2010–11 New Jersey Nets season explained

The 2010–11 New Jersey Nets season was the 44th season of the franchise, 35th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the franchise's first season in the Prudential Center. Despite a slightly improved record, the Nets missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Key dates

• June 10: Avery Johnson becomes the Nets' head coach.
• June 24: The 2010 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 1: The free agency period started.
• October 27: New Jersey Nets play first regular season game at Prudential Center by defeating the Detroit Pistons.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	Derrick Favors	Power forward		Georgia Tech
1	24	Damion James	Small forward		Texas

Pre-season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| October 3| Maccabi Haifa| | Derrick Favors,
Anthony Morrow (14)| Kris Humphries (12)| Terrence Williams (6)| Prudential Center
5,174| 1–0|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| October 5| @ Philadelphia| | Brook Lopez (24)| Kris Humphries (9)| Terrence Williams (8)| Roanoke Civic Center
4,114| 2–0|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| October 7| Boston| | Brook Lopez (23)| Travis Outlaw (6)| Terrence Williams (5)| Prudential Center
8,483| 2–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| October 9| Philadelphia| | Brook Lopez (23)| Derrick Favors (10)| Devin Harris (8)| Prudential Center
6,252| 3–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| October 13| @ Houston| | Brook Lopez (22)| Terrence Williams (8)| Devin Harris (7)| Wukesong Arena
16,996| 3–2|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 6| October 16| Houston| | Brook Lopez (20)| Brook Lopez (9)| Devin Harris (5)| Guangzhou Gymnasium
16,516| 3–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| October 19| @ New York| | Jordan Farmar (21)| Brook Lopez (8)| Jordan Farmar (5)| Madison Square Garden
18,895| 3–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 8| October 20| @ Boston| | Derrick Favors (16)| Kris Humphries (8)| Devin Harris (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 3–5|-

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| October 27| Detroit| | Brook Lopez (25)| Derrick Favors (10)| Devin Harris (9)| Prudential Center
15,178| 1–0|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| October 29 | Sacramento| | Brook Lopez (29)| Kris Humphries (8)| Devin Harris (10)| Prudential Center
13,482| 2–0|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| October 31| Miami| | Brook Lopez (20)| Derrick Favors (13)| Devin Harris (6)| Prudential Center
17,086| 2–1|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| November 3| Charlotte| | Devin Harris (19)| Derrick Favors (8)| Devin Harris (8)| Prudential Center
11,778| 2–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| November 5| @ Orlando| | Travis Outlaw (17)| Travis Outlaw (6)| Jordan Farmar (7)| Amway Center
18.846| 2–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| November 6| @ Miami| | Anthony Morrow (25)| Anthony Morrow,
Terrence Williams (7)| Terrence Williams (9)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 2–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| November 9| Cleveland| | Travis Outlaw (27)| Troy Murphy (11)| Devin Harris (6)| Prudential Center
10,188| 2–5|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 8| November 10| @ Cleveland| | Devin Harris (31)| Kris Humphries (18)| Devin Harris (9)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 3–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 9| November 13| Orlando| | Devin Harris (26)| Travis Outlaw,
Kris Humphries (7)| Devin Harris (8)| Prudential Center
15,086| 3–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 10| November 15| @ L.A. Clippers| | Brook Lopez (24)| Kris Humphries (12)| Jordan Farmar (12)| Staples Center
14,516| 4–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 11| November 17| @ Utah| | Anthony Morrow (24)| Kris Humphries (15)| Devin Harris (8)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,314| 4–7|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 12| November 19| @ Sacramento| | Kris Humphries (18)| Kris Humphries,
Brook Lopez (10)| Devin Harris (8)| ARCO Arena
11,766| 4–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 13| November 20| @ Denver| | Brook Lopez (20)| Derrick Favors,
Kris Humphries,
Brook Lopez (8)| Jordan Farmar (5)| Pepsi Center
16,396| 4–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 14| November 23| Atlanta| | Brook Lopez (32)| Kris Humphries (14)| Devin Harris (9)| Prudential Center
13,010| 5–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 15| November 24| @ Boston| | Devin Harris (20)| Kris Humphries (11)| Jordan Farmar (7)| TD Garden
18,624| 5–10|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 16| November 27| @ Philadelphia| | Brook Lopez (25)| Kris Humphries (15)| Devin Harris (6)| Wells Fargo Center
14,150| 5–11|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 17| November 28| Portland| | Devin Harris (25)| Kris Humphries (8)| Devin Harris (8)| Prudential Center
11,448| 6–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 18| November 30| @ New York| | Brook Lopez (36)| Kris Humphries (7)| Jordan Farmar (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 6–12|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 19| December 1| Oklahoma City| | Jordan Farmar,
Brook Lopez (28)| Kris Humphries (15)| Jordan Farmar (9)| Prudential Center
13,108| 6–13|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 20| December 3| @ Charlotte| | Travis Outlaw (21)| Kris Humphries,
Troy Murphy (8)| Jordan Farmar (10)| Time Warner Cable Arena
12,183| 6–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 21| December 5| Boston| | Jordan Farmar (16)| Johan Petro (9)| Devin Harris,
Damion James (3)| Prudential Center
16,196| 6–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 22| December 7| @ Atlanta| | Brook Lopez (24)| Kris Humphries (7)| Devin Harris (13)| Philips Arena
14,273| 6–16|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 23| December 9| @ Dallas| | Brook Lopez (24)| Kris Humphries (13)| Devin Harris,
Terrence Williams (4)| American Airlines Center
19,666| 6–17|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24| December 12| L.A. Lakers| | Brook Lopez (25)| Kris Humphries (11)| Devin Harris (10)| Prudential Center
16,561| 6–18|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 25| December 14| Philadelphia| | Brook Lopez (16)| Derrick Favors,
Kris Humphries (13)| Devin Harris (6)| Prudential Center
10,151| 6–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 26| December 16| Washington| | Devin Harris (29)| Kris Humphries (17)| Devin Harris (9)| Prudential Center
10,764| 7–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 27| December 17| @ Toronto| | Brook Lopez (20)| Kris Humphries (12)| Devin Harris (6)| Air Canada Centre
14,623| 7–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 28| December 19| Atlanta| | Devin Harris (22)| Stephen Graham (7)| Devin Harris (8)| Prudential Center
11,295| 8–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 29| December 21| @ Memphis| | Brook Lopez (26)| Kris Humphries (15)| Jordan Farmar (6)| FedExForum
14,113| 9–20|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 30| December 22| @ New Orleans| | Devin Harris (21)| Troy Murphy (7)| Devin Harris (8)| New Orleans Arena
15,423| 9–21|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 31| December 27| Orlando| | Devin Harris (24)| Kris Humphries (11)| Devin Harris (6)| Prudential Center
11,514| 9–22|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 32| December 29| @ Oklahoma City| | Devin Harris,
Brook Lopez (19)| Kris Humphries (7)| Ben Uzoh (5)| Oklahoma City Arena
18,203| 9–23|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 33| December 31| @ Chicago| | Brook Lopez (19)| Brook Lopez (8)| Devin Harris (9)| United Center
21,792| 9–24|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 34| January 1| @ Minnesota| | Sasha Vujačić (22)| Kris Humphries (14)| Devin Harris (8)| Target Center
12,665| 9–25|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 35| January 5| Chicago| | Kris Humphries (20)| Kris Humphries (11)| Devin Harris (11)| Prudential Center
15,025| 10–25|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 36| January 7| @ Washington| | Jordan Farmar,
Brook Lopez (14)| Stephen Graham (9)| Devin Harris (3)| Verizon Center
16,017| 10–26|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 37| January 8| Milwaukee| | Kris Humphries (22)| Kris Humphries (8)| Jordan Farmar (10)| Prudential Center
12,898| 10–27|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 38| January 12| @ Phoenix| | Sasha Vujačić (19)| Travis Outlaw (11)| Devin Harris (15)| US Airways Center
16,334| 10–28|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 39| January 14| @ L.A. Lakers| | Brook Lopez (35)| Kris Humphries (15)| Devin Harris (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 10–29|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 40| January 15| @ Portland| | Brook Lopez (32)| Kris Humphries (10)| Devin Harris (6)| Rose Garden
20,441| 10–30|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 41| January 17| @ Golden State| | Brook Lopez (20)| Kris Humphries (10)| Devin Harris (8)| Oracle Arena
18,563| 10–31|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 42| January 19| Utah| | Brook Lopez (20)| Travis Outlaw (8)| Devin Harris (8)| Prudential Center
13,251| 11–31|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 43| January 21| Detroit| | Brook Lopez (15)| Kris Humphries (12)| Devin Harris (9)| Prudential Center
13,316| 12–31|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 44| January 22| Dallas| | Brook Lopez (24)| Kris Humphries (15)| Devin Harris (11)| Prudential Center
14,051| 12–32|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 45| January 24| Cleveland| | Brook Lopez (28)| Kris Humphries (11)| Devin Harris (10)| Prudential Center
10,197| 13–32|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 46| January 26| Memphis| | Anthony Morrow (19)| Derrick Favors (9)| Devin Harris (9)| Prudential Center
8,866| 14–32|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 47| January 28| @ Indiana| | Brook Lopez (28)| Travis Outlaw (6)| Devin Harris (9)| Conseco Fieldhouse
11,337| 14–33|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 48| January 29| @ Milwaukee| | Brook Lopez (26)| Kris Humphries (10)| Devin Harris (16)| Bradley Center
17,173| 14–34|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 49| January 31| Denver| | Brook Lopez (27)| Kris Humphries (9)| Devin Harris (18)| Prudential Center
14,039| 15–34|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 50| February 2| Philadelphia| | Devin Harris,
Kris Humphries,
Brook Lopez (16)| Derrick Favors (11)| Devin Harris (7)| Prudential Center
10,057| 15–35|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 51| February 4| @ Detroit| | Anthony Morrow (22)| Kris Humphries (9)| Devin Harris (13)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
17,304| 15–36|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 52| February 6| Indiana| | Devin Harris,
Brook Lopez (13)| Kris Humphries (9)| Devin Harris (7)| Prudential Center
13,167| 15–37|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 53| February 9| New Orleans| | Sasha Vujačić (25)| Kris Humphries (15)| Jordan Farmar (11)| Prudential Center
13,316| 16–37|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 54| February 11| @ Charlotte| | Brook Lopez (31)| Kris Humphries (14)| Devin Harris (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,386| 17–37|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 55| February 12| New York| | Devin Harris (22)| Derrick Favors (14)| Sasha Vujačić (4)| Prudential Center
18,711| 17–38|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 56| February 14| San Antonio| | Brook Lopez,
Travis Outlaw (11)| Brook Lopez (10)| Jordan Farmar (7)| Prudential Center
13,433| 17–39|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 57| February 16| @ Boston| | Brook Lopez (18)| Derrick Favors (7)| Devin Harris,
Sasha Vujačić (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 17–40|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 58| February 25| @ San Antonio| | Anthony Morrow (25)| Brook Lopez (8)| Deron Williams (12)| AT&T Center
18,581| 17–41|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 59| February 26| @ Houston| | Brook Lopez (21)| Kris Humphries (11)| Deron Williams (17)| Toyota Center
17,209| 17–42|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 60| February 28| Phoenix| | Brook Lopez (28)| Kris Humphries (15)| Deron Williams (18)| Prudential Center
15,836| 17–43|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 61| March 4| Toronto| | Brook Lopez (25)| Kris Humphries (17)| Deron Williams (11)| O2 Arena
18,689| 18–43|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 62| March 5| Toronto| | Brook Lopez (34)| Kris Humphries (17)| Deron Williams (18)| O2 Arena
18,689| 19–43|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 63| March 9| Golden State| | Brook Lopez (26)| Kris Humphries (15)| Jordan Farmar (9)| Prudential Center
13,513| 20–43|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 64| March 11| L.A. Clippers| | Jordan Farmar,
Brook Lopez (24)| Kris Humphries (20)| Jordan Farmar (7)| Prudential Center
18,711| 21–43|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 65| March 14| Boston| | Brook Lopez (20)| Kris Humphries (15)| Deron Williams (9)| Prudential Center
18,711| 22–43|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 66| March 17| Chicago| | Brook Lopez (22)| Kris Humphries (16)| Deron Williams (11)| Prudential Center
18,351| 22–44|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 67| March 18| @ Milwaukee| | Brook Lopez (25)| Kris Humphries (11)| Deron Williams (9)| Bradley Center
14,563| 22–45|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68| March 20| @ Washington| | Brook Lopez (21)| Kris Humphries (17)| Jordan Farmar (17)| Verizon Center
17,761| 22–46|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 69| March 21| Indiana| | Brook Lopez (20)| Kris Humphries (14)| Jordan Farmar,
Stephen Graham (4)| Prudential Center
13,792| 22–47|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 70| March 23| @ Cleveland| | Kris Humphries,
Brook Lopez,
Sasha Vujačić (18)| Kris Humphries (23)| Jordan Farmar (10)| Quicken Loans Arena
18,923| 23–47|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 71| March 25| @ Orlando| | Anthony Morrow (19)| Kris Humphries (10)| Jordan Farmar (16)| Amway Center
19,087| 23–48|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 72| March 26| @ Atlanta| | Anthony Morrow (25)| Johan Petro (8)| Jordan Farmar (8)| Philips Arena
17,093| 23–49|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| March 29| Houston| | Brook Lopez (22)| Kris Humphries (13)| Jordan Farmar (7)| Prudential Center
13,866| 23–50|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 74| March 30| @ New York| | Anthony Morrow (30)| Kris Humphries (14)| Deron Williams (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 23–51|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 75| April 1| @ Philadelphia| | Brandan Wright (15)| Brandan Wright (11)| Deron Williams (7)| Wells Fargo Center
16,695| 23–52|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 3| Miami| | Deron Williams (18)| Travis Outlaw (9)| Deron Williams (9)| Prudential Center
18,711| 23–53|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 77| April 5| Minnesota| | Brook Lopez (30)| Brook Lopez (12)| Deron Williams (21)| Prudential Center
13,461| 24–53|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 78| April 6| @ Detroit| | Brook Lopez (39)| Brook Lopez (7)| Jordan Farmar (11)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
14,554| 24–54|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 79| April 8| New York| | Brook Lopez (27)| Jordan Farmar (8)| Jordan Farmar (9)| Prudential Center
18,023| 24–55|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 80| April 10| @ Toronto| | Brook Lopez (35)| Brook Lopez (11)| Jordan Farmar (7)| Air Canada Centre
17,755| 24–56|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 81| April 11| Charlotte| | Brook Lopez (31)| Dan Gadzuric (8)| Jordan Farmar (9)| Prudential Center
13,853| 24–57|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 82| April 13| @ Chicago| | Jordan Farmar (21)| Johan Petro (8)| Jordan Farmar (12)| United Center
22,420| 24–58|-

Player statistics

Season

|-| | 73 || 18 || 24.6 || .392 || .359 || .820 || 2.4 || 5.0 || .8 || .1 || 9.6|-| *| 56 || 23 || 19.5 || .511 || .000 || .612 || 5.3 || .4 || .3 || .7 || 6.3|-| | 14 || 5 || 11.9 || .415 || .000 || .385 || 3.5 || .2 || .2 || .8 || 2.8|-| *| 10 || 0 || 14.6 || .417 || .235 || .550 || 2.4 || 2.5 || .9 || .0 || 5.5|-| | 59 || 28 || 16.3 || .405 || .238 || .816 || 2.1 || .7 || .2 || .0 || 3.4|-| *| 3 || 0 || 1.7 || .500 || .000 || .500 || .0 || .3 || .3 || .0 || 1.0|-| *| 54 || 54 || 31.9 || .425 || .300 || .840 || 2.4 || 7.6 || 1.1 || .1 || 15.0|-| | 74 || 44 || 27.9 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| .527 || .000 || .665 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 10.4 || 1.1 ||.4 || 1.1 || 10.0|-| | 25 || 9 || 16.1 || .447 || .000 || .643 || 3.4 || .8 || .6 || .5 || 4.4|-| |style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 82 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 82 || 35.2 || .492 || .000 || .787 || 6.0 || 1.6 || .6 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 1.5 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 20.4|-| | 58 || 47 || 32.0 || .450 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| .423 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| .897 || 3.0 || 1.2 || .3 || .1 || 13.2|-| *| 18 || 4 || 16.0 || .342 || .174 || .529 || 4.2 || .9 || .4 || .1 || 3.6.|-| |style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 82 || 55 || 28.8 || .375 || .302 || .772 || 4.0 || 1.0 || .4 || .4 || 9.2|-| | 77 || 1 || 11.6 || .445 || .000 || .536 || 2.8 || .6 || .4 || .4 || 3.5|-| *| 36 || 4 || 9.8 || .441 || .000 || .357 || .8 || .3 || .1 || .2 || 1.6|-| *| 4 || 3 || 6.1 || .250 || .000 || .000 || .8 || .3 || 0 || 0 || 0.5|-| | 42 || 0 || 10.4 || .424 || .375 || .589 || 1.5 || 1.6 || .3 || .2 || 3.8|-| *| 56 || 17 || 28.5 || .404 || .369 || .851 || 3.3 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .1 || 11.4|-| | 6 || 3 || 19.3 || .429 || .250 || .600 || 1.8 || 1.7 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 1.2 || .0 || 3.7|-| *| 12 || 12 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 38.0 || .349 || .271 || .793 || 4.6 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 12.8 ||style="background:#B71234;color:white;"| 1.2 || .2 || 15.0|-| *| 10 || 0 || 20.6 || .397 || .333 || .500 || 3.6 || 3.1 || .5 || .0 || 6.7|-| *| 16 || 1 || 11.5 || .407 || .000 || .824 || 3.0 || .4 || .5 || .4 || 3.6|}

• – Stats with the Nets.

Awards and records

Records

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 2010 Three-team trade	To Atlanta Hawks No. 27 pick (Jordan Crawford) (from Nets), cash considerations (from Thunder)	To New Jersey Nets No. 24 pick (Damion James) (from Hawks)	To Oklahoma City Thunder No. 31 pick (Tibor Pleiss) (from Hawks)
June 24, 2010	To New Jersey Nets 2012 second-round pick	To Milwaukee Bucks Chris Douglas-Roberts
June 29, 2010	To New Jersey Nets Quinton Ross	To Washington Wizards Yi Jianlian cash considerations
June 29, 2010	To Golden State Warriors 2011 second-round protected pick	To New Jersey Nets Anthony Morrow (sign and trade)
December 15, 2010	To New Jersey Nets Sasha Vujačić 2011 first-round pick 2012 first-round pick	To Houston Rockets Terrence Williams	To Los Angeles Lakers Joe Smith
February 23, 2011	To New Jersey Nets Deron Williams Dan Gadzuric Brandan Wright	To Golden State Warriors Troy Murphy 2012 second-round pick (Draymond Green), (from Nets)	To Utah Jazz Devin Harris Derrick Favors Two future first-round picks

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Jordan Farmar	Signed 3-year contract for $12 Million	Los Angeles Lakers
Johan Petro	Signed 3-year contract for $10 Million	Denver Nuggets
Travis Outlaw	Signed 5-year contract for $35 Million	Los Angeles Clippers
Mario West	Signed 10-day contract	Maine Red Claws

Subtractions

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Player	Reason Left	New Team
Keyon Dooling	Waived	Milwaukee Bucks
Tony Battie	Free agent	Philadelphia 76ers
Quinton Ross	Waived