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1997-98 Orlando Magic Roster and Stats

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Record: 41-41, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Chuck Daly (41-41)

PTS/G: 90.1 (27th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 91.2 (7th of 29)
SRS: -0.53 (18th of 29) ▪ Pace: 87.1 (29th of 29)
Off Rtg: 102.6 (22nd of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 103.8 (12th of 29)
Expected W-L: 38-44 (19th of 29)

Arena: Orlando Arena ▪ Attendance: 701,647 (14th of 29)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 Nick Anderson SF 6-6 205 January 20, 1968 8 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10 Darrell Armstrong PG 6-0 170 June 22, 1968 3 Fayetteville State University
2 David Benoit SF 6-8 220 May 9, 1968 5 University of Alabama
20 Kevin Edwards SG 6-3 190 October 30, 1965 9 DePaul University
34 Brian Evans SF 6-8 220 September 13, 1973 1 Indiana University
54 Horace Grant C 6-10 215 July 4, 1965 10 Clemson University
1 Anfernee Hardaway SG 6-7 195 July 18, 1971 4 University of Memphis
12 Derek Harper SG 6-4 185 October 13, 1961 14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9 Tim Kempton PF 6-10 245 January 25, 1964 7 University of Notre Dame
8 Jason Lawson C 6-11 240 September 2, 1974 R Villanova University
2 Vernon Maxwell SG 6-4 180 September 12, 1965 9 University of Florida
3 Kevin Ollie PG 6-4 195 December 27, 1972 R University of Connecticut
45 Bo Outlaw PF 6-8 210 April 13, 1971 4 University of Houston
5 Mark Price PG 6-0 170 February 15, 1964 11 Georgia Institute of Technology
5 Donald Royal SF 6-8 210 May 22, 1966 7 University of Notre Dame
24 Danny Schayes C 6-11 235 May 10, 1959 16 Syracuse University
4 Rony Seikaly C 6-11 230 May 10, 1965 9 Syracuse University
33 Derek Strong PF 6-8 220 February 9, 1968 6 Xavier University
17 Johnny Taylor SF 6-9 220 June 4, 1974 R University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
30 Carl Thomas SG 6-4 175 October 3, 1969 2 Eastern Michigan University
4 Spud Webb PG 5-6 133 July 13, 1963 11 North Carolina State University
21 Gerald Wilkins SG 6-6 185 September 11, 1963 11 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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 19830 2771 6455 .429 293 907 .323 1552 2138 .726 1178 2203 3381 1694 649 441 1258 1617 7387 90.1
Lg Rank 10 28 16 26 22 18 24 16 16 20 6 25 17 22 18 10 15 29 27 27
Opponent 82 19830 2930 6460 .454 313 967 .324 1302 1769 .736 1089 2268 3357 1740 747 388 1259 1866 7475 91.2
Lg Rank 10 15 13 17 5 7 5 1 1 15 17 11 12 8 24 13 13 20 7 7

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 38 44 -1.07 0.55 -0.53 102.6 103.8 87.1 .452 14.5 34.2 .240 .478 14.8 66.9 .202 Orlando Arena 701,647
Lg Rank 19 19 19 4 18 22 12 29 27 14 3 18 14 10 20 3 14

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 Horace Grant 32 76 76 2803 393 857 .459 0 7 .000 135 199 .678 228 390 618 172 81 79 88 180 921
2 Nick Anderson 30 58 44 1701 343 754 .455 77 214 .360 127 199 .638 98 199 297 119 72 23 85 98 890
3 Bo Outlaw 26 82 76 2953 301 543 .554 1 4 .250 180 313 .575 255 382 637 216 107 181 175 260 783
4 Derek Strong 29 58 8 1638 259 617 .420 0 4 .000 218 279 .781 152 275 427 51 31 24 74 122 736
5 Rony Seikaly 32 47 47 1484 237 538 .441 0 2 .000 230 305 .754 130 227 357 69 25 39 134 137 704
6 Mark Price 33 63 33 1430 229 531 .431 52 155 .335 87 103 .845 24 105 129 297 53 5 162 92 597
7 Derek Harper 36 66 45 1761 226 542 .417 59 164 .360 55 79 .696 23 80 103 233 72 10 101 140 566
8 Darrell Armstrong 29 48 17 1236 156 380 .411 25 68 .368 105 123 .854 65 94 159 236 58 5 112 96 442
9 Danny Schayes 38 74 33 1272 155 371 .418 0 0 96 119 .807 97 145 242 44 34 33 61 182 406
10 Gerald Wilkins 34 72 16 1252 141 434 .325 29 109 .266 69 98 .704 16 74 90 78 34 6 79 78 380
11 Anfernee Hardaway 26 19 15 625 103 273 .377 15 50 .300 90 118 .763 8 68 76 68 28 15 46 45 311
12 Brian Evans 24 44 0 561 77 206 .374 12 45 .267 40 48 .833 31 54 85 31 22 8 24 57 206
13 David Benoit 29 24 0 324 50 139 .360 14 51 .275 24 30 .800 18 44 62 8 9 4 13 37 138
14 Vernon Maxwell 32 11 0 169 26 78 .333 6 26 .231 23 26 .885 5 8 13 12 2 1 12 20 81
15 Kevin Ollie 25 19 0 216 23 56 .411 0 1 .000 31 45 .689 3 15 18 33 7 0 28 15 77
16 Kevin Edwards 32 12 0 135 20 59 .339 2 4 .500 17 20 .850 9 11 20 13 5 1 10 8 59
17 Johnny Taylor 23 12 0 108 13 37 .351 1 2 .500 11 16 .688 4 9 13 1 3 2 8 22 38
18 Jason Lawson 23 17 0 80 9 15 .600 0 0 8 10 .800 8 19 27 5 4 4 2 14 26
19 Spud Webb 34 4 0 34 5 12 .417 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 5 1 0 7 6 12
20 Carl Thomas 28 4 0 15 4 5 .800 0 0 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
21 Donald Royal 31 2 0 18 1 6 .167 0 0 3 4 .750 2 2 4 1 1 0 3 5 5
22 Tim Kempton 34 3 0 15 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0

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 Anfernee Hardaway 26 19 15 32.9 5.4 14.4 .377 0.8 2.6 .300 4.7 6.2 .763 0.4 3.6 4.0 3.6 1.5 0.8 2.4 2.4 16.4
2 Nick Anderson 30 58 44 29.3 5.9 13.0 .455 1.3 3.7 .360 2.2 3.4 .638 1.7 3.4 5.1 2.1 1.2 0.4 1.5 1.7 15.3
3 Rony Seikaly 32 47 47 31.6 5.0 11.4 .441 0.0 0.0 .000 4.9 6.5 .754 2.8 4.8 7.6 1.5 0.5 0.8 2.9 2.9 15.0
4 Derek Strong 29 58 8 28.2 4.5 10.6 .420 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 4.8 .781 2.6 4.7 7.4 0.9 0.5 0.4 1.3 2.1 12.7
5 Horace Grant 32 76 76 36.9 5.2 11.3 .459 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.6 .678 3.0 5.1 8.1 2.3 1.1 1.0 1.2 2.4 12.1
6 Mark Price 33 63 33 22.7 3.6 8.4 .431 0.8 2.5 .335 1.4 1.6 .845 0.4 1.7 2.0 4.7 0.8 0.1 2.6 1.5 9.5
7 Bo Outlaw 26 82 76 36.0 3.7 6.6 .554 0.0 0.0 .250 2.2 3.8 .575 3.1 4.7 7.8 2.6 1.3 2.2 2.1 3.2 9.5
8 Darrell Armstrong 29 48 17 25.8 3.3 7.9 .411 0.5 1.4 .368 2.2 2.6 .854 1.4 2.0 3.3 4.9 1.2 0.1 2.3 2.0 9.2
9 Derek Harper 36 66 45 26.7 3.4 8.2 .417 0.9 2.5 .360 0.8 1.2 .696 0.3 1.2 1.6 3.5 1.1 0.2 1.5 2.1 8.6
10 Vernon Maxwell 32 11 0 15.4 2.4 7.1 .333 0.5 2.4 .231 2.1 2.4 .885 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.1 1.8 7.4
11 David Benoit 29 24 0 13.5 2.1 5.8 .360 0.6 2.1 .275 1.0 1.3 .800 0.8 1.8 2.6 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.5 5.8
12 Danny Schayes 38 74 33 17.2 2.1 5.0 .418 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.6 .807 1.3 2.0 3.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 2.5 5.5
13 Gerald Wilkins 34 72 16 17.4 2.0 6.0 .325 0.4 1.5 .266 1.0 1.4 .704 0.2 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.1 5.3
14 Kevin Edwards 32 12 0 11.3 1.7 4.9 .339 0.2 0.3 .500 1.4 1.7 .850 0.8 0.9 1.7 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.7 4.9
15 Brian Evans 24 44 0 12.8 1.8 4.7 .374 0.3 1.0 .267 0.9 1.1 .833 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.3 4.7
16 Kevin Ollie 25 19 0 11.4 1.2 2.9 .411 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.4 .689 0.2 0.8 0.9 1.7 0.4 0.0 1.5 0.8 4.1
17 Johnny Taylor 23 12 0 9.0 1.1 3.1 .351 0.1 0.2 .500 0.9 1.3 .688 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.8 3.2
18 Spud Webb 34 4 0 8.5 1.3 3.0 .417 0.0 0.3 .000 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.8 1.5 3.0
19 Donald Royal 31 2 0 9.0 0.5 3.0 .167 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.0 .750 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.5 2.5 2.5
20 Carl Thomas 28 4 0 3.8 1.0 1.3 .800 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.3
21 Jason Lawson 23 17 0 4.7 0.5 0.9 .600 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 .800 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.8 1.5
22 Tim Kempton 34 3 0 5.0 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

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 Carl Thomas 28 4 0 15 9.6 12.0 .800 0.0 0.0 2.4 4.8 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 21.6
2 Nick Anderson 30 58 44 1701 7.3 16.0 .455 1.6 4.5 .360 2.7 4.2 .638 2.1 4.2 6.3 2.5 1.5 0.5 1.8 2.1 18.8
3 Anfernee Hardaway 26 19 15 625 5.9 15.7 .377 0.9 2.9 .300 5.2 6.8 .763 0.5 3.9 4.4 3.9 1.6 0.9 2.6 2.6 17.9
4 Vernon Maxwell 32 11 0 169 5.5 16.6 .333 1.3 5.5 .231 4.9 5.5 .885 1.1 1.7 2.8 2.6 0.4 0.2 2.6 4.3 17.3
5 Rony Seikaly 32 47 47 1484 5.7 13.1 .441 0.0 0.0 .000 5.6 7.4 .754 3.2 5.5 8.7 1.7 0.6 0.9 3.3 3.3 17.1
6 Derek Strong 29 58 8 1638 5.7 13.6 .420 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.1 .781 3.3 6.0 9.4 1.1 0.7 0.5 1.6 2.7 16.2
7 Kevin Edwards 32 12 0 135 5.3 15.7 .339 0.5 1.1 .500 4.5 5.3 .850 2.4 2.9 5.3 3.5 1.3 0.3 2.7 2.1 15.7
8 David Benoit 29 24 0 324 5.6 15.4 .360 1.6 5.7 .275 2.7 3.3 .800 2.0 4.9 6.9 0.9 1.0 0.4 1.4 4.1 15.3
9 Mark Price 33 63 33 1430 5.8 13.4 .431 1.3 3.9 .335 2.2 2.6 .845 0.6 2.6 3.2 7.5 1.3 0.1 4.1 2.3 15.0
10 Brian Evans 24 44 0 561 4.9 13.2 .374 0.8 2.9 .267 2.6 3.1 .833 2.0 3.5 5.5 2.0 1.4 0.5 1.5 3.7 13.2
11 Darrell Armstrong 29 48 17 1236 4.5 11.1 .411 0.7 2.0 .368 3.1 3.6 .854 1.9 2.7 4.6 6.9 1.7 0.1 3.3 2.8 12.9
12 Kevin Ollie 25 19 0 216 3.8 9.3 .411 0.0 0.2 .000 5.2 7.5 .689 0.5 2.5 3.0 5.5 1.2 0.0 4.7 2.5 12.8
13 Spud Webb 34 4 0 34 5.3 12.7 .417 0.0 1.1 .000 2.1 2.1 1.000 2.1 1.1 3.2 5.3 1.1 0.0 7.4 6.4 12.7
14 Johnny Taylor 23 12 0 108 4.3 12.3 .351 0.3 0.7 .500 3.7 5.3 .688 1.3 3.0 4.3 0.3 1.0 0.7 2.7 7.3 12.7
15 Horace Grant 32 76 76 2803 5.0 11.0 .459 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.6 .678 2.9 5.0 7.9 2.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 2.3 11.8
16 Jason Lawson 23 17 0 80 4.1 6.8 .600 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.5 .800 3.6 8.6 12.2 2.3 1.8 1.8 0.9 6.3 11.7
17 Derek Harper 36 66 45 1761 4.6 11.1 .417 1.2 3.4 .360 1.1 1.6 .696 0.5 1.6 2.1 4.8 1.5 0.2 2.1 2.9 11.6
18 Danny Schayes 38 74 33 1272 4.4 10.5 .418 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.4 .807 2.7 4.1 6.8 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.7 5.2 11.5
19 Gerald Wilkins 34 72 16 1252 4.1 12.5 .325 0.8 3.1 .266 2.0 2.8 .704 0.5 2.1 2.6 2.2 1.0 0.2 2.3 2.2 10.9
20 Donald Royal 31 2 0 18 2.0 12.0 .167 0.0 0.0 6.0 8.0 .750 4.0 4.0 8.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 6.0 10.0 10.0
21 Bo Outlaw 26 82 76 2953 3.7 6.6 .554 0.0 0.0 .250 2.2 3.8 .575 3.1 4.7 7.8 2.6 1.3 2.2 2.1 3.2 9.5
22 Tim Kempton 34 3 0 15 0.0 4.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0

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 Bo Outlaw 26 82 2953 15.5 .575 .555 9.9 15.6 12.7 12.3 2.0 4.4 20.5 13.3 109 101 3.1 4.5 7.6 .124
2 Horace Grant 32 76 2803 15.4 .488 .459 9.4 16.8 13.0 11.0 1.6 2.0 8.5 16.9 109 103 3.6 3.6 7.1 .122
3 Nick Anderson 30 58 1701 19.6 .529 .506 6.6 14.1 10.3 14.1 2.3 1.0 9.2 25.0 109 103 3.1 2.1 5.3 .149
4 Derek Strong 29 58 1638 16.6 .497 .420 10.7 20.2 15.3 5.8 1.0 1.1 9.1 22.8 108 104 2.5 2.0 4.4 .130
5 Rony Seikaly 32 47 1484 15.8 .524 .441 10.1 18.4 14.2 8.6 0.9 1.9 16.6 24.9 101 104 1.0 1.7 2.8 .090
6 Darrell Armstrong 29 48 1236 15.7 .509 .443 6.1 9.2 7.6 33.4 2.6 0.3 20.5 20.2 104 105 1.2 1.3 2.5 .096
7 Derek Harper 36 66 1761 11.5 .491 .471 1.5 5.5 3.4 23.2 2.3 0.4 14.9 17.6 101 107 0.9 1.5 2.3 .063
8 Danny Schayes 38 74 1272 10.9 .479 .418 8.8 13.7 11.2 6.0 1.5 1.9 12.6 17.5 101 104 0.6 1.4 2.0 .076
9 Mark Price 33 63 1430 14.9 .518 .480 1.9 8.8 5.3 38.6 2.0 0.3 21.9 23.7 99 106 0.5 1.3 1.7 .058
10 Anfernee Hardaway 26 19 625 15.9 .479 .405 1.5 13.1 7.2 20.4 2.5 1.7 12.4 27.2 99 103 0.3 0.8 1.1 .085
11 Brian Evans 24 44 561 12.0 .454 .403 6.4 11.6 8.9 9.8 2.2 1.0 9.6 20.5 100 104 0.2 0.6 0.8 .072
12 David Benoit 29 24 324 11.8 .453 .410 6.4 16.4 11.3 4.5 1.5 0.9 7.9 23.4 98 104 0.1 0.4 0.5 .068
13 Jason Lawson 23 17 80 21.5 .670 .600 11.5 28.6 19.9 10.7 2.8 3.6 9.3 12.3 141 95 0.3 0.2 0.5 .280
14 Carl Thomas 28 4 15 27.8 .765 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.4 0.0 4.8 0.0 18.0 155 111 0.1 0.0 0.1 .271
15 Kevin Edwards 32 12 135 13.1 .435 .356 7.7 9.8 8.7 17.5 2.0 0.5 12.9 26.4 95 106 0.0 0.1 0.1 .035
16 Vernon Maxwell 32 11 169 9.4 .453 .372 3.4 5.7 4.5 13.0 0.7 0.4 11.8 27.5 96 110 0.0 0.1 0.0 .013
17 Tim Kempton 34 3 15 -5.1 .000 .000 0.0 8.0 3.9 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 30 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.089
18 Kevin Ollie 25 19 216 9.9 .508 .411 1.6 8.4 4.9 25.8 1.8 0.0 27.0 22.0 90 107 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.011
19 Spud Webb 34 4 34 3.2 .466 .417 6.8 3.5 5.2 26.7 1.6 0.0 35.2 26.8 74 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.161
20 Donald Royal 31 2 18 -1.6 .322 .167 12.8 13.4 13.1 8.6 3.1 0.0 27.9 27.4 65 102 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.199
21 Johnny Taylor 23 12 108 4.4 .431 .365 4.3 10.0 7.1 1.6 1.5 1.3 15.4 22.1 84 106 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.032
22 Gerald Wilkins 34 72 1252 5.4 .398 .358 1.5 7.1 4.2 10.6 1.5 0.3 14.2 20.4 82 108 -2.1 0.9 -1.2 -0.048

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Horace Grant $14,285,714
2 Anfernee Hardaway $7,580,000
3 Mark Price $4,090,920
4 Rony Seikaly $4,002,000
5 Nick Anderson $4,000,000
6 Derek Harper $1,560,000
7 Ed O'Bannon $1,472,640
8 Tree Rollins $1,470,000
9 Bo Outlaw $1,000,000
10 Johnny Taylor $901,880
11 Clifford Rozier $750,000
12 Danny Schayes $690,000
13 Brian Evans $607,545
14 Darrell Armstrong $350,000
15 Derek Strong $326,700
16 Gerald Wilkins $326,700
17 Tim Kempton $272,250
18 Jason Lawson $242,250
19 Amal McCaskill $20,700
20 Rick Brunson $5,000