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With Eric Gordon, and Chris Kaman, an improved DeAndre Jordan, a re-energized Baron Davis, and the debut of No. 1 pick Blake Griffin, the Clippers had high hopes for the season. However, they started slowly, losing ten of the first eleven games with Davis and Kaman out with injuries. However, the Clippers showed strength when 3 of their first 4 wins came from the top teams in the Western Conference. Griffin got off to a strong start, drawing increased media attention in Clippers games and boosting ratings of local broadcasts of Clippers games. Griffin was chosen as a Western Conference Reserve in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, a rare honor for a rookie; the first chosen by the coaches for the game since Tim Duncan in 1997. He also won the NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. As the trade deadline approached, the Clippers sent Baron Davis along with their 2011 first round draft pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mo Williams and Jamario Moon. The first pick they gave turned out to be first overall. With the pick they selected Kyrie Irving.
• The "Lob City" Era (2011-present)
On December 9, 2011, the Clippers signed Mavericks forward Caron Butler to a $24 million deal and claimed veteran point guard Chauncey Billups from the New York Knicks three days later. Due to the strike, New York used a amnesty clause to rid themselves of Billups, and the Clippers acquired him with a bid of $2,000,032, paying homage to Griffin in the process. On December 14, 2011 they traded guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota's 2012 first round pick acquired in 2005 for New Orleans Hornets' four-time all-star guard Chris Paul and two future 2nd round picks. Paul and Griffin were selected as starters for the Western Conference team in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, taking place at Orlando's Amway Center, the first time in franchise history to have 2 All-Star starters in the same year.
On February 3, 2012, the Clippers signed forward Kenyon Martin. An eleven-year NBA veteran and former NBA All-Star (2004), Martin joined the Clippers after signing with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association the previous summer. On February 6, 2012 during a game against the Orlando Magic, Billups tore his achilles tendon and missed the remainder of the 2011–12 season. On March 15, 2012, guard Nick Young joined the Clippers as part of a three-team trade with the Washington Wizards and the Denver Nuggets. He became the eighth player to debut in the 2011-2012 season.