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1996-97 Sacramento Kings Roster and Statistics

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34-48, Finished 6th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Garry St. Jean (28-39), Eddie Jordan (6-9)

Points Per Game: 96.4 (16th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 99.8 (23rd of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 31-51 (21st of 29)

Arena: ARCO Arena (II) ▪ Attendance: 709,997 (9th of 29)

SRS: -3.63 (21st of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.0 (11th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 105.0 (19th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.7 (21st of 29)

1996-97 Sacramento Kings:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
3 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf G 6-1 162 March 9, 1969 6 Louisiana State University
31 Duane Causwell C 7-0 240 May 31, 1968 6 Temple University
24 Lloyd Daniels G 6-7 205 September 4, 1967 3 Mount San Antonio College
5 Tyus Edney G 5-10 152 February 14, 1973 1 University of California, Los Angeles
40 Kevin Gamble F-G 6-5 210 November 13, 1965 9 University of Iowa
33 Brian Grant F 6-9 254 March 5, 1972 2 Xavier University
45 Devin Gray F 6-7 240 May 31, 1972 R Clemson University
20 Jeff Grayer F-G 6-5 200 December 17, 1965 7 Iowa State University
7 Bobby Hurley G 6-0 165 June 28, 1971 3 Duke University
30 Billy Owens F-G 6-8 220 May 1, 1969 5 Syracuse University
0 Olden Polynice C-F 6-11 220 November 21, 1964 9 University of Virginia
2 Mitch Richmond G 6-5 215 June 30, 1965 8 Kansas State University
32 Kevin Salvadori C 7-0 231 December 30, 1970 R University of North Carolina
22 Lionel Simmons F 6-7 210 November 14, 1968 6 La Salle University
34 Michael Smith F 6-8 230 March 28, 1972 2 Providence College
4 Corliss Williamson F 6-7 245 December 4, 1973 1 University of Arkansas

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 19855 3000 6611 .454 414 1058 .391 1494 2067 .723 1100 2307 3407 1799 588 362 1332 1946 7908 96.4
Opponent 82 19855 3010 6521 .462 442 1254 .352 1723 2337 .737 1063 2341 3404 1777 716 429 1257 1789 8185 99.8

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 Mitch Richmond 31 81 81 3125 717 1578 .454 204 477 .428 457 531 .861 59 260 319 338 118 24 237 211 2095
2 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 27 75 51 2131 411 924 .445 94 246 .382 115 136 .846 16 106 122 189 56 6 119 174 1031
3 Olden Polynice 32 82 82 2893 442 967 .457 0 6 .000 141 251 .562 272 500 772 178 46 80 166 298 1025
4 Corliss Williamson 23 79 31 1992 371 745 .498 0 3 .000 173 251 .689 139 187 326 124 60 49 157 263 915
5 Billy Owens 27 66 56 1995 299 640 .467 25 72 .347 101 145 .697 134 258 392 187 62 25 133 187 724
6 Michael Smith 24 81 52 2526 202 375 .539 0 0 128 258 .496 257 512 769 191 82 60 130 251 532
7 Tyus Edney 23 70 20 1376 150 391 .384 8 42 .190 177 215 .823 34 79 113 226 60 2 112 98 485
8 Kevin Gamble 31 62 2 953 123 286 .430 54 112 .482 7 10 .700 13 94 107 77 21 17 27 76 307
9 Brian Grant 24 24 15 607 91 207 .440 0 0 70 90 .778 49 93 142 28 19 25 44 75 252
10 Bobby Hurley 25 49 12 632 46 125 .368 14 45 .311 37 53 .698 9 29 38 146 27 3 55 53 143
11 Lionel Simmons 28 41 0 521 45 136 .331 7 30 .233 42 48 .875 30 74 104 57 8 13 34 63 139
12 Duane Causwell 28 46 8 581 48 94 .511 2 3 .667 20 37 .541 57 70 127 20 15 38 34 131 118
13 Jeff Grayer 31 25 0 316 38 83 .458 4 11 .364 11 20 .550 21 17 38 25 8 7 15 42 91
14 Kevin Salvadori 26 23 0 154 12 33 .364 0 0 13 18 .722 6 19 25 10 2 13 12 17 37
15 Devin Gray 24 3 0 25 3 11 .273 0 0 2 4 .500 3 6 9 2 3 0 0 3 8
16 Lloyd Daniels 29 5 0 28 2 16 .125 2 11 .182 0 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 3 4 6

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 Mitch Richmond 31 81 81 38.6 8.9 19.5 .454 2.5 5.9 .428 5.6 6.6 .861 0.7 3.2 3.9 4.2 1.5 0.3 2.9 2.6 25.9
2 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 27 75 51 28.4 5.5 12.3 .445 1.3 3.3 .382 1.5 1.8 .846 0.2 1.4 1.6 2.5 0.7 0.1 1.6 2.3 13.7
3 Olden Polynice 32 82 82 35.3 5.4 11.8 .457 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 3.1 .562 3.3 6.1 9.4 2.2 0.6 1.0 2.0 3.6 12.5
4 Corliss Williamson 23 79 31 25.2 4.7 9.4 .498 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.2 .689 1.8 2.4 4.1 1.6 0.8 0.6 2.0 3.3 11.6
5 Billy Owens 27 66 56 30.2 4.5 9.7 .467 0.4 1.1 .347 1.5 2.2 .697 2.0 3.9 5.9 2.8 0.9 0.4 2.0 2.8 11.0
6 Brian Grant 24 24 15 25.3 3.8 8.6 .440 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 .778 2.0 3.9 5.9 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.8 3.1 10.5
7 Tyus Edney 23 70 20 19.7 2.1 5.6 .384 0.1 0.6 .190 2.5 3.1 .823 0.5 1.1 1.6 3.2 0.9 0.0 1.6 1.4 6.9
8 Michael Smith 24 81 52 31.2 2.5 4.6 .539 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.2 .496 3.2 6.3 9.5 2.4 1.0 0.7 1.6 3.1 6.6
9 Kevin Gamble 31 62 2 15.4 2.0 4.6 .430 0.9 1.8 .482 0.1 0.2 .700 0.2 1.5 1.7 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.2 5.0
10 Jeff Grayer 31 25 0 12.6 1.5 3.3 .458 0.2 0.4 .364 0.4 0.8 .550 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.7 3.6
11 Lionel Simmons 28 41 0 12.7 1.1 3.3 .331 0.2 0.7 .233 1.0 1.2 .875 0.7 1.8 2.5 1.4 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.5 3.4
12 Bobby Hurley 25 49 12 12.9 0.9 2.6 .368 0.3 0.9 .311 0.8 1.1 .698 0.2 0.6 0.8 3.0 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.1 2.9
13 Devin Gray 24 3 0 8.3 1.0 3.7 .273 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 .500 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.7
14 Duane Causwell 28 46 8 12.6 1.0 2.0 .511 0.0 0.1 .667 0.4 0.8 .541 1.2 1.5 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.7 2.8 2.6
15 Kevin Salvadori 26 23 0 6.7 0.5 1.4 .364 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .722 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.6
16 Lloyd Daniels 29 5 0 5.6 0.4 3.2 .125 0.4 2.2 .182 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.2

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 Mitch Richmond 31 81 81 3125 8.3 18.2 .454 2.4 5.5 .428 5.3 6.1 .861 0.7 3.0 3.7 3.9 1.4 0.3 2.7 2.4 24.1
2 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 27 75 51 2131 6.9 15.6 .445 1.6 4.2 .382 1.9 2.3 .846 0.3 1.8 2.1 3.2 0.9 0.1 2.0 2.9 17.4
3 Corliss Williamson 23 79 31 1992 6.7 13.5 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.5 .689 2.5 3.4 5.9 2.2 1.1 0.9 2.8 4.8 16.5
4 Brian Grant 24 24 15 607 5.4 12.3 .440 0.0 0.0 4.2 5.3 .778 2.9 5.5 8.4 1.7 1.1 1.5 2.6 4.4 14.9
5 Billy Owens 27 66 56 1995 5.4 11.5 .467 0.5 1.3 .347 1.8 2.6 .697 2.4 4.7 7.1 3.4 1.1 0.5 2.4 3.4 13.1
6 Olden Polynice 32 82 82 2893 5.5 12.0 .457 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 3.1 .562 3.4 6.2 9.6 2.2 0.6 1.0 2.1 3.7 12.8
7 Tyus Edney 23 70 20 1376 3.9 10.2 .384 0.2 1.1 .190 4.6 5.6 .823 0.9 2.1 3.0 5.9 1.6 0.1 2.9 2.6 12.7
8 Kevin Gamble 31 62 2 953 4.6 10.8 .430 2.0 4.2 .482 0.3 0.4 .700 0.5 3.6 4.0 2.9 0.8 0.6 1.0 2.9 11.6
9 Devin Gray 24 3 0 25 4.3 15.8 .273 0.0 0.0 2.9 5.8 .500 4.3 8.6 13.0 2.9 4.3 0.0 0.0 4.3 11.5
10 Jeff Grayer 31 25 0 316 4.3 9.5 .458 0.5 1.3 .364 1.3 2.3 .550 2.4 1.9 4.3 2.8 0.9 0.8 1.7 4.8 10.4
11 Lionel Simmons 28 41 0 521 3.1 9.4 .331 0.5 2.1 .233 2.9 3.3 .875 2.1 5.1 7.2 3.9 0.6 0.9 2.3 4.4 9.6
12 Kevin Salvadori 26 23 0 154 2.8 7.7 .364 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.2 .722 1.4 4.4 5.8 2.3 0.5 3.0 2.8 4.0 8.6
13 Bobby Hurley 25 49 12 632 2.6 7.1 .368 0.8 2.6 .311 2.1 3.0 .698 0.5 1.7 2.2 8.3 1.5 0.2 3.1 3.0 8.1
14 Lloyd Daniels 29 5 0 28 2.6 20.6 .125 2.6 14.1 .182 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.9 5.1 1.3 1.3 0.0 3.9 5.1 7.7
15 Michael Smith 24 81 52 2526 2.9 5.3 .539 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.7 .496 3.7 7.3 11.0 2.7 1.2 0.9 1.9 3.6 7.6
16 Duane Causwell 28 46 8 581 3.0 5.8 .511 0.1 0.2 .667 1.2 2.3 .541 3.5 4.3 7.9 1.2 0.9 2.4 2.1 8.1 7.3

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 Mitch Richmond 31 81 3125 21.6 .578 .519 2.2 9.8 6.0 20.6 2.0 0.6 11.6 29.4 115 110 8.7 2.1 10.8
2 Michael Smith 24 81 2526 13.3 .545 .539 11.7 23.9 17.7 11.2 1.7 1.8 21.0 11.0 109 105 2.2 3.2 5.4
3 Olden Polynice 32 82 2893 13.1 .476 .457 10.9 20.4 15.6 10.2 0.8 2.1 13.4 19.3 100 108 0.6 2.7 3.3
4 Billy Owens 27 66 1995 13.6 .514 .487 7.8 15.2 11.5 15.5 1.6 0.9 15.9 18.8 103 108 1.2 1.7 2.8
5 Corliss Williamson 23 79 1992 14.3 .535 .498 8.1 11.1 9.5 10.9 1.6 1.9 15.5 22.8 103 109 1.2 1.5 2.7
6 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 27 75 2131 13.2 .524 .496 0.9 5.9 3.3 15.8 1.4 0.2 10.8 23.2 105 112 2.0 0.7 2.7
7 Kevin Gamble 31 62 953 11.6 .529 .524 1.6 11.6 6.5 12.9 1.2 1.3 8.5 14.9 111 110 1.1 0.6 1.6
8 Tyus Edney 23 70 1376 12.7 .499 .394 2.9 6.8 4.8 25.4 2.3 0.1 18.7 19.5 102 110 0.7 0.8 1.5
9 Brian Grant 24 24 607 14.5 .511 .440 9.3 18.1 13.6 7.6 1.7 3.1 15.1 21.5 102 106 0.3 0.7 1.0
10 Duane Causwell 28 46 581 8.9 .535 .521 11.3 14.2 12.7 5.1 1.4 4.9 23.6 11.1 100 106 0.1 0.6 0.7
11 Bobby Hurley 25 49 632 10.4 .482 .424 1.6 5.4 3.5 33.8 2.3 0.4 27.1 14.4 99 111 0.1 0.3 0.4
12 Lionel Simmons 28 41 521 9.4 .442 .357 6.6 16.7 11.6 16.4 0.8 1.9 17.8 16.5 96 109 -0.1 0.4 0.3
13 Jeff Grayer 31 25 316 10.0 .496 .482 7.7 6.3 7.0 12.5 1.3 1.7 14.0 15.2 104 111 0.2 0.1 0.3
14 Kevin Salvadori 26 23 154 8.3 .452 .364 4.5 14.5 9.5 9.6 0.7 6.4 22.7 15.4 86 107 -0.2 0.2 0.0
15 Devin Gray 24 3 25 15.8 .313 .273 13.8 28.3 21.0 12.6 6.3 0.0 0.0 22.9 91 95 0.0 0.1 0.0
16 Lloyd Daniels 29 5 28 -10.5 .188 .188 4.1 12.6 8.3 5.2 1.9 0.0 15.8 30.4 43 109 -0.3 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Billy Owens $3,773,000
2 Mitch Richmond $3,575,000
3 Lionel Simmons $3,194,000
4 Olden Polynice $3,140,000
5 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf $3,100,000
6 Bobby Hurley $3,068,000
7 Duane Causwell $2,215,000
8 Michael Smith $1,570,000
9 Brian Grant $1,293,000
10 Kevin Gamble $1,196,000
11 Corliss Williamson $1,051,000
12 Jeff Grayer *$247,500
13 Tyus Edney $247,500
14 Kevin Salvadori $247,500
15 Lloyd Daniels $184,100
16 Devin Gray $150,200
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)