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1983-84 Kansas City Kings Roster and Stats

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Record: 38-44, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (38-44)

PTS/G: 110.0 (12th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.5 (15th of 23)
SRS: -1.62 (16th of 23) ▪ Pace: 102.9 (9th of 23)
Off Rtg: 106.5 (15th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 108.0 (13th of 23)
Expected W-L: 37-45 (16th of 23)

Arena: Kemper Arena ▪ Attendance: 370,270 (17th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Los Angeles Lakers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Don Buse PG 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 11 University of Evansville
22 Larry Drew PG 6-1 170 April 2, 1958 3 University of Missouri
8 Eddie Johnson SF 6-7 215 May 1, 1959 2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
33 Steve Johnson C 6-10 235 November 3, 1957 2 Oregon State University
25 Billy Knight SF 6-6 195 June 9, 1952 9 University of Pittsburgh
30 Kevin Loder SF 6-6 205 March 15, 1959 2 Alabama State University
50 Joe Meriweather C 6-10 215 October 26, 1953 8 Southern Illinois University
40 Larry Micheaux PF 6-9 220 March 24, 1960 R University of Houston
20 Ed Nealy PF 6-7 238 February 19, 1960 1 Kansas State University
Mark Olberding PF 6-8 225 April 21, 1956 8 University of Minnesota
35 Dave Robisch C 6-10 235 December 22, 1949 12 University of Kansas
2 Dane Suttle SG 6-3 190 August 9, 1961 R Pepperdine University
24 Reggie Theus PG 6-7 190 October 13, 1957 5 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
41 LaSalle Thompson C 6-10 245 June 23, 1961 1 University of Texas at Austin
42 Mike Woodson SG 6-5 195 March 24, 1958 3 Indiana University

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 19755 3516 7230 .486 52 189 .275 1939 2495 .777 1144 2273 3417 2229 715 383 1504 2200 9023 110.0
Lg Rank 21 14 13 16 10 12 5 8 10 5 11 18 16 7 8 16 13 6 12 12
Opponent 82 19755 3601 7169 .502 33 164 .201 1909 2510 .761 1126 2387 3513 2108 660 493 1584 2191 9144 111.5
Lg Rank 21 15 11 18 2 3 2 17 17 13 10 12 12 10 8 19 6 17 15 15

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 37 45 -1.48 -0.15 -1.62 106.5 108.0 102.9 .490 15.3 32.4 .268 .505 16.1 66.9 .266 Kemper Arena 370,270
Lg Rank 16 16 16 15 16 15 13 9 16 15 14 9 18 6 12 16 17

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 Eddie Johnson 24 82 82 2920 753 1552 .485 20 64 .313 268 331 .810 165 290 455 296 76 21 213 266 1794
2 Larry Drew 25 73 73 2363 474 1026 .462 3 10 .300 243 313 .776 33 113 146 558 121 10 194 170 1194
3 Mike Woodson 25 71 12 1838 389 816 .477 2 8 .250 247 302 .818 62 113 175 175 83 28 115 174 1027
4 Billy Knight 31 75 39 1885 358 729 .491 4 14 .286 243 283 .859 89 166 255 160 54 6 155 122 963
5 LaSalle Thompson 22 80 38 1915 333 637 .523 0 0 160 223 .717 260 449 709 86 71 145 168 327 826
6 Mark Olberding 27 81 81 2160 249 504 .494 0 1 .000 261 318 .821 119 326 445 192 50 28 166 291 759
7 Joe Meriweather 30 73 31 1501 193 363 .532 0 0 94 123 .764 111 242 353 51 35 61 83 247 480
8 Steve Johnson 26 50 12 893 189 342 .553 0 0 101 177 .571 94 158 252 63 22 48 105 188 479
9 Reggie Theus 26 30 30 897 170 388 .438 4 27 .148 130 173 .751 29 54 83 210 29 9 97 93 474
10 Don Buse 33 76 10 1327 150 352 .426 18 59 .305 63 80 .788 29 87 116 303 86 1 87 62 381
11 Dane Suttle 22 40 1 469 109 214 .509 0 3 .000 40 47 .851 21 25 46 46 20 0 32 46 258
12 Ed Nealy 23 71 1 960 63 126 .500 0 0 48 60 .800 73 149 222 50 41 9 33 138 174
13 Larry Micheaux 23 39 0 332 49 90 .544 0 0 21 39 .538 40 73 113 19 21 11 21 46 119
14 Kevin Loder 24 10 0 133 19 43 .442 1 3 .333 9 13 .692 7 11 18 14 3 5 11 15 48
15 Dave Robisch 34 8 0 162 18 48 .375 0 0 11 13 .846 12 17 29 6 3 1 0 15 47

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 Eddie Johnson 24 82 82 35.6 9.2 18.9 .485 0.2 0.8 .313 3.3 4.0 .810 2.0 3.5 5.5 3.6 0.9 0.3 2.6 3.2 21.9
2 Larry Drew 25 73 73 32.4 6.5 14.1 .462 0.0 0.1 .300 3.3 4.3 .776 0.5 1.5 2.0 7.6 1.7 0.1 2.7 2.3 16.4
3 Reggie Theus 26 30 30 29.9 5.7 12.9 .438 0.1 0.9 .148 4.3 5.8 .751 1.0 1.8 2.8 7.0 1.0 0.3 3.2 3.1 15.8
4 Mike Woodson 25 71 12 25.9 5.5 11.5 .477 0.0 0.1 .250 3.5 4.3 .818 0.9 1.6 2.5 2.5 1.2 0.4 1.6 2.5 14.5
5 Billy Knight 31 75 39 25.1 4.8 9.7 .491 0.1 0.2 .286 3.2 3.8 .859 1.2 2.2 3.4 2.1 0.7 0.1 2.1 1.6 12.8
6 LaSalle Thompson 22 80 38 23.9 4.2 8.0 .523 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.8 .717 3.3 5.6 8.9 1.1 0.9 1.8 2.1 4.1 10.3
7 Steve Johnson 26 50 12 17.9 3.8 6.8 .553 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.5 .571 1.9 3.2 5.0 1.3 0.4 1.0 2.1 3.8 9.6
8 Mark Olberding 27 81 81 26.7 3.1 6.2 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 3.9 .821 1.5 4.0 5.5 2.4 0.6 0.3 2.0 3.6 9.4
9 Joe Meriweather 30 73 31 20.6 2.6 5.0 .532 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 .764 1.5 3.3 4.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.1 3.4 6.6
10 Dane Suttle 22 40 1 11.7 2.7 5.4 .509 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.2 .851 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.2 6.5
11 Dave Robisch 34 8 0 20.3 2.3 6.0 .375 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.6 .846 1.5 2.1 3.6 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.0 1.9 5.9
12 Don Buse 33 76 10 17.5 2.0 4.6 .426 0.2 0.8 .305 0.8 1.1 .788 0.4 1.1 1.5 4.0 1.1 0.0 1.1 0.8 5.0
13 Kevin Loder 24 10 0 13.3 1.9 4.3 .442 0.1 0.3 .333 0.9 1.3 .692 0.7 1.1 1.8 1.4 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 4.8
14 Larry Micheaux 23 39 0 8.5 1.3 2.3 .544 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .538 1.0 1.9 2.9 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.2 3.1
15 Ed Nealy 23 71 1 13.5 0.9 1.8 .500 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 .800 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.9 2.5

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 Eddie Johnson 24 82 82 2920 9.3 19.1 .485 0.2 0.8 .313 3.3 4.1 .810 2.0 3.6 5.6 3.6 0.9 0.3 2.6 3.3 22.1
2 Mike Woodson 25 71 12 1838 7.6 16.0 .477 0.0 0.2 .250 4.8 5.9 .818 1.2 2.2 3.4 3.4 1.6 0.5 2.3 3.4 20.1
3 Dane Suttle 22 40 1 469 8.4 16.4 .509 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 3.6 .851 1.6 1.9 3.5 3.5 1.5 0.0 2.5 3.5 19.8
4 Steve Johnson 26 50 12 893 7.6 13.8 .553 0.0 0.0 4.1 7.1 .571 3.8 6.4 10.2 2.5 0.9 1.9 4.2 7.6 19.3
5 Reggie Theus 26 30 30 897 6.8 15.6 .438 0.2 1.1 .148 5.2 6.9 .751 1.2 2.2 3.3 8.4 1.2 0.4 3.9 3.7 19.0
6 Billy Knight 31 75 39 1885 6.8 13.9 .491 0.1 0.3 .286 4.6 5.4 .859 1.7 3.2 4.9 3.1 1.0 0.1 3.0 2.3 18.4
7 Larry Drew 25 73 73 2363 7.2 15.6 .462 0.0 0.2 .300 3.7 4.8 .776 0.5 1.7 2.2 8.5 1.8 0.2 3.0 2.6 18.2
8 LaSalle Thompson 22 80 38 1915 6.3 12.0 .523 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.2 .717 4.9 8.4 13.3 1.6 1.3 2.7 3.2 6.1 15.5
9 Kevin Loder 24 10 0 133 5.1 11.6 .442 0.3 0.8 .333 2.4 3.5 .692 1.9 3.0 4.9 3.8 0.8 1.4 3.0 4.1 13.0
10 Larry Micheaux 23 39 0 332 5.3 9.8 .544 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.2 .538 4.3 7.9 12.3 2.1 2.3 1.2 2.3 5.0 12.9
11 Mark Olberding 27 81 81 2160 4.1 8.4 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.3 .821 2.0 5.4 7.4 3.2 0.8 0.5 2.8 4.8 12.6
12 Joe Meriweather 30 73 31 1501 4.6 8.7 .532 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.0 .764 2.7 5.8 8.5 1.2 0.8 1.5 2.0 5.9 11.5
13 Dave Robisch 34 8 0 162 4.0 10.7 .375 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.9 .846 2.7 3.8 6.4 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 3.3 10.4
14 Don Buse 33 76 10 1327 4.1 9.5 .426 0.5 1.6 .305 1.7 2.2 .788 0.8 2.4 3.1 8.2 2.3 0.0 2.4 1.7 10.3
15 Ed Nealy 23 71 1 960 2.4 4.7 .500 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.3 .800 2.7 5.6 8.3 1.9 1.5 0.3 1.2 5.2 6.5

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 Eddie Johnson 24 82 2920 16.6 .528 .492 6.3 11.5 8.9 16.0 1.2 0.4 11.1 26.3 107 110 3.4 2.2 5.6 .093
2 LaSalle Thompson 22 80 1915 16.9 .562 .523 15.2 27.3 21.1 6.3 1.7 4.3 18.6 19.0 106 102 1.5 3.3 4.9 .122
3 Larry Drew 25 73 2363 16.5 .513 .463 1.6 5.6 3.5 34.3 2.4 0.2 14.3 23.1 107 109 2.6 2.0 4.6 .093
4 Mike Woodson 25 71 1838 15.9 .541 .478 3.8 7.1 5.4 14.0 2.1 0.9 10.8 23.3 110 109 2.6 1.6 4.2 .110
5 Mark Olberding 27 81 2160 11.5 .589 .494 6.2 17.5 11.7 11.5 1.1 0.7 20.5 15.1 109 108 2.0 2.1 4.1 .091
6 Billy Knight 31 75 1885 14.3 .564 .494 5.3 10.2 7.7 12.1 1.3 0.2 15.4 21.5 108 110 2.0 1.4 3.4 .086
7 Joe Meriweather 30 73 1501 10.9 .575 .532 8.3 18.7 13.4 4.5 1.1 2.3 16.6 13.4 109 107 1.2 1.7 2.9 .092
8 Don Buse 33 76 1327 13.4 .492 .452 2.4 7.6 5.0 29.4 3.0 0.0 18.3 14.4 106 108 0.8 1.4 2.2 .080
9 Ed Nealy 23 71 960 9.2 .571 .500 8.5 18.0 13.2 6.3 2.0 0.5 17.8 7.8 117 106 0.9 1.1 2.0 .101
10 Steve Johnson 26 50 893 15.2 .570 .553 11.8 20.6 16.1 10.4 1.1 3.0 20.0 23.6 101 106 0.2 1.2 1.4 .075
11 Reggie Theus 26 30 897 15.3 .511 .443 3.6 7.0 5.3 33.4 1.5 0.6 17.3 25.1 103 110 0.6 0.6 1.2 .065
12 Dane Suttle 22 40 469 15.3 .550 .509 5.0 6.2 5.6 14.9 2.0 0.0 12.0 22.9 108 110 0.6 0.3 0.9 .094
13 Larry Micheaux 23 39 332 16.1 .555 .544 13.5 25.6 19.4 7.7 3.0 1.9 16.4 15.5 109 102 0.3 0.6 0.9 .130
14 Dave Robisch 34 8 162 9.4 .437 .375 8.3 12.2 10.2 4.8 0.9 0.3 0.0 13.3 112 111 0.2 0.1 0.3 .080
15 Kevin Loder 24 10 133 9.9 .493 .453 5.9 9.6 7.7 14.1 1.1 2.1 18.4 18.0 96 109 0.0 0.1 0.1 .024

Playoffs 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 Eddie Johnson 24 3 107 21 48 .438 2 5 .400 7 7 1.000 4 6 10 12 3 1 2 8 51
2 Mike Woodson 25 3 87 18 44 .409 0 1 .000 13 15 .867 4 4 8 9 2 0 3 11 49
3 LaSalle Thompson 22 3 93 18 40 .450 0 0 9 11 .818 11 19 30 4 3 4 5 14 45
4 Reggie Theus 26 3 81 17 43 .395 0 3 .000 9 10 .900 4 7 11 16 5 0 9 9 43
5 Larry Micheaux 23 3 65 12 18 .667 0 0 6 10 .600 12 9 21 3 0 5 2 10 30
6 Don Buse 33 3 50 7 16 .438 3 6 .500 4 6 .667 0 3 3 11 1 1 3 5 21
7 Mark Olberding 27 3 60 6 15 .400 0 0 8 14 .571 4 11 15 6 0 0 4 6 20
8 Billy Knight 31 3 37 8 24 .333 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 18
9 Larry Drew 25 3 70 7 19 .368 0 0 3 3 1.000 0 4 4 11 3 0 5 5 17
10 Dave Robisch 34 3 51 4 12 .333 0 0 1 2 .500 6 9 15 2 1 0 5 6 9
11 Ed Nealy 23 2 19 2 2 1.000 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 2 0 0 1 1 6

Playoffs 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 Eddie Johnson 24 3 35.7 7.0 16.0 .438 0.7 1.7 .400 2.3 2.3 1.000 1.3 2.0 3.3 4.0 1.0 0.3 0.7 2.7 17.0
2 Mike Woodson 25 3 29.0 6.0 14.7 .409 0.0 0.3 .000 4.3 5.0 .867 1.3 1.3 2.7 3.0 0.7 0.0 1.0 3.7 16.3
3 LaSalle Thompson 22 3 31.0 6.0 13.3 .450 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.7 .818 3.7 6.3 10.0 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.7 4.7 15.0
4 Reggie Theus 26 3 27.0 5.7 14.3 .395 0.0 1.0 .000 3.0 3.3 .900 1.3 2.3 3.7 5.3 1.7 0.0 3.0 3.0 14.3
5 Larry Micheaux 23 3 21.7 4.0 6.0 .667 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.3 .600 4.0 3.0 7.0 1.0 0.0 1.7 0.7 3.3 10.0
6 Don Buse 33 3 16.7 2.3 5.3 .438 1.0 2.0 .500 1.3 2.0 .667 0.0 1.0 1.0 3.7 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.7 7.0
7 Mark Olberding 27 3 20.0 2.0 5.0 .400 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.7 .571 1.3 3.7 5.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.0 6.7
8 Billy Knight 31 3 12.3 2.7 8.0 .333 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 6.0
9 Larry Drew 25 3 23.3 2.3 6.3 .368 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 1.3 1.3 3.7 1.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 5.7
10 Dave Robisch 34 3 17.0 1.3 4.0 .333 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .500 2.0 3.0 5.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.7 2.0 3.0
11 Ed Nealy 23 2 9.5 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 3.0

Playoffs 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 Mike Woodson 25 3 87 7.4 18.2 .409 0.0 0.4 .000 5.4 6.2 .867 1.7 1.7 3.3 3.7 0.8 0.0 1.2 4.6 20.3
2 Reggie Theus 26 3 81 7.6 19.1 .395 0.0 1.3 .000 4.0 4.4 .900 1.8 3.1 4.9 7.1 2.2 0.0 4.0 4.0 19.1
3 Billy Knight 31 3 37 7.8 23.4 .333 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.000 1.9 1.0 2.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9 17.5
4 LaSalle Thompson 22 3 93 7.0 15.5 .450 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.3 .818 4.3 7.4 11.6 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.9 5.4 17.4
5 Eddie Johnson 24 3 107 7.1 16.1 .438 0.7 1.7 .400 2.4 2.4 1.000 1.3 2.0 3.4 4.0 1.0 0.3 0.7 2.7 17.2
6 Larry Micheaux 23 3 65 6.6 10.0 .667 0.0 0.0 3.3 5.5 .600 6.6 5.0 11.6 1.7 0.0 2.8 1.1 5.5 16.6
7 Don Buse 33 3 50 5.0 11.5 .438 2.2 4.3 .500 2.9 4.3 .667 0.0 2.2 2.2 7.9 0.7 0.7 2.2 3.6 15.1
8 Mark Olberding 27 3 60 3.6 9.0 .400 0.0 0.0 4.8 8.4 .571 2.4 6.6 9.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.6 12.0
9 Ed Nealy 23 2 19 3.8 3.8 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 1.000 3.8 7.6 11.4 3.8 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9 11.4
10 Larry Drew 25 3 70 3.6 9.8 .368 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.000 0.0 2.1 2.1 5.7 1.5 0.0 2.6 2.6 8.7
11 Dave Robisch 34 3 51 2.8 8.5 .333 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 .500 4.2 6.4 10.6 1.4 0.7 0.0 3.5 4.2 6.4

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 Larry Micheaux 23 3 65 21.4 .670 .667 18.0 18.0 18.0 7.1 0.0 4.4 8.2 15.1 137 110 0.2 0.1 0.3 .210
2 LaSalle Thompson 22 3 93 16.5 .502 .450 11.5 26.5 17.9 6.7 1.6 2.5 10.0 21.5 106 107 0.1 0.1 0.2 .098
3 Eddie Johnson 24 3 107 14.9 .499 .458 3.6 7.3 5.2 17.6 1.4 0.5 3.8 19.9 114 113 0.2 0.1 0.2 .101
4 Mike Woodson 25 3 87 14.1 .484 .409 4.5 6.0 5.1 16.5 1.1 0.0 5.6 24.7 109 114 0.1 0.0 0.1 .079
5 Don Buse 33 3 50 14.6 .563 .531 0.0 7.8 3.3 31.7 1.0 1.2 13.9 17.4 115 113 0.1 0.0 0.1 .100
6 Ed Nealy 23 2 19 18.6 1.042 1.000 10.2 27.3 17.6 14.5 0.0 0.0 25.8 8.2 159 112 0.1 0.0 0.1 .198
7 Mark Olberding 27 3 60 9.5 .473 .400 6.5 23.8 13.9 13.6 0.0 0.0 15.9 16.8 97 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 .014
8 Reggie Theus 26 3 81 14.3 .454 .395 4.8 11.2 7.6 31.7 3.0 0.0 16.0 27.9 94 109 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.003
9 Larry Drew 25 3 70 6.8 .418 .368 0.0 7.4 3.2 21.4 2.1 0.0 19.7 14.5 86 112 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.029
10 Billy Knight 31 3 37 4.6 .362 .333 5.3 3.5 4.5 8.8 0.0 0.0 7.4 29.1 81 117 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.141
11 Dave Robisch 34 3 51 3.3 .349 .333 11.4 22.9 16.4 5.2 0.9 0.0 28.0 14.1 71 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.090