1996-97 NBA Rookies

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League Champion: Chicago Bulls

Most Valuable Player: Karl Malone (27.4/9.9/4.5)

Rookie of the Year: Allen Iverson (23.5/4.1/7.5)

PPG Leader: Michael Jordan (29.6)

RPG Leader: Dennis Rodman (16.1)

APG Leader: Mark Jackson (11.4)

WS Leader: Michael Jordan (18.3)

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1996-97 Stats

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Rookies Table
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Nov 1, '96, VAN vs. POR	20	12	830	28882	5434	11515	154	519	4006	4943	1869	6239	2109	820	638	2136	2324	15028	.472	.297	.810	34.8	18.1	7.5	2.5	1.0	0.8
2	Ray Allen*	Nov 1, '96, MIL @ PHI	21	18	1300	46344	8567	18955	2973	7429	4398	4920	1230	5272	4361	1451	244	2709	2858	24505	.452	.400	.894	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2
3	Shandon Anderson	Nov 1, '96, UTA vs. SEA	23	10	719	15946	1996	4366	307	972	1028	1392	583	2252	1007	556	180	958	1437	5327	.457	.316	.739	22.2	7.4	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.3
4	Dexter Boney	Feb 1, '97, PHO @ TOR	26	1	8	48	6	19	1	6	6	8	3	6	0	2	1	1	3	19	.316	.167	.750	6.0	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.1
5	Bruce Bowen	Mar 16, '97, MIA vs. HOU	25	13	873	24052	1945	4761	818	2082	582	1013	469	2428	1089	712	336	646	1930	5290	.409	.393	.575	27.6	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.8	0.4
6	Mark Bradtke	Nov 9, '96, PHI vs. PHO	28	1	36	251	25	58	0	0	9	13	26	68	7	5	5	9	34	59	.431		.692	7.0	1.6	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.1
7	Marcus Brown	Dec 29, '96, POR vs. SAS	22	2	27	229	32	84	13	39	15	21	7	22	23	8	2	16	34	92	.381	.333	.714	8.5	3.4	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.1
8	Kobe Bryant*	Nov 3, '96, LAL vs. MIN	18	20	1346	48637	11719	26200	1827	5546	8378	10011	1499	7047	6306	1944	640	4010	3353	33643	.447	.329	.837	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5
9	Marcus Camby	Nov 1, '96, TOR vs. NYK	22	17	973	28684	3767	8077	18	88	1710	2551	2611	9513	1837	967	2331	1362	2687	9262	.466	.205	.670	29.5	9.5	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4
10	Jimmy Carruth	Mar 17, '97, MIL @ BOS	27	1	4	21	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	1	4	5	.667		1.000	5.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
11	Erick Dampier	Nov 6, '96, IND @ BOS	21	16	987	24003	2784	5595	2	16	1739	2779	2723	7005	817	330	1398	1435	2869	7309	.498	.125	.626	24.3	7.4	7.1	0.8	0.3	1.4
12	Ben Davis	Nov 7, '96, PHO vs. SEA	24	4	40	154	21	59	0	0	12	26	30	53	5	6	2	7	25	54	.356		.462	3.9	1.4	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.1
13	Emanual Davis	Nov 1, '96, HOU vs. SAC	28	6	226	3934	402	1020	156	443	140	178	79	440	396	167	29	267	344	1100	.394	.352	.787	17.4	4.9	1.9	1.8	0.7	0.1
14	Tony Delk	Nov 3, '96, CHH @ NYK	23	10	545	11702	1874	4593	472	1376	737	958	349	1351	1024	447	77	573	862	4957	.408	.343	.769	21.5	9.1	2.5	1.9	0.8	0.1
15	Nate Driggers	Nov 8, '96, BOS vs. PHI	23	1	15	132	13	43	0	9	10	14	12	22	6	3	2	6	10	36	.302	.000	.714	8.8	2.4	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.1
16	Brian Evans	Jan 28, '97, ORL @ WSB	23	3	102	1097	144	378	37	108	50	61	56	164	77	35	18	42	115	375	.381	.343	.820	10.8	3.7	1.6	0.8	0.3	0.2
17	Jamie Feick	Jan 10, '97, CHH @ PHO	22	5	201	4316	351	827	12	30	197	313	515	1437	139	117	90	152	439	911	.424	.400	.629	21.5	4.5	7.1	0.7	0.6	0.4
18	Derek Fisher	Nov 1, '96, LAL vs. PHO	22	18	1287	32719	3720	9329	1248	3341	2025	2479	414	2658	3804	1352	98	1473	2684	10713	.399	.374	.817	25.4	8.3	2.1	3.0	1.1	0.1
19	Todd Fuller	Nov 1, '96, GSW vs. LAC	22	5	225	2500	317	752	0	4	201	301	240	674	46	34	60	146	351	835	.422	.000	.668	11.1	3.7	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.3
20	Dean Garrett	Nov 3, '96, MIN @ LAL	30	6	359	6969	722	1504	0	0	293	433	597	1810	204	168	372	203	687	1737	.480		.677	19.4	4.8	5.0	0.6	0.5	1.0
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
21	Reggie Geary	Nov 1, '96, CLE @ NJN	23	2	101	931	78	227	20	61	33	67	23	82	110	50	14	57	131	209	.344	.328	.493	9.2	2.1	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.1
22	Devin Gray	Dec 26, '96, SAC vs. VAN	24	2	27	173	23	63	0	0	21	34	17	39	7	9	3	9	33	67	.365		.618	6.4	2.5	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.1
23	Evric Gray	Dec 13, '96, NJN vs. CHI	27	1	5	42	4	15	1	4	4	4	1	3	2	1	0	3	5	13	.267	.250	1.000	8.4	2.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0
24	Darvin Ham	Nov 3, '96, DEN @ SAS	23	8	417	5178	443	856	4	16	249	504	472	963	229	136	154	308	766	1139	.518	.250	.494	12.4	2.7	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4
25	Steve Hamer	Jan 31, '97, BOS vs. POR	23	1	35	268	30	57	0	2	16	29	17	60	7	2	4	13	39	76	.526	.000	.552	7.7	2.2	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.1
26	Othella Harrington	Nov 1, '96, HOU vs. SAC	23	12	709	13924	2021	4001	0	11	1170	1585	1087	3130	443	185	286	948	1868	5212	.505	.000	.738	19.6	7.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	0.4
27	Michael Hawkins	Feb 11, '97, BOS @ LAC	24	4	75	641	49	130	18	59	16	20	21	68	117	21	2	50	69	132	.377	.305	.800	8.5	1.8	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.0
28	Shane Heal	Nov 1, '96, MIN vs. SAS	26	2	49	308	33	121	24	83	7	10	3	22	38	4	3	22	22	97	.273	.289	.700	6.3	2.0	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.1
29	Mark Hendrickson	Nov 20, '96, PHI vs. IND	22	4	114	1508	134	322	3	18	110	137	98	316	63	50	15	63	139	381	.416	.167	.803	13.2	3.3	2.8	0.6	0.4	0.1
30	Allen Iverson*	Nov 1, '96, PHI vs. MIL	21	14	914	37584	8467	19906	1059	3383	6375	8168	745	3394	5624	1983	164	3262	1777	24368	.425	.313	.780	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2
31	Kerry Kittles	Nov 1, '96, NJN vs. CLE	22	8	507	16929	2779	6337	694	1838	913	1171	513	1983	1295	811	221	621	893	7165	.439	.378	.780	33.4	14.1	3.9	2.6	1.6	0.4
32	Travis Knight	Nov 1, '96, LAL vs. PHO	22	7	371	4566	522	1192	15	58	217	312	441	1160	224	136	220	244	805	1276	.438	.259	.696	12.3	3.4	3.1	0.6	0.4	0.6
33	Priest Lauderdale	Nov 2, '96, ATL vs. DET	23	2	74	525	102	216	0	1	51	92	43	143	33	8	26	83	102	255	.472	.000	.554	7.1	3.4	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.4
34	Randy Livingston	Nov 1, '96, HOU vs. SAC	21	11	203	2684	304	749	34	97	131	170	74	282	415	121	31	223	297	773	.406	.351	.771	13.2	3.8	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.2
35	Horacio Llamas	Mar 2, '97, PHO @ DAL	23	2	28	143	23	49	1	3	11	18	8	36	5	11	8	20	39	58	.469	.333	.611	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.3
36	Matt Maloney	Nov 1, '96, HOU vs. SAC	25	6	295	7470	783	1920	399	1073	212	266	62	500	852	240	14	381	376	2177	.408	.372	.797	25.3	7.4	1.7	2.9	0.8	0.0
37	Stephon Marbury	Nov 1, '96, MIN vs. SAS	19	13	846	31891	5769	13324	991	3048	3768	4804	579	2516	6471	1022	121	2547	2014	16297	.433	.325	.784	37.7	19.3	3.0	7.6	1.2	0.1
38	Walter McCarty	Nov 3, '96, NYK vs. CHH	22	10	593	10374	1092	2786	456	1318	416	596	410	1554	670	380	173	520	1211	3056	.392	.346	.698	17.5	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.3
39	Amal McCaskill	Nov 27, '96, ORL vs. ATL	23	4	114	968	81	215	0	3	42	69	75	213	36	24	36	52	132	204	.377	.000	.609	8.5	1.8	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.3
40	Jeff McInnis	Nov 10, '96, DEN @ CLE	22	11	576	15927	2189	5081	305	929	713	896	243	1170	2514	371	31	789	1194	5396	.431	.328	.796	27.7	9.4	2.0	4.4	0.6	0.1
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
41	Martin Müürsepp	Dec 21, '96, MIA @ HOU	22	2	83	951	137	322	20	62	95	137	81	181	50	41	25	47	154	389	.425	.323	.693	11.5	4.7	2.2	0.6	0.5	0.3
42	Steve Nash*	Nov 1, '96, PHO @ LAL	22	18	1217	38069	6321	12892	1685	3939	3060	3384	643	3642	10335	899	102	3478	1982	17387	.490	.428	.904	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1
43	Ruben Nembhard	Jan 11, '97, UTA @ DET	24	1	10	113	16	37	0	6	8	10	3	8	17	9	0	8	12	40	.432	.000	.800	11.3	4.0	0.8	1.7	0.9	0.0
44	Gaylon Nickerson	Dec 29, '96, SAS @ POR	27	1	4	42	4	12	0	2	7	7	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	15	.333	.000	1.000	10.5	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
45	Moochie Norris	Dec 12, '96, VAN @ POR	23	9	445	7640	816	2033	116	406	524	708	209	868	1233	321	19	524	484	2272	.401	.286	.740	17.2	5.1	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.0
46	Jermaine O'Neal	Dec 5, '96, POR @ DEN	18	18	1011	27364	5144	11025	14	95	3007	4208	1991	7261	1369	470	1820	1872	2896	13309	.467	.147	.715	27.1	13.2	7.2	1.4	0.5	1.8
47	Ray Owes	Nov 1, '96, GSW vs. LAC	24	1	57	592	75	180	1	5	26	46	64	163	15	15	20	23	86	177	.417	.200	.565	10.4	3.1	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.4
48	Vitaly Potapenko	Nov 1, '96, CLE @ NJN	21	11	610	11608	1639	3424	1	6	716	1031	1067	2725	418	258	209	786	1537	3995	.479	.167	.694	19.0	6.5	4.5	0.7	0.4	0.3
49	Chris Robinson	Nov 30, '96, VAN @ PHI	22	2	76	1095	134	356	58	155	24	42	32	117	104	47	13	67	135	350	.376	.374	.571	14.4	4.6	1.5	1.4	0.6	0.2
50	Roy Rogers	Nov 1, '96, VAN vs. POR	23	3	137	2309	288	596	1	2	75	141	180	483	57	26	209	101	268	652	.483	.500	.532	16.9	4.8	3.5	0.4	0.2	1.5
51	Malik Rose	Nov 2, '96, CHH vs. TOR	22	13	813	13404	1792	4104	14	79	1405	1892	1166	3371	684	487	293	1059	1896	5003	.437	.177	.743	16.5	6.2	4.1	0.8	0.6	0.4
52	Kevin Salvadori	Dec 19, '96, SAC vs. MIN	26	2	39	241	13	46	0	0	16	24	11	45	13	2	24	17	29	42	.283		.667	6.2	1.1	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.6
53	Jason Sasser	Jan 7, '97, SAS @ NJN	23	2	14	108	14	34	1	3	1	2	3	15	4	5	0	4	15	30	.412	.333	.500	7.7	2.1	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.0
54	Brent Scott	Nov 1, '96, IND @ DET	25	1	16	55	8	17	0	0	3	6	3	9	3	1	1	4	14	19	.471		.500	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1
55	James Scott	Nov 20, '96, MIA @ VAN	24	1	8	32	0	8	0	4	1	2	1	6	3	2	0	2	5	1	.000	.000	.500	4.0	0.1	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.0
56	Shawnelle Scott	Jan 13, '97, CLE vs. ATL	24	4	105	634	78	168	0	0	33	71	104	228	20	14	23	36	123	189	.464		.465	6.0	1.8	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.2
57	Stevin Smith	Mar 21, '97, DAL @ ATL	25	1	8	60	6	18	1	6	1	1	2	10	4	1	0	4	9	14	.333	.167	1.000	7.5	1.8	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.0
58	Matt Steigenga	Apr 13, '97, CHI @ DET	26	1	2	12	1	4	0	2	1	2	0	3	2	1	1	2	1	3	.250	.000	.500	6.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.5
59	Joe Stephens	Feb 14, '97, HOU @ SEA	24	3	22	227	30	84	4	21	7	10	18	45	12	12	3	11	14	71	.357	.190	.700	10.3	3.2	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.1
60	Erick Strickland	Nov 2, '96, DAL vs. SAC	23	9	501	10189	1333	3400	404	1151	710	860	224	1317	1203	422	41	668	959	3780	.392	.351	.826	20.3	7.5	2.6	2.4	0.8	0.1
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
61	Brett Szabo	Nov 1, '96, BOS vs. CHI	28	1	70	662	54	121	0	1	45	61	56	165	17	16	32	41	119	153	.446	.000	.738	9.5	2.2	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.5
62	Antoine Walker	Nov 1, '96, BOS vs. CHI	20	12	893	31531	6085	14710	1386	4264	2091	3303	1894	6891	3170	1085	469	2504	2516	15647	.414	.325	.633	35.3	17.5	7.7	3.5	1.2	0.5
63	Samaki Walker	Nov 12, '96, DAL vs. IND	20	10	445	7612	936	2026	1	9	503	798	627	2089	252	134	316	403	895	2376	.462	.111	.630	17.1	5.3	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.7
64	Ben Wallace*	Nov 1, '96, WSB @ ORL	22	16	1088	32085	2569	5421	7	51	1109	2679	3444	10482	1437	1369	2137	1061	2078	6254	.474	.137	.414	29.5	5.7	9.6	1.3	1.3	2.0
65	John Wallace	Nov 1, '96, NYK @ TOR	22	7	381	6143	1152	2496	15	50	582	786	328	1061	281	134	216	470	706	2901	.462	.300	.740	16.1	7.6	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.6
66	Donald Whiteside	Nov 1, '96, TOR vs. NYK	27	2	30	275	19	57	12	37	11	17	2	13	37	11	0	18	23	61	.333	.324	.647	9.2	2.0	0.4	1.2	0.4	0.0
67	Jerome Williams	Nov 2, '96, DET @ ATL	23	9	587	12755	1425	2839	1	26	1014	1573	1448	3743	474	618	128	587	1229	3865	.502	.038	.645	21.7	6.6	6.4	0.8	1.1	0.2
68	Lorenzen Wright	Nov 5, '96, LAC @ DEN	21	13	778	18535	2556	5573	2	29	1077	1670	1688	4943	622	471	572	877	2276	6191	.459	.069	.645	23.8	8.0	6.4	0.8	0.6	0.7
69	Aleksandar Djordjevic	Nov 29, '96, POR vs. GSW	29	1	8	61	8	16	5	7	4	5	1	5	5	0	0	5	3	25	.500	.714	.800	7.6	3.1	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0