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1997-98 Atlanta Hawks Roster and Statistics

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50-32, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (50-32)

PTS/G: 95.9 (15th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 92.3 (8th of 29)
SRS: 3.85 (8th of 29) ▪ Pace: 87.7 (28th of 29)
Off Rtg: 108.2 (6th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 104.3 (13th of 29)
Expected W-L: 51-31 (9th of 29)

Arena: Georgia Dome ▪ Attendance: 715,452 (13th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Charlotte Hornets

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
0 Greg Anderson F-C 6-10 230 June 22, 1964 9 University of Houston
11 Drew Barry G 6-5 191 February 17, 1973 R Georgia Institute of Technology
10 Mookie Blaylock G 6-0 180 March 20, 1967 8 University of Oklahoma
52 Chucky Brown F 6-7 214 February 29, 1968 8 North Carolina State University
33 Tyrone Corbin G-F 6-6 210 December 31, 1962 12 DePaul University
4 Chris Crawford F 6-9 235 May 13, 1975 R Marquette University
22 Ed Gray G 6-3 210 September 27, 1975 R University of California
44 Alan Henderson F 6-9 235 December 2, 1972 2 Indiana University
32 Christian Laettner F-C 6-11 235 August 17, 1969 5 Duke University
7 Randy Livingston G 6-4 209 April 2, 1975 1 Louisiana State University
2 Anthony Miller F 6-9 225 October 22, 1971 3 Michigan State University
55 Dikembe Mutombo C 7-2 245 June 25, 1966 6 Georgetown University
31 Brian Oliver G 6-4 210 June 1, 1968 3 Georgia Institute of Technology
5 Eldridge Recasner G 6-3 190 December 14, 1967 3 University of Washington
8 Steve Smith G 6-7 200 March 31, 1969 6 Michigan State University
20 Donald Whiteside G 5-10 160 April 25, 1969 1 Northern Illinois University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19880 2887 6352 .455 337 1016 .332 1749 2314 .756 1105 2418 3523 1569 653 491 1214 1671 7860 95.9
Lg Rank 7 19 23 11 13 13 21 4 5 7 9 10 6 26 17 4 9 26 15 15
Opponent 82 19880 2961 6698 .442 348 1017 .342 1302 1772 .735 1081 2152 3233 1753 617 372 1118 1892 7572 92.3
Lg Rank 7 16 20 11 13 11 12 1 2 14 16 2 6 10 4 7 28 22 8 8

Totals

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 28 73 73 2857 489 1101 .444 97 276 .351 389 455 .855 133 176 309 292 75 29 176 219 1464
2 Dikembe Mutombo 31 82 82 2917 399 743 .537 0 0 303 452 .670 276 656 932 82 34 277 168 254 1101
3 Christian Laettner 28 74 49 2282 354 730 .485 6 27 .222 306 354 .864 142 345 487 190 71 73 183 246 1020
4 Alan Henderson 25 69 33 2000 365 753 .485 3 6 .500 253 388 .652 199 243 442 73 42 36 110 175 986
5 Mookie Blaylock 30 70 69 2700 368 938 .392 90 334 .269 95 134 .709 81 260 341 469 183 21 176 122 921
6 Tyrone Corbin 35 79 79 2699 328 747 .439 49 141 .348 101 128 .789 78 284 362 173 105 7 86 197 806
7 Eldridge Recasner 30 59 14 1454 206 452 .456 62 148 .419 74 79 .937 32 110 142 117 41 1 91 94 548
8 Chucky Brown 29 77 8 1202 161 372 .433 2 8 .250 63 87 .724 57 126 183 55 23 13 51 100 387
9 Ed Gray 22 30 3 472 77 202 .381 18 46 .391 55 65 .846 9 36 45 34 15 11 30 73 227
10 Chris Crawford 22 40 0 256 46 110 .418 1 3 .333 57 68 .838 20 21 41 9 12 7 18 27 150
11 Greg Anderson 33 50 0 398 36 81 .444 0 5 .000 16 41 .390 39 79 118 15 19 10 17 85 88
12 Anthony Miller 26 37 0 228 29 52 .558 0 0 21 39 .538 30 40 70 3 15 3 14 41 79
13 Drew Barry 24 27 0 256 18 38 .474 9 21 .429 11 13 .846 5 30 35 49 10 1 30 28 56
14 Brian Oliver 29 5 0 61 7 19 .368 0 0 1 4 .250 3 6 9 2 1 0 1 4 15
15 Randy Livingston 22 12 0 82 3 12 .250 0 0 4 5 .800 1 5 6 5 7 2 6 6 10
16 Donald Whiteside 28 3 0 16 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2

Per Game

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 28 73 73 39.1 6.7 15.1 .444 1.3 3.8 .351 5.3 6.2 .855 1.8 2.4 4.2 4.0 1.0 0.4 2.4 3.0 20.1
2 Alan Henderson 25 69 33 29.0 5.3 10.9 .485 0.0 0.1 .500 3.7 5.6 .652 2.9 3.5 6.4 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.6 2.5 14.3
3 Christian Laettner 28 74 49 30.8 4.8 9.9 .485 0.1 0.4 .222 4.1 4.8 .864 1.9 4.7 6.6 2.6 1.0 1.0 2.5 3.3 13.8
4 Dikembe Mutombo 31 82 82 35.6 4.9 9.1 .537 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.5 .670 3.4 8.0 11.4 1.0 0.4 3.4 2.0 3.1 13.4
5 Mookie Blaylock 30 70 69 38.6 5.3 13.4 .392 1.3 4.8 .269 1.4 1.9 .709 1.2 3.7 4.9 6.7 2.6 0.3 2.5 1.7 13.2
6 Tyrone Corbin 35 79 79 34.2 4.2 9.5 .439 0.6 1.8 .348 1.3 1.6 .789 1.0 3.6 4.6 2.2 1.3 0.1 1.1 2.5 10.2
7 Eldridge Recasner 30 59 14 24.6 3.5 7.7 .456 1.1 2.5 .419 1.3 1.3 .937 0.5 1.9 2.4 2.0 0.7 0.0 1.5 1.6 9.3
8 Ed Gray 22 30 3 15.7 2.6 6.7 .381 0.6 1.5 .391 1.8 2.2 .846 0.3 1.2 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.4 1.0 2.4 7.6
9 Chucky Brown 29 77 8 15.6 2.1 4.8 .433 0.0 0.1 .250 0.8 1.1 .724 0.7 1.6 2.4 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.3 5.0
10 Chris Crawford 22 40 0 6.4 1.2 2.8 .418 0.0 0.1 .333 1.4 1.7 .838 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 3.8
11 Brian Oliver 29 5 0 12.2 1.4 3.8 .368 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 .250 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.8 3.0
12 Anthony Miller 26 37 0 6.2 0.8 1.4 .558 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 .538 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 1.1 2.1
13 Drew Barry 24 27 0 9.5 0.7 1.4 .474 0.3 0.8 .429 0.4 0.5 .846 0.2 1.1 1.3 1.8 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.0 2.1
14 Greg Anderson 33 50 0 8.0 0.7 1.6 .444 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.8 .390 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.7 1.8
15 Randy Livingston 22 12 0 6.8 0.3 1.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .800 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.8
16 Donald Whiteside 28 3 0 5.3 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7

Per 36 Minutes

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 Chris Crawford 22 40 0 256 6.5 15.5 .418 0.1 0.4 .333 8.0 9.6 .838 2.8 3.0 5.8 1.3 1.7 1.0 2.5 3.8 21.1
2 Steve Smith 28 73 73 2857 6.2 13.9 .444 1.2 3.5 .351 4.9 5.7 .855 1.7 2.2 3.9 3.7 0.9 0.4 2.2 2.8 18.4
3 Alan Henderson 25 69 33 2000 6.6 13.6 .485 0.1 0.1 .500 4.6 7.0 .652 3.6 4.4 8.0 1.3 0.8 0.6 2.0 3.2 17.7
4 Ed Gray 22 30 3 472 5.9 15.4 .381 1.4 3.5 .391 4.2 5.0 .846 0.7 2.7 3.4 2.6 1.1 0.8 2.3 5.6 17.3
5 Christian Laettner 28 74 49 2282 5.6 11.5 .485 0.1 0.4 .222 4.8 5.6 .864 2.2 5.4 7.7 3.0 1.1 1.2 2.9 3.9 16.1
6 Eldridge Recasner 30 59 14 1454 5.1 11.2 .456 1.5 3.7 .419 1.8 2.0 .937 0.8 2.7 3.5 2.9 1.0 0.0 2.3 2.3 13.6
7 Dikembe Mutombo 31 82 82 2917 4.9 9.2 .537 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.6 .670 3.4 8.1 11.5 1.0 0.4 3.4 2.1 3.1 13.6
8 Anthony Miller 26 37 0 228 4.6 8.2 .558 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.2 .538 4.7 6.3 11.1 0.5 2.4 0.5 2.2 6.5 12.5
9 Mookie Blaylock 30 70 69 2700 4.9 12.5 .392 1.2 4.5 .269 1.3 1.8 .709 1.1 3.5 4.5 6.3 2.4 0.3 2.3 1.6 12.3
10 Chucky Brown 29 77 8 1202 4.8 11.1 .433 0.1 0.2 .250 1.9 2.6 .724 1.7 3.8 5.5 1.6 0.7 0.4 1.5 3.0 11.6
11 Tyrone Corbin 35 79 79 2699 4.4 10.0 .439 0.7 1.9 .348 1.3 1.7 .789 1.0 3.8 4.8 2.3 1.4 0.1 1.1 2.6 10.8
12 Brian Oliver 29 5 0 61 4.1 11.2 .368 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.4 .250 1.8 3.5 5.3 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.6 2.4 8.9
13 Greg Anderson 33 50 0 398 3.3 7.3 .444 0.0 0.5 .000 1.4 3.7 .390 3.5 7.1 10.7 1.4 1.7 0.9 1.5 7.7 8.0
14 Drew Barry 24 27 0 256 2.5 5.3 .474 1.3 3.0 .429 1.5 1.8 .846 0.7 4.2 4.9 6.9 1.4 0.1 4.2 3.9 7.9
15 Donald Whiteside 28 3 0 16 2.3 4.5 .500 0.0 2.3 .000 0.0 4.5 .000 0.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 4.5
16 Randy Livingston 22 12 0 82 1.3 5.3 .250 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.2 .800 0.4 2.2 2.6 2.2 3.1 0.9 2.6 2.6 4.4

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Dikembe Mutombo 31 82 2917 19.8 .584 .537 11.6 25.6 18.8 4.8 0.6 6.6 15.1 17.6 114 99 5.6 5.2 10.8 .177
2 Steve Smith 28 73 2857 18.8 .563 .488 5.7 7.0 6.4 18.4 1.4 0.7 11.9 23.9 117 108 8.4 1.8 10.2 .171
3 Christian Laettner 28 74 2282 18.4 .576 .489 7.6 17.2 12.6 14.6 1.7 2.2 17.1 21.7 111 103 4.6 3.0 7.5 .159
4 Alan Henderson 25 69 2000 18.4 .534 .487 12.1 13.8 13.0 6.7 1.1 1.3 10.6 23.9 111 106 4.2 1.8 6.0 .144
5 Mookie Blaylock 30 70 2700 16.1 .462 .440 3.7 10.9 7.4 29.5 3.7 0.5 15.0 20.1 102 102 1.9 3.7 5.6 .099
6 Tyrone Corbin 35 79 2699 12.0 .502 .472 3.5 12.0 7.9 10.6 2.1 0.2 9.7 15.3 108 105 2.9 2.7 5.5 .098
7 Eldridge Recasner 30 59 1454 13.0 .563 .524 2.7 8.6 5.7 13.8 1.5 0.0 15.8 18.4 109 108 1.9 1.0 2.9 .095
8 Chucky Brown 29 77 1202 10.5 .472 .435 5.8 11.9 9.0 7.7 1.0 0.8 11.1 17.8 100 107 0.5 0.9 1.4 .056
9 Chris Crawford 22 40 256 20.4 .536 .423 9.5 9.3 9.4 6.4 2.6 1.9 11.4 28.6 111 104 0.6 0.3 0.9 .170
10 Anthony Miller 26 37 228 16.4 .571 .558 16.1 19.9 18.1 2.2 3.6 0.9 16.8 16.9 110 99 0.3 0.4 0.8 .159
11 Ed Gray 22 30 472 13.0 .492 .426 2.3 8.7 5.6 12.8 1.7 1.6 11.5 25.6 102 106 0.4 0.4 0.8 .083
12 Greg Anderson 33 50 398 10.4 .444 .444 12.0 22.6 17.4 5.9 2.6 1.8 14.7 13.5 98 99 0.0 0.7 0.7 .090
13 Drew Barry 24 27 256 10.7 .640 .592 2.4 13.3 8.0 29.2 2.1 0.3 40.7 13.3 98 105 0.0 0.3 0.3 .058
14 Randy Livingston 22 12 82 5.2 .352 .250 1.5 6.9 4.3 8.8 4.7 1.7 29.7 11.4 67 101 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.028
15 Brian Oliver 29 5 61 6.3 .361 .368 6.0 11.2 8.7 5.4 0.9 0.0 4.6 16.5 87 108 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.012
16 Donald Whiteside 28 3 16 0.7 .347 .500 0.0 7.1 3.7 9.4 0.0 0.0 25.8 11.2 60 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.120

Playoffs

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 28 4 160 39 68 10 20 11 16 2 11 9 2 3 5 17 99 .574 .500 .688 40.0 24.8 2.8 2.3
2 Mookie Blaylock 30 4 153 22 53 8 27 7 12 6 20 33 9 1 9 8 59 .415 .296 .583 38.3 14.8 5.0 8.3
3 Alan Henderson 25 4 126 20 38 0 1 11 18 10 22 4 3 1 6 13 51 .526 .000 .611 31.5 12.8 5.5 1.0
4 Christian Laettner 28 4 87 12 35 0 3 15 17 3 17 4 6 1 8 16 39 .343 .000 .882 21.8 9.8 4.3 1.0
5 Dikembe Mutombo 31 4 136 11 24 0 0 10 16 13 51 1 1 9 8 10 32 .458 .625 34.0 8.0 12.8 0.3
6 Eldridge Recasner 30 4 89 10 25 7 12 2 2 0 4 8 2 0 2 7 29 .400 .583 1.000 22.3 7.3 1.0 2.0
7 Chucky Brown 29 4 50 7 15 1 2 1 2 1 6 4 0 0 2 5 16 .467 .500 .500 12.5 4.0 1.5 1.0
8 Tyrone Corbin 35 4 113 7 25 1 6 0 0 3 15 4 6 1 3 10 15 .280 .167 28.3 3.8 3.8 1.0
9 Anthony Miller 26 4 33 3 8 0 0 2 2 5 9 1 2 1 3 5 8 .375 1.000 8.3 2.0 2.3 0.3
10 Chris Crawford 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 1.000 4.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
11 Drew Barry 24 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.0
12 Greg Anderson 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Steve Smith 28 4 160 24.2 .660 .647 1.6 7.3 4.4 12.8 0.7 1.4 6.2 25.1 131 106 0.7 0.2 0.9 .269
2 Mookie Blaylock 30 4 153 21.1 .506 .491 4.9 11.9 8.3 40.1 3.4 0.5 13.4 22.1 113 101 0.3 0.2 0.6 .185
3 Alan Henderson 25 4 126 16.2 .555 .526 10.0 12.4 11.1 6.1 1.4 0.6 11.6 20.7 111 105 0.2 0.1 0.4 .139
4 Eldridge Recasner 30 4 89 12.4 .560 .540 0.0 5.8 2.9 15.8 1.3 0.0 7.2 15.7 119 107 0.2 0.1 0.3 .139
5 Dikembe Mutombo 31 4 136 14.3 .515 .458 12.0 36.2 23.9 1.2 0.4 5.1 20.5 14.4 99 98 0.0 0.3 0.3 .102
6 Christian Laettner 28 4 87 12.8 .459 .343 4.3 20.9 12.5 8.4 4.0 0.9 15.8 29.2 90 97 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .043
7 Chucky Brown 29 4 50 10.2 .504 .500 2.5 13.0 7.7 14.8 0.0 0.0 11.2 18.0 103 108 0.0 0.0 0.1 .067
8 Drew Barry 24 2 5 -5.0 .000 .000 0.0 25.9 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 0 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.180
9 Tyrone Corbin 35 4 113 4.6 .300 .300 3.3 13.8 8.5 5.7 3.0 0.7 10.7 12.4 72 101 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.011
10 Chris Crawford 22 1 4 13.2 1.136 31.4 32.4 31.9 0.0 0.0 19.3 69.4 36.2 81 84 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.026
11 Anthony Miller 26 4 33 12.1 .450 .375 19.0 15.7 17.4 5.1 3.5 2.3 25.3 18.1 91 98 0.0 0.1 0.0 .062
12 Greg Anderson 33 1 4 -11.0 .000 0.0 64.9 31.9 0.0 0.0 19.3 53.2 23.6 0 79 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.531

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Dikembe Mutombo $9,615,187
2 Steve Smith $5,400,000
3 Christian Laettner $5,050,000
4 Ken Norman $3,332,000
5 Mookie Blaylock $3,000,000
6 Alan Henderson $1,028,400
7 Ed Gray $723,840
8 Tyrone Corbin $326,700
9 Eldridge Recasner $326,700
10 Anthony Miller $272,250
11 Greg Anderson $272,250
12 Chucky Brown $272,250
13 Donald Whiteside $272,250
14 Chris Crawford $242,000