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 off 11th place in the western conference 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.

2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachTerry Stotts
General managerNeil Olshey
OwnersPaul Allen
ArenaRose Garden
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Northwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCSN Northwest
KGW
RadioKEX

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
Main article: 2012 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School
16Damian LillardPG United StatesWeber State
111Meyers LeonardC United StatesIllinois
240Will BartonSG United StatesMemphis
241Tyshawn Taylor (traded to Brooklyn)PG United StatesKansas

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

Roster
Last transaction: 2012–09–01

Pre-season
2012 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 10 @ L. A. Lakers W 93–75 LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard (14) LaMarcus Aldridge (8) Damian Lillard (7) Citizens Business Bank Arena
10,500		 1–0
2 October 12 @ Phoenix L 93–104 Damian Lillard (15) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Damian Lillard (5) US Airways Center
10,698		 1–1
3 October 15 @ Sacramento L 100–117 Damian Lillard (20) LaMarcus Aldridge, J. J. Hickson (7) Nicolas Batum (5) Power Balance Pavilion
9,328		 1–2
4 October 17 Denver W 97–80 Wesley Matthews (19) Joel Freeland (8) Nolan Smith (8) Rose Garden
17,856		 2–2
5 October 19 Golden State L 97–101 LaMarcus Aldridge (18) Meyers Leonard (6) Damian Lillard (7) Rose Garden
19,109		 2–3
6 October 22 Utah W 120–114 Nicolas Batum (27) J. J. Hickson (8) Damian Lillard (8) Rose Garden
19,150		 3–3
7 October 25 @ Utah L 91–97 Wesley Matthews (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) Damian Lillard (5) EnergySolutions Arena
18,247		 3–4
2012–13 season schedule

Regular season

Standings
Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
c-Oklahoma City Thunder6022.732–34–726–1510–682
x-Denver Nuggets5725.695338–319–2211–582
Utah Jazz4339.5241730–1113–289–782
Portland Trail Blazers3349.4022722–1911–306–1082
Minnesota Timberwolves3151.3782920–2111–304–1282
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c-Oklahoma City Thunder * 60 22 .732 – 82
2 y-San Antonio Spurs * 58 24 .707 2.0 82
3 x-Denver Nuggets * 57 25 .695 3.0 82
4 y-Los Angeles Clippers 56 26 .683 4.0 82
5 x-Memphis Grizzlies 56 26 .683 4.0 82
6 x-Golden State Warriors 47 35 .573 13.0 82
7 x-Los Angeles Lakers 45 37 .549 15.0 82
8 x-Houston Rockets 45 37 .549 15.0 82
9 Utah Jazz 43 39 .524 17.0 82
10 Dallas Mavericks 41 41 .500 19.0 82
11 Portland Trail Blazers 33 49 .402 27.0 82
12 Minnesota Timberwolves 31 51 .378 29.0 82
13 Sacramento Kings 28 54 .341 32.0 82
14 New Orleans Hornets 27 55 .329 33.0 82
15 Phoenix Suns 25 57 .305 35.0 82

Game log
2012–13 game log
Total: 33–49 (Home: 22–19; Road: 11–30)
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
November : 5–10 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–7)
December : 9–4 (Home: 7–1; Road: 2–3)
January : 8–8 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–5)
February : 3–9 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–7)
March : 7–9 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–6)
April : 0–9 (Home: 0–6; Road: 0–3)
2012–13 season schedule

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
Main article: List of 2012–13 NBA season transactions

Overview
Players added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

 Players lost

Via trade

Via free agency

  • a Waived during the pre-season.

Trades
June 28, 2012
(draft day)		 To Portland Trail Blazers
Cash considerations[4]		 To Brooklyn Nets
Draft rights to Tyshawn Taylor[4]
July 16, 2012 To Portland Trail Blazers
Jared Jeffries (sign and trade)
Dan Gadzuric
Draft rights to Kostas Papanikolaou
Draft rights to Georgios Printezis
Future second-round pick		 To New York Knicks
Raymond Felton (sign and trade)
Kurt Thomas
July 20, 2012
(three-team trade)		 To Portland Trail Blazers
Sasha Pavlović (sign and trade from Boston)
Two 2013 second-round picks (from Boston)
Cash considerations (from Boston)		 To Houston Rockets
Draft rights to Jon Diebler

Free agents
Additions
Player Date signed Former team
J. J. Hickson July 13 Portland Trail Blazers
(re-signed)
Nicolas Batum July 18 Portland Trail Blazers
(re-signed)
Ronnie Price July 18 Phoenix Suns
Subtractions
Player Date signed New team
Jamal Crawford July 11 Los Angeles Clippers
Hasheem Thabeet July 11 Oklahoma City Thunder
Joel Przybilla August 9 Milwaukee Bucks
Craig Smith August 11 Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
Jonny Flynn October 1 Detroit Pistons

References
  1. "NBA Draft Info". ESPN. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  2. http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2012/12/as_expected_blazers_damian_lillard_wins_western_co.html
  3. Golliver, Ben (September 11, 2012). Blazers G Elliot Williams tears Achilles during team workout, CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  4. "Rapid Reaction: Nets trade for Taylor". ESPN.com. June 28, 2012.
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