1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season

1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Don Chaney
Arena	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record	12–70 (.146)
Place	Division: 6th (Pacific) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Prime Ticket, KTLA
Radio	KLAC

The 1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 17th season in the NBA, their 3rd in Los Angeles.^[1] The Clippers finished 12-70 (.146), the worst winning percentage in team history.^[2]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
3	54	Dwayne Polee	G	United States	Pepperdine
4	78	John Brownlee	C	United States	Texas
5	100	Steffond Johnson	F	United States	San Diego State
6	124	Tim Kempton	F	United States	Notre Dame
7	146	Johnny Brown	G	United States	New Mexico

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers 1986-87 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From C 00 Benjamin, Benoit 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Creighton F/C 44 Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) San Diego State F 25 Cureton, Earl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Detroit G 20 Dailey, Quintin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco G 2 Drew, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Missouri G 54 Fields, Kenny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA G 4 Gordon, Lancaster 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville G 15 Huston, Geoff (waived) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas Tech F 8 Johnson, Marques 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) UCLA F 31 Johnson, Steffond 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) San Diego State F/C 41 Kempton, Tim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Notre Dame F 19 Maxwell, Cedric 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UNC Charlotte C 40 Nimphius, Kurt (to DET) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Arizona State G 10 Nixon, Norm 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Duquesne G 12 Polee, Dwayne (waived) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Pepperdine G 1 Valentine, Darnell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Kansas F 22 White, Rory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) South Alabama G 42 Woodson, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Indiana	Head coach Don Chaney Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	–	37–4	28–13	24–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	16	34–7	15–26	17–13
x-Golden State Warriors	42	40	.512	23	25–16	17–24	17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	39	43	.476	26	25–16	14–27	15–15
Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	29	26–15	10–31	14–16
Los Angeles Clippers	12	70	.146	53	9–32	3–38	3–27

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	10
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	16
4	x-Utah Jazz	44	38	.537	21
5	x-Golden State Warriors	42	40	.512	23
6	x-Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	23
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	39	43	.476	26
8	x-Denver Nuggets	37	45	.451	28
9	Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	29
10	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	36
11	San Antonio Spurs	28	54	.341	37
12	Los Angeles Clippers	12	70	.146	53

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Benoit Benjamin
Michael Cage
Earl Cureton
Quintin Dailey
Larry Drew
Kenny Fields
Lancaster Gordon
Geoff Huston
Marques Johnson
Steffond Johnson
Tim Kempton
Cedric Maxwell
Kurt Nimphius
Dwayne Polee
Darnell Valentine
Rory White
Mike Woodson

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1986–87 season.

Trades

August 19, 1986	To Los Angeles Clippers Larry Drew, Mike Woodson, 1988 first-round draft pick and 1989 second round draft pick	To Sacramento Kings Derek Smith, Franklin Edwards and Junior Bridgeman
January 16, 1987	To Los Angeles Clippers 1987 first-round pick and 1989 second or third-round draft pick	To Houston Rockets Cedric Maxwell
January 29, 1987	To Los Angeles Clippers 1987 first and second-round draft picks	To Detroit Pistons Kurt Nimphius
February 11, 1987	To Los Angeles Clippers Earl Cureton	To Chicago Bulls 1989 conditional third-round draft pick

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

References

1. 1986-87 Los Angeles Clippers
2. "Worst NBA Teams Ever". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-05-13.