The 2011–12 Denver Nuggets season was the 45th season of the franchise, and its 36th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Denver finished the lockout-shortened season in sixth place in the Western Conference with a 38–28 record and were eliminated in the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. The Nuggets finished the regular season leading the league in points per game (104.12) and assists per game (23.96).

Key dates

June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. With the 22nd overall pick in the draft, the Nuggets selected Kenneth Faried from Morhead State.^[1]

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	22	Kenneth Faried	PF	United States	Morehead State University

Roster

2011–12 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	6	Afflalo, Arron	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1985-10-15	UCLA
C	11	Andersen, Chris	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1978-07-07	Blinn
SF	13	Brewer, Corey	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1986-03-05	Florida
SF	21	Chandler, Wilson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1987-05-10	DePaul
PF	35	Faried, Kenneth	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1989-11-19	Morehead State
SG	5	Fernández, Rudy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1985-04-04	Spain
SF	8	Gallinari, Danilo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	1988-08-08	Italy
SF	1	Hamilton, Jordan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1990-10-06	Texas
PF	7	Harrington, Al	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1980-02-17	St. Patrick HS (NJ)
C	41	Koufos, Kosta	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	1989-02-24	Ohio State
PG	3	Lawson, Ty	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1987-11-03	North Carolina
C	34	McGee, JaVale	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1988-01-19	Nevada
SG	24	Miller, Andre	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1976-03-19	Utah
C	25	Mozgov, Timofey	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1986-07-16	Russia
SG	10	Stone, Julyan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988-12-07	UTEP

Head coach

George Karl

Assistant coach(es)

Ryan Bowen
Melvin Hunt
Chad Iske
Jesse Mermuys
Patrick Mutombo (player development)
John Welch

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 18, 2012

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Oklahoma City Thunder	47	19	.712	–	26‍–‍7	21‍–‍12	10–3	66
x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	9.0	20‍–‍13	18‍–‍15	6–7	66
x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	11.0	25‍–‍8	11‍–‍22	9–4	66
Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	19.0	20‍–‍13	8‍–‍25	4–10	66
Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	21.0	13‍–‍20	13‍–‍20	4–9	66

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-San Antonio Spurs *	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	47	19	.712	3.0	66
3	y-Los Angeles Lakers *	41	25	.621	9.0	66
4	x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9.0	66
5	x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	12.0	66
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	14.0	66

9	Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16.0	66
10	Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	17.0	66
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	22.0	66
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	24.0	66
13	Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
14	Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	28.0	66
15	New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log
Total: 38–28 (home: 20–13; road: 18–15)

December: 2–2 (home: 1–0; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 26	@ Dallas	W 115–93	Ty Lawson (27)	Danilo Gallinari Nenê (7)	Andre Miller (5)	American Airlines Center 20,408	1–0
2	December 28	Utah	W 117–100	Nenê (25)	Al Harrington Nenê (7)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 19,155	2–0
3	December 29	@ Portland	L 102–111	Ty Lawson (25)	Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (8)	Rose Garden 20,531	2–1
4	December 31	@ L. A. Lakers	L 89–92	Al Harrington (21)	Timofey Mozgov (10)	Ty Lawson (8)	Staples Center 18,997	2–2

January: 12–5 (home: 6–3; road: 6–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	January 1	L. A. Lakers	W 99–90	Danilo Gallinari (20)	Al Harrington (11)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 19,155	3–2
6	January 2	Milwaukee	W 91–86	Danilo Gallinari (21)	Danilo Gallinari (10)	Ty Lawson (6)	Pepsi Center 14,142	4–2
7	January 4	Sacramento	W 110–83	Al Harrington (15)	Kosta Koufos (10)	Rudy Fernández (8)	Pepsi Center 14,562	5–2
8	January 6	@ New Orleans	W 96–88	Danilo Gallinari (23)	Nenê (8)	Ty Lawson (8)	New Orleans Arena 13,035	6–2
9	January 7	@ San Antonio	L 117–121	Danilo Gallinari (31)	Andre Miller (6)	Ty Lawson (10)	AT&T Center 17,537	6–3
10	January 9	New Orleans	L 81–94	Danilo Gallinari Ty Lawson (15)	Nenê (11)	Nenê (4)	Pepsi Center 14,002	6–4
11	January 11	New Jersey	W 123–115	Danilo Gallinari (22)	Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 14,139	7–4
12	January 13	Miami	W 117–104	Ty Lawson (24)	Nenê (12)	Ty Lawson (9)	Pepsi Center 19,155	8–4
13	January 15	Utah	L 96–106	Nenê Danilo Gallinari (18)	Al Harrington (7)	Ty Lawson (8)	Pepsi Center 16,208	8–5
14	January 17	@ Milwaukee	W 105–95	Corey Brewer (22)	Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (11)	Bradley Center 11,322	9–5
15	January 18	@ Philadelphia	W 108–104 (OT)	Andre Miller (28)	Nenê (14)	Andre Miller (10)	Wells Fargo Center 15,201	10–5
16	January 20	@ Washington	W 108–104	Al Harrington (29)	Ty Lawson (9)	Ty Lawson (7)	Verizon Center 14,866	11–5
17	January 21	@ New York	W 119–114 (2OT)	Danilo Gallinari (37)	Nenê (13)	Andre Miller (12)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	12–5
18	January 25	@ Sacramento	W 122–93	Danilo Gallinari (23)	Kosta Koufos (7)	Andre Miller (10)	Power Balance Pavilion 12,097	13–5
19	January 27	Toronto	W 96–81	Rudy Fernández (23)	Nenê (10)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 18,855	14–5
20	January 29	L. A. Clippers	L 105–109	Nenê (18)	Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (10)	Pepsi Center 19,495	14–6
21	January 31	@ Memphis	L 97–100 (OT)	Al Harrington (23)	Al Harrington (10)	Andre Miller (6)	FedEx Forum 13,651	14–7

February: 5–10 (home: 3–5; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
22	February 2	@ L. A. Clippers	W 112–91	Danilo Gallinari (21)	Timofey Mozgov (7)	Andre Miller (8)	Staples Center 19,223	15–7
23	February 3	L. A. Lakers	L 89–93	Al Harrington (24)	Al Harrington (8)	Ty Lawson Andre Miller (7)	Pepsi Center 19,155	15–8
24	February 4	@ Portland	L 97–117	Danilo Gallinari (20)	Kosta Koufos (12)	Ty Lawson (5)	Rose Garden 20,583	15–9
25	February 6	Houston	L 90–99	Rudy Fernández Danilo Gallinari (14)	Al Harrington (15)	Ty Lawson (7)	Pepsi Center 14,501	15–10
26	February 8	Dallas	L 95–105	Rudy Fernández Al Harrington (17)	Nenê (10)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 15,970	15–11
27	February 9	Golden State	L 101–109	Arron Afflalo (26)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 14,960	15–12
28	February 11	@ Indiana	W 113–109	Ty Lawson (27)	Kosta Koufos (7)	Andre Miller (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,313	16–12
29	February 14	Phoenix	W 109–92	Arron Afflalo (20)	Kenneth Faried Kosta Koufos (9)	Andre Miller (7)	Pepsi Center 17,873	17–12
30	February 15	@ Dallas	L 84–102	Rudy Fernández (14)	Kosta Koufos (14)	Corey Brewer Julyan Stone (4)	American Airlines Center 20,075	17–13
31	February 17	@ Memphis	L 102–103	Corey Brewer (26)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Andre Miller (9)	Pepsi Center 15,201	17–14
32	February 19	@ Oklahoma City	L 118–124 (OT)	Arron Afflalo (27)	Al Harrington (11)	Andre Miller (10)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	17–15
33	February 20	Minnesota	W 103–101 (OT)	Al Harrington (31)	Kenneth Faried (14)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 17,263	18–15
34	February 22	@ L. A. Clippers	L 95–103	Arron Afflalo (20)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Andre Miller (8)	Staples Center 19,163	18–16
35	February 23	San Antonio	L 99–114	Corey Brewer (23)	Jordan Hamilton Al Harrington (9)	Andre Miller Julyan Stone (12)	Pepsi Center 18,875	18–17
36	February 29	Portland	W 104–95	Ty Lawson (18)	Kosta Koufos (11)	Ty Lawson (9)	Pepsi Center 15,715	19–17

March: 9–7 (home: 5–4; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
37	March 2	@ Houston	W 117–105	Ty Lawson (22)	Kenneth Faried (11)	Ty Lawson (15)	Toyota Center 16,879	20–17
38	March 4	@ San Antonio	W 99–94	Ty Lawson (22)	Ty Lawson (9)	Ty Lawson (11)	AT&T Center 18,581	21–17
39	March 5	Sacramento	W 119–116 (OT)	Arron Afflalo (32)	Kenneth Faried (12)	Ty Lawson (13)	Pepsi Center 14,823	22–17
40	March 7	Cleveland	L 99–100	Al Harrington (22)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Ty Lawson (6)	Pepsi Center 15,816	22–18
41	March 9	New Orleans	W 110–97	Arron Afflalo (28)	Al Harrington (10)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 19,155	23–18
42	March 11	Memphis	L 91–94	Three players (15)	Chris Andersen Nenê (9)	Andre Miller (7)	Pepsi Center 17,737	23–19
43	March 13	Atlanta	W 118–117 (OT)	Nenê (22)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Andre Miller (8)	Pepsi Center 15,594	24–19
44	March 15	Oklahoma City	L 90–103	Andre Miller (17)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Ty Lawson (5)	Pepsi Center 18,458	24–20
45	March 17	Boston	W 98–91	Danilo Gallinari (20)	Kenneth Faried (16)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 19,003	25–20
46	March 19	Dallas	L 95–112	Arron Afflalo (24)	Al Harrington (9)	Danilo Gallinari (7)	Pepsi Center 16,683	25–21
47	March 21	Detroit	W 116–115	Ty Lawson (25)	Wilson Chandler (10	Andre Miller (7)	Pepsi Center 16,681	26–21
48	March 23	@ Utah	L 102–121	Al Harrington (20)	Al Harrington (10)	Ty Lawson Andre Miller (6)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,250	26–22
49	March 25	@ Minnesota	L 100–117	Kenneth Faried (17)	JaVale McGee (11)	Wilson Chandler Ty Lawson (5)	Target Center 20,023	26–23
50	March 26	@ Chicago	W 108–91	Ty Lawson (27)	Ty Lawson (9)	Andre Miller (10)	United Center 22,274	27–23
51	March 28	@ Toronto	L 96–105	Ty Lawson (26)	Wilson Chandler (8)	Ty Lawson (9)	Air Canada Centre 15,867	27–24
52	March 30	@ Charlotte	W 99–88	Arron Afflalo (19)	Arron Afflalo Al Harrington (11)	Ty Lawson (10)	Time Warner Cable Arena 13,806	28–24

April: 10–4 (home: 5–1; road: 5–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
53	April 1	@ Orlando	W 104–101	Ty Lawson (25)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Ty Lawson (9)	Amway Center 18,846	29–24
54	April 4	@ New Orleans	L 92–94	Ty Lawson (22)	Kenneth Faried (8)	Arron Afflalo (7)	New Orleans Arena 15,020	29–25
55	April 6	Phoenix	W 105–99	Arron Afflalo (30)	Kenneth Faried Kosta Koufos (8)	Ty Lawson (8)	Pepsi Center 19,155	30–25
56	April 7	@ Golden State	L 97–112	Ty Lawson (21)	JaVale McGee Andre Miller (6)	Ty Lawson (6)	Oracle Arena 18,942	30–26
57	April 9	Golden State	W 123–84	Kenneth Faried (27)	Kenneth Faried (17)	Andre Miller (12)	Pepsi Center 15,530	31–26
58	April 11	Minnesota	W 113–107	Ty Lawson (24)	Kenneth Faried (12)	Ty Lawson (8)	Pepsi Center 15,823	32–26
59	April 13	@ L. A. Lakers	L 97–103	Andre Miller (20)	JaVale McGee (10)	Andre Miller (6)	Staples Center 18,997	32–27
60	April 15	Houston	W 101–86	Arron Afflalo Ty Lawson (20)	Kenneth Faried (11)	Andre Miller (11)	Pepsi Center 17,954	33–27
61	April 16	@ Houston	W 105–102	Arron Afflalo (26)	Al Harrington (9)	Andre Miller (13)	Toyota Center 15,988	34–27
62	April 18	L. A. Clippers	L 98–104	Ty Lawson (24)	Kosta Koufos (9)	Andre Miller (8)	Pepsi Center 17,219	34–28
63	April 21	@ Phoenix	W 118–107	Ty Lawson (29)	Kenneth Faried (14)	Ty Lawson (10)	US Airways Center 15,877	35–28
64	April 22	Orlando	W 101–74	Danilo Gallinari JaVale McGee (17)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Andre Miller (11)	Pepsi Center 19,155	36–28
65	April 25	@ Oklahoma City	W 106–101	Ty Lawson (25)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Andre Miller (6)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	37–28
66	April 26	@ Minnesota	W 131–102	JaVale McGee (19)	Kosta Koufos (11)	Andre Miller (10)	Target Center 14,824	38–28

2011–12 season schedule

Playoffs

2012 playoff game log

First round: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 29	@ L. A. Lakers	L 88–103	Danilo Gallinari (19)	Andre Miller, Kenneth Faried (8)	Andre Miller (7)	Staples Center 18,997	0–1
2	May 1	@ L. A. Lakers	L 100–104	Ty Lawson (25)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Andre Miller (8)	Staples Center 18,997	0–2
3	May 4	L. A. Lakers	W 99–84	Ty Lawson (25)	JaVale McGee (15)	Ty Lawson (7)	Pepsi Center 19,155	1–2
4	May 6	L. A. Lakers	L 88–92	Danilo Gallinari (20)	Andre Miller, Kenneth Faried (7)	Ty Lawson (6)	Pepsi Center 19,155	1–3
5	May 8	@ L. A. Lakers	W 102–99	Andre Miller (24)	JaVale McGee (14)	Ty Lawson, Andre Miller (8)	Staples Center 18,997	2–3
6	May 10	L. A. Lakers	W 113–96	Ty Lawson (32)	Kenneth Faried (11)	Arron Afflalo, Danilo Gallinari (7)	Pepsi Center 19,770	3–3
7	May 12	@ L. A. Lakers	L 87–96	Al Harrington, Ty Lawson (24)	JaVale McGee (14)	Andre Miller (8)	Staples Center 18,997	3–4

2012 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Arron Afflalo	62	62	33.6	.471	.398	.798	3.2	2.4	.6	.2	15.2
Chris Andersen	32	1	15.2	.546		.610	4.6	.2	.6	1.4	5.3
Corey Brewer	59	17	21.8	.434	.260	.692	2.5	1.5	1.2	.3	8.9
DeMarre Carroll ^[a]	4	0	5.3	1.000			.8	.8	.0	.0	3.0
Wilson Chandler	8	6	26.9	.392	.250	.833	5.1	2.1	.8	.8	9.4
Kenneth Faried	46	39	22.5	.586		.665	7.7	.8	.7	1.0	10.2
Rudy Fernandez	31	1	22.9	.440	.328	.698	2.1	2.4	1.0	.1	8.6
Danilo Gallinari	43	40	31.4	.414	.328	.871	4.7	2.7	1.0	.5	14.6
Jordan Hamilton	26	2	9.9	.432	.362	.400	2.4	.8	.2	.1	4.4
Al Harrington	64	1	27.5	.446	.333	.676	6.1	1.4	.9	.2	14.2
Nene Hilario ^[a]	28	27	29.5	.509	.000	.677	7.4	2.2	1.3	.9	13.4
Kosta Koufos	48	24	16.5	.599		.600	5.4	.3	.5	.9	5.5
Ty Lawson	61	61	34.8	.488	.365	.824	3.7	6.6	1.3	.1	16.4
JaVale McGee ^[a]	20	5	20.6	.612		.373	5.8	.3	.5	1.6	10.3
Andre Miller	66	7	27.4	.438	.217	.811	3.3	6.7	1.0	.1	9.7
Timofey Mozgov	44	35	15.6	.526		.684	4.1	.5	.3	1.0	5.4
Julyan Stone	22	2	8.1	.419	.182	.727	1.1	1.7	.4	.3	1.6

^a Statistics with the Denver Nuggets.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Arron Afflalo	7	7	32.7	.405	.200	.800	3.6	2.7	.7	.3	10.9
Corey Brewer	7	0	16.6	.426	.300	.750	2.0	.9	1.0	.3	8.3
Kenneth Faried	7	7	27.4	.533		.750	10.0	.6	.7	1.1	10.4
Danilo Gallinari	7	7	31.7	.362	.174	.917	5.1	2.4	.7	.6	13.4
Jordan Hamilton	2	0	2.5	.667			.0	.0	.5	.0	2.0
Al Harrington	7	0	23.3	.320	.286	.667	4.3	.9	.4	.1	9.7
Kosta Koufos	3	2	8.7	.333			3.7	.0	.0	.1	.7
Ty Lawson	7	7	34.6	.514	.321	.632	2.6	6.0	1.0	.1	19.0
JaVale McGee	7	0	25.9	.434		.538	9.6	.7	.7	3.1	8.6
Andre Miller	7	0	28.6	.425	.571	.867	5.6	6.0	1.3	.1	11.3
Timofey Mozgov	7	5	14.1	.480		.500	3.3	.4	.3	.9	4.0
Julyan Stone	2	0	2.5	.500			.5	1.0	.0	.0	1.0

Awards

Ty Lawson was named Western Conference Player of the Week (February 27 – March 4).^[2]
Kenneth Faried was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for March^[3] and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.^[4]

Injuries and disciplinary actions

Before the start of the postseason, Wilson Chandler had a labral tear in his hip and was out for the remainder of the season.^[5]
Arron Afflalo earned a 1-game suspension for throwing an elbow at an opponent during a game against the Utah Jazz on March 23.^[6]

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Kenneth Faried

Via free agency

DeMarre Carroll (later waived)
Julyan Stone (Undrafted)

Via trade

Players Lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Waived

Cory Higgins
Ronny Turiaf (acquired in trade)

Trades

June 23, 2011	To Denver Nuggets Andre Miller Draft rights to Jordan Hamilton (from Mavericks)	To Dallas Mavericks Rudy Fernández Draft rights to Petteri Koponen (from Trail Blazers) To Portland Trail Blazers Raymond Felton Draft rights to Tanguy Ngombo (from Mavericks)
June 23, 2011	To Denver Nuggets Draft rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum	To Los Angeles Lakers Future second round pick
December 13, 2011	To Denver Nuggets Corey Brewer Rudy Fernández	To Dallas Mavericks Future second round pick
March 15, 2012	To Denver Nuggets JaVale McGee Ronny Turiaf Future second round pick (from Clippers)	To Los Angeles Clippers Nick Young To Washington Wizards Nenê Brian Cook Conditional 2015 second round pick (from Clippers)

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Julyan Stone	December 9	UTEP (undrafted rookie)
DeMarre Carroll	December 13	Houston Rockets
Nenê	December 14	Re-signed (later traded to Washington)
Arron Afflalo	December 20	Re-signed
Wilson Chandler	March 18	Re-signed

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
J. R. Smith	September 13	Zhejiang Golden Bulls (China) (later signed with the New York Knicks)
Kenyon Martin	September 21	Xinjiang Flying Tigers (China) (later signed with the Los Angeles Clippers)
Melvin Ely	December 14	Charlotte Bobcats
Gary Forbes	December 14	Toronto Raptors

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.^[7] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.^[8]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Timofey Mozgov	July 21	BC Khimki (Russia)	Yes
Ty Lawson	August 15	Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)	Yes
Wilson Chandler	August 29	Zhejiang Lions (China)	No
J. R. Smith	September 13	Zhejiang Golden Bulls (China)	No
Danilo Gallinari	September 20	Armani Milano (Italy)	Yes
Kenyon Martin	September 21	Xinjiang Flying Tigers (China)	No

References

^ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN. October 27, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
^ "Rose, Lawson claim Player of Week honors" (Press release). National Basketball Association. March 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
^ "Hawks' Johnson, Nuggets' Faried get Rookie of Month honors". NBA.com. April 27, 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
^ "Irving, Rubio headline 2011-12 NBA All-Rookie First Team". NBA.com. NBA.com. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
^ Hip injury puts Nuggets' Wilson Chandler out for season, NBA.com/nuggets. April 18, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
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