2011–12 Detroit Pistons season

The 2011–12 Detroit Pistons season was the 71st season of the franchise, the 64th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 55th in the Detroit area. In their first season under head coach Lawrence Frank the team finished with a 25–41 record and in 10th place in the Eastern Conference. In February, center Ben Wallace announced his retirement after 17 seasons, 9 of them spent with the Pistons.[1]

2011–12 Detroit Pistons season
Head coachLawrence Frank
General managerJoe Dumars
OwnersTom Gores
ArenaThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Results
Record25–41 (.379)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFox Sports Detroit
RadioWWJ, WXYT-AM and FM

Draft picks
Main article: 2011 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
1 8 Brandon Knight G  United States Kentucky
2 33 Kyle Singler F  United States Duke
2 52 Vernon Macklin F  United States Florida

Roster
Roster listing
2011–12 Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 12 Bynum, Will 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–01–04 Georgia Tech
G/F 5 Daye, Austin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–06–05 Gonzaga
G 8 Gordon, Ben 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983–04–04 Connecticut
F 33 Jerebko, Jonas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1987–03–02 Sweden
G 7 Knight, Brandon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–12–02 Kentucky
F 20 Macklin, Vernon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1986–09–20 Florida
F 54 Maxiell, Jason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1983–02–18 Cincinnati
C 10 Monroe, Greg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990–06–04 Georgetown
F 22 Prince, Tayshaun (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–02–28 Kentucky
G 23 Russell, Walker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1982–10–06 Jacksonville State
G 3 Stuckey, Rodney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–04–21 Eastern Washington
F 31 Villanueva, Charlie 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1984–08–24 Connecticut
F/C 6 Wallace, Ben (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1974–10–10 Virginia Union
G/F 9 Wilkins, Damien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980–01–11 Georgia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Pre-season
2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 December 16 Cleveland L 87–91 Austin Daye (18) Greg Monroe (13) Brandon Knight (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills
7,927		 0–1
2 December 20 @ Cleveland W 90–89 Austin Daye (19) Greg Monroe
Jonas Jerebko (7)		 Brandon Knight (6) Quicken Loans Arena
9,853		 1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
z-Chicago Bulls5016.758–26–724–913–1
x-Indiana Pacers4224.636823–1019–149–4
Milwaukee Bucks3135.4701917–1614–197–8
Detroit Pistons2541.3792518–157–264–11
Cleveland Cavaliers2145.3182911–2210–233–12
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

Record vs. opponents
2011-12 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK OKC ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Boston 0–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Charlotte 0–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Chicago 0–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Cleveland 0–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Dallas 0–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Denver 0–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Detroit 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00—00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Golden State 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Houston 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Indiana 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
L.A. Clippers 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
L.A. Lakers 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Memphis 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Miami 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—1–20–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Milwaukee 1–20–32–10–44–00–10–23–11–01–00–40–11–00–12–1—1–03–00–14–00–10–41–20–22–00–11–03–00–13–1
Minnesota 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—00—00—00—00—1—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
New Jersey 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—00—00—0
New Orleans 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
New York 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Oklahoma City 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00—00–00–00–0
Orlando 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Philadelphia 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00—0
Phoenix 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–00–00—0
Portland 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–00–0
Sacramento 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–0
San Antonio 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–0
Toronto 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–0
Utah 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–0
Washington 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—

Game log
2011–12 game log
Total: 25–41 (Home: 18–15; Road: 7–26)
December: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
January : 4–16 (Home: 3–7; Road: 1–9)
February : 8–6 (Home: 6–3; Road: 2–3)
March : 7–8 (Home: 4–1; Road: 3–7)
April : 5–8 (Home: 4–3; Road: 1–5)
2011–12 season 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

Season
Detroit Pistons statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Greg Monroe 666631.5.521.000.7399.72.31.3.715.4
Rodney Stuckey 554829.9.429.317.8342.63.8.8.214.8
Brandon Knight 666032.3.415.380.7593.23.8.7.212.8
Tayshaun Prince 636333.1.421.356.7744.52.4.4.512.7
Ben Gordon 522126.9.442.429.8602.32.4.7.212.5
Jonas Jerebko 641322.9.468.302.8064.8.7.6.38.7
Charlie Villanueva 13013.8.385.333.8573.7.5.5.47.0
Jason Maxiell 654222.6.478.000.5475.1.6.5.86.5
Will Bynum 36014.3.381.241.7661.61.8.6.15.7
Austin Daye 41414.7.322.210.8142.2.8.5.54.7
Damien Wilkins 60215.4.394.304.6301.7.7.5.23.2
Walker Russell, Jr. 28012.8.347.308.636.92.1.6.03.0
Vernon Macklin 2305.9.543.5711.5.2.2.22.0
Ben Wallace 621115.8.395.250.3404.3.7.8.81.4

Disciplinary actions

Awards

Transactions
Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Overview
Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

 Players Lost

Via free agency

Waived

Free agents
Additions
Player Date signed Former team
Jonas Jerebko December 9 Re-signed
Tayshaun Prince December 9 Re-signed
Damien Wilkins December 9 Atlanta Hawks
Rodney Stuckey December 17 Re-signed
Walker Russell, Jr. January 20 Fort Wayne Mad Ants
(from D-League)
Subtractions
Player Date signed New team
Tracy McGrady December 9 Atlanta Hawks
Chris Wilcox December 9 Boston Celtics
DaJuan Summers December 9 New Orleans Hornets
Terrico White December 9 New Orleans Hornets

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.[4] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.[5]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player Date signed New team Opt-out clause
DaJuan Summers July 3 Montepaschi Siena (Italy) No
Austin Daye September 23 BC Khimki (Russia) Yes

See also

2011–12 NBA season

References
  1. Ben Wallace says he's retiring, ESPN.com. February 13, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. Charlie Villanueva Suspension: Pistons Forward Will Sit Out Four, Not Five, Games, SB Nation. December 23, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  3. Irving, Rubio headline 2011-12 NBA All-Rookie First Team Archived 2012-08-28 at WebCite, NBA.com. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  4. "FIBA: NBA stars can play overseas". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. July 30, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  5. Sun Xiaochen (August 21, 2011). "New rule shuts door on NBA stars". China Daily. Archived from the original on August 30, 2011.
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