List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions
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This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2011 NBA off-season and 2011–12 NBA season.


Retirement


Front office movements


Head coach changes

;Off-season ;In-season


General manager changes

;Off-season ;In-season


Player movement

The following is a list of player movement via free agency and trades.


Trades


Free agency

Free agency started on December 9. All players are unrestricted
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s unless indicated otherwise. A
restricted free agent A restricted free agent (RFA) is a type of free agent in the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), or National Basketball Association (NBA). Such players have special restrictions on the terms under which they can retain ...
's team has the right to keep the player by matching an offer sheet the player signs with another team. ;Note * * Played overseas during the
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.


10-day contracts

A player can sign a 10-day contract beginning on February 6. A player can only sign two 10-day contracts with the same team in one season. If the team want to retain the player after the second 10-day contract expired, the team has to sign the player for the remainder of the season.


Released


Waived

;Note * * Released under the
amnesty clause The NBA salary cap is the limit to the total amount of money that National Basketball Association teams are allowed to pay their players. Like many professional sports leagues, the NBA has a salary cap to control costs and benefit parity, defined b ...
in the new CBA, which gives teams a one-time option to waive a player's remaining contract from the salary cap.


Training camp cuts

The following players were signed and invited to the training camp but were waived before the start of the season.


D-League assignments

Each NBA team can assign players with two years or less of experience to its affiliated NBA Development League team. Players with more than two years of experience may be assigned to the D-League with the players' consent. ;Note *Numbers in parentheses indicates the number of assignments a player has received during the season.


Going overseas

The following players were on NBA rosters at the end of the previous season. Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout.
FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...
allowed players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts had opt-out clauses that allowed the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ended. The
Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...
, however, only allowed its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season. Chinese nationals were exempt from this rule; this allowed
Yi Jianlian Yi Jianlian ( ; born October 27, 1987) is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He has also played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwauk ...
to return to the NBA upon the end of the lockout. The list also includes unsigned 2011 draft picks who signed with teams from other leagues, but excludes unsigned 2011 draft picks who were already playing overseas before the draft.


Before and during the lockout

;Note


After the lockout


Draft


2011 NBA draft

The 2011 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2011 at
Prudential Center Prudential Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey. Opened in 2007, it is the home of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the men's basketball program of Seton Hal ...
in Newark, New Jersey. In two rounds 60 players were selected in the draft. 27 of the 30 first-round picks signed rookie contracts and were named in the 2010–11 season opening day roster. 21 of the 30 second-round picks also signed rookie contracts, but one of them was waived before the start of the season and became a free agent. 12 other draft picks were unsigned but their draft rights are still held by the NBA teams.


First round


Second round


Previous years' draftees


Notes


References


Transactions: 2011–2012 Season
''NBA.com''. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc
2011 NBA Free Agent Tracker
''Sports Illustrated''. Time Warner Company

''NBA.com''. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc


External links


Transactions: 2011–2012 Season
at NBA.com
2011 Free Agent Tracker
at NBA.com
NBA Trades and Transactions
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