2002–03 Los Angeles Clippers season

2002–03 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach Dennis Johnson
Owner(s) Donald Sterling
Arena Staples Center
Results
Record 27–55 (.329)
Place Division: 7th (Pacific)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Net West 2, KTLA
Radio KSPN

The 2002-03 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 33rd season in the NBA, their 19th in Los Angeles.[1]

Draft Picks

Main article: 2002 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 8 Chris Wilcox F  United States Maryland
1 12 Melvin Ely C  United States Fresno State
2 41 Mario Kasun C  Croatia Croatia

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
PF 42 United States Brand, Elton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 272 lb (123 kg) Duke
PG 1 United States Dooling, Keyon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Missouri
C 2 United States Ely, Melvin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 261 lb (118 kg) Fresno State
SF 32 United States Fowlkes, Tremaine 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fresno State
SG 20 Serbia Jaric, Marko 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Serbia & Montenegro
SF 50 United States Maggette, Corey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Duke
PG 24 United States Miller, Andre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah
PF 7 United States Odom, Lamar (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Rhode Island
C 34 Nigeria Olowokandi, Michael 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Pacific
F/C 44 United States Parks, Cherokee 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Duke
G/F 52 United States Piatkowski, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Nebraska
SG 3 United States Richardson, Quentin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 238 lb (108 kg) DePaul
C 45 United States Rooks, Sean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Arizona
F/C 16 China Wang, Zhizhi 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 284 lb (129 kg) China
PF 54 United States Wilcox, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Maryland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2009-10-04

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Sacramento Kings 59 23 .720 – 35–6 24–17 17–7
x-Los Angeles Lakers 50 32 .610 9 31–10 19–22 15–9
x-Portland Trail Blazers 50 32 .610 9 27–14 23–18 15–9
x-Phoenix Suns 44 38 .537 15 30–11 14–27 12–12
Seattle SuperSonics 40 42 .488 19 25–16 15–26 11–13
Golden State Warriors 38 44 .463 21 24–17 14–27 8–16
Los Angeles Clippers 27 55 .329 32 16–25 11–30 6–18
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-San Antonio Spurs 60 22 .732 –
2 y-Sacramento Kings 59 23 .720 1
3 x-Dallas Mavericks 60 22 .732 –
4 x-Minnesota Timberwolves 51 31 .622 9
5 x-Los Angeles Lakers 50 32 .610 10
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers 50 32 .610 10
7 x-Utah Jazz 47 35 .573 13
8 x-Phoenix Suns 44 38 .537 16
9 Houston Rockets 43 39 .524 17
10 Seattle SuperSonics 40 42 .488 20
11 Golden State Warriors 38 44 .463 22
12 Memphis Grizzlies 28 54 .341 32
13 Los Angeles Clippers 27 55 .329 33
14 Denver Nuggets 17 65 .207 43

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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Elton Brand
Keyon Dooling
Melvin Ely
Tremaine Fowlkes
Marko Jaric
Corey Maggette
Andre Miller
Lamar Odom
Michael Olowokandi
Cherokee Parks
Eric Piatkowski
Quentin Richardson
Sean Rooks
Chris Wilcox
Wang Zhizhi

Transactions

The Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2002-03 season.

Trades

June 26, 2002
 To Los Angeles Clippers
  • A future consideration
 To Orlando Magic
July 30, 2002
 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Cleveland Cavaliers

Free Agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Cherokee Parks September 27 San Antonio Spurs
Wang Zhizhi October 1 Dallas Mavericks

Subtractions

Player Left New team
Earl Boykins waived, June 28 Golden State Warriors
Obinna Ekezie waived, July 19 Orlando Magic
Jeff McInnis free agency, August 12 Portland Trail Blazers
Doug Overton free agency, September 18 Chicago Bulls
Bryant Stith waived, October 28 Brunswick Bulldogs (head coach)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2002-03 Los Angeles Clippers
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