2010–11 Portland Trail Blazers season

2010–11 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Nate McMillan
General manager	Rich Cho
Arena	Rose Garden
Results
Record	48–34 (.585)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in first round to Dallas (2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Northwest, KGW
Radio	KXTG

The 2010–11 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft in New York City
June 24 – Kevin Pritchard is relieved of his duties as general manager by owner Paul Allen.
July 1 – The free agency negotiation period begins
July 8 – First day NBA free agents can sign new contracts; Prior conditional free agent trades can be finalized
July 16 – First round draft picks become free agents if not given a required tender
July 19 – Rich Cho hired as general manager
July 23 – Last day to withdraw a qualifying offer to a restricted free agent without the player's consent
July 19 – Bernie Bickerstaff, Bob Ociepka, and Buck Williams hired as assistant coaches
August 15 – Players waived on or after this date remain on waivers for 48 hours
September 6 – Second round draft picks become free agents if not given a required tender
October 1 – Last day to sign replacement player with Disabled Player exception if the player was injured from December 1 to June 30 and will be out for the season
November 1 – Last day to exercise option years on scale contracts; Last day contracts can be extended
December 15 – Players who signed a contract on or before September 15 can be traded

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	22	Elliot Williams	G	United States	Memphis
2	34	Armon Johnson	G	United States	Nevada

Roster

Portland Trail Blazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
4.0 !F	12	USA !	Aldridge, LaMarcus (C)	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Texas
4.0 !F	11	USA !	Babbitt, Luke	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Nevada
6.0 !C	40	USA !	Barron, Earl	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Memphis
4.0 !F	88	FRA !	Batum, Nicolas	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	France
6.0 !C	23	USA !	Camby, Marcus	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Massachusetts
1.5 !G	5	ESP !	Fernández, Rudy	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Spain
1.5 !G	1	USA !	Johnson, Armon	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Nevada
6.0 !C	17	USA !	Johnson, Chris	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	LSU
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Matthews, Wesley	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Marquette
1.5 !G	24	USA !	Miller, Andre	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Utah
1.5 !G	8	AUS !	Mills, Patrick	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Saint Mary's
6.0 !C	52	USA !	Oden, Greg	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	Ohio State
1.5 !G	7	USA !	Roy, Brandon (C)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Washington
4.0 !F	3	USA !	Wallace, Gerald	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Alabama
1.5 !G	9	USA !	Williams, Elliot	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Memphis

Head coach

Nate McMillan (North Carolina State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Marcus Camby	Chris Johnson	Earl Barron	Greg Oden
PF	LaMarcus Aldridge
SF	Gerald Wallace	Nicolas Batum		Luke Babbitt
SG	Wesley Matthews	Rudy Fernández Brandon Roy		Elliot Williams
PG	Andre Miller	Patrick Mills	Armon Johnson

Salaries

As of October 26, 2010:

Player	2010–11 Salary
Brandon Roy	$13,604,000
LaMarcus Aldridge	$10,744,000
Gerald Wallace	$9,500,000
Marcus Camby	$8,453,250
Joel Przybilla	$7,405,300
Andre Miller	$7,269,264
Greg Oden	$6,796,524
Wesley Matthews	$5,765,000
Luke Babbitt	$1,645,440
Sean Marks	$1,288,549
Elliot Williams	$1,254,720
Rudy Fernandez	$1,246,680
Nicolas Batum	$1,196,760
Fabricio Oberto	$992,680
Patty Mills	$937,195
Dante Cunningham	$762,195
Jeff Pendergraph	$762,195
Armon Johnson	$473,604
Jarron Collins	$75,121
TOTAL	$70,808,457

Sources:

HoopsWorld: Blazers Salaries^[1]
HoopsWorld: 2010–11 NBA Rookie Scale^[2]

Pre-season

Game log

2010 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 3–4 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–3)

2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	–	30–11	25–16	13–3
x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	5	33–8	17–24	9–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	7	30–11	18–23	10–6
Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	16	21–20	18–23	7–9
Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	38	12–29	5–36	1–15

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	4
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
4	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	6
5	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	13
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15
8	x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15

9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18
10	Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	21
11	Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	22
12	Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	25
13	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	29
14	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	37
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	44

Game log

2010–11 game log
Total: 48–34 (Home: 30–11; Road: 18–23)

October: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–0)

November: 5–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–6)

December: 9–7 (Home: 7–0; Road: 2–7)

January: 8–6 (Home: 5–4; Road: 3–2)

February: 8–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 4–2)

March: 10–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 4–5)

April: 5–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–1)

2010–11 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2011 playoff game log

First round: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 16	@ Dallas	L 81–89	LaMarcus Aldridge (27)	Marcus Camby (18)	Andre Miller (6)	American Airlines Center 20,541	0–1
2	April 19	@ Dallas	L 89–101	LaMarcus Aldridge (24)	LaMarcus Aldridge (10)	Andre Miller (8)	American Airlines Center 20,620	0–2
3	April 21	Dallas	W 97–92	Wesley Matthews (25)	Gerald Wallace (11)	Andre Miller (7)	Rose Garden 20,217	1–2
4	April 23	Dallas	W 84–82	Brandon Roy (24)	Gerald Wallace (11)	Brandon Roy (5)	Rose Garden 20,357	2–2
5	April 25	@ Dallas	L 82–93	Andre Miller (18)	LaMarcus Aldridge, Gerald Wallace (9)	Andre Miller (7)	American Airlines Center 20,837	2–3
6	April 28	Dallas	L 96–103	Gerald Wallace (32)	Gerald Wallace (12)	Andre Miller (4)	Rose Garden 20,494	2–4

2011 playoff 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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Aldridge, LaMarcus !LaMarcus Aldridge	81	81	39.6	.500	.174	.791	8.8	2.1	1.01	1.16	21.8
Babbitt, Luke !Luke Babbitt	23	0	4.5	.289	.091	.286	0.8	0.1	.09	.09	1.1
Barron, Earl !Earl Barron*	1	0	1.0	1.000	.0	.0	1.0	0.0	.0	.0	2.0
Batum, Nicolas !Nicolas Batum	80	67	31.5	.455	.345	.841	4.5	1.5	.85	.61	12.4
Camby, Marcus !Marcus Camby	59	51	26.1	.398	.000	.614	10.3	2.1	.68	1.56	4.7
Collins, Jarron !Jarron Collins*	5	0	4.8	.167	.0	.0	1.4	0.2	.0	.0	0.4
Cunningham, Dante !Dante Cunningham*	56	9	19.8	.433	.000	.711	3.4	0.5	.70	.57	5.1
Fernández, Rudy !Rudy Fernández	77	2	23.2	.372	.323	.863	2.2	2.4	1.12	.18	8.6
Johnson, Armon !Armon Johnson	37	0	6.6	.461	.455	.579	0.9	1.1	.08	.03	2.6
Johnson, Chris !Chris Johnson*	9	0	7.3	.600	.0	.700	1.6	0.1	.22	.56	2.1
Marks, Sean !Sean Marks	29	0	7.2	.432	1.000	.625	1.4	0.1	.14	.10	1.6
Matthews, Wesley !Wesley Matthews	81	68	33.8	.448	.404	.842	3.2	2.0	1.26	.11	15.8
Miller, Andre !Andre Miller	80	80	33.0	.459	.111	.853	3.8	7.1	1.43	.15	12.8
Mills, Patrick !Patrick Mills	64	0	12.2	.412	.353	.766	0.8	1.7	.40	1.0	5.5
Oberto, Fabricio !Fabricio Oberto	5	0	9.0	.600	.0	.500	1.4	0.0	.0	.0	1.4
Przybilla, Joel !Joel Przybilla*	31	9	14.4	.618	.0	.565	3.9	0.4	.16	.45	1.8
Roy, Brandon !Brandon Roy	47	23	27.9	.400	.333	.848	2.6	2.7	.79	.26	12.2
Wallace, Gerald !Gerald Wallace*	23	15	35.7	.498	.338	.767	7.6	2.5	2.00	.65	15.8

As of April 12.^[3]
* – Stats with the Blazers.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Weekly and monthly

Western Conference Player of the Week
- January 17–23, 2011^[4] – LaMarcus Aldridge
- February 7–13, 2011^[5] – LaMarcus Aldridge
Western Conference Player of the Month
- February 2011^[6] – LaMarcus Aldridge

All-Star

NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge – Wesley Matthews

Injuries and surgeries

December 5, 2009: Greg Oden – broken left patella (suffered in 2009–10 season)^[7]
December 22, 2009: Joel Przybilla – dislocated right patella and ruptured patellar tendon (suffered in 2009–10 season)^[8]
November 4, 2010: Elliot Williams – dislocated right patella; out for season^[9]

Transactions

Trades

June 21, 2010	To Golden State Warriors No. 44 pick ( Jerome Jordan) cash considerations	To Portland Trail Blazers No. 34 pick ( Armon Johnson)
June 24, 2010	To Portland Trail Blazers No. 16 pick ( Luke Babbitt) Ryan Gomes	To Minnesota Timberwolves Martell Webster
February 24, 2011	To Portland Trail Blazers Gerald Wallace	To Charlotte Bobcats Dante Cunningham Joel Przybilla Sean Marks 2011 first-round pick 2013 first-round pick Cash considerations

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Wesley Matthews	five-year contract for $34 million	Utah Jazz
Sean Marks	Undisclosed	New Orleans Hornets
Chris Johnson	Signed for rest of season	Boston Celtics
Jarron Collins	10-day contract	Los Angeles Clippers
Earl Barron	Signed for rest of season	Milwaukee Bucks

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Ryan Gomes	Waived	Los Angeles Clippers
Fabricio Oberto	Retired	n/a
Jarron Collins	10-day contract expired

References

↑ "Portland Trail Blazers Team Salary". HoopsWorld. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
↑ "2010–11 NBA Rookie Scale". HoopsWorld. Archived from the original on 9 August 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
↑ http://www.nba.com/blazers/stats/
↑ "Player of the Week: LaMarcus Aldridge wins first player of the week award". kptv.com. January 25, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
↑ "LaMarcus wins another player of the week award". oregonlive.com. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
↑ "LaMarcus wins player of the month award". oregonlive.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
↑ "Blazers' injuries, ailments continue to pile up". The Oregonian. December 8, 2009. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
↑ "Trail Blazers center Joel Przybilla out for season after surgery". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 24, 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
↑ "Elliot Williams to Undergo Surgery" (Press release). Portland Trail Blazers. November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.

Portland Trail Blazers seasons

1970s

1976–77

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

2010–11 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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