2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats season explained

Team:	Charlotte Bobcats
End Year:	2012
Wins:	7
Losses:	59
Division:	Southeast
Division Place:	6th
Conf Place:	15th
Coach:	Paul Silas
Gm:	Rich Cho
President:	Rod Higgins
Owner:	Michael Jordan
Arena:	Time Warner Cable Arena
Television:	Fox Sports Carolinas, SportSouth
Radio:	WFNZ
Playoffs:	Did not Qualify
Bbr Team:	CHA

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 had 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 was particularly unsuccessful, with the team failing to secure a single victory, embarking on a 23-game losing streak that lasted until the start of the following season. The Bobcats 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.

Draft picks

See main article: 2011 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	School/club team
1	7		Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	PF	Fuenlabrada (Spain)
1	9			PG	Connecticut (Jr.)

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.

|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 1| December 19| Atlanta Hawks| | Kemba Walker (18)| Derrick Brown (10)| D. J. Augustin (3)| Time Warner Cable Arena
9,224| 1–0|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 2| December 22| @ Atlanta Hawks| | Corey Maggette (18)| DeSagana Diop (6)| Derrick Brown (4)| Philips Arena
10,094| 1–1

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 1| December 26| Milwaukee| | D. J. Augustin (19)| Boris Diaw (11)| Boris Diaw (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,173| 1–0|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 2| December 28| Miami| | Gerald Henderson (21)| Boris Diaw (16)| Boris Diaw (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,614| 1–1|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 3| December 30| Orlando| | Corey Maggette (20)| Corey Maggette
DeSagana Diop (7)| Boris Diaw (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
18,064| 1–2

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 4| January 1| @ Miami| | D. J. White (21)| Derrick Brown (7)| D. J. Augustin (7)| American Airlines Arena
20,016| 1–3|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 5| January 3| @ Cleveland| | D. J. Augustin (26)| Corey Maggette (8)| D. J. Augustin (9)| Quicken Loans Arena
14,173| 1–4|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 6| January 4| @ New York| | Boris Diaw (27)| D. J. White (9)| D. J. Augustin (10)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 2–4|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 7| January 6| Atlanta| | D. J. Augustin (21)| D. J. Augustin (12)| D. J. White (9)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,827| 2–5|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 8| January 7| @ Indiana| | D. J. Augustin (20)| Byron Mullens (11)| D. J. Augustin (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,226| 2–6|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 9| January 9| @ New York| | Boris Diaw (19)| Boris Diaw (10)| Boris Diaw (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 2–7|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 10| January 10| Houston| | Byron Mullens (15)| Byron Mullens (10)| D. J. Augustin
Kemba Walker (3)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,421| 2–8|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 11| January 12| @ Atlanta| | Byron Mullens (21)| Boris Diaw (6)| D. J. Augustin (9)| Philips Arena
10,597| 2–9|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 12| January 13| Detroit| | Byron Mullens (18)| Tyrus Thomas
Boris Diaw
Byron Mullens (7)| D. J. Augustin (13)| Time Warner Cable Arena
18,043| 2–10|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 13| January 14| Golden State| | Gerald Henderson (26)| Byron Mullens (7)| D. J. Augustin (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,122| 3–10|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 14| January 16| Cleveland| | D. J. Augustin (24)| Byron Mullens (12)| D. J. Augustin (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
14,988| 3–11|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 15| January 17| @ Orlando| | Gerald Henderson (22)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Kemba Walker (6)| Amway Center
18,846| 3–12|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 16| January 21| @ Chicago| | Gerald Henderson (22)| Gerald Henderson (9)| D. J. Augustin
Matt Carroll (3)| United Center
21,861| 3–13|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 17| January 22| @ New Jersey| | Kemba Walker (16)| Bismack Biyombo (7)| Boris Diaw (4)| Prudential Center
10,035| 3–14|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 18| January 24| New York| | Kemba Walker (22)| Boris Diaw (6)| Kemba Walker
Cory Higgins (2)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,802| 3–15|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 19| January 25| @ Washington| | Matt Carroll (17)| Tyrus Thomas (9)| Kemba Walker (4)| Verizon Center
15,286| 3–16|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 20| January 27| @ Philadelphia| | Kemba Walker (14)| Kemba Walker (8)| Matt Carroll (4)| Wells Fargo Center
16,199| 3–17|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 21| January 28| Washington| | Byron Mullens (23)| Tyrus Thomas
Kemba Walker (10)| Kemba Walker (11)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,761| 3–18|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 22| January 31| @ L. A. Lakers| | Gerald Henderson (14)| DeSagana Diop (8)| Kemba Walker (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 3–19

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 23| February 1| @ Portland| | Gerald Henderson (16)| Boris Diaw (6)| Boris Diaw
Kemba Walker
Cory Higgins (3)| Rose Garden
20,608| 3–20|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 24| February 4| @ Phoenix| | Kemba Walker (22)| Tyrus Thomas (13)| Reggie Williams (6)| US Airways Center
14,928| 3–21|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 25| February 7| @ Boston| | Reggie Williams (21)| Kemba Walker (7)| Reggie Williams (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 3–22|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 26| February 10| Chicago| | Derrick Brown (10)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Boris Diaw (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,379| 3–23|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 27| February 11| L. A. Clippers| | Kemba Walker (19)| Bismack Biyombo
Corey Maggette (6)| Kemba Walker (4)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,110| 3–24|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 28| February 13| Philadelphia| | Corey Maggette (22)| Byron Mullens (9)| Boris Diaw (10)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,773| 3–25|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 29| February 15| @ Minnesota| | Kemba Walker (21)| Boris Diaw (9)| Boris Diaw (7)| Target Center
15,139| 3–26|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 30| February 17| @ Toronto| | Reggie Williams (22)| Bismack Biyombo (13)| D. J. Augustin (10)| Air Canada Centre
15,575| 4–26|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 31| February 19| @ Indiana| | Derrick Brown (16)| Bismack Biyombo (8)| Kemba Walker (5)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
11,673| 4–27|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 32| February 22| Indiana| | Corey Maggette (20)| Boris Diaw (11)| Boris Diaw (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,478| 4–28|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 33| February 29| @ Detroit| | Corey Maggette (17)| Boris Diaw (6)| D. J. Augustin (10)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
14,534| 4–29

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 34| March 2| @ San Antonio| | Boris Diaw
Corey Maggette (14)| DeSagana Diop (7)| D. J. Augustin
Kemba Walker (5)| AT&T Center
18,581| 4–30|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 35| March 4| New Jersey| | Corey Maggette (24)| Corey Maggette (7)| Boris Diaw (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,564| 4–31|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 36| March 6| Orlando| | Corey Maggette (29)| Bismack Biyombo (15)| D. J. Augustin
Kemba Walker (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,110| 5–31|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 37| March 7| Utah| | Corey Maggette (25)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| D. J. Augustin (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
10,891| 5–32|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 38| March 9| New Jersey| | Corey Maggette (19)| Bismack Biyombo (11)| D. J. Augustin (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
14,672| 5–33|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 39| March 10| @ Oklahoma City| | D. J. Augustin (22)| Bismack Biyombo (8)| D. J. Augustin (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 5–34|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 40| March 12| @ New Orleans| | Gerald Henderson (15)| Bismack Biyombo
Tyrus Thomas (7)| D. J. Augustin (5)| New Orleans Arena
15,254| 6–34|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 41| March 14| @ Houston| | Derrick Brown (15)| Bismack Biyombo (5)| Kemba Walker (8)| Toyota Center
18,128| 6–35|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 42| March 15| @ Dallas| | Corey Maggette (21)| Bismack Biyombo (11)| D. J. Augustin
Kemba Walker (4)| American Airlines Center
20,507| 6–36|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 43| March 17| Toronto| | Gerald Henderson (24)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| D. J. Augustin (11)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,108| 7–36|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 44| March 19| Philadelphia| | Gerald Henderson (14)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| D. J. Augustin
Kemba Walker (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
12,792| 7–37|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 45| March 23| Milwaukee| | Gerald Henderson (29)| Tyrus Thomas (7)| Kemba Walker (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,729| 7–38|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 46| March 24| @ New Jersey| | Byron Mullens (17)| Byron Mullens (10)| D. J. Augustin (8)| Prudential Center
13,297| 7–39|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 47| March 26| Boston| | Gerald Henderson (21)| Byron Mullens (7)| Derrick Brown
Kemba Walker (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,357| 7–40|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 48| March 28| Minnesota| | Corey Maggette (22)| Eduardo Nájera (8)| D. J. Augustin (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
10,540| 7–41|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 49| March 30| Denver| | Gerald Henderson (21)| Byron Mullens (10)| D. J. Augustin (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,806| 7–42|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 50| March 31| @ Detroit| | Byron Mullens (20)| Byron Mullens (9)| D. J. Augustin (10)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
17,082| 7–43

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 51| April 3| @ Toronto| | Byron Mullens (20)| Byron Mullens (14)| D. J. Augustin
Kemba Walker (7)| Air Canada Centre
14,640| 7–44|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 52| April 4| @ Atlanta| | Kemba Walker (21)| Gerald Henderson
Byron Mullens (7)| Kemba Walker (5)| Philips Arena
13,046| 7–45|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 53| April 6| @ Milwaukee| | Byron Mullens (31)| Bismack Biyombo
Byron Mullens (14)| Kemba Walker (8)| Bradley Center
13,374| 7–46|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 54| April 7| Atlanta| | Cory Higgins (22)| Bismack Biyombo
D. J. White (5)| Kemba Walker (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
14,715| 7–47|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 55| April 9| Washington| | Corey Maggette (23)| Derrick Brown (8)| Kemba Walker (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
10,303| 7–48|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 56| April 10| @ Cleveland| | Gerald Henderson (21)| Bismack Biyombo (8)| D. J. Augustin (11)| Quicken Loans Arena
13,576| 7–49|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 57| April 12| Detroit| | D. J. Augustin
Derrick Brown (13)| Byron Mullens (6)| D. J. Augustin (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
10,828| 7–50|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 58| April 13| @ Miami| | Derrick Brown (21)| Derrick Brown (9)| D. J. Augustin (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 7–51|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 59| April 15| Boston| | Gerald Henderson (22)| Bismack Biyombo
Derrick Brown (7)| D. J. Augustin (10)| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,169| 7–52|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 60| April 16| New Orleans| | Gerald Henderson (27)| Byron Mullens (10)| Derrick Brown
Kemba Walker (3)| Time Warner Cable Arena
10,876| 7–53|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 61| April 18| Chicago| | Kemba Walker (16)| Bismack Biyombo (13)| Kemba Walker (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
14,221| 7–54|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 62| April 20| Memphis| | Gerald Henderson (32)| Byron Mullens (11)| Kemba Walker (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,428| 7–55|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 63| April 22| Sacramento| | Kemba Walker
Byron Mullens
Derrick Brown (13)| Byron Mullens (8)| Kemba Walker (11)| Time Warner Cable Arena
11,317| 7–56|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 64| April 23| @ Washington| | Gerald Henderson (19)| Byron Mullens (8)| D. J. Augustin (6)| Verizon Center
17,355| 7–57|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 65| April 25| @ Orlando| | D. J. Augustin (23)| Kemba Walker (9)| D. J. Augustin (6)| Amway Center
19,152| 7–58|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 66| April 26| New York| | Gerald Henderson (21)| Jamario Moon (8)| D. J. Augustin (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,023| 7–59

Player statistics

Regular season

Player
	PG	66	25	1,792	234	289	60	20	799	27.2	3.5	4.4	.9	.3	12.1
	C	65	25	1,465	327	57	21	52	606	22.5	5.0	.9	.3	.8	9.3
	SF	65	17	1,443	236	67	48	12	524	22.2	3.6	1.0	.7	.2	8.1
	C	63	41	1,455	368	27	20	115	327	23.1	5.8	.4	.3	1.8	5.2
	PF	58	11	1,098	209	47	17	23	392	18.9	3.6	.8	.3	.4	6.8
	SG	55	55	1,831	225	126	49	20	830	33.3	4.1	2.3	.9	.4	15.1
	PF	54	30	1,013	200	35	36	60	304	18.8	3.7	.6	.7	1.1	5.6
	SG	53	2	596	58	38	16	7	142	11.2	1.1	.7	.3	.1	2.7
	PG	48	46	1,408	109	307	36	1	532	29.3	2.3	6.4	.8	.0	11.1
	PG	38	0	423	35	36	5	6	150	11.1	.9	.9	.1	.2	3.9
^†	PF	37	28	1,018	195	158	20	19	272	27.5	5.3	4.3	.5	.5	7.4
	SF	33	13	747	93	60	20	3	274	22.6	2.8	1.8	.6	.1	8.3
	SF	32	28	881	125	39	23	1	480	27.5	3.9	1.2	.7	.0	15.0
	C	27	9	325	85	23	6	13	31	12.0	3.1	.9	.2	.5	1.1
	PF	22	0	270	50	12	19	4	58	12.3	2.3	.5	.9	.2	2.6
	SF	8	0	123	22	5	1	5	18	15.4	2.8	.6	.1	.6	2.3

Transactions

See 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

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Garrett Temple	July 27		No
Boris Diaw	September 27		Yes

Notes and References

1. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/6815642/ "FIBA: NBA stars can play overseas"
2. News: Sun Xiaochen . New rule shuts door on NBA stars . August 21, 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830142537/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2011-08/21/content_13157487.htm . live . August 30, 2011.