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1997-98 Sacramento Kings Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 27-55, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Eddie Jordan (27-55)

Executive: Geoff Petrie

PTS/G: 93.1 (22nd of 29) Opp PTS/G: 98.7 (23rd of 29)

SRS: -5.83 (23rd of 29) Pace: 92.1 (6th of 29)

Off Rtg: 100.8 (26th of 29) Def Rtg: 106.9 (22nd of 29) Net Rtg: -6.0 (23rd of 29)

Expected W-L: 25-57 (23rd of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +15000, Over-Under 24.5

Arena: ARCO Arena (II) Attendance: 605,443 (25th of 29)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
3	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	PG	6-1	162	March 9, 1969	us	7	LSU
9	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	SG	6-6	223	November 3, 1974	fr	R	Michigan, San Jose State
24	Terry Dehere	PG	6-2	190	September 12, 1971	us	4	Seton Hall
51	Lawrence Funderburke	PF	6-9	230	December 15, 1970	us	R	Indiana, Ohio State
54	Derek Grimm	SF	6-9	230	August 3, 1974	us	R	Missouri
42	Mark Hendrickson	PF	6-9	220	June 23, 1974	us	1	Washington State
7	Bobby Hurley	PG	6-0	165	June 28, 1971	us	4	Duke
10	Anthony Johnson	PG	6-3	190	October 2, 1974	us	R	College of Charleston
30	Billy Owens	SF	6-8	220	May 1, 1969	us	6	Syracuse
0	Olden Polynice	C	6-11	220	November 21, 1964	ht	10	Virginia
2	Mitch Richmond	SG	6-5	215	June 30, 1965	us	9	Kansas State
5	Chris Robinson	SG	6-5	200	April 2, 1974	us	1	Western Kentucky
32	Kevin Salvadori	C	7-0	231	December 30, 1970	us	1	UNC
34	Michael Smith	PF	6-8	230	March 28, 1972	us	3	Providence
13	Michael Stewart	C	6-10	230	April 25, 1975	fr	R	California
33	Otis Thorpe	PF	6-9	225	August 5, 1962	us	13	Providence
4	Corliss Williamson	SF	6-7	245	December 4, 1973	us	2	Arkansas

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mitch Richmond	32	70	70	36.7	7.8	17.4	.445	1.9	4.8	.389	5.9	12.7	.466	.498	5.8	6.7	.864	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.2	23.2
2	Corliss Williamson	24	79	75	35.7	7.1	14.4	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	7.1	14.2	.499	.495	3.5	5.6	.630	2.1	3.6	5.6	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	17.7
3	Billy Owens	28	78	78	30.1	4.3	9.3	.464	0.3	0.9	.371	4.0	8.4	.474	.482	1.5	2.5	.589	2.2	5.3	7.5	2.8	1.2	0.5	2.0	3.0	10.5
4	Anthony Johnson	23	77	62	29.4	2.9	7.9	.371	0.5	1.7	.328	2.4	6.2	.383	.406	1.0	1.4	.727	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.3	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.4	7.5
5	Otis Thorpe	35	27	20	23.1	3.3	7.2	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	7.1	.461	.459	1.7	2.6	.657	1.9	4.3	6.1	2.3	0.7	0.3	1.4	3.0	8.3
6	Michael Stewart	22	81	37	21.7	1.9	4.0	.480	0.0	0.0		1.9	4.0	.480	.480	0.8	1.8	.458	2.4	4.2	6.6	0.8	0.4	2.4	1.0	3.1	4.6
7	Lawrence Funderburke	27	52	1	21.0	3.7	7.5	.490	0.0	0.1	.143	3.7	7.4	.496	.491	2.1	3.1	.679	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.1	9.5
8	Olden Polynice	33	70	25	20.8	3.6	7.7	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	7.7	.460	.459	0.7	1.6	.452	2.5	3.8	6.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.3	7.9
9	Michael Smith	25	18	4	19.3	1.4	3.4	.426	0.0	0.0		1.4	3.4	.426	.426	0.9	1.7	.567	1.9	3.6	5.6	1.6	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.9	3.8
10	Terry Dehere	26	77	18	18.3	2.3	5.9	.399	0.6	1.7	.379	1.7	4.1	.408	.455	1.0	1.3	.798	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.9	6.4
11	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	28	31	0	17.1	3.3	8.8	.377	0.2	1.0	.161	3.2	7.8	.405	.386	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.0	7.3
12	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	23	59	16	16.3	2.4	6.1	.403	0.1	0.3	.211	2.4	5.7	.414	.409	1.4	2.1	.672	0.7	1.2	2.0	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.4	6.4
13	Mark Hendrickson	23	48	1	15.4	1.2	3.1	.389	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	3.0	.403	.389	1.0	1.2	.825	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.3	3.4
14	Chris Robinson	23	19	0	14.3	2.2	5.8	.378	0.9	2.2	.405	1.3	3.6	.362	.455	0.4	0.7	.500	0.5	1.3	1.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.5	5.7
15	Bobby Hurley	26	34	3	12.3	1.4	3.4	.409	0.1	0.4	.267	1.3	2.9	.430	.426	0.9	1.1	.811	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.1	3.8
16	Kevin Salvadori	27	16	0	5.4	0.1	0.8	.077	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.8	.077	.077	0.2	0.4	.500	0.3	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.3
17	Derek Grimm	23	9	0	3.8	0.4	1.6	.286	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	.429	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.6

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Corliss Williamson	24	79	75	2819	561	1134	.495	0	9	.000	561	1125	.499	.495	279	443	.630	162	284	446	230	76	48	199	252	1401
2	Mitch Richmond	32	70	70	2569	543	1220	.445	130	334	.389	413	886	.466	.498	407	471	.864	50	179	229	279	88	15	181	154	1623
3	Billy Owens	28	78	78	2348	338	728	.464	26	70	.371	312	658	.474	.482	116	197	.589	170	412	582	219	93	38	153	231	818
4	Anthony Johnson	23	77	62	2266	226	609	.371	42	128	.328	184	481	.383	.406	80	110	.727	51	120	171	329	64	6	120	188	574
5	Michael Stewart	22	81	37	1761	155	323	.480	0	0		155	323	.480	.480	65	142	.458	197	339	536	61	29	195	85	251	375
6	Olden Polynice	33	70	25	1458	249	542	.459	0	1	.000	249	541	.460	.459	52	115	.452	173	266	439	107	37	45	98	158	550
7	Terry Dehere	26	77	18	1410	180	451	.399	50	132	.379	130	319	.408	.455	79	99	.798	21	85	106	196	52	4	96	150	489
8	Lawrence Funderburke	27	52	1	1094	191	390	.490	1	7	.143	190	383	.496	.491	110	162	.679	80	154	234	63	19	15	62	56	493
9	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	23	59	16	959	144	357	.403	4	19	.211	140	338	.414	.409	84	125	.672	44	72	116	51	35	13	65	81	376
10	Mark Hendrickson	23	48	1	737	58	149	.389	0	5	.000	58	144	.403	.389	47	57	.825	33	110	143	41	26	9	31	60	163
11	Otis Thorpe	35	27	20	623	89	194	.459	0	1	.000	89	193	.461	.459	46	70	.657	51	115	166	61	18	7	37	80	224
12	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	28	31	0	530	103	273	.377	5	31	.161	98	242	.405	.386	16	16	1.000	6	31	37	58	16	1	19	31	227
13	Bobby Hurley	26	34	3	417	47	115	.409	4	15	.267	43	100	.430	.426	30	37	.811	7	29	36	80	13	0	42	36	128
14	Michael Smith	25	18	4	347	26	61	.426	0	0		26	61	.426	.426	17	30	.567	35	65	100	29	15	9	15	35	69
15	Chris Robinson	23	19	0	271	42	111	.378	17	42	.405	25	69	.362	.455	7	14	.500	9	24	33	29	12	3	18	29	108
16	Kevin Salvadori	27	16	0	87	1	13	.077	0	0		1	13	.077	.077	3	6	.500	5	15	20	3	0	11	5	12	5
17	Derek Grimm	23	9	0	34	4	14	.286	4	12	.333	0	2	.000	.429	2	2	1.000	0	4	4	0	3	1	3	6	14
			82		19730	2957	6684	.442	283	806	.351	2674	5878	.455	.464	1440	2096	.687	1094	2304	3398	1836	596	420	1271	1810	7637

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Corliss Williamson	24	79	2819	16.0	.527	.008	.391	6.3	11.5	8.8	14.8	1.4	1.2	13.0	24.1		2.6	1.8	4.4	.076		0.4	-0.9	-0.4	1.1
2	Mitch Richmond	32	70	2569	20.4	.569	.274	.386	2.1	7.9	5.0	20.2	1.8	0.4	11.3	27.8		6.6	1.3	7.9	.148		4.4	-0.8	3.6	3.6
3	Billy Owens	28	78	2348	14.4	.502	.096	.271	7.9	20.0	13.8	15.4	2.1	1.1	15.8	18.3		0.9	2.8	3.7	.075		-0.8	0.6	-0.3	1.0
4	Anthony Johnson	23	77	2266	8.6	.437	.210	.181	2.4	6.0	4.2	22.3	1.5	0.2	15.4	15.2		-0.4	0.8	0.4	.008		-3.3	-1.1	-4.4	-1.4
5	Michael Stewart	22	81	1761	12.9	.486	.000	.440	12.2	21.9	16.9	5.2	0.9	7.5	18.1	11.9		0.4	2.6	3.0	.081		-3.3	1.9	-1.5	0.2
6	Olden Polynice	33	70	1458	14.7	.464	.002	.212	12.9	20.8	16.8	12.7	1.3	2.1	14.2	21.1		-0.1	1.6	1.5	.049		-1.6	-0.9	-2.5	-0.2
7	Terry Dehere	26	77	1410	10.8	.494	.293	.220	1.6	6.9	4.2	22.4	1.9	0.2	16.3	18.6		0.3	0.7	1.0	.035		-2.5	-0.9	-3.4	-0.5
8	Lawrence Funderburke	27	52	1094	16.2	.534	.018	.415	8.0	16.0	11.9	10.0	0.9	0.9	11.8	21.3		1.4	0.7	2.1	.092		0.9	-1.4	-0.5	0.4
9	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	23	59	959	10.1	.456	.053	.350	5.0	8.6	6.7	8.9	1.9	0.9	13.6	22.1		-0.8	0.6	-0.2	-0.008		-3.6	-1.2	-4.8	-0.7
10	Mark Hendrickson	23	48	737	9.4	.468	.034	.383	4.9	17.0	10.8	8.3	1.8	0.8	15.1	12.4		0.0	0.7	0.8	.049		-3.5	0.1	-3.5	-0.3
11	Otis Thorpe	35	27	623	14.4	.498	.005	.361	8.9	21.0	14.8	16.1	1.5	0.8	14.1	18.7		0.5	0.7	1.1	.088		-1.3	0.1	-1.2	0.1
12	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	28	31	530	10.5	.405	.114	.059	1.2	6.7	3.9	19.7	1.6	0.1	6.4	25.1		-0.5	0.2	-0.3	-0.025		-3.2	-1.5	-4.7	-0.4
13	Bobby Hurley	26	34	417	10.2	.488	.130	.322	1.8	7.9	4.8	30.1	1.6	0.0	24.2	18.5		-0.2	0.2	0.0	.001		-3.2	-1.9	-5.1	-0.3
14	Michael Smith	25	18	347	12.9	.465	.000	.492	11.0	21.4	16.0	12.4	2.3	1.8	16.8	11.4		0.2	0.5	0.7	.092		-1.5	1.2	-0.3	0.2
15	Chris Robinson	23	19	271	11.4	.461	.378	.126	3.6	10.1	6.8	18.0	2.3	0.8	13.3	22.2		-0.1	0.2	0.1	.017		-2.0	-0.8	-2.8	-0.1
16	Kevin Salvadori	27	16	87	2.1	.160	.000	.462	6.3	19.7	12.8	4.7	0.0	8.6	24.2	10.5		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.099		-9.3	1.0	-8.3	-0.1
17	Derek Grimm	23	9	34	7.9	.470	.857	.143	0.0	13.4	6.5	0.0	4.6	2.0	16.8	23.4		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.012		-4.1	1.6	-2.5	0.0

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