2001–02 Los Angeles Clippers season

2001–02 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach Alvin Gentry
Owner(s) Donald Sterling
Arena Staples Center
Results
Record 3943 (.476)
Place Division: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Net West 2
Radio KSPN

The 2001-02 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 32nd season in the NBA, their 18th in Los Angeles.[1] The Clippers selected Tyson Chandler with their second pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, but soon traded him to the Chicago Bulls for Elton Brand. With the acquisition of Brand and the continued improvement of Quentin Richardson and Michael Olowokandi, the Clippers played competitive basketball through most of the first half holding a 25-26 record at the All-Star break, despite losing Lamar Odom to a wrist injury. However, the Clippers failed to make the playoffs finishing fifth in the Pacific Division with a 39-43 record. Brand was also selected for the 2002 NBA All-Star Game.

Draft Picks

Main article: 2001 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 2 Tyson Chandler PF/C  United States Dominguez HS

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 11 United States Boykins, Earl 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Eastern Michigan
F/C 42 United States Brand, Elton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 272 lb (123 kg) Duke
G 1 United States Dooling, Keyon  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Missouri
F 54 Nigeria Ekezie, Obinna 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Maryland
F 32 United States Fowlkes, Tremaine 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fresno State
F 40 United States Jamison, Harold 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 269 lb (122 kg) Clemson
G/F 50 United States Maggette, Corey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Duke
G 5 United States McInnis, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 179 lb (81 kg) North Carolina
F 21 United States Miles, Darius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) East St. Louis High School
F 7 United States Odom, Lamar  (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Rhode Island
C 34 Nigeria Olowokandi, Michael 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Pacific
G 24 United States Overton, Doug 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle
F 52 United States Piatkowski, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Nebraska
G 14 United States Recasner, Eldridge 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Washington
G/F 3 United States Richardson, Quentin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 238 lb (108 kg) DePaul
C 45 United States Rooks, Sean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Arizona
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

RosterTransactions
Last transaction: 2009-10-04

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Sacramento Kings 61 21 .744 36–5 25–16 15–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707 3 34–7 24–17 16–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 12 30–11 19–22 14–10
x-Seattle SuperSonics 45 37 .549 16 26–15 19–22 13–11
Los Angeles Clippers 39 43 .476 22 25–16 14–27 9–15
Phoenix Suns 36 46 .439 25 23–18 13–28 12–12
Golden State Warriors 21 61 .256 40 14–27 7–34 5–19

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
Earl Boykins
Elton Brand
Keyon Dooling
Obinna Ekezie
Tremaine Fowlkes
Harold Jamison
Corey Maggette
Jeff McInnis
Darius Miles
Lamar Odom
Michael Olowokandi
Doug Overton
Eric Piatkowski
Eldridge Recasner
Quentin Richardson
Sean Rooks

Awards, records and milestones

All-Star

Elton Brand selected as a reserve forward for the Western Conference All-Stars. Brand was chosen as a replacement for the injured Shaquille O'Neal on the roster. He is the first Clipper All-Star since Danny Manning was selected in 1994.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 2001–02 season.

Trades

June 26, 2001
To Los Angeles Clippers
  • Cash considerations
To Philadelphia 76ers
  • 2001 2nd round draft pick
June 27, 2001
To Los Angeles Clippers
To Chicago Bulls
October 29, 2001
To Los Angeles Clippers
To Portland Trail Blazers
November 16, 2001
To Los Angeles Clippers
To Orlando Magic
  • 2005 second-round draft pick

Free agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Harold Jamison September 28 Miami Heat
Obinna Ekezie September 28 Dallas Mavericks
Eldridge Recasner December 20
waived January 7
re-signed January 10
Charlotte Hornets
Tremaine Fowlkes February 23 Columbus Riverdragons (NBDL)
Doug Overton March 16 New Jersey Nets

Subtractions

Player Left New team
Keith Closs waived, May 4 Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs (USBL)
Cherokee Parks free agency, August 3 San Antonio Spurs
Zendon Hamilton free agency, September 29 Denver Nuggets
Will Perdue waived, October 29 Basketball commentator & analyst for ESPN
Derek Strong waived, October 29 Columbus Riverdragons (NBDL)
Vinny Del Negro waived, November 16 Phoenix Suns (radio commentator)
Eldridge Recasner contract expired, January 29 Charlotte Hornets

See also

References

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