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1996-97 New Jersey Nets Roster and Statistics

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26-56, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John Calipari (26-56)

Points Per Game: 97.2 (14th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 101.8 (24th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 28-54 (22nd of 29)

Arena: Continental Airlines Arena ▪ Attendance: 670,628 (17th of 29)

SRS: -3.89 (22nd of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.4 (5th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 104.7 (20th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.7 (23rd of 29)

1996-97 New Jersey Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
2 Vincent Askew G-F 6-6 210 February 28, 1966 7 University of Memphis
45 Shawn Bradley C 7-6 235 March 22, 1972 3 Brigham Young University
50 Adrian Caldwell F-C 6-8 265 July 4, 1966 4 Lamar University
10 Sam Cassell G 6-3 185 November 18, 1969 3 Florida State University
24 Lloyd Daniels G 6-7 205 September 4, 1967 3 Mount San Antonio College
33 Yinka Dare C 7-0 265 October 10, 1972 2 George Washington University
21 Kevin Edwards G 6-3 190 October 30, 1965 8 DePaul University
15 Chris Gatling F-C 6-10 220 September 3, 1967 5 Old Dominion University
13 Kendall Gill G 6-5 195 May 25, 1968 6 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2 Evric Gray F 6-7 235 December 13, 1969 R University of Nevada, Las Vegas
54 Jack Haley C-F 6-10 240 January 27, 1964 7 University of California, Los Angeles
22 Jim Jackson G 6-6 220 October 14, 1970 4 Ohio State University
30 Kerry Kittles G 6-5 179 June 12, 1974 R Villanova University
35 Joe Kleine C 6-11 255 January 4, 1962 11 University of Arkansas
44 Tony Massenburg F 6-9 220 July 31, 1967 4 University of Maryland
34 Xavier McDaniel F 6-7 205 June 4, 1963 10 Wichita State University
00 Eric Montross C 7-0 270 September 23, 1971 2 University of North Carolina
31 Ed O'Bannon F 6-8 222 August 14, 1972 1 University of California, Los Angeles
14 Robert Pack G 6-2 180 February 3, 1969 5 University of Southern California
6 Khalid Reeves G 6-3 199 July 15, 1972 2 University of Arizona
41 Robert Werdann C 6-11 250 September 12, 1970 2 St. John's University
55 Jayson Williams F-C 6-9 240 February 22, 1968 6 St. John's University
7 Reggie Williams F-G 6-7 190 March 5, 1964 9 Georgetown 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 19780 2994 7091 .422 484 1371 .353 1502 2031 .740 1410 2376 3786 1726 677 481 1290 1865 7974 97.2
Opponent 82 19780 3100 6684 .464 520 1398 .372 1628 2185 .745 1065 2464 3529 1925 675 516 1257 1780 8348 101.8

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 Kendall Gill 28 82 81 3199 644 1453 .443 74 220 .336 427 536 .797 183 316 499 326 154 46 218 225 1789
2 Kerry Kittles 22 82 57 3012 507 1189 .426 158 419 .377 175 227 .771 106 213 319 249 157 35 127 165 1347
3 Tony Massenburg 29 79 49 1954 219 452 .485 0 1 .000 130 206 .631 222 295 517 23 38 50 91 217 568
4 Jayson Williams 28 41 40 1432 221 540 .409 0 4 .000 108 183 .590 242 311 553 51 24 36 82 158 550
5 Robert Pack 27 34 31 1185 193 474 .407 22 74 .297 134 170 .788 15 71 86 325 59 3 150 83 542
6 Jim Jackson 26 31 31 1155 184 441 .417 40 108 .370 104 122 .852 51 133 184 160 29 17 101 81 512
7 Shawn Bradley 24 40 38 1228 199 456 .436 0 5 .000 81 122 .664 118 207 325 20 23 160 64 122 479
8 Sam Cassell 27 23 22 777 167 377 .443 47 120 .392 64 77 .831 21 61 82 149 37 7 67 86 445
9 Khalid Reeves 24 50 18 1048 141 359 .393 76 192 .396 56 75 .747 22 66 88 170 23 7 82 119 414
10 Xavier McDaniel 33 62 5 1170 138 355 .389 5 25 .200 65 89 .730 124 194 318 65 36 17 70 144 346
11 Kevin Edwards 31 32 0 477 69 183 .377 15 43 .349 37 43 .860 9 34 43 57 17 4 49 34 190
12 Ed O'Bannon 24 45 5 634 76 207 .367 17 60 .283 20 23 .870 41 71 112 28 24 10 14 78 189
13 Eric Montross 25 31 31 844 73 162 .451 0 0 11 28 .393 115 167 282 29 11 39 26 118 157
14 Lloyd Daniels 29 17 0 282 34 103 .330 19 59 .322 5 6 .833 18 21 39 25 9 3 11 29 92
15 Joe Kleine 35 28 0 453 35 82 .427 1 2 .500 13 18 .722 39 75 114 23 8 12 21 57 84
16 Reggie Williams 32 11 0 167 27 67 .403 9 33 .273 8 10 .800 4 20 24 8 8 4 10 28 71
17 Yinka Dare 24 41 2 313 19 54 .352 0 0 19 37 .514 35 47 82 3 4 28 21 51 57
18 Chris Gatling 29 3 0 92 18 43 .419 0 0 15 16 .938 8 14 22 3 4 0 6 13 51
19 Jack Haley 33 20 0 74 13 37 .351 0 0 14 19 .737 13 19 32 5 1 1 2 14 40
20 Adrian Caldwell 30 18 0 204 10 35 .286 0 2 .000 9 17 .529 20 36 56 5 8 1 12 27 29
21 Evric Gray 27 5 0 42 4 15 .267 1 4 .250 4 4 1.000 1 2 3 2 1 0 3 5 13
22 Robert Werdann 26 6 0 31 3 7 .429 0 0 3 3 1.000 3 3 6 0 2 1 2 10 9
23 Vincent Askew 30 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 Kendall Gill 28 82 81 39.0 7.9 17.7 .443 0.9 2.7 .336 5.2 6.5 .797 2.2 3.9 6.1 4.0 1.9 0.6 2.7 2.7 21.8
2 Sam Cassell 27 23 22 33.8 7.3 16.4 .443 2.0 5.2 .392 2.8 3.3 .831 0.9 2.7 3.6 6.5 1.6 0.3 2.9 3.7 19.3
3 Chris Gatling 29 3 0 30.7 6.0 14.3 .419 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.3 .938 2.7 4.7 7.3 1.0 1.3 0.0 2.0 4.3 17.0
4 Jim Jackson 26 31 31 37.3 5.9 14.2 .417 1.3 3.5 .370 3.4 3.9 .852 1.6 4.3 5.9 5.2 0.9 0.5 3.3 2.6 16.5
5 Kerry Kittles 22 82 57 36.7 6.2 14.5 .426 1.9 5.1 .377 2.1 2.8 .771 1.3 2.6 3.9 3.0 1.9 0.4 1.5 2.0 16.4
6 Robert Pack 27 34 31 34.9 5.7 13.9 .407 0.6 2.2 .297 3.9 5.0 .788 0.4 2.1 2.5 9.6 1.7 0.1 4.4 2.4 15.9
7 Jayson Williams 28 41 40 34.9 5.4 13.2 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 4.5 .590 5.9 7.6 13.5 1.2 0.6 0.9 2.0 3.9 13.4
8 Shawn Bradley 24 40 38 30.7 5.0 11.4 .436 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 3.1 .664 3.0 5.2 8.1 0.5 0.6 4.0 1.6 3.1 12.0
9 Khalid Reeves 24 50 18 21.0 2.8 7.2 .393 1.5 3.8 .396 1.1 1.5 .747 0.4 1.3 1.8 3.4 0.5 0.1 1.6 2.4 8.3
10 Tony Massenburg 29 79 49 24.7 2.8 5.7 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.6 .631 2.8 3.7 6.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.2 2.7 7.2
11 Reggie Williams 32 11 0 15.2 2.5 6.1 .403 0.8 3.0 .273 0.7 0.9 .800 0.4 1.8 2.2 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.9 2.5 6.5
12 Kevin Edwards 31 32 0 14.9 2.2 5.7 .377 0.5 1.3 .349 1.2 1.3 .860 0.3 1.1 1.3 1.8 0.5 0.1 1.5 1.1 5.9
13 Xavier McDaniel 33 62 5 18.9 2.2 5.7 .389 0.1 0.4 .200 1.0 1.4 .730 2.0 3.1 5.1 1.0 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.3 5.6
14 Lloyd Daniels 29 17 0 16.6 2.0 6.1 .330 1.1 3.5 .322 0.3 0.4 .833 1.1 1.2 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.7 5.4
15 Eric Montross 25 31 31 27.2 2.4 5.2 .451 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 .393 3.7 5.4 9.1 0.9 0.4 1.3 0.8 3.8 5.1
16 Ed O'Bannon 24 45 5 14.1 1.7 4.6 .367 0.4 1.3 .283 0.4 0.5 .870 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 1.7 4.2
17 Joe Kleine 35 28 0 16.2 1.3 2.9 .427 0.0 0.1 .500 0.5 0.6 .722 1.4 2.7 4.1 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.8 2.0 3.0
18 Evric Gray 27 5 0 8.4 0.8 3.0 .267 0.2 0.8 .250 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.0 2.6
19 Jack Haley 33 20 0 3.7 0.7 1.9 .351 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .737 0.7 1.0 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 2.0
20 Adrian Caldwell 30 18 0 11.3 0.6 1.9 .286 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.9 .529 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.5 1.6
21 Robert Werdann 26 6 0 5.2 0.5 1.2 .429 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.7 1.5
22 Yinka Dare 24 41 2 7.6 0.5 1.3 .352 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .514 0.9 1.1 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.2 1.4
23 Vincent Askew 30 1 0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 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 Sam Cassell 27 23 22 777 7.7 17.5 .443 2.2 5.6 .392 3.0 3.6 .831 1.0 2.8 3.8 6.9 1.7 0.3 3.1 4.0 20.6
2 Kendall Gill 28 82 81 3199 7.2 16.4 .443 0.8 2.5 .336 4.8 6.0 .797 2.1 3.6 5.6 3.7 1.7 0.5 2.5 2.5 20.1
3 Chris Gatling 29 3 0 92 7.0 16.8 .419 0.0 0.0 5.9 6.3 .938 3.1 5.5 8.6 1.2 1.6 0.0 2.3 5.1 20.0
4 Jack Haley 33 20 0 74 6.3 18.0 .351 0.0 0.0 6.8 9.2 .737 6.3 9.2 15.6 2.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 6.8 19.5
5 Robert Pack 27 34 31 1185 5.9 14.4 .407 0.7 2.2 .297 4.1 5.2 .788 0.5 2.2 2.6 9.9 1.8 0.1 4.6 2.5 16.5
6 Kerry Kittles 22 82 57 3012 6.1 14.2 .426 1.9 5.0 .377 2.1 2.7 .771 1.3 2.5 3.8 3.0 1.9 0.4 1.5 2.0 16.1
7 Jim Jackson 26 31 31 1155 5.7 13.7 .417 1.2 3.4 .370 3.2 3.8 .852 1.6 4.1 5.7 5.0 0.9 0.5 3.1 2.5 16.0
8 Reggie Williams 32 11 0 167 5.8 14.4 .403 1.9 7.1 .273 1.7 2.2 .800 0.9 4.3 5.2 1.7 1.7 0.9 2.2 6.0 15.3
9 Kevin Edwards 31 32 0 477 5.2 13.8 .377 1.1 3.2 .349 2.8 3.2 .860 0.7 2.6 3.2 4.3 1.3 0.3 3.7 2.6 14.3
10 Khalid Reeves 24 50 18 1048 4.8 12.3 .393 2.6 6.6 .396 1.9 2.6 .747 0.8 2.3 3.0 5.8 0.8 0.2 2.8 4.1 14.2
11 Shawn Bradley 24 40 38 1228 5.8 13.4 .436 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.6 .664 3.5 6.1 9.5 0.6 0.7 4.7 1.9 3.6 14.0
12 Jayson Williams 28 41 40 1432 5.6 13.6 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 4.6 .590 6.1 7.8 13.9 1.3 0.6 0.9 2.1 4.0 13.8
13 Lloyd Daniels 29 17 0 282 4.3 13.1 .330 2.4 7.5 .322 0.6 0.8 .833 2.3 2.7 5.0 3.2 1.1 0.4 1.4 3.7 11.7
14 Evric Gray 27 5 0 42 3.4 12.9 .267 0.9 3.4 .250 3.4 3.4 1.000 0.9 1.7 2.6 1.7 0.9 0.0 2.6 4.3 11.1
15 Ed O'Bannon 24 45 5 634 4.3 11.8 .367 1.0 3.4 .283 1.1 1.3 .870 2.3 4.0 6.4 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.8 4.4 10.7
16 Xavier McDaniel 33 62 5 1170 4.2 10.9 .389 0.2 0.8 .200 2.0 2.7 .730 3.8 6.0 9.8 2.0 1.1 0.5 2.2 4.4 10.6
17 Tony Massenburg 29 79 49 1954 4.0 8.3 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.8 .631 4.1 5.4 9.5 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.7 4.0 10.5
18 Robert Werdann 26 6 0 31 3.5 8.1 .429 0.0 0.0 3.5 3.5 1.000 3.5 3.5 7.0 0.0 2.3 1.2 2.3 11.6 10.5
19 Eric Montross 25 31 31 844 3.1 6.9 .451 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.2 .393 4.9 7.1 12.0 1.2 0.5 1.7 1.1 5.0 6.7
20 Joe Kleine 35 28 0 453 2.8 6.5 .427 0.1 0.2 .500 1.0 1.4 .722 3.1 6.0 9.1 1.8 0.6 1.0 1.7 4.5 6.7
21 Yinka Dare 24 41 2 313 2.2 6.2 .352 0.0 0.0 2.2 4.3 .514 4.0 5.4 9.4 0.3 0.5 3.2 2.4 5.9 6.6
22 Adrian Caldwell 30 18 0 204 1.8 6.2 .286 0.0 0.4 .000 1.6 3.0 .529 3.5 6.4 9.9 0.9 1.4 0.2 2.1 4.8 5.1
23 Vincent Askew 30 1 0 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 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 Kendall Gill 28 82 3199 19.6 .530 .469 5.8 11.4 8.4 18.3 2.5 1.1 11.4 25.4 112 109 6.6 2.2 8.8
2 Kerry Kittles 22 82 3012 16.0 .523 .493 3.6 8.1 5.7 14.0 2.7 0.9 9.0 20.1 113 110 5.1 1.8 6.9
3 Tony Massenburg 29 79 1954 11.9 .523 .485 11.6 17.4 14.3 1.8 1.0 1.9 14.4 13.8 107 110 1.6 1.2 2.8
4 Sam Cassell 27 23 777 19.7 .542 .505 2.8 9.0 5.7 35.4 2.5 0.7 14.0 26.2 112 110 1.8 0.4 2.2
5 Shawn Bradley 24 40 1228 16.3 .470 .436 9.8 19.4 14.3 2.7 1.0 9.8 11.2 19.9 99 104 0.2 1.6 1.8
6 Jayson Williams 28 41 1432 15.0 .443 .409 17.3 25.0 20.9 5.9 0.9 1.9 11.7 20.9 100 108 0.4 1.3 1.7
7 Jim Jackson 26 31 1155 15.0 .518 .463 4.5 13.2 8.6 23.2 1.3 1.1 17.0 22.0 105 111 1.1 0.5 1.6
8 Eric Montross 25 31 844 11.3 .450 .451 13.9 22.7 18.1 5.1 0.7 3.5 13.0 10.1 107 108 0.5 0.8 1.3
9 Khalid Reeves 24 50 1048 12.1 .528 .499 2.1 7.2 4.5 26.1 1.1 0.5 17.3 19.3 107 114 1.2 0.2 1.3
10 Robert Pack 27 34 1185 16.0 .494 .430 1.3 6.9 3.9 46.2 2.6 0.2 21.5 25.2 101 111 0.5 0.6 1.0
11 Ed O'Bannon 24 45 634 10.2 .435 .408 6.6 12.9 9.6 6.9 2.0 1.2 6.1 15.5 104 110 0.3 0.4 0.7
12 Xavier McDaniel 33 62 1170 10.8 .439 .396 10.8 19.1 14.7 8.7 1.6 1.1 15.1 16.9 97 109 -0.2 0.9 0.7
13 Joe Kleine 35 28 453 8.7 .467 .433 8.8 19.0 13.6 7.5 0.9 2.0 18.9 10.4 100 110 0.1 0.3 0.4
14 Lloyd Daniels 29 17 282 10.1 .435 .422 6.5 8.6 7.5 13.9 1.7 0.8 9.4 17.6 103 112 0.1 0.1 0.2
15 Chris Gatling 29 3 92 16.9 .510 .419 8.9 17.5 12.9 5.8 2.3 0.0 10.7 26.0 108 108 0.1 0.1 0.2
16 Jack Haley 33 20 74 19.6 .441 .351 17.9 29.5 23.4 11.6 0.7 1.0 4.2 27.3 111 107 0.2 0.1 0.2
17 Reggie Williams 32 11 167 11.4 .497 .470 2.4 13.8 7.8 8.0 2.5 1.8 12.3 20.8 100 108 0.0 0.1 0.2
18 Robert Werdann 26 6 31 8.7 .541 .429 9.9 11.1 10.5 0.0 3.4 2.4 19.4 14.2 104 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Vincent Askew 30 1 7 -2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
20 Evric Gray 27 5 42 2.8 .388 .300 2.4 5.5 3.9 7.2 1.2 0.0 15.2 20.1 83 115 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
21 Yinka Dare 24 41 313 7.2 .406 .352 11.4 17.3 14.2 1.4 0.7 6.7 23.0 12.4 83 107 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
22 Adrian Caldwell 30 18 204 5.1 .341 .286 10.0 20.3 14.8 3.5 2.0 0.4 22.0 11.4 77 108 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
23 Kevin Edwards 31 32 477 9.8 .470 .418 1.9 8.2 4.9 19.5 1.9 0.6 19.5 22.4 92 112 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Shawn Bradley $5,130,000
2 Jim Jackson $3,900,000
3 Kendall Gill $3,800,000
4 Chris Gatling $3,047,000
5 Robert Pack $2,700,000
6 Kevin Edwards $2,280,000
7 Jayson Williams $2,250,000
8 Reggie Williams $2,048,000
9 Vincent Askew $2,000,000
10 Khalid Reeves $1,752,000
11 Yinka Dare $1,448,000
12 Kerry Kittles $1,356,000
13 Ed O'Bannon $1,303,000
14 Eric Montross $1,280,000
15 Sam Cassell $1,235,000
16 Joe Kleine $1,235,000
17 David Benoit $508,000
18 Xavier McDaniel $254,000
19 Adrian Caldwell *$247,500
20 Tony Massenburg $247,500
21 Jack Haley *$247,500
22 Evric Gray *$220,000
23 Lloyd Daniels $184,100
24 Robert Werdann $166,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)