2010–11 Los Angeles Clippers season explained

Team:	Los Angeles Clippers
End Year:	2011
Wins:	32
Losses:	50
Division:	pacific
Division Place:	4th
Conf Place:	13th
Coach:	Vinny Del Negro
Gm:	Neil Olshey
Owners:	Donald Sterling
Arena:	Staples Center
Television:	Prime Ticket, Fox Sports West
Radio:	KFWB
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	LAC

The 2010–11 Los Angeles Clippers season is the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 27th in Los Angeles.

This was Blake Griffin's first year in the league. He was named an All-Star, becoming the first rookie since Yao Ming in 2003. Despite the team's mediocre record, Griffin was named Rookie of the Year at season's end.

On February 24, 2011, the Clippers traded away Baron Davis and their first-round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for fellow point guard Mo Williams and forward Jamario Moon, in a move to clear cap space in advance of free agency.^[1] The pick, which would have been the 8th based on record, reached #1 overall in the Lottery after starting at just 2.8% odds.^[2] Cleveland selected future 8x All-Star Kyrie Irving with the Clippers selection.

Key dates

• June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
• July 1 – The free agency period begun.

Draft picks

See main article: 2010 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	8	Al-Farouq Aminu	SF		Wake Forest
2	54	Willie Warren	PG		Oklahoma

Roster

Roster Notes

• Forward Brian Cook becomes the 16th former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.

Pre-season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 5| @ Portland| | Chris Kaman (14)| Chris Kaman,
Blake Griffin (7)| Randy Foye (5)| Rose Garden
18,209| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| October 7| @ Sacramento| | Chris Kaman (20)| Blake Griffin (13)| Randy Foye (8)| ARCO Arena
10,284| 1–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| October 8| @ Golden State| | Blake Griffin (23)| Blake Griffin (9)| Randy Foye (6)| Oracle Arena
10,004| 1–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| October 12| San Antonio| | Eric Gordon (23)| Blake Griffin (17)| Baron Davis (7)| Palacio de los Deportes
18,674| 1–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| October 14| Denver| | Blake Griffin (24)| Blake Griffin (14)| Baron Davis (6)| Staples Center
10,572| 1–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| October 16| Utah| | Eric Gordon (23)| Blake Griffin (14)| Baron Davis (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 1–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| October 17| Denver| | Brian Cook (28)| Al-Farouq Aminu (8)| Baron Davis,
Eric Bledsoe (7)| Staples Center| 1–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 8| October 19| Sacramento| | Chris Kaman (21)| Chris Kaman (10)| Baron Davis (8)| Staples Center
10,838| 1–7|-

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 27| Portland| | Eric Gordon (22)| Blake Griffin (14)| Randy Foye (5)| Staples Center
18,382| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| October 29 | @ Golden State| | Eric Gordon (19)| Blake Griffin (10)| Baron Davis (8)| Oracle Arena
17,408| 0–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| October 31| Dallas| | Blake Griffin (16)| Chris Kaman (13)| Baron Davis (6)| Staples Center
13,718| 0–3|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| November 1| San Antonio| | Eric Gordon (23)| Blake Griffin,
Chris Kaman (8)| Eric Gordon (11)| Staples Center
14,964| 0–4|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5| November 3| Oklahoma City| | Eric Gordon (27)| Blake Griffin (9)| Eric Bledsoe (8)| Staples Center
18,414| 1–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| November 5| @ Denver| | Blake Griffin (26)| Blake Griffin (10)| Eric Bledsoe (13)| Pepsi Center
15,559| 1–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| November 6| @ Utah| | Eric Gordon (27)| Blake Griffin (17)| Eric Gordon (5)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 1–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 8| November 9| @ New Orleans| | Al-Farouq Aminu (20)| Al-Farouq Aminu (8)| Eric Bledsoe (8)| New Orleans Arena
12,479| 1–7|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 9| November 10| @ San Antonio| | Rasual Butler (18)| Blake Griffin (8)| Eric Bledsoe,
Willie Warren (6)| AT&T Center
17,309| 1–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 10| November 12| Detroit| | Eric Gordon (28)| Blake Griffin (18)| Eric Bledsoe,
Eric Gordon (5)| Staples Center
16,960| 1–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 11| November 15| New Jersey| | Eric Gordon (30)| Eric Bledsoe,
DeAndre Jordan (8)| Eric Bledsoe (6)| Staples Center
14,516| 1–10|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 12| November 17| @ Minnesota| | Eric Gordon (30)| Blake Griffin (17)| Eric Gordon (7)| Target Center
12,909| 1–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 13| November 18| @ Indiana| | Eric Gordon (19)| Al-Farouq Aminu,
Eric Bledsoe,
Blake Griffin (8)| Eric Bledsoe (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse
12,459| 1–12|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 14| November 20| New York| | Blake Griffin (44)| Blake Griffin (15)| Blake Griffin (7)| Staples Center
18,325| 1–13|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 15| November 22| New Orleans| | Eric Gordon (27)| Blake Griffin (13)| Eric Bledsoe (6)| Staples Center
17,787| 2–13|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 16| November 25| Sacramento| | Eric Gordon (28)| Blake Griffin (15)| Eric Gordon (6)| Staples Center
11,504| 3–13|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 17| November 26| @ Phoenix| | Eric Gordon (32)| Blake Griffin (14)| Eric Gordon (6)| US Airways Center
17,486| 3–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 18| November 28| Utah| | Blake Griffin (35)| Blake Griffin (14)| Eric Gordon (9)| Staples Center
17,085| 3–15|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 19| December 1| San Antonio| | Blake Griffin (31)| Blake Griffin,
DeAndre Jordan (13)| Baron Davis (10)| Staples Center
16,584| 4–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 20| December 3| @ Denver| | Eric Gordon (24)| Blake Griffin (12)| Eric Bledsoe (8)| Pepsi Center
15,829| 4–16|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 21| December 5| @ Portland| | Eric Gordon (24)| Blake Griffin (15)| Baron Davis (8)| Rose Garden
20,139| 4–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 22| December 6| Sacramento| | Eric Gordon (29)| Blake Griffin (11)| Baron Davis (8)| Staples Center
14,964| 5–17|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 23| December 8| L.A. Lakers| | Eric Gordon (24)| Blake Griffin,
DeAndre Jordan (11)| Eric Bledsoe (7)| Staples Center
19,614| 5–18|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24| December 11| Memphis| | Eric Gordon (25)| DeAndre Jordan (14)| Eric Bledsoe (6)| Staples Center
14,970| 5–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 25| December 12| Orlando| | Eric Gordon (28)| Blake Griffin (16)| Eric Gordon (8)| Staples Center
18,278| 5–20|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 26| December 15| @ Philadelphia| | Blake Griffin (20)| Blake Griffin (15)| Baron Davis,
Blake Griffin (5)| Wells Fargo Center
11,775| 5–21|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 27| December 17| @ Detroit| | Blake Griffin (24)| Blake Griffin (17)| Eric Bledsoe (8)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
16,046| 6–21|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 28| December 18| @ Chicago| | Blake Griffin (29)| Blake Griffin (12)| Baron Davis (7)| United Center
21,760| 7–21|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 29| December 20| Minnesota| | Eric Gordon (36)| Ryan Gomes,
Blake Griffin (10)| Baron Davis (12)| Staples Center
16,053| 8–21|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 30| December 22| Houston| | Blake Griffin (24)| Blake Griffin (18)| Eric Gordon (6)| Staples Center
17,470| 8–22|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 31| December 26| Phoenix| | Blake Griffin (28)| Blake Griffin (12)| Baron Davis (9)| Staples Center
19,060| 9–22|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 32| December 27| @ Sacramento| | Eric Gordon (31)| Blake Griffin (14)| Baron Davis (9)| ARCO Arena
14,590| 10–22|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 33| December 29| Utah| | Blake Griffin (30)| Blake Griffin (12)| Baron Davis (9)| Staples Center
19,060| 10–23|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 34| January 2| Atlanta| | Blake Griffin (31)| Blake Griffin (15)| Eric Gordon (6)| Staples Center
16,750| 10–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 35| January 5| Denver| | Eric Gordon (28)| DeAndre Jordan (20)| Baron Davis (8)| Staples Center
17,540| 11–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 36| January 9| Golden State| | Eric Gordon (25)| DeAndre Jordan (13)| Baron Davis (11)| Staples Center
17,696| 12–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 37| January 12| Miami| | Eric Gordon (26)| Blake Griffin (14)| Baron Davis (9)| Staples Center
19,803| 13–24|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 38| January 14| @ Golden State| | Eric Gordon,
Blake Griffin (28)| Blake Griffin (13)| Eric Gordon (7)| Oracle Arena
19,273| 13–25|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 39| January 16| L.A. Lakers| | Eric Gordon (30)| Blake Griffin,
DeAndre Jordan (15)| Baron Davis (8)| Staples Center
19,905| 14–25|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 40| January 17| Indiana| | Blake Griffin (47)| Blake Griffin (14)| Baron Davis (12)| Staples Center
15,863| 15–25|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 41| January 19| Minnesota| | Blake Griffin (29)| DeAndre Jordan (12)| Blake Griffin (6)| Staples Center
17,793| 16–25|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 42| January 20| @ Portland| | Eric Gordon (35)| Blake Griffin (18)| Baron Davis (6)| Rose Garden
20,630| 16–26|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 43| January 22| Golden State| | Blake Griffin (30)| Blake Griffin (18)| Blake Griffin (8)| Staples Center
19,373| 17–26|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 44| January 25| @ Dallas| | Blake Griffin (22)| Blake Griffin (11)| Baron Davis (6)| American Airlines Center
20,335| 17–27|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 45| January 26| @ Houston| | Randy Foye (20)| DeAndre Jordan (12)| Eric Bledsoe (6)| Toyota Center
18,147| 17–28|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 46| January 29| Charlotte| | Blake Griffin (24)| Blake Griffin (10)| Baron Davis (11)| Staples Center
18,332| 18–28|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 47| January 31| Milwaukee| | Blake Griffin (32)| Blake Griffin (11)| Baron Davis (7)| Staples Center
17,218| 19–28|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 48| February 2| Chicago| | Blake Griffin (32)| Blake Griffin (13)| Blake Griffin (7)| Staples Center
19,368| 19–29|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 49| February 4| @ Atlanta| | Baron Davis (22)| Blake Griffin (11)| Baron Davis (13)| Philips Arena
19,363| 19–30|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 50| February 6| @ Miami| | Blake Griffin (21)| Blake Griffin (16)| Baron Davis (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,702| 19–31|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 51| February 8| @ Orlando| | Baron Davis (25)| Blake Griffin (12)| Baron Davis (8)| Amway Center
18,987| 19–32|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 52| February 9| @ New York| | Randy Foye (24)| Eric Bledsoe,
DeAndre Jordan (8)| Baron Davis (16)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 20–32|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 53| February 11| @ Cleveland| | Blake Griffin (32)| Blake Griffin (13)| Baron Davis (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 20–33|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 54| February 13| @ Toronto| | Blake Griffin (21)| Blake Griffin (15)| Baron Davis (7)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 20–34|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 55| February 14| @ Milwaukee| | Baron Davis (22)| Blake Griffin (12)| Baron Davis,
Blake Griffin (6)| Bradley Center
13,111| 20–35|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 56| February 16| @ Minnesota| | Blake Griffin (29)| Eric Bledsoe,
Blake Griffin,
DeAndre Jordan (8)| Baron Davis,
Randy Foye (6)| Target Center
15,227| 21–35|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 57| February 22| @ Oklahoma City| | Blake Griffin (28)| Blake Griffin (11)| Blake Griffin (8)| Oklahoma City Arena
18,203| 21–36|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 58| February 23| @ New Orleans| | Blake Griffin (21)| Blake Griffin (13)| Randy Foye (9)| New Orleans Arena
17,537| 21–37|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 59| February 25| @ L.A. Lakers| | Randy Foye (24)| Blake Griffin (10)| Eric Bledsoe (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 21–38|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 60| February 26| Boston| | Randy Foye (32)| Blake Griffin (11)| Randy Foye (7)| Staples Center
19,513| 21–39|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 61| February 28| @ Sacramento| | Blake Griffin (27)| Blake Griffin (12)| Eric Bledsoe,
Mo Williams (5)| ARCO Arena
17,317| 21–40|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 62| March 2| Houston| | Eric Gordon (24)| DeAndre Jordan (16)| Mo Williams (11)| Staples Center
19,060| 22–40|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 63| March 5| Denver| | Eric Bledsoe (20)| Blake Griffin (12)| Blake Griffin (9)| Staples Center
19,060| 23–40|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 64| March 7| @ Charlotte| | Blake Griffin,
Mo Williams (17)| Blake Griffin (15)| Mo Williams (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,438| 24–40|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 65| March 9| @ Boston| | Mo Williams (28)| DeAndre Jordan (9)| Randy Foye (12)| TD Garden
18,624| 25–40|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 66| March 11| @ New Jersey| | Blake Griffin,
Chris Kaman (23)| Chris Kaman (10)| Randy Foye (7)| Prudential Center
18,711| 25–41|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 67| March 12| @ Washington| | Blake Griffin (26)| DeAndre Jordan (17)| Eric Bledsoe,
Mo Williams (6)| Verizon Center
20,278| 26–41|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68| March 14| @ Memphis| | Eric Bledsoe (19)| Blake Griffin (9)| Eric Bledsoe (4)| FedExForum
15,989| 26–42|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 69| March 16| Philadelphia| | Randy Foye (20)| DeAndre Jordan (15)| Mo Williams (8)| Staples Center
19,060| 26–43|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 70| March 19| Cleveland| | Blake Griffin (30)| Blake Griffin (8)| Blake Griffin (8)| Staples Center
19,060| 27–43|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 71| March 20| Phoenix| | Chris Kaman (21)| Chris Kaman (11)| Mo Williams (7)| Staples Center
19,060| 27–44|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 72| March 23| Washington| | Blake Griffin (33)| Blake Griffin (17)| Blake Griffin,
Mo Williams (10)| Staples Center
19,060| 28–44|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| March 25| @ L.A. Lakers| | Mo Williams (30)| DeAndre Jordan (7)| Mo Williams (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 28–45|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 74| March 26| Toronto| | Blake Griffin (22)| Blake Griffin (16)| Mo Williams (6)| Staples Center
19,060| 29–45|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 75| March 30| Dallas| | Blake Griffin (25)| Blake Griffin (17)| Eric Gordon,
Mo Williams (5)| Staples Center
19,060| 29–46|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 1| @ Phoenix| | Eric Gordon (21)| Blake Griffin (13)| Blake Griffin (4)| US Airways Center
18,422| 29–47|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 77| April 2| Oklahoma City| | Blake Griffin (26)| Blake Griffin (16)| Eric Gordon,
Mo Williams (5)| Staples Center
19,060| 30–47|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 78| April 5| @ Memphis| | Mo Williams (16)| Blake Griffin (14)| Randy Foye (4)| FedExForum
15,433| 31–47|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 79| April 6| @ Oklahoma City| | Blake Griffin (35)| Blake Griffin (11)| Mo Williams (9)| Oklahoma City Arena
18,203| 31–48|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 80| April 8| @ Dallas| | Mo Williams (29)| DeAndre Jordan (10)| Eric Gordon,
Blake Griffin,
Mo Williams (6)| American Airlines Center
20,382| 31–49|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 81| April 9| @ Houston| | Eric Gordon (19)| DeAndre Jordan (11)| Eric Gordon (6)| Toyota Center
18,089| 31–50|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 82| April 13| Memphis| | Blake Griffin (31)| Blake Griffin,
DeAndre Jordan (10)| Blake Griffin (10)| Staples Center
19,060| 32–50|-

Player statistics

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	81	14	17.9	.394	.315	.773	3.3	.7	.7	.3	5.6
	81	25	22.7	.424	.276	.744	2.8	3.6	1.1	.3	6.7
	41	2	18.1	.323	.326	.667	1.9	.7	.2	.4	5.0
	23	0	6.8	.333	.000	.700	.7	.0	.2	.0	.7
	40	0	11.2	.424	.430	.625	2.4	.4	.3	.3	4.8
	43	35	29.5	.416	.296	.760	2.8	7.0	1.4	.5	12.8
	36	0	13.1	.561	.000	.661	3.2	.1	.1	.1	5.8
	63	24	24.6	.388	.327	.893	1.6	2.7	.8	.3	9.8
	76	62	27.6	.410	.341	.718	3.3	1.6	.8	.2	7.2
	56	56	37.4	.450	.364	.825	2.9	4.4	1.3	.3	22.3
	82	82	38.0	.506	.292	.642	12.1	3.8	.8	.5	22.5
	80	66	25.6	.686	.000	.452	7.2	.5	.5	1.8	7.1
	32	15	26.2	.471	.000	.754	7.0	1.4	.5	1.5	12.4
	19	7	14.6	.424	.393	.833	2.5	.4	.2	.3	3.5
	48	0	12.2	.553	.000	.735	2.4	.6	.3	.2	5.4
	19	0	17.1	.371	.333	.750	.6	1.4	.3	.0	1.9
	22	22	32.9	.422	.398	.880	2.5	5.6	.9	.0	15.2

^[3]

• – Stats with the Clippers.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

• Blake Griffin becomes the first rookie since Tim Duncan in 1998 to be voted by league coaches as a reserve for the Western Conference All-Stars. He also becomes the first rookie since Yao Ming in 2003 to play in an All-Star Game.
• Blake Griffin also becomes the first and only NBA player to participate in three separate NBA All-Star Weekend events: As part of the Rookie Team in The T-Mobile NBA Rookie Challenge on Friday, the Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday and the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday. He won in all three events.
• Blake Griffin becomes the third Clipper to participate and the second Clipper to win the Slam Dunk Contest.
• Eric Bledsoe is also chosen to play for the Rookie Team in The T-Mobile NBA Rookie Challenge.

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 2010	To Los Angeles Clippers---- Draft rights to Eric Bledsoe	To Oklahoma City Thunder---- 2012 first-round draft pick
February 24, 2011	To Los Angeles Clippers---- Mo Williams Jamario Moon	To Cleveland Cavaliers---- Baron Davis 2011 first-round draft pick

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Contract
Craig Smith	July 20, 2010	One-year deal
Rasual Butler	July 28, 2010	One-year deal

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Randy Foye	July 8, 2010	Washington Wizards
Ryan Gomes	July 8, 2010	Portland Trail Blazers
Brian Cook	July 9, 2010	Houston Rockets
Jarron Collins	September 23, 2010 waived January 3 re-signed January 5	Phoenix Suns
Ike Diogu	December 22, 2010	Detroit Pistons

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Steve Blake	Free agency, July 8	Los Angeles Lakers
Drew Gooden	Free agency, July 8	Milwaukee Bucks
Travis Outlaw	Free agency, July 8	New Jersey Nets
Steve Novak	Free agency, September 23	Dallas Mavericks
Bobby Brown	Free agency, September 23	Prokom Trefl Sopot (PLK)
Mardy Collins	Free agency, September 25	Washington Wizards
Brian Skinner	Free agency, September 29	Milwaukee Bucks
Jarron Collins	Contract expired, January 25	Portland Trail Blazers
Rasual Butler	Waived, February 27	Chicago Bulls

Notes and References

1. Web site: Clippers get younger by trading Davis to Cavs. 24 February 2011. ESPN.com. 6 August 2023.
2. Web site: Decision to make: Cavs win lottery, will pick 1st. 17 May 2011. ESPN.com. 6 August 2023.
3. Web site: Los Angeles Clippers Stats.