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1996-97 Atlanta Hawks Roster and Statistics

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56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Lenny Wilkens (56-26)

Points Per Game: 94.8 (23rd of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 89.4 (4th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 57-25 (5th of 29)

Arena: Omni Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 585,802 (27th of 29)

SRS: 5.51 (5th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 86.8 (27th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 108.5 (8th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.3 (3rd of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Detroit Pistons

1996-97 Atlanta Hawks:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
45 Derrick Alston F 6-11 225 August 20, 1972 2 Duquesne University
17 Jon Barry G 6-4 195 July 25, 1969 4 Georgia Institute of Technology
10 Mookie Blaylock G 6-0 180 March 20, 1967 7 University of Oklahoma
24 Donnie Boyce G 6-5 196 September 2, 1973 1 University of Colorado
34 Willie Burton F-G 6-8 210 May 26, 1968 5 University of Minnesota
33 Tyrone Corbin G-F 6-6 210 December 31, 1962 11 DePaul University
35 Darrin Hancock G-F 6-7 205 November 3, 1971 2 University of Kansas
44 Alan Henderson F 6-9 235 December 2, 1972 1 Indiana University
42 Henry James F 6-8 220 July 29, 1965 5 St. Mary's University
32 Christian Laettner F-C 6-11 235 August 17, 1969 4 Duke University
15 Priest Lauderdale C 7-4 325 August 31, 1973 R Central State University
2 Anthony Miller F 6-9 225 October 22, 1971 2 Michigan State University
55 Dikembe Mutombo C 7-2 245 June 25, 1966 5 Georgetown University
28 Ivano Newbill F 6-9 245 December 12, 1970 1 Georgia Institute of Technology
3 Ken Norman F 6-8 215 September 5, 1964 9 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5 Eldridge Recasner G 6-3 190 December 14, 1967 2 University of Washington
8 Steve Smith G 6-7 200 March 31, 1969 5 Michigan State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19805 2812 6307 .446 659 1834 .359 1491 1955 .763 1021 2350 3371 1557 701 427 1228 1591 7774 94.8
Opponent 82 19805 2804 6451 .435 485 1399 .347 1235 1676 .737 1045 2225 3270 1665 605 332 1267 1747 7328 89.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Christian Laettner 27 82 82 3140 548 1128 .486 31 88 .352 359 440 .816 212 508 720 223 102 64 218 277 1486
2 Steve Smith 27 72 72 2818 491 1145 .429 130 388 .335 333 393 .847 90 148 238 305 62 23 176 173 1445
3 Mookie Blaylock 29 78 78 3056 501 1159 .432 221 604 .366 131 174 .753 114 299 413 463 212 20 185 141 1354
4 Dikembe Mutombo 30 80 80 2973 380 721 .527 0 0 306 434 .705 268 661 929 110 49 264 186 249 1066
5 Tyrone Corbin 34 70 65 2305 253 600 .422 74 208 .356 86 108 .796 76 218 294 124 90 7 85 176 666
6 Eldridge Recasner 29 71 4 1207 148 350 .423 58 140 .414 51 58 .879 35 80 115 94 38 4 65 97 405
7 Henry James 31 53 15 945 125 306 .408 76 181 .420 30 36 .833 27 54 81 21 11 1 29 98 356
8 Jon Barry 27 58 8 965 100 246 .407 48 124 .387 37 46 .804 26 73 99 115 55 3 59 56 285
9 Alan Henderson 24 30 0 501 77 162 .475 0 0 45 75 .600 47 69 116 23 21 6 29 73 199
10 Willie Burton 28 24 0 380 39 116 .336 13 46 .283 57 68 .838 11 30 41 11 8 3 26 55 148
11 Priest Lauderdale 23 35 0 180 49 89 .551 0 1 .000 13 23 .565 16 27 43 12 1 9 37 39 111
12 Ivano Newbill 26 72 2 850 40 91 .440 0 0 20 52 .385 76 128 204 24 28 15 42 115 100
13 Ken Norman 32 17 0 220 27 94 .287 6 38 .158 4 12 .333 8 31 39 12 7 3 18 17 64
14 Donnie Boyce 23 22 4 154 21 63 .333 2 16 .125 11 22 .500 7 8 15 13 10 4 16 17 55
15 Darrin Hancock 25 14 0 86 13 27 .481 0 0 8 12 .667 3 10 13 7 7 1 7 6 34
16 Anthony Miller 25 1 0 14 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 Derrick Alston 24 2 0 11 0 5 .000 0 0 0 2 .000 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Steve Smith 27 72 72 39.1 6.8 15.9 .429 1.8 5.4 .335 4.6 5.5 .847 1.3 2.1 3.3 4.2 0.9 0.3 2.4 2.4 20.1
2 Christian Laettner 27 82 82 38.3 6.7 13.8 .486 0.4 1.1 .352 4.4 5.4 .816 2.6 6.2 8.8 2.7 1.2 0.8 2.7 3.4 18.1
3 Mookie Blaylock 29 78 78 39.2 6.4 14.9 .432 2.8 7.7 .366 1.7 2.2 .753 1.5 3.8 5.3 5.9 2.7 0.3 2.4 1.8 17.4
4 Dikembe Mutombo 30 80 80 37.2 4.8 9.0 .527 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.4 .705 3.4 8.3 11.6 1.4 0.6 3.3 2.3 3.1 13.3
5 Tyrone Corbin 34 70 65 32.9 3.6 8.6 .422 1.1 3.0 .356 1.2 1.5 .796 1.1 3.1 4.2 1.8 1.3 0.1 1.2 2.5 9.5
6 Henry James 31 53 15 17.8 2.4 5.8 .408 1.4 3.4 .420 0.6 0.7 .833 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.8 6.7
7 Alan Henderson 24 30 0 16.7 2.6 5.4 .475 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 .600 1.6 2.3 3.9 0.8 0.7 0.2 1.0 2.4 6.6
8 Willie Burton 28 24 0 15.8 1.6 4.8 .336 0.5 1.9 .283 2.4 2.8 .838 0.5 1.3 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.1 1.1 2.3 6.2
9 Eldridge Recasner 29 71 4 17.0 2.1 4.9 .423 0.8 2.0 .414 0.7 0.8 .879 0.5 1.1 1.6 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.4 5.7
10 Jon Barry 27 58 8 16.6 1.7 4.2 .407 0.8 2.1 .387 0.6 0.8 .804 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.0 0.9 0.1 1.0 1.0 4.9
11 Ken Norman 32 17 0 12.9 1.6 5.5 .287 0.4 2.2 .158 0.2 0.7 .333 0.5 1.8 2.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 1.1 1.0 3.8
12 Priest Lauderdale 23 35 0 5.1 1.4 2.5 .551 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .565 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.1 1.1 3.2
13 Donnie Boyce 23 22 4 7.0 1.0 2.9 .333 0.1 0.7 .125 0.5 1.0 .500 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.8 2.5
14 Darrin Hancock 25 14 0 6.1 0.9 1.9 .481 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 .667 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.4 2.4
15 Ivano Newbill 26 72 2 11.8 0.6 1.3 .440 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .385 1.1 1.8 2.8 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.6 1.4
16 Anthony Miller 25 1 0 14.0 0.0 5.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
17 Derrick Alston 24 2 0 5.5 0.0 2.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 1.5 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Priest Lauderdale 23 35 0 180 9.8 17.8 .551 0.0 0.2 .000 2.6 4.6 .565 3.2 5.4 8.6 2.4 0.2 1.8 7.4 7.8 22.2
2 Steve Smith 27 72 72 2818 6.3 14.6 .429 1.7 5.0 .335 4.3 5.0 .847 1.1 1.9 3.0 3.9 0.8 0.3 2.2 2.2 18.5
3 Christian Laettner 27 82 82 3140 6.3 12.9 .486 0.4 1.0 .352 4.1 5.0 .816 2.4 5.8 8.3 2.6 1.2 0.7 2.5 3.2 17.0
4 Mookie Blaylock 29 78 78 3056 5.9 13.7 .432 2.6 7.1 .366 1.5 2.0 .753 1.3 3.5 4.9 5.5 2.5 0.2 2.2 1.7 16.0
5 Alan Henderson 24 30 0 501 5.5 11.6 .475 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.4 .600 3.4 5.0 8.3 1.7 1.5 0.4 2.1 5.2 14.3
6 Darrin Hancock 25 14 0 86 5.4 11.3 .481 0.0 0.0 3.3 5.0 .667 1.3 4.2 5.4 2.9 2.9 0.4 2.9 2.5 14.2
7 Willie Burton 28 24 0 380 3.7 11.0 .336 1.2 4.4 .283 5.4 6.4 .838 1.0 2.8 3.9 1.0 0.8 0.3 2.5 5.2 14.0
8 Henry James 31 53 15 945 4.8 11.7 .408 2.9 6.9 .420 1.1 1.4 .833 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.8 0.4 0.0 1.1 3.7 13.6
9 Dikembe Mutombo 30 80 80 2973 4.6 8.7 .527 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.3 .705 3.2 8.0 11.2 1.3 0.6 3.2 2.3 3.0 12.9
10 Donnie Boyce 23 22 4 154 4.9 14.7 .333 0.5 3.7 .125 2.6 5.1 .500 1.6 1.9 3.5 3.0 2.3 0.9 3.7 4.0 12.9
11 Eldridge Recasner 29 71 4 1207 4.4 10.4 .423 1.7 4.2 .414 1.5 1.7 .879 1.0 2.4 3.4 2.8 1.1 0.1 1.9 2.9 12.1
12 Jon Barry 27 58 8 965 3.7 9.2 .407 1.8 4.6 .387 1.4 1.7 .804 1.0 2.7 3.7 4.3 2.1 0.1 2.2 2.1 10.6
13 Ken Norman 32 17 0 220 4.4 15.4 .287 1.0 6.2 .158 0.7 2.0 .333 1.3 5.1 6.4 2.0 1.1 0.5 2.9 2.8 10.5
14 Tyrone Corbin 34 70 65 2305 4.0 9.4 .422 1.2 3.2 .356 1.3 1.7 .796 1.2 3.4 4.6 1.9 1.4 0.1 1.3 2.7 10.4
15 Ivano Newbill 26 72 2 850 1.7 3.9 .440 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.2 .385 3.2 5.4 8.6 1.0 1.2 0.6 1.8 4.9 4.2
16 Anthony Miller 25 1 0 14 0.0 12.9 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 12.9 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0
17 Derrick Alston 24 2 0 11 0.0 16.4 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 .000 9.8 3.3 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Mookie Blaylock 29 78 3056 20.4 .548 .528 4.6 11.4 8.1 27.7 3.8 0.5 13.0 21.9 115 100 7.0 5.6 12.5
2 Christian Laettner 27 82 3140 19.1 .562 .500 8.2 18.9 13.7 13.3 1.8 1.6 14.2 23.1 112 101 6.1 5.4 11.6
3 Dikembe Mutombo 30 80 2973 19.0 .584 .527 11.0 25.9 18.6 6.4 0.9 7.0 16.9 17.4 113 97 4.7 6.6 11.3
4 Steve Smith 27 72 2818 17.4 .548 .486 3.9 6.1 5.0 20.2 1.2 0.6 11.8 25.0 114 108 6.5 2.6 9.1
5 Tyrone Corbin 34 70 2305 11.0 .514 .483 4.0 11.0 7.6 9.0 2.2 0.2 11.6 15.0 107 104 1.8 3.1 5.0
6 Eldridge Recasner 29 71 1207 11.5 .539 .506 3.5 7.7 5.7 13.3 1.7 0.3 14.8 17.2 108 106 1.2 1.3 2.5
7 Jon Barry 27 58 965 13.2 .535 .504 3.3 8.8 6.1 19.7 3.2 0.2 18.1 15.9 108 103 0.9 1.5 2.4
8 Henry James 31 53 945 10.2 .553 .533 3.5 6.7 5.1 3.8 0.6 0.1 8.3 17.5 113 109 1.3 0.7 2.0
9 Alan Henderson 24 30 501 15.0 .510 .475 11.4 16.1 13.8 8.3 2.3 0.9 12.9 21.1 105 101 0.5 0.9 1.3
10 Ivano Newbill 26 72 850 6.7 .439 .440 10.9 17.6 14.3 4.3 1.8 1.4 26.9 8.7 91 101 -0.4 1.4 1.1
11 Willie Burton 28 24 380 8.6 .507 .392 3.5 9.2 6.4 4.8 1.2 0.6 15.1 21.3 100 106 0.1 0.4 0.5
12 Darrin Hancock 25 14 86 16.2 .527 .481 4.3 13.6 9.0 14.6 4.5 0.9 17.8 21.5 100 98 0.0 0.2 0.2
13 Anthony Miller 25 1 14 -4.6 .000 .000 17.4 41.7 29.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.9 30 97 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
14 Derrick Alston 24 2 11 -9.0 .000 .000 33.3 10.6 21.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.2 35 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
15 Priest Lauderdale 23 35 180 13.6 .560 .551 10.8 17.5 14.2 15.2 0.3 3.9 27.2 35.7 86 103 -0.5 0.3 -0.2
16 Donnie Boyce 23 22 154 7.0 .378 .349 5.5 6.1 5.8 14.7 3.6 2.0 18.0 27.2 77 102 -0.5 0.3 -0.3
17 Ken Norman 32 17 220 3.1 .322 .319 4.4 16.4 10.6 9.3 1.8 1.1 15.3 25.2 69 102 -0.9 0.3 -0.6

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Steve Smith 27 10 421 55 139 18 55 61 74 12 39 17 4 1 28 38 189 .396 .327 .824 42.1 18.9 3.9 1.7
2 Christian Laettner 27 10 403 62 153 4 21 48 56 19 72 26 10 8 31 32 176 .405 .190 .857 40.3 17.6 7.2 2.6
3 Mookie Blaylock 29 10 441 61 154 28 85 14 21 12 70 65 21 2 35 15 164 .396 .329 .667 44.1 16.4 7.0 6.5
4 Dikembe Mutombo 30 10 415 54 86 0 0 46 64 37 123 13 1 26 20 30 154 .628 .719 41.5 15.4 12.3 1.3
5 Tyrone Corbin 34 10 364 42 92 13 37 9 9 12 43 20 4 2 14 29 106 .457 .351 1.000 36.4 10.6 4.3 2.0
6 Alan Henderson 24 10 136 19 34 0 0 20 26 11 33 0 1 3 7 26 58 .559 .769 13.6 5.8 3.3 0.0
7 Eldridge Recasner 29 10 121 11 26 4 11 5 8 3 11 9 2 0 7 9 31 .423 .364 .625 12.1 3.1 1.1 0.9
8 Henry James 31 8 45 3 13 2 6 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 12 8 .231 .333 5.6 1.0 0.1 0.3
9 Darrin Hancock 25 6 33 2 5 0 1 0 3 2 5 1 1 1 1 5 4 .400 .000 .000 5.5 0.7 0.8 0.2
10 Priest Lauderdale 23 3 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 .000 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.0
11 Ivano Newbill 26 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.3
12 Jon Barry 27 2 9 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Dikembe Mutombo 30 10 415 21.1 .674 .628 11.6 23.7 18.1 6.1 0.1 5.0 14.9 15.8 128 105 1.2 0.5 1.8
2 Mookie Blaylock 29 10 441 16.0 .502 .487 3.5 15.1 9.7 29.2 2.7 0.4 17.7 21.9 102 106 0.2 0.5 0.7
3 Steve Smith 27 10 421 12.3 .551 .460 3.7 7.3 5.7 7.9 0.5 0.2 14.0 23.1 107 114 0.5 0.1 0.6
4 Tyrone Corbin 34 10 364 10.7 .552 .527 4.3 9.8 7.2 10.4 0.6 0.4 12.7 14.7 111 112 0.4 0.2 0.6
5 Christian Laettner 27 10 403 14.6 .495 .418 6.1 15.1 10.9 13.2 1.4 1.6 14.9 25.3 100 108 0.1 0.4 0.5
6 Alan Henderson 24 10 136 16.3 .638 .559 10.5 18.5 14.8 0.0 0.4 1.8 13.3 18.8 122 108 0.4 0.1 0.5
7 Eldridge Recasner 29 10 121 8.2 .525 .500 3.2 7.6 5.5 13.5 0.9 0.0 19.2 14.7 100 113 0.0 0.0 0.1
8 Ivano Newbill 26 3 5 -8.5 0.0 22.9 12.2 31.1 0.0 0.0 100.0 9.8 41 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Darrin Hancock 25 6 33 3.7 .316 .400 7.9 10.4 9.2 5.2 1.7 2.4 13.7 10.8 75 108 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Jon Barry 27 2 9 -13.8 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.3 0 118 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Priest Lauderdale 23 3 7 -37.3 .000 .000 18.6 16.4 17.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 41.8 11 111 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
12 Henry James 31 8 45 -6.8 .308 .308 2.9 0.0 1.4 7.7 1.3 0.0 23.5 18.4 60 114 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Dikembe Mutombo $8,013,000
2 Steve Smith $4,500,000
3 Christian Laettner $4,500,000
4 Ken Norman $2,869,000
5 Mookie Blaylock $2,800,000
6 Alan Henderson $910,000
7 Priest Lauderdale $548,000
8 Ivano Newbill $247,500
9 Eldridge Recasner $247,500
10 Anthony Miller *$247,500
11 Derrick Alston *$247,500
12 Darrin Hancock $247,500
13 Tyrone Corbin $247,500
14 Willie Burton $247,500
15 Donnie Boyce $247,500
16 Jon Barry $247,500
17 Henry James $181,100
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)