1996–97 Golden State Warriors season

1996–97 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Rick Adelman
Owner(s)	Chris Cohan
Arena	San Jose Arena
Results
Record	30–52 (.366)
Place	Division: 7th (Pacific) Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportsChannel Pacific, KICU

The 1996-97 NBA season was the Warriors' 51st season in the NBA and 35th in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] Due to extensive renovations at Oakland Coliseum Arena, the Warriors played their home games at the San Jose Arena. At the start of the season, Rony Seikaly was traded to the Orlando Magic as the Warriors finished last place in the Pacific Division with a 30-52 record. Latrell Sprewell led them in scoring with 24.2 points per game. This season also marked an end of an era as Chris Mullin was traded to the Indiana Pacers the following season.

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Todd Fuller	C	United States	North Carolina State
2	40	Marcus Mann	PF	United States	Mississippi Valley State

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 11 Armstrong, B. J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Iowa PG 5 Booker, Melvin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Missouri SF 23 Burrell, Scott 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Connecticut PG 12 Coles, Bimbo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Virginia Tech C 55 DeClercq, Andrew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Florida C 52 Fuller, Todd 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) North Carolina State PF 3 Marshall, Donyell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Connecticut SF 17 Mullin, Chris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) St. John's PF 35 Owes, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Arizona PG 25 Price, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Georgia Tech SF 21 Roe, Lou 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Massachusetts PF 32 Smith, Joe 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Maryland C 50 Spencer, Felton 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Louisville SG 15 Sprewell, Latrell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Alabama	Head coach Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount) Assistant coach(es) George Irvine (Washington) Rod Higgins (Fresno State) John Wetzel (Virginia Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	–	31–10	26–15	16–8
x-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	1	31–10	25–16	18–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	8	29–12	20–21	15–9
x-Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	17	25–16	15–26	13–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers	36	46	.439	21	21–20	15–26	10–14
Sacramento Kings	34	48	.415	23	22–19	12–29	8–16
Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	27	18–23	12–29	4–20

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Utah Jazz	64	18	.780	–
2	y-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	7
3	x-Houston Rockets	57	25	.695	7
4	x-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	8
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	15
6	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	40	42	.488	24
7	x-Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	24
8	x-Los Angeles Clippers	36	46	.439	28
9	Sacramento Kings	34	48	.415	30
10	Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	34
11	Dallas Mavericks	24	58	.293	40
12	Denver Nuggets	21	61	.256	43
13	San Antonio Spurs	20	62	.244	44
14	Vancouver Grizzlies	14	68	.171	50

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

References

1. 1996-97 Golden State Warriors

See also

• 1996-97 NBA season