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1997-98 Sacramento Kings Roster and Statistics

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27-55, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Eddie Jordan (27-55)

Points Per Game: 93.1 (22nd of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 98.7 (23rd of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 25-57 (23rd of 29)

Arena: ARCO Arena (II) ▪ Attendance: 605,434 (25th of 29)

SRS: -5.83 (23rd of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.1 (6th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 100.8 (26th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.9 (22nd of 29)

1997-98 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 7 Louisiana State University
9 Tariq Abdul-Wahad F 6-6 223 November 3, 1974 R San Jose State University
24 Terry Dehere G 6-2 190 September 12, 1971 4 Seton Hall University
51 Lawrence Funderburke F 6-9 230 December 15, 1970 R Ohio State University
54 Derek Grimm F 6-9 230 August 3, 1974 R University of Missouri
42 Mark Hendrickson F 6-9 220 June 23, 1974 1 Washington State University
7 Bobby Hurley G 6-0 165 June 28, 1971 4 Duke University
10 Anthony Johnson G 6-3 190 October 2, 1974 R College of Charleston
30 Billy Owens F-G 6-8 220 May 1, 1969 6 Syracuse University
0 Olden Polynice C-F 6-11 220 November 21, 1964 10 University of Virginia
2 Mitch Richmond G 6-5 215 June 30, 1965 9 Kansas State University
5 Chris Robinson G 6-5 200 April 2, 1974 1 Western Kentucky University
32 Kevin Salvadori C 7-0 231 December 30, 1970 1 University of North Carolina
Michael Smith F 6-8 230 March 28, 1972 3 Providence College
13 Michael Stewart C 6-10 230 April 25, 1975 R University of California
33 Otis Thorpe F-C 6-9 225 August 5, 1962 13 Providence College
4 Corliss Williamson F 6-7 245 December 4, 1973 2 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 19730 2957 6684 .442 283 806 .351 1440 2096 .687 1094 2304 3398 1836 596 420 1271 1810 7637 93.1
Opponent 82 19730 3095 6776 .457 345 968 .356 1560 2102 .742 1157 2533 3690 1824 694 466 1256 1775 8095 98.7

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 32 70 70 2569 543 1220 .445 130 334 .389 407 471 .864 50 179 229 279 88 15 181 154 1623
2 Corliss Williamson 24 79 75 2819 561 1134 .495 0 9 .000 279 443 .630 162 284 446 230 76 48 199 252 1401
3 Billy Owens 28 78 78 2348 338 728 .464 26 70 .371 116 197 .589 170 412 582 219 93 38 153 231 818
4 Anthony Johnson 23 77 62 2266 226 609 .371 42 128 .328 80 110 .727 51 120 171 329 64 6 120 188 574
5 Olden Polynice 33 70 25 1458 249 542 .459 0 1 .000 52 115 .452 173 266 439 107 37 45 98 158 550
6 Lawrence Funderburke 27 52 1 1094 191 390 .490 1 7 .143 110 162 .679 80 154 234 63 19 15 62 56 493
7 Terry Dehere 26 77 18 1410 180 451 .399 50 132 .379 79 99 .798 21 85 106 196 52 4 96 150 489
8 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 23 59 16 959 144 357 .403 4 19 .211 84 125 .672 44 72 116 51 35 13 65 81 376
9 Michael Stewart 22 81 37 1761 155 323 .480 0 0 65 142 .458 197 339 536 61 29 195 85 251 375
10 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 28 31 0 530 103 273 .377 5 31 .161 16 16 1.000 6 31 37 58 16 1 19 31 227
11 Otis Thorpe 35 27 20 623 89 194 .459 0 1 .000 46 70 .657 51 115 166 61 18 7 37 80 224
12 Mark Hendrickson 23 48 1 737 58 149 .389 0 5 .000 47 57 .825 33 110 143 41 26 9 31 60 163
13 Bobby Hurley 26 34 3 417 47 115 .409 4 15 .267 30 37 .811 7 29 36 80 13 0 42 36 128
14 Chris Robinson 23 19 0 271 42 111 .378 17 42 .405 7 14 .500 9 24 33 29 12 3 18 29 108
15 Michael Smith 25 18 4 347 26 61 .426 0 0 17 30 .567 35 65 100 29 15 9 15 35 69
16 Derek Grimm 23 9 0 34 4 14 .286 4 12 .333 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 0 3 1 3 6 14
17 Kevin Salvadori 27 16 0 87 1 13 .077 0 0 3 6 .500 5 15 20 3 0 11 5 12 5

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 32 70 70 36.7 7.8 17.4 .445 1.9 4.8 .389 5.8 6.7 .864 0.7 2.6 3.3 4.0 1.3 0.2 2.6 2.2 23.2
2 Corliss Williamson 24 79 75 35.7 7.1 14.4 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 5.6 .630 2.1 3.6 5.6 2.9 1.0 0.6 2.5 3.2 17.7
3 Billy Owens 28 78 78 30.1 4.3 9.3 .464 0.3 0.9 .371 1.5 2.5 .589 2.2 5.3 7.5 2.8 1.2 0.5 2.0 3.0 10.5
4 Lawrence Funderburke 27 52 1 21.0 3.7 7.5 .490 0.0 0.1 .143 2.1 3.1 .679 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.2 0.4 0.3 1.2 1.1 9.5
5 Otis Thorpe 35 27 20 23.1 3.3 7.2 .459 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.6 .657 1.9 4.3 6.1 2.3 0.7 0.3 1.4 3.0 8.3
6 Olden Polynice 33 70 25 20.8 3.6 7.7 .459 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.6 .452 2.5 3.8 6.3 1.5 0.5 0.6 1.4 2.3 7.9
7 Anthony Johnson 23 77 62 29.4 2.9 7.9 .371 0.5 1.7 .328 1.0 1.4 .727 0.7 1.6 2.2 4.3 0.8 0.1 1.6 2.4 7.5
8 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 28 31 0 17.1 3.3 8.8 .377 0.2 1.0 .161 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.2 1.0 1.2 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.6 1.0 7.3
9 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 23 59 16 16.3 2.4 6.1 .403 0.1 0.3 .211 1.4 2.1 .672 0.7 1.2 2.0 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.1 1.4 6.4
10 Terry Dehere 26 77 18 18.3 2.3 5.9 .399 0.6 1.7 .379 1.0 1.3 .798 0.3 1.1 1.4 2.5 0.7 0.1 1.2 1.9 6.4
11 Chris Robinson 23 19 0 14.3 2.2 5.8 .378 0.9 2.2 .405 0.4 0.7 .500 0.5 1.3 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.9 1.5 5.7
12 Michael Stewart 22 81 37 21.7 1.9 4.0 .480 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.8 .458 2.4 4.2 6.6 0.8 0.4 2.4 1.0 3.1 4.6
13 Bobby Hurley 26 34 3 12.3 1.4 3.4 .409 0.1 0.4 .267 0.9 1.1 .811 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.4 0.4 0.0 1.2 1.1 3.8
14 Michael Smith 25 18 4 19.3 1.4 3.4 .426 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.7 .567 1.9 3.6 5.6 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.9 3.8
15 Mark Hendrickson 23 48 1 15.4 1.2 3.1 .389 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.2 .825 0.7 2.3 3.0 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.3 3.4
16 Derek Grimm 23 9 0 3.8 0.4 1.6 .286 0.4 1.3 .333 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.6
17 Kevin Salvadori 27 16 0 5.4 0.1 0.8 .077 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.3 0.9 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.3

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 32 70 70 2569 7.6 17.1 .445 1.8 4.7 .389 5.7 6.6 .864 0.7 2.5 3.2 3.9 1.2 0.2 2.5 2.2 22.7
2 Corliss Williamson 24 79 75 2819 7.2 14.5 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 5.7 .630 2.1 3.6 5.7 2.9 1.0 0.6 2.5 3.2 17.9
3 Lawrence Funderburke 27 52 1 1094 6.3 12.8 .490 0.0 0.2 .143 3.6 5.3 .679 2.6 5.1 7.7 2.1 0.6 0.5 2.0 1.8 16.2
4 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 28 31 0 530 7.0 18.5 .377 0.3 2.1 .161 1.1 1.1 1.000 0.4 2.1 2.5 3.9 1.1 0.1 1.3 2.1 15.4
5 Derek Grimm 23 9 0 34 4.2 14.8 .286 4.2 12.7 .333 2.1 2.1 1.000 0.0 4.2 4.2 0.0 3.2 1.1 3.2 6.4 14.8
6 Chris Robinson 23 19 0 271 5.6 14.7 .378 2.3 5.6 .405 0.9 1.9 .500 1.2 3.2 4.4 3.9 1.6 0.4 2.4 3.9 14.3
7 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 23 59 16 959 5.4 13.4 .403 0.2 0.7 .211 3.2 4.7 .672 1.7 2.7 4.4 1.9 1.3 0.5 2.4 3.0 14.1
8 Olden Polynice 33 70 25 1458 6.1 13.4 .459 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.8 .452 4.3 6.6 10.8 2.6 0.9 1.1 2.4 3.9 13.6
9 Otis Thorpe 35 27 20 623 5.1 11.2 .459 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 4.0 .657 2.9 6.6 9.6 3.5 1.0 0.4 2.1 4.6 12.9
10 Terry Dehere 26 77 18 1410 4.6 11.5 .399 1.3 3.4 .379 2.0 2.5 .798 0.5 2.2 2.7 5.0 1.3 0.1 2.5 3.8 12.5
11 Billy Owens 28 78 78 2348 5.2 11.2 .464 0.4 1.1 .371 1.8 3.0 .589 2.6 6.3 8.9 3.4 1.4 0.6 2.3 3.5 12.5
12 Bobby Hurley 26 34 3 417 4.1 9.9 .409 0.3 1.3 .267 2.6 3.2 .811 0.6 2.5 3.1 6.9 1.1 0.0 3.6 3.1 11.1
13 Anthony Johnson 23 77 62 2266 3.6 9.7 .371 0.7 2.0 .328 1.3 1.7 .727 0.8 1.9 2.7 5.2 1.0 0.1 1.9 3.0 9.1
14 Mark Hendrickson 23 48 1 737 2.8 7.3 .389 0.0 0.2 .000 2.3 2.8 .825 1.6 5.4 7.0 2.0 1.3 0.4 1.5 2.9 8.0
15 Michael Stewart 22 81 37 1761 3.2 6.6 .480 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.9 .458 4.0 6.9 11.0 1.2 0.6 4.0 1.7 5.1 7.7
16 Michael Smith 25 18 4 347 2.7 6.3 .426 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.1 .567 3.6 6.7 10.4 3.0 1.6 0.9 1.6 3.6 7.2
17 Kevin Salvadori 27 16 0 87 0.4 5.4 .077 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.5 .500 2.1 6.2 8.3 1.2 0.0 4.6 2.1 5.0 2.1

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 32 70 2569 20.4 .569 .498 2.1 7.9 5.0 20.2 1.8 0.4 11.3 27.8 112 109 6.6 1.3 7.9
2 Corliss Williamson 24 79 2819 16.0 .527 .495 6.3 11.5 8.8 14.8 1.4 1.2 13.0 24.1 103 108 2.6 1.8 4.4
3 Billy Owens 28 78 2348 14.4 .502 .482 7.9 20.0 13.8 15.4 2.1 1.1 15.8 18.3 100 104 0.9 2.8 3.7
4 Michael Stewart 22 81 1761 12.9 .486 .480 12.2 21.9 16.9 5.2 0.9 7.5 18.1 11.9 99 101 0.4 2.6 3.0
5 Lawrence Funderburke 27 52 1094 16.2 .534 .491 8.0 16.0 11.9 10.0 0.9 0.9 11.8 21.3 106 108 1.4 0.7 2.1
6 Olden Polynice 33 70 1458 14.7 .464 .459 12.9 20.8 16.8 12.7 1.3 2.1 14.2 21.1 96 104 -0.1 1.6 1.5
7 Otis Thorpe 35 27 623 14.4 .498 .459 8.9 21.0 14.8 16.1 1.5 0.8 14.1 18.7 103 105 0.5 0.7 1.1
8 Terry Dehere 26 77 1410 10.8 .494 .455 1.6 6.9 4.2 22.4 1.9 0.2 16.3 18.6 99 109 0.3 0.7 1.0
9 Mark Hendrickson 23 48 737 9.4 .468 .389 4.9 17.0 10.8 8.3 1.8 0.8 15.1 12.4 97 106 0.0 0.7 0.8
10 Michael Smith 25 18 347 12.9 .465 .426 11.0 21.4 16.0 12.4 2.3 1.8 16.8 11.4 104 103 0.2 0.5 0.7
11 Anthony Johnson 23 77 2266 8.6 .437 .406 2.4 6.0 4.2 22.3 1.5 0.2 15.4 15.2 95 111 -0.4 0.8 0.4
12 Chris Robinson 23 19 271 11.4 .461 .455 3.6 10.1 6.8 18.0 2.3 0.8 13.3 22.2 93 107 -0.1 0.2 0.1
13 Derek Grimm 23 9 34 7.9 .470 .429 0.0 13.4 6.5 0.0 4.6 2.0 16.8 23.4 82 100 -0.1 0.1 0.0
14 Bobby Hurley 26 34 417 10.2 .488 .426 1.8 7.9 4.8 30.1 1.6 0.0 24.2 18.5 93 110 -0.2 0.2 0.0
15 Kevin Salvadori 27 16 87 2.1 .160 .077 6.3 19.7 12.8 4.7 0.0 8.6 24.2 10.5 47 103 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
16 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 23 59 959 10.1 .456 .409 5.0 8.6 6.7 8.9 1.9 0.9 13.6 22.1 91 108 -0.8 0.6 -0.2
17 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 28 31 530 10.5 .405 .386 1.2 6.7 3.9 19.7 1.6 0.1 6.4 25.1 90 110 -0.5 0.2 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Otis Thorpe $5,700,000
2 Billy Owens $4,225,200
3 Lionel Simmons $3,716,500
4 Olden Polynice $3,610,000
5 Bobby Hurley $3,552,000
6 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf $3,300,000
7 Mitch Richmond $3,000,000
8 Michael Smith $1,920,000
9 Kevin Gamble $1,420,250
10 Tariq Abdul-Wahad $1,250,000
11 Corliss Williamson $1,199,520
12 Terry Dehere $886,125
13 Lawrence Funderburke $500,000
14 Chris Robinson $325,000
15 Kevin Salvadori $300,000
16 Mark Hendrickson *$272,500
17 Michael Stewart $242,000
18 Anthony Johnson $242,000
19 Derek Grimm $242,000
20 Matt Fish $150,000
21 Stacey King $100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)