List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

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

Date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
May 31	Los Angeles Lakers	Phil Jackson	Retired	Mike Brown	Cleveland Cavaliers head coach
June 1	Houston Rockets	Rick Adelman	Contract expired	Kevin McHale	Minnesota Timberwolves head coach
June 6	Golden State Warriors	Keith Smart	Fired	Mark Jackson	-
June 21	Toronto Raptors	Jay Triano	Contract expired	Dwane Casey	Dallas Mavericks assistant coach
August 3	Detroit Pistons	John Kuester	Fired	Lawrence Frank	Boston Celtics assistant coach
September 28	Minnesota Timberwolves	Kurt Rambis	Fired	Rick Adelman	Houston Rockets head coach

;In-season

Date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
January 5	Sacramento Kings	Paul Westphal	Fired	Keith Smart	Sacramento Kings assistant coach
January 24	Washington Wizards	Flip Saunders	Fired	Randy Wittman	Washington Wizards assistant coach
March 14	New York Knicks	Mike D'Antoni	Resigned	Mike Woodson	New York Knicks assistant coach
March 15	Portland Trail Blazers	Nate McMillan	Fired	Kaleb Canales	Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach

General manager changes

;Off-season

Date	Team	Outgoing general manager	Reason for departure	Incoming general manager	Last managerial position	Ref.
May 23	Portland Trail Blazers	Rich Cho	Fired	Chad Buchanan	-
June 3	New York Knicks	Donnie Walsh	Contract expired	Glen Grunwald	Toronto Raptors general manager
June 14	Charlotte Bobcats	Rod Higgins	Promotion	Rich Cho	Portland Trail Blazers general manager
October 18	Philadelphia 76ers	Ed Stefanski	Fired	Rod Thorn	New Jersey Nets general manager

;In-season

Date	Team	Outgoing general manager	Reason for departure	Incoming general manager	Last managerial position	Ref.
April 24	Golden State Warriors	Larry Riley	Demotion	Bob Myers	-

Player movement

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

Trades

Free agency started on December 9. All players are unrestricted free agents unless indicated otherwise. A restricted free agent'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 lockout.
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

Player	Date waived	Former team	Ref
		Sacramento Kings
		Golden State Warriors
		Cleveland Cavaliers
		Detroit Pistons
		Golden State Warriors
*		Orlando Magic
		Phoenix Suns
		Phoenix Suns
*		New York Knicks
*		Golden State Warriors
		Detroit Pistons
*		Indiana Pacers
		Minnesota Timberwolves
		New Orleans Hornets
		Phoenix Suns
		San Antonio Spurs
*		Cleveland Cavaliers
		Memphis Grizzlies
		Dallas Mavericks
*		New Jersey Nets
*		Portland Trail Blazers
		Chicago Bulls
		Chicago Bulls
		New Orleans Hornets
		Houston Rockets
		Los Angeles Clippers
		New Orleans Hornets
		San Antonio Spurs
		San Antonio Spurs
		Portland Trail Blazers
		Washington Wizards
		Cleveland Cavaliers
		New Jersey Nets
		Phoenix Suns
		San Antonio Spurs
		Atlanta Hawks
		Atlanta Hawks
		Atlanta Hawks
		Charlotte Bobcats
		Charlotte Bobcats
		Houston Rockets
		Houston Rockets
		Miami Heat
		Oklahoma City Thunder
		Memphis Grizzlies
		New Orleans Hornets
		Phoenix Suns
		San Antonio Spurs
		Golden State Warriors
		New Jersey Nets
		Atlanta Hawks
		Los Angeles Clippers
		New Orleans Hornets
		Chicago Bulls
		New Jersey Nets
		Orlando Magic
		Milwaukee Bucks
		Denver Nuggets
		Cleveland Cavaliers
		Golden State Warriors
		Houston Rockets
		Los Angeles Clippers
		Los Angeles Lakers
		Memphis Grizzlies
		Miami Heat
		New Orleans Hornets
		New Orleans Hornets
		Philadelphia 76ers
		San Antonio Spurs
		Washington Wizards
		New Jersey Nets
		New York Knicks
		Portland Trail Blazers
		Portland Trail Blazers
		Portland Trail Blazers
		Toronto Raptors
		Houston Rockets
		Cleveland Cavaliers
		Golden State Warriors
		Denver Nuggets
		Houston Rockets
		Sacramento Kings
		Cleveland Cavaliers
		Philadelphia 76ers
		Charlotte Bobcats
		Oklahoma City Thunder
		Portland Trail Blazers
		Dallas Mavericks
		Boston Celtics
		Toronto Raptors
		Washington Wizards
		Boston Celtics

;Note

* Released under the amnesty clause 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.

Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Bobcats	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Charles Garcia Zach Graham Brad Wanamaker	Gilbert Brown Jamal Sampson Michael Sweetney	Will Blalock Ronald Dupree Taylor Griffin Isma'il Muhammad Durrell Summers		Tyrell Biggs Kyle Goldcamp Kenny Hayes J. P. Prince
Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Drew Neitzel Jerome Randle	Cory Higgins Michael Ruffin	Brian Hamilton Kareem Rush Walker Russell, Jr. Jake Voskuhl	Gary Flowers Julian Khazzouh Tommy Mitchell Tim Pickett Tommy Smith Edwin Ubiles	Ibrahim Jaaber Casey Mitchell Omar Samhan Damian Saunders Greg Smith
Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Jarrid Famous Tyren Johnson Darnell Lazare Matt Rogers	Blake Ahearn Courtney Fortson Marcus Hubbard Adam Koch Renaldo Major	Zach Andrews Chris Daniels Gerald Green Elijah Millsap Malcolm Thomas	Mikki Moore Jared Reiner Walter Sharpe	Derrick Byars Cameron Jones Jeremy Wise Billy White
Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Hornets	New York Knicks
Ron Howard Marcus Lewis	Will Conroy Devean George Dominique Johnson Shaun Pruitt Bonzi Wells	JamesOn Curry Jerry Smith Ime Udoka	Brian Butch Justin Dentmon Jerome Dyson Moses Ehambe	Devin Green Chris Hunter
Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Marcus Dove Anthony Goods Terrence Roberts	Gabe Pruitt	Antonio Anderson Dwayne Jones Xavier Silas Mike Tisdale	Dwight Buycks Jeremy Hazell Marcus Landry	Marshall Brown Jeff Foote Ben McCauley Seth Tarver
Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz	Washington Wizards
Lawrence Hill Adrian Oliver	Devin Gibson Frank Hassell Antoine Hood Doug Thomas Luke Zeller		Paul Carter Trey Gilder Keith McLeod Scottie Reynolds	Mardy Collins Aaron Pettway Mike Wilks

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.

Player	Date assigned	Date recalled	NBA team	D-League team
			Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles D-Fenders
			Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles D-Fenders
			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
			Milwaukee Bucks	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
			Sacramento Kings	Reno Bighorns
			Sacramento Kings	Reno Bighorns
			Washington Wizards	Iowa Energy
			San Antonio Spurs	Austin Toros
			Denver Nuggets	Idaho Stampede
			Denver Nuggets	Idaho Stampede
			Houston Rockets	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
			San Antonio Spurs	Austin Toros
			Cleveland Cavaliers	Canton Charge
			Portland Trail Blazers	Idaho Stampede
			Portland Trail Blazers	Idaho Stampede
			Toronto Raptors	Bakersfield Jam
			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
Yi Jianlian			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
			Oklahoma City Thunder	Tulsa 66ers
			New York Knicks	Erie BayHawks
			New York Knicks	Erie BayHawks
			Milwaukee Bucks	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
			New Jersey Nets	Springfield Armor
			Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles D-Fenders
			Cleveland Cavaliers	Canton Charge
			Golden State Warriors	Dakota Wizards
			Los Angeles Clippers	Bakersfield Jam
			San Antonio Spurs	Austin Toros
			Houston Rockets	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
			Minnesota Timberwolves	Sioux Falls Skyforce
			Philadelphia 76ers	Maine Red Claws
			Houston Rockets	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
			Memphis Grizzlies	Reno Bighorns
			Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles D-Fenders
			Golden State Warriors	Dakota Wizards
			Minnesota Timberwolves	Sioux Falls Skyforce
			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
			Los Angeles Clippers	Bakersfield Jam
			New York Knicks	Erie Bayhawks
			Oklahoma City Thunder	Tulsa 66ers
			San Antonio Spurs	Austin Toros
			San Antonio Spurs	Austin Toros
			Cleveland Cavaliers	Canton Charge
			Cleveland Cavaliers	Canton Charge
			Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles D-Fenders
			Detroit Pistons	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
			Oklahoma City Thunder	Tulsa 66ers
			Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles D-Fenders
			Oklahoma City Thunder	Tulsa 66ers
			New Orleans Hornets	Iowa Energy
			San Antonio Spurs	Austin Toros
			Houston Rockets	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
			Dallas Mavericks	Texas Legends
			Golden State Warriors	Dakota Wizards
			Oklahoma City Thunder	Tulsa 66ers
			Memphis Grizzlies	Reno Bighorns
			Los Angeles Clippers	Bakersfield Jam
			Houston Rockets	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
			Houston Rockets	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
			Memphis Grizzlies	Reno Bighorns
			Golden State Warriors	Dakota Wizards
			Cleveland Cavaliers	Canton Charge

;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 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. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season. Chinese nationals are exempt from this rule; this allowed Yi Jianlian 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.

*	Denotes international players who returned to their home country

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 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

Draft	Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Previous team	Ref
2009	5			Minnesota Timberwolves	Regal FC Barcelona
2010	44			New York Knicks	BC Krka
2010	57			Oklahoma City Thunder	Tulsa 66ers

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List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Retirement

Front office movements

Head coach changes

General manager changes

Player movement

Trades

Free agency

10-day contracts

Released

Waived

Training camp cuts

D-League assignments

Going overseas

Before and during the lockout

After the lockout

Draft

2011 NBA Draft

First round

Second round

Previous years draftees