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1996-97 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

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Record: 21-61, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff (4-9), Dick Motta (17-52)

PTS/G: 97.8 (13th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.1 (26th of 29)
SRS: -6.40 (25th of 29) ▪ Pace: 92.4 (4th of 29)
Off Rtg: 104.5 (24th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 111.2 (24th of 29)
Expected W-L: 24-58 (24th of 29)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 461,408 (28th of 29)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
53 Jerome Allen SG 6-4 184 January 28, 1973 1 University of Pennsylvania
17 Vincent Askew SG 6-6 210 February 28, 1966 7 University of Memphis
14 Elmer Bennett PG 6-0 170 February 13, 1970 2 University of Notre Dame
14 Melvin Booker PG 6-1 185 August 20, 1972 1 University of Missouri
3 Dale Ellis SF 6-7 205 August 6, 1960 13 University of Tennessee
20 LaPhonso Ellis PF 6-8 240 May 5, 1970 4 University of Notre Dame
5 Anthony Goldwire PG 6-1 182 September 6, 1971 1 University of Houston
35 Darvin Ham SF 6-7 220 July 23, 1973 R Texas Tech University
21 Tom Hammonds PF 6-9 215 March 27, 1967 7 Georgia Institute of Technology
13 Mark Jackson PG 6-1 180 April 1, 1965 9 St. John's University
50 Ervin Johnson C 6-11 245 December 21, 1967 3 University of New Orleans
13 Jimmy King SG 6-5 210 August 9, 1973 1 University of Michigan
8 Sarunas Marciulionis SG 6-5 200 June 13, 1964 6
24 Antonio McDyess PF 6-9 220 September 7, 1974 1 University of Alabama
5 Jeff McInnis PG 6-4 190 October 22, 1974 R University of North Carolina
14 Eric Murdock PG 6-1 190 June 14, 1968 5 Providence College
22 Ricky Pierce SG 6-4 205 August 19, 1959 14 Rice University
30 Kenny Smith PG 6-3 170 March 8, 1965 9 University of North Carolina
23 Bryant Stith SG 6-5 208 December 10, 1970 4 University of Virginia
6 Brooks Thompson PG 6-4 193 July 19, 1970 2 Oklahoma State University
41 LaSalle Thompson C 6-10 245 June 23, 1961 14 University of Texas at Austin
55 Aaron Williams C 6-9 220 October 2, 1971 2 Xavier University
25 George Zidek C 7-0 250 August 2, 1973 1 University of California, Los Angeles

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19930 2934 6687 .439 636 1711 .372 1516 1992 .761 994 2452 3446 1889 503 487 1359 1784 8020 97.8
Lg Rank 1 18 7 23 4 4 7 15 19 6 19 5 8 8 29 4 25 19 13 13
Opponent 82 19930 3297 7063 .467 484 1232 .393 1457 1943 .750 1086 2459 3545 1846 724 453 1057 1725 8535 104.1
Lg Rank 1 27 29 22 12 4 29 7 7 24 23 26 26 20 23 25 29 4 26 26

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 24 58 -6.28 -0.12 -6.40 104.5 111.2 92.4 .486 15.2 28.8 .227 .501 11.8 69.3 .206 McNichols Sports Arena 461,408
Lg Rank 24 24 24 19 25 24 24 4 18 20 25 19 21 29 13 6 28

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 Dale Ellis 36 82 51 2940 477 1151 .414 192 528 .364 215 263 .817 99 194 293 165 60 7 146 178 1361
2 Antonio McDyess 22 74 73 2565 536 1157 .463 6 35 .171 274 387 .708 155 382 537 106 62 126 199 276 1352
3 LaPhonso Ellis 26 55 49 2002 445 1014 .439 95 259 .367 218 282 .773 107 279 386 131 44 41 117 181 1203
4 Bryant Stith 26 52 52 1788 251 603 .416 70 182 .385 202 234 .863 74 143 217 133 60 20 101 119 774
5 Ervin Johnson 29 82 82 2599 243 467 .520 0 2 .000 96 156 .615 231 682 913 71 65 227 118 288 582
6 Mark Jackson 31 52 52 2001 192 452 .425 48 121 .397 109 136 .801 71 200 271 641 51 9 172 104 541
7 Tom Hammonds 29 81 8 1758 191 398 .480 0 2 .000 124 172 .721 135 266 401 64 16 24 88 205 506
8 Brooks Thompson 26 65 6 1047 162 405 .400 97 244 .398 24 38 .632 18 78 96 179 55 2 86 125 445
9 Ricky Pierce 37 33 10 600 120 260 .462 12 39 .308 83 92 .902 17 36 53 31 14 5 38 49 335
10 Kenny Smith 31 33 3 654 87 206 .422 51 120 .425 35 41 .854 3 34 37 102 18 0 62 25 260
11 Anthony Goldwire 25 27 21 612 69 176 .392 28 71 .394 31 38 .816 9 37 46 125 14 1 35 46 197
12 Sarunas Marciulionis 32 17 0 255 38 101 .376 11 30 .367 29 36 .806 12 18 30 25 12 1 40 38 116
13 Darvin Ham 23 35 3 313 32 61 .525 0 0 16 33 .485 29 27 56 14 8 8 21 57 80
14 Jeff McInnis 22 13 0 117 23 49 .469 12 26 .462 7 10 .700 2 4 6 18 2 1 13 16 65
15 Jerome Allen 24 25 0 251 21 74 .284 7 34 .206 15 25 .600 12 21 33 43 4 4 13 17 64
16 George Zidek 23 16 0 88 16 33 .485 0 0 20 25 .800 10 13 23 5 1 0 4 17 52
17 Eric Murdock 28 12 0 114 15 33 .455 4 10 .400 11 12 .917 1 10 11 24 9 2 11 9 45
18 Elmer Bennett 26 5 0 59 4 13 .308 2 6 .333 2 4 .500 0 3 3 7 2 0 10 6 12
19 LaSalle Thompson 35 17 0 105 3 16 .188 0 0 1 2 .500 5 21 26 0 3 6 7 26 7
20 Aaron Williams 25 1 0 10 3 5 .600 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 3 4 0 6
21 Vincent Askew 30 1 0 9 2 3 .667 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6
22 Jimmy King 23 2 0 22 2 6 .333 0 0 2 4 .500 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 6
23 Melvin Booker 24 5 0 21 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 7 0 5

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 LaPhonso Ellis 26 55 49 36.4 8.1 18.4 .439 1.7 4.7 .367 4.0 5.1 .773 1.9 5.1 7.0 2.4 0.8 0.7 2.1 3.3 21.9
2 Antonio McDyess 22 74 73 34.7 7.2 15.6 .463 0.1 0.5 .171 3.7 5.2 .708 2.1 5.2 7.3 1.4 0.8 1.7 2.7 3.7 18.3
3 Dale Ellis 36 82 51 35.9 5.8 14.0 .414 2.3 6.4 .364 2.6 3.2 .817 1.2 2.4 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.8 2.2 16.6
4 Bryant Stith 26 52 52 34.4 4.8 11.6 .416 1.3 3.5 .385 3.9 4.5 .863 1.4 2.8 4.2 2.6 1.2 0.4 1.9 2.3 14.9
5 Mark Jackson 31 52 52 38.5 3.7 8.7 .425 0.9 2.3 .397 2.1 2.6 .801 1.4 3.8 5.2 12.3 1.0 0.2 3.3 2.0 10.4
6 Ricky Pierce 37 33 10 18.2 3.6 7.9 .462 0.4 1.2 .308 2.5 2.8 .902 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.2 1.5 10.2
7 Kenny Smith 31 33 3 19.8 2.6 6.2 .422 1.5 3.6 .425 1.1 1.2 .854 0.1 1.0 1.1 3.1 0.5 0.0 1.9 0.8 7.9
8 Anthony Goldwire 25 27 21 22.7 2.6 6.5 .392 1.0 2.6 .394 1.1 1.4 .816 0.3 1.4 1.7 4.6 0.5 0.0 1.3 1.7 7.3
9 Ervin Johnson 29 82 82 31.7 3.0 5.7 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .615 2.8 8.3 11.1 0.9 0.8 2.8 1.4 3.5 7.1
10 Sarunas Marciulionis 32 17 0 15.0 2.2 5.9 .376 0.6 1.8 .367 1.7 2.1 .806 0.7 1.1 1.8 1.5 0.7 0.1 2.4 2.2 6.8
11 Brooks Thompson 26 65 6 16.1 2.5 6.2 .400 1.5 3.8 .398 0.4 0.6 .632 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.8 0.8 0.0 1.3 1.9 6.8
12 Tom Hammonds 29 81 8 21.7 2.4 4.9 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .721 1.7 3.3 5.0 0.8 0.2 0.3 1.1 2.5 6.2
13 Aaron Williams 25 1 0 10.0 3.0 5.0 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 0.0 6.0
14 Vincent Askew 30 1 0 9.0 2.0 3.0 .667 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 6.0
15 Jeff McInnis 22 13 0 9.0 1.8 3.8 .469 0.9 2.0 .462 0.5 0.8 .700 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.1 1.0 1.2 5.0
16 Eric Murdock 28 12 0 9.5 1.3 2.8 .455 0.3 0.8 .400 0.9 1.0 .917 0.1 0.8 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.9 0.8 3.8
17 George Zidek 23 16 0 5.5 1.0 2.1 .485 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.6 .800 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.1 3.3
18 Jimmy King 23 2 0 11.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 3.0
19 Jerome Allen 24 25 0 10.0 0.8 3.0 .284 0.3 1.4 .206 0.6 1.0 .600 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 2.6
20 Elmer Bennett 26 5 0 11.8 0.8 2.6 .308 0.4 1.2 .333 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.4 0.0 2.0 1.2 2.4
21 Darvin Ham 23 35 3 8.9 0.9 1.7 .525 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .485 0.8 0.8 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.6 2.3
22 Melvin Booker 24 5 0 4.2 0.4 0.8 .500 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.0
23 LaSalle Thompson 35 17 0 6.2 0.2 0.9 .188 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 .500 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.4

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 Vincent Askew 30 1 0 9 8.0 12.0 .667 0.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.0 0.0 24.0
2 Aaron Williams 25 1 0 10 10.8 18.0 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 10.8 18.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 14.4 0.0 21.6
3 LaPhonso Ellis 26 55 49 2002 8.0 18.2 .439 1.7 4.7 .367 3.9 5.1 .773 1.9 5.0 6.9 2.4 0.8 0.7 2.1 3.3 21.6
4 George Zidek 23 16 0 88 6.5 13.5 .485 0.0 0.0 8.2 10.2 .800 4.1 5.3 9.4 2.0 0.4 0.0 1.6 7.0 21.3
5 Ricky Pierce 37 33 10 600 7.2 15.6 .462 0.7 2.3 .308 5.0 5.5 .902 1.0 2.2 3.2 1.9 0.8 0.3 2.3 2.9 20.1
6 Jeff McInnis 22 13 0 117 7.1 15.1 .469 3.7 8.0 .462 2.2 3.1 .700 0.6 1.2 1.8 5.5 0.6 0.3 4.0 4.9 20.0
7 Antonio McDyess 22 74 73 2565 7.5 16.2 .463 0.1 0.5 .171 3.8 5.4 .708 2.2 5.4 7.5 1.5 0.9 1.8 2.8 3.9 19.0
8 Dale Ellis 36 82 51 2940 5.8 14.1 .414 2.4 6.5 .364 2.6 3.2 .817 1.2 2.4 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.8 2.2 16.7
9 Sarunas Marciulionis 32 17 0 255 5.4 14.3 .376 1.6 4.2 .367 4.1 5.1 .806 1.7 2.5 4.2 3.5 1.7 0.1 5.6 5.4 16.4
10 Bryant Stith 26 52 52 1788 5.1 12.1 .416 1.4 3.7 .385 4.1 4.7 .863 1.5 2.9 4.4 2.7 1.2 0.4 2.0 2.4 15.6
11 Brooks Thompson 26 65 6 1047 5.6 13.9 .400 3.3 8.4 .398 0.8 1.3 .632 0.6 2.7 3.3 6.2 1.9 0.1 3.0 4.3 15.3
12 Kenny Smith 31 33 3 654 4.8 11.3 .422 2.8 6.6 .425 1.9 2.3 .854 0.2 1.9 2.0 5.6 1.0 0.0 3.4 1.4 14.3
13 Eric Murdock 28 12 0 114 4.7 10.4 .455 1.3 3.2 .400 3.5 3.8 .917 0.3 3.2 3.5 7.6 2.8 0.6 3.5 2.8 14.2
14 Anthony Goldwire 25 27 21 612 4.1 10.4 .392 1.6 4.2 .394 1.8 2.2 .816 0.5 2.2 2.7 7.4 0.8 0.1 2.1 2.7 11.6
15 Tom Hammonds 29 81 8 1758 3.9 8.2 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.5 .721 2.8 5.4 8.2 1.3 0.3 0.5 1.8 4.2 10.4
16 Jimmy King 23 2 0 22 3.3 9.8 .333 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.5 .500 3.3 0.0 3.3 3.3 4.9 0.0 1.6 3.3 9.8
17 Mark Jackson 31 52 52 2001 3.5 8.1 .425 0.9 2.2 .397 2.0 2.4 .801 1.3 3.6 4.9 11.5 0.9 0.2 3.1 1.9 9.7
18 Darvin Ham 23 35 3 313 3.7 7.0 .525 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.8 .485 3.3 3.1 6.4 1.6 0.9 0.9 2.4 6.6 9.2
19 Jerome Allen 24 25 0 251 3.0 10.6 .284 1.0 4.9 .206 2.2 3.6 .600 1.7 3.0 4.7 6.2 0.6 0.6 1.9 2.4 9.2
20 Melvin Booker 24 5 0 21 3.4 6.9 .500 1.7 3.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 5.1 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 8.6
21 Ervin Johnson 29 82 82 2599 3.4 6.5 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.2 .615 3.2 9.4 12.6 1.0 0.9 3.1 1.6 4.0 8.1
22 Elmer Bennett 26 5 0 59 2.4 7.9 .308 1.2 3.7 .333 1.2 2.4 .500 0.0 1.8 1.8 4.3 1.2 0.0 6.1 3.7 7.3
23 LaSalle Thompson 35 17 0 105 1.0 5.5 .188 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .500 1.7 7.2 8.9 0.0 1.0 2.1 2.4 8.9 2.4

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 Ervin Johnson 29 82 2599 14.3 .543 .520 10.3 29.6 20.0 4.3 1.3 6.0 18.1 11.2 106 103 1.4 3.8 5.2 .096
2 Mark Jackson 31 52 2001 16.2 .528 .478 4.1 11.3 7.7 50.0 1.3 0.3 25.2 15.3 114 113 3.6 0.5 4.0 .097
3 LaPhonso Ellis 26 55 2002 18.2 .529 .486 6.2 15.7 11.0 12.7 1.1 1.4 9.3 28.0 107 111 2.7 0.9 3.6 .087
4 Dale Ellis 36 82 2940 12.9 .537 .498 3.9 7.4 5.7 9.8 1.1 0.2 10.3 21.5 107 115 3.2 0.0 3.1 .051
5 Bryant Stith 26 52 1788 14.4 .548 .474 4.8 9.0 6.9 12.5 1.7 0.8 12.5 20.2 110 113 2.5 0.5 3.0 .080
6 Antonio McDyess 22 74 2565 15.5 .509 .466 7.0 16.8 11.9 7.8 1.3 3.4 13.0 26.6 98 109 0.0 1.8 1.8 .034
7 Tom Hammonds 29 81 1758 10.1 .534 .480 8.9 17.0 13.0 5.8 0.5 0.9 15.7 14.3 105 113 1.1 0.6 1.7 .046
8 Brooks Thompson 26 65 1047 13.7 .528 .520 2.0 8.4 5.2 29.4 2.7 0.1 16.9 21.7 103 111 0.7 0.5 1.2 .054
9 Ricky Pierce 37 33 600 15.3 .557 .485 3.3 6.8 5.0 9.6 1.2 0.6 11.2 25.2 108 115 0.8 0.0 0.9 .069
10 Anthony Goldwire 25 27 612 12.6 .511 .472 1.7 6.8 4.3 32.8 1.2 0.1 15.4 16.6 111 115 0.8 0.0 0.8 .066
11 Kenny Smith 31 33 654 12.5 .580 .546 0.5 5.9 3.2 25.9 1.4 0.0 21.7 19.5 104 115 0.5 0.0 0.5 .035
12 George Zidek 23 16 88 20.3 .591 .485 13.1 16.6 14.9 10.3 0.6 0.0 8.3 24.4 125 113 0.3 0.0 0.4 .200
13 Eric Murdock 28 12 114 18.1 .588 .515 1.0 9.9 5.5 34.8 4.1 1.2 22.3 19.3 110 107 0.2 0.1 0.3 .122
14 Jeff McInnis 22 13 117 14.8 .609 .592 2.0 3.9 2.9 28.5 0.9 0.6 19.6 25.4 107 116 0.2 0.0 0.1 .060
15 Darvin Ham 23 35 313 8.2 .530 .525 10.7 9.7 10.2 7.1 1.3 1.7 21.8 13.8 98 112 0.0 0.1 0.1 .018
16 Jimmy King 23 2 22 12.7 .387 .333 10.5 0.0 5.2 14.1 7.1 0.0 11.4 17.8 93 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 .030
17 Vincent Askew 30 1 9 0.9 .773 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.8 39.1 66 120 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.393
18 Jerome Allen 24 25 251 8.9 .376 .331 5.5 9.4 7.5 26.3 0.8 1.1 13.3 17.4 94 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.019
19 Aaron Williams 25 1 10 19.1 .600 .600 23.1 33.8 28.5 0.0 0.0 20.5 44.4 40.2 64 94 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.281
20 Melvin Booker 24 5 21 -5.1 .625 .625 0.0 5.4 2.7 22.3 0.0 0.0 63.6 23.4 51 118 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.380
21 LaSalle Thompson 35 17 105 -0.9 .207 .188 5.5 22.5 14.1 0.0 1.5 3.9 29.3 10.2 44 106 -0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.109
22 Elmer Bennett 26 5 59 -1.3 .407 .385 0.0 5.7 2.9 17.8 1.8 0.0 40.4 18.7 60 114 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.213
23 Sarunas Marciulionis 32 17 255 8.1 .496 .431 5.4 8.0 6.7 16.7 2.4 0.3 25.5 27.5 85 112 -0.6 0.1 -0.5 -0.085

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Bryant Stith $3,400,000
2 LaPhonso Ellis $3,294,000
3 Mark Jackson $2,900,000
4 Antonio McDyess $2,545,000
5 Sarunas Marciulionis $2,500,000
6 Ervin Johnson $1,636,000
7 Dale Ellis $1,600,000
8 Ricky Pierce $1,200,000
9 Tom Hammonds $1,070,000
10 Keith Jennings $247,500
11 LaSalle Thompson $247,500
12 Darvin Ham $220,000
13 Brooks Thompson $214,300
14 Aaron Williams $169,000