2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The offseason saw the team draft a pair of first round draft picks, future All-Star Damian Lillard was taken 6th overall and Meyers Leonard was taken 11th overall. Despite the team finishing with a mediocre 33-49 record including a 13-game losing streak to finish, Lillard enjoyed a stellar rookie season, winning Rookie of the Year honors for his efforts.

Key dates

• June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]
• July 1: Free agency started and players were allowed to negotiate contracts with new or their old teams.
• July 11: Ten-day moratorium ended; players were allowed to sign contracts with new or their old teams and teams were allowed to resume making trades.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
1	6	Lillard, DamianDamian Lillard	PG	United States	Weber State
1	11	Leonard, MeyersMeyers Leonard	C	United States	Illinois
2	40	Barton, WillWill Barton	SG	United States	Memphis
2	41	Taylor, TyshawnTyshawn Taylor (traded to Brooklyn)	PG	United States	Kansas

Roster

2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 5.5 !F/C 12 Aldridge, LaMarcus (C) 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985–07–19 Texas 4.0 !F 8 Babbitt, Luke 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1989-06-20 Nevada 1.5 !G 5 Barton, Will 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991–01–06 Memphis 2.5 !G/F 88 Batum, Nicolas 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–12–14 France 4.0 !F 18 Claver, Víctor 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1988–08–30 Spain 5.5 !F/C 19 Freeland, Joel 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1987–02–07 United Kingdom 5.5 !F/C 21 Hickson, J. J. 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1988–09–04 North Carolina State 5.5 !F/C 1 Jeffries, Jared 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1981–11–25 Indiana 6.0 !C 11 Leonard, Meyers 7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992–02–27 Illinois 1.5 !G 0 Lillard, Damian 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–07–15 Weber State 2.5 !G/F 2 Matthews, Wesley 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986–10–14 Marquette 1.5 !G 6 Maynor, Eric 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987–06–11 Virginia Commonwealth 2.5 !G/F 3 Pavlović, Sasha 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983–11–15 Yugoslavia 1.5 !G 4 Smith, Nolan 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–25 Duke 1.5 !G 9 Williams, Elliot  7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–06–20 Memphis	Head coach Terry Stotts Assistant coach(es) Kaleb Canales Kim Hughes Dale Osbourne Jay Triano David Vanterpool Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2012–09–01

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Awards and records

On December 5, 2012, Damian Lillard was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November, making him the third rookie in Blazers history to earn the honor, following Arvydas Sabonis (1994) and Brandon Roy (2007). When asked about the honor, Lillard stated "I’m happy that I can get it, but I think all that it says is that I played good for one month. My mind has been focused on being consistent for the whole season, so ... it's a big deal to win the award, but it's not a big deal for the season. I’ll be happy about it and then it’ll be gone. It's a new month already."^[2]

Injuries

Reserve guard Elliot Williams tore his left Achilles tendon during a team workout on September 9. He was out for the season.^[3]

Transactions

Overview

• ^a Waived during the pre-season.

Trades

Free agents

References

External links

• Official website