1996–97 Golden State Warriors season

1996–97 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach Rick Adelman
Owner(s) Chris Cohan
Arena San Jose Arena
Results
Record 30–52 (.366)
Place Division: 7th (Pacific)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television SportsChannel Pacific, KICU

The 1996-97 NBA season was the Warriors' 51st season in the NBA and 35th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] Due to extensive renovations at Oakland Coliseum Arena, the Warriors played their home games at the San Jose Arena. They finished last place in the Pacific Division with a 30-52 record. Latrell Sprewell led them in scoring with 24.2 points per game. This season also marked an end of an era as Chris Mullin was traded to the Indiana Pacers the following season.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1996 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 11 Todd Fuller C  United States North Carolina State
2 40 Marcus Mann PF  United States Mississippi Valley State

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
PG 11 United States Armstrong, B. J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Iowa
PG 5 United States Booker, Melvin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Missouri
SF 23 United States Burrell, Scott 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Connecticut
PG 12 United States Coles, Bimbo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Virginia Tech
C 55 United States DeClercq, Andrew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Florida
C 52 United States Fuller, Todd 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) North Carolina State
PF 3 United States Marshall, Donyell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Connecticut
SF 17 United States Mullin, Chris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) St. John's
PF 35 United States Owes, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Arizona
PG 25 United States Price, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Georgia Tech
SF 21 United States Roe, Lou 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Massachusetts
PF 32 United States Smith, Joe 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Maryland
C 50 United States Spencer, Felton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Louisville
SG 15 United States Sprewell, Latrell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Alabama
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics 57 25 .695 – 31–10 26–15 16–8
x-Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 1 31–10 25–16 18–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 8 29–12 20–21 15–9
x-Phoenix Suns 40 42 .488 17 25–16 15–26 13–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers 36 46 .439 21 21–20 15–26 10–14
Sacramento Kings 34 48 .415 23 22–19 12–29 8–16
Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 27 18–23 12–29 4–20
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Utah Jazz 64 18 .780 –
2 y-Seattle SuperSonics 57 25 .695 7
3 x-Houston Rockets 57 25 .695 7
4 x-Los Angeles Lakers 56 26 .683 8
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 15
6 x-Minnesota Timberwolves 40 42 .488 24
7 x-Phoenix Suns 40 42 .488 24
8 x-Los Angeles Clippers 36 46 .439 28
9 Sacramento Kings 34 48 .415 30
10 Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 34
11 Dallas Mavericks 24 58 .293 40
12 Denver Nuggets 21 61 .256 43
13 San Antonio Spurs 20 62 .244 44
14 Vancouver Grizzlies 14 68 .171 50
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

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

References

  1. ↑ 1996-97 Golden State Warriors

See also

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