2011β12 Phoenix Suns season | |
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Head coach | Alvin Gentry |
General manager | Lance Blanks |
Owners | Robert Sarver |
Arena | US Airways Center |
Results | |
Record | 33–33 (.500) |
Place | Division: 3rd (
Pacific) Conference: 10th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Fox Sports Arizona |
Radio | KTAR |
The 2011β12 Phoenix Suns season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as the last season the Suns had point guard Steve Nash on the team. The season was shortened to sixty-six games due to the 2011 NBA Lockout. Going into the All-Star break with a 14β20 record, the Suns went 14β6 in their next 20 games to push back into playoffs contention. Towards the end of the season, the eighth-seeded Suns were still in the hunt, but a loss after their second-to-last game on the road against the Utah Jazz eliminated them from playoff contention. They went 8β7 in April, finishing the season with a 33β33 record, 10th-best in the West.
Nash led the team in assists per game (10.7; second-best average in the league, most assists in total), three-point percentage (.390%), and free throw percentage (.894%), while averaging a career-high in field goal percentage (.532%). Center Marcin Gortat led the team in most statistical categories, including games played (66), games started (66), minutes per game (32.0), field goal percentage (.555%), rebounds per game (10.0), blocks per game (1.5), and points per game (15.4). Nash was the lone member of the Suns selected for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, his eighth appearance. In a game against the Denver Nuggets on April 21, Nash passed Oscar Robertson for fifth all-time in total assists.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 13 | Markieff Morris | Forward | United States | Kansas |
The Suns used their only draft pick to select power forward Markieff Morris from Kansas. Morris averaged 13.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in his last year with the Jayhawks. [3] The Suns traded their other first-round pick, which they acquired from the Orlando Magic, to the Houston Rockets when they dealt Goran DragiΔ for Aaron Brooks. [4] Their second-round pick was traded to the Chicago Bulls for Hakim Warrick in a sign and trade. [5] Around a year and a half later, the Suns ended up with the 14th draft pick in Marcus Morris, who would be a part of the team for two or so seasons before being traded himself in 2015.
Veteran forward Grant Hill became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2010β11 season. Newly acquired point guard Aaron Brooks became a restricted free agent at the end of the season. On June 23, the Suns extended a $3 million qualifying offer to Brooks. [6] However, due to the lockout, Brooks signed a contract with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association on November 22. With no opt-out clause, Brooks had to complete the CBA season before returning to the NBA. On February 6, 2011, reserve point guard Zabian Dowdell was signed for the remainder of the 2010β11 season, with a team option for a second year.
On July 14, the Suns signed Elston Turner as an assistant coach. Turner is considered to be a defensive specialist and has been called the Suns' unofficial " defensive coordinator". [7]
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The final year of Vince Carter's contract was non-guaranteed. Carter's contract stipulated that if he was not waived by the Suns before the start of free agency on July 1, his $18 million would become fully guaranteed. However, with the onset of the lockout, the Suns delayed the deadline until the date on which free agency began at the end of the lockout. Since he was waived by the time the lockout ended and the free agency period officially began that season, he would receive a guaranteed $4 million outside of the team instead. [8] The second-year contracts of Gani Lawal and Garret Siler were non-guaranteed. [9]
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Pre-season: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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2011β12 season schedule |
Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y- Los Angeles Lakers | 41 | 25 | .621 | β | 26–7 | 15–18 | 9β5 | 66 |
x- Los Angeles Clippers | 40 | 26 | .606 | 1.0 | 24–9 | 16–17 | 7β7 | 66 |
Phoenix Suns | 33 | 33 | .500 | 8.0 | 19–14 | 14–19 | 9β5 | 66 |
Golden State Warriors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 18.0 | 12–21 | 11–22 | 7β8 | 66 |
Sacramento Kings | 22 | 44 | .333 | 19.0 | 16–17 | 6–27 | 3β10 | 66 |
Western Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | c- San Antonio Spurs * | 50 | 16 | .758 | β | 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 |
All games from November 1 through December 24 were canceled due to the 2011 NBA Lockout. A new schedule was created with games starting on December 25.
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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Shannon Brown | 59 | 19 | 23.7 | .420 | .362 | .808 | 2.7 | 1.2 | .7 | .3 | 11.0 |
Josh Childress | 34 | 0 | 14.4 | .485 | .167 | .000 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .4 | .2 | 2.9 |
Jared Dudley | 65 | 60 | 31.1 | .485 | .383 | .726 | 4.6 | 1.7 | .8 | .3 | 12.7 |
Channing Frye | 64 | 59 | 26.1 | .416 | .346 | .890 | 5.9 | 1.4 | .7 | 1.1 | 10.5 |
Marcin Gortat | 66 | 66 | 32.0 | .555 | .000 | .649 | 10.0 | 0.9 | .7 | 1.5 | 15.4 |
Grant Hill | 49 | 46 | 28.1 | .446 | .264 | .761 | 3.5 | 2.2 | .8 | .6 | 10.2 |
Robin Lopez | 64 | 0 | 14.0 | .461 | .000 | .714 | 3.3 | 0.3 | .3 | .9 | 5.4 |
Markieff Morris | 63 | 7 | 19.5 | .399 | .347 | .717 | 4.4 | 1.0 | .7 | .7 | 7.4 |
Steve Nash | 62 | 62 | 31.6 | .532 | .390 | .894 | 3.0 | 10.7 | .6 | .1 | 12.5 |
Ronnie Price | 36 | 8 | 14.4 | .377 | .295 | .800 | 1.6 | 1.9 | .9 | .1 | 3.6 |
Michael Redd | 51 | 2 | 15.1 | .400 | .318 | .793 | 1.5 | 0.6 | .3 | .0 | 8.2 |
Sebastian Telfair | 60 | 1 | 14.9 | .412 | .314 | .791 | 1.5 | 2.3 | .7 | .2 | 6.1 |
Hakim Warrick | 35 | 0 | 14.4 | .411 | .100 | .768 | 2.6 | 0.9 | .2 | .1 | 6.4 |
Player | Signed | Former Team |
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Sebastian Telfair | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $1.5 Million. | Minnesota Timberwolves |
Shannon Brown | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $3.5 Million. | Los Angeles Lakers |
Grant Hill | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $6.5 Million. | Phoenix Suns |
Ronnie Price | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $854,389. | Utah Jazz |
Michael Redd | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $1.3 Million. [a] | Milwaukee Bucks |
^ a: Michael Redd signed onto the team two games after the beginning of the 2011β12 season. However, he didn't start playing until January 12, 2012 due to Redd fully recovering from some knee injuries during his last two seasons in Milwaukee.
Player | Reason Left | New Team |
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Aaron Brooks | Lockout Concerns | Guangdong Winnerway (Hongyuan) Southern Tigers |
Gani Lawal | Lockout Concerns / Waived [b] | Zastal Zielona GΓ³ra / San Antonio Spurs / Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers / Chorale Roanne Basket |
Vince Carter | Waived [c] | Dallas Mavericks |
Zabian Dowdell | Waived | Anadolu Efes Pilsen Spor KulΓΌbΓΌ / Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria β Claret, S.A.D. [d] [10] |
MickaΓ«l PiΓ©trus | Waived [e] | Boston Celtics |
Garret Siler | Waived [f] | Jiangsu Nangang Dragons [g] [11] |
^ b: Gani Lawal originally left due to the
2011 NBA lockout in concerns of playing the season. He signed with
Zastal Zielona GΓ³ra in Poland before returning to Phoenix once the lockout ended. However, Gani was waived by the team alongside Vince Carter once the season began, and he tried a stint with the
San Antonio Spurs for their training camp before being waived again. He later found a new team in the
Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers, but due to personal problems, he returned to playing with Zastal once more before finishing his season with
Chorale Roanne Basket in France.
^ c: Vince Carter was paid $4 million in order to get out of his contract with the Suns.
^ d: Zabian Dowdell originally signed a deal to play with
Anadolu Efes Pilsen Spor KulΓΌbΓΌ in Turkey on January 18, 2012. However, due to a failed physical, he would be waived from the team before even having a change to play for them. He would then play with
Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria β Claret, S.A.D. on March 17, 2016 after passing their own physical exam.
^ e: MickaΓ«l PiΓ©trus was paid $1.2 million in order to get out of his contract with the Suns.
^ f: Garret Siler was waived after the January 2 game against the
Golden State Warriors. He didn't play a single game with the Phoenix Suns in the regular season.
^ g: Garret Siler signed with the
Jiangsu Nangang Dragons of the
Chinese Basketball Association quite some time after this season ended.
2011β12 Phoenix Suns season | |
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Head coach | Alvin Gentry |
General manager | Lance Blanks |
Owners | Robert Sarver |
Arena | US Airways Center |
Results | |
Record | 33–33 (.500) |
Place | Division: 3rd (
Pacific) Conference: 10th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Fox Sports Arizona |
Radio | KTAR |
The 2011β12 Phoenix Suns season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as the last season the Suns had point guard Steve Nash on the team. The season was shortened to sixty-six games due to the 2011 NBA Lockout. Going into the All-Star break with a 14β20 record, the Suns went 14β6 in their next 20 games to push back into playoffs contention. Towards the end of the season, the eighth-seeded Suns were still in the hunt, but a loss after their second-to-last game on the road against the Utah Jazz eliminated them from playoff contention. They went 8β7 in April, finishing the season with a 33β33 record, 10th-best in the West.
Nash led the team in assists per game (10.7; second-best average in the league, most assists in total), three-point percentage (.390%), and free throw percentage (.894%), while averaging a career-high in field goal percentage (.532%). Center Marcin Gortat led the team in most statistical categories, including games played (66), games started (66), minutes per game (32.0), field goal percentage (.555%), rebounds per game (10.0), blocks per game (1.5), and points per game (15.4). Nash was the lone member of the Suns selected for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, his eighth appearance. In a game against the Denver Nuggets on April 21, Nash passed Oscar Robertson for fifth all-time in total assists.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 13 | Markieff Morris | Forward | United States | Kansas |
The Suns used their only draft pick to select power forward Markieff Morris from Kansas. Morris averaged 13.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in his last year with the Jayhawks. [3] The Suns traded their other first-round pick, which they acquired from the Orlando Magic, to the Houston Rockets when they dealt Goran DragiΔ for Aaron Brooks. [4] Their second-round pick was traded to the Chicago Bulls for Hakim Warrick in a sign and trade. [5] Around a year and a half later, the Suns ended up with the 14th draft pick in Marcus Morris, who would be a part of the team for two or so seasons before being traded himself in 2015.
Veteran forward Grant Hill became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2010β11 season. Newly acquired point guard Aaron Brooks became a restricted free agent at the end of the season. On June 23, the Suns extended a $3 million qualifying offer to Brooks. [6] However, due to the lockout, Brooks signed a contract with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association on November 22. With no opt-out clause, Brooks had to complete the CBA season before returning to the NBA. On February 6, 2011, reserve point guard Zabian Dowdell was signed for the remainder of the 2010β11 season, with a team option for a second year.
On July 14, the Suns signed Elston Turner as an assistant coach. Turner is considered to be a defensive specialist and has been called the Suns' unofficial " defensive coordinator". [7]
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The final year of Vince Carter's contract was non-guaranteed. Carter's contract stipulated that if he was not waived by the Suns before the start of free agency on July 1, his $18 million would become fully guaranteed. However, with the onset of the lockout, the Suns delayed the deadline until the date on which free agency began at the end of the lockout. Since he was waived by the time the lockout ended and the free agency period officially began that season, he would receive a guaranteed $4 million outside of the team instead. [8] The second-year contracts of Gani Lawal and Garret Siler were non-guaranteed. [9]
2011 pre-season game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pre-season: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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2011β12 season schedule |
Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y- Los Angeles Lakers | 41 | 25 | .621 | β | 26–7 | 15–18 | 9β5 | 66 |
x- Los Angeles Clippers | 40 | 26 | .606 | 1.0 | 24–9 | 16–17 | 7β7 | 66 |
Phoenix Suns | 33 | 33 | .500 | 8.0 | 19–14 | 14–19 | 9β5 | 66 |
Golden State Warriors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 18.0 | 12–21 | 11–22 | 7β8 | 66 |
Sacramento Kings | 22 | 44 | .333 | 19.0 | 16–17 | 6–27 | 3β10 | 66 |
Western Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | c- San Antonio Spurs * | 50 | 16 | .758 | β | 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 |
All games from November 1 through December 24 were canceled due to the 2011 NBA Lockout. A new schedule was created with games starting on December 25.
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December: 1β3 (home: 0β2; road: 1β1)
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January: 6β10 (home: 4β4; road: 2β6)
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February: 7β7 (home: 3β3; road: 4β4)
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March: 11β6 (home: 8β2; road: 3β4)
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April: 8β7 (home: 4β3; road: 4β4)
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2011β12 season schedule |
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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Shannon Brown | 59 | 19 | 23.7 | .420 | .362 | .808 | 2.7 | 1.2 | .7 | .3 | 11.0 |
Josh Childress | 34 | 0 | 14.4 | .485 | .167 | .000 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .4 | .2 | 2.9 |
Jared Dudley | 65 | 60 | 31.1 | .485 | .383 | .726 | 4.6 | 1.7 | .8 | .3 | 12.7 |
Channing Frye | 64 | 59 | 26.1 | .416 | .346 | .890 | 5.9 | 1.4 | .7 | 1.1 | 10.5 |
Marcin Gortat | 66 | 66 | 32.0 | .555 | .000 | .649 | 10.0 | 0.9 | .7 | 1.5 | 15.4 |
Grant Hill | 49 | 46 | 28.1 | .446 | .264 | .761 | 3.5 | 2.2 | .8 | .6 | 10.2 |
Robin Lopez | 64 | 0 | 14.0 | .461 | .000 | .714 | 3.3 | 0.3 | .3 | .9 | 5.4 |
Markieff Morris | 63 | 7 | 19.5 | .399 | .347 | .717 | 4.4 | 1.0 | .7 | .7 | 7.4 |
Steve Nash | 62 | 62 | 31.6 | .532 | .390 | .894 | 3.0 | 10.7 | .6 | .1 | 12.5 |
Ronnie Price | 36 | 8 | 14.4 | .377 | .295 | .800 | 1.6 | 1.9 | .9 | .1 | 3.6 |
Michael Redd | 51 | 2 | 15.1 | .400 | .318 | .793 | 1.5 | 0.6 | .3 | .0 | 8.2 |
Sebastian Telfair | 60 | 1 | 14.9 | .412 | .314 | .791 | 1.5 | 2.3 | .7 | .2 | 6.1 |
Hakim Warrick | 35 | 0 | 14.4 | .411 | .100 | .768 | 2.6 | 0.9 | .2 | .1 | 6.4 |
Player | Signed | Former Team |
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Sebastian Telfair | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $1.5 Million. | Minnesota Timberwolves |
Shannon Brown | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $3.5 Million. | Los Angeles Lakers |
Grant Hill | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $6.5 Million. | Phoenix Suns |
Ronnie Price | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $854,389. | Utah Jazz |
Michael Redd | Signed a 1-year deal that was worth $1.3 Million. [a] | Milwaukee Bucks |
^ a: Michael Redd signed onto the team two games after the beginning of the 2011β12 season. However, he didn't start playing until January 12, 2012 due to Redd fully recovering from some knee injuries during his last two seasons in Milwaukee.
Player | Reason Left | New Team |
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Aaron Brooks | Lockout Concerns | Guangdong Winnerway (Hongyuan) Southern Tigers |
Gani Lawal | Lockout Concerns / Waived [b] | Zastal Zielona GΓ³ra / San Antonio Spurs / Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers / Chorale Roanne Basket |
Vince Carter | Waived [c] | Dallas Mavericks |
Zabian Dowdell | Waived | Anadolu Efes Pilsen Spor KulΓΌbΓΌ / Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria β Claret, S.A.D. [d] [10] |
MickaΓ«l PiΓ©trus | Waived [e] | Boston Celtics |
Garret Siler | Waived [f] | Jiangsu Nangang Dragons [g] [11] |
^ b: Gani Lawal originally left due to the
2011 NBA lockout in concerns of playing the season. He signed with
Zastal Zielona GΓ³ra in Poland before returning to Phoenix once the lockout ended. However, Gani was waived by the team alongside Vince Carter once the season began, and he tried a stint with the
San Antonio Spurs for their training camp before being waived again. He later found a new team in the
Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers, but due to personal problems, he returned to playing with Zastal once more before finishing his season with
Chorale Roanne Basket in France.
^ c: Vince Carter was paid $4 million in order to get out of his contract with the Suns.
^ d: Zabian Dowdell originally signed a deal to play with
Anadolu Efes Pilsen Spor KulΓΌbΓΌ in Turkey on January 18, 2012. However, due to a failed physical, he would be waived from the team before even having a change to play for them. He would then play with
Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria β Claret, S.A.D. on March 17, 2016 after passing their own physical exam.
^ e: MickaΓ«l PiΓ©trus was paid $1.2 million in order to get out of his contract with the Suns.
^ f: Garret Siler was waived after the January 2 game against the
Golden State Warriors. He didn't play a single game with the Phoenix Suns in the regular season.
^ g: Garret Siler signed with the
Jiangsu Nangang Dragons of the
Chinese Basketball Association quite some time after this season ended.