1997–98 Toronto Raptors season

1997–98 Toronto Raptors season
Tracy McGrady's rookie season
Head coach Darrell Walker and Butch Carter
Owner(s) John Bitove, Allan Slaight, Isiah Thomas
Arena SkyDome
Maple Leaf Gardens
Results
Record 16–66 (.195)
Place Division: 8th (Central)
Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television TSN, The Score, CKVR
Radio CFRB

The 1997–98 NBA season was Toronto's third season of the team's franchise.[1] The Raptors selected high school star Tracy McGrady with their ninth overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft. Due to player injuries, the Raptors struggled losing seventeen consecutive games early in the season. Scoring leader Damon Stoudamire was later traded to the Portland Trail Blazers at midseason. Head coach Darrell Walker was fired and replaced with Butch Carter. The Raptors finished the season with the worst record in the Eastern Conference, 16–66. Following the season, Marcus Camby was traded to the New York Knicks.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 9 Tracy McGrady SG/SF  United States Mt. Zion Academy (Durham, NC)

Roster

Toronto Raptors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
PG 3 United States Billups, Chauncey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Colorado
SG 7 United States Brown, Dee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jacksonville
PF 21 United States Camby, Marcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Massachusetts
SG 13 United States Christie, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Pepperdine
PG 00 United States Garner, Chris 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 156 lb (71 kg) Memphis
SF 1 United States McGrady, Tracy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Mt. Zion Christian Academy (HS)
C 2 United States Miller, Oliver 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Arkansas
PF 9 United States Rogers, Roy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Alabama
PF 35 United States Slater, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Wyoming
PF 12 United States Thomas, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Minnesota
PF 33 United States Trent, Gary 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Ohio
SF 44 United States Wallace, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Syracuse
SG 22 United States Williams, Alvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Villanova
C 4 United States Wright, Sharone 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Clemson
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

In February 1998, Damon Stoudamire was traded by the Raptors along with Walt Williams and Carlos Rogers to the Portland Trail Blazers, for Kenny Anderson, Alvin Williams, Gary Trent, two first-round draft choices, a second-round draft choice and an amount of money. Anderson refused to report to the team, because he did not want to play in Canada. He was then sent along with Popeye Jones and Zan Tabak to the Boston Celtics for Chauncey Billups, Dee Brown, John Thomas and Roy Rogers.

Lows

A seventeen-game losing streak at the start of the season.

Season standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls 62 20 .756 – 37–4 25–16 21–7
x-Indiana Pacers 58 24 .707 4 32–9 26–15 19–9
x-Charlotte Hornets 51 31 .622 11 32–9 19–22 16–12
x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 12 29–12 21–20 19–9
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 47 35 .573 15 27–14 20–21 14–14
Detroit Pistons 37 45 .451 25 25–16 12–29 12–16
Milwaukee Bucks 36 46 .439 26 21–20 15–26 9–19
Toronto Raptors 16 66 .195 46 9–32 7–34 2–26

Game log

1997–98 game log
1997–98 season schedule

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

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chauncey Billups* 29 26 31.7 .349 .316 .919 2.7 3.3 1.03 .07 11.3
Dee Brown* 31 2 29.3 .446 .411 .907 2.9 3.3 1.23 .55 12.2
Marcus Camby 63 58 31.8 .412 .000 .611 7.4 1.8 1.08 3.65 12.1
Doug Christie 78 78 37.7 .428 .326 .829 5.2 3.6 2.44 .73 16.5
Chris Garner 38 0 7.7 .329 .286 .429 .6 1.2 .55 .11 1.4
Tim Kempton* 5 0 6.4 .286 .000 .000 1.0 .4 .20 .40 .8
Bob McCann 1 0 5.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .00 .00 .0
Tracy McGrady 64 17 18.4 .450 .341 .712 4.2 1.5 .77 .95 7.0
Oliver Miller 64 53 25.4 .461 .000 .604 6.3 3.1 .91 1.13 6.3
Roy Rogers* 6 0 11.5 .353 .000 .250 2.0 .2 .17 .67 2.2
Reggie Slater 78 28 21.3 .460 .000 .630 3.9 .9 .58 .38 8.0
Ed Stokes 4 0 4.3 .333 .000 .500 1.0 .3 .25 .50 .8
John Thomas* 21 0 8.0 .424 .000 .714 1.7 .2 .14 .14 2.0
Gary Trent* 13 7 27.3 .438 .000 .633 8.0 1.1 .62 .62 12.2
John Wallace 82 36 28.8 .478 .500 .717 4.5 1.3 .76 1.23 14.0
Alvin Williams* 13 3 15.9 .364 .500 .636 1.6 1.5 .62 .08 3.2
Sharone Wright 7 0 6.3 .500 .000 .500 1.3 .6 .00 .00 2.3

* Statistics include only games with the Raptors

References

External links

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