Clippers Have Bright Future

24-58 5th Place Pacific Division

The Los Angeles Clippers picked a pair of frontline starters this past season. First they selected UBA Rookie of the Year Shareef Abdur-Rahim with the first overall pick in the 1996 UBA draft. Then they acquired pogo stick hopper Antonio McDyess. They acquired McDyess from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Brian Grant, Bryant Stith and the Clippers 1st round pick, which became the 6th overall pick. The new acquisition pushed the timetable a little as the Clippers failed to enjoy a winning season for the fourth season in a row. All Star point guard Jason Kidd missed various parts of the season with a shoulder injury. Though, the future is bright for this franchise.

                                       LA Clippers
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                 G  MIN  FG%   FT%   3P%   REB   A    PF  BLK   TO  STL   PTS
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Shareef Abdur-R 81  39  41.2  74.3  22.5   7.1  2.0  2.2  0.7  2.8  0.7  20.9
Antonio McDyess 79  38  46.7  66.0  22.0   7.9  1.6  4.0  1.4  2.6  0.9  19.8
J. R. Rider     80  37  44.8  85.0  38.6   4.2  2.6  3.3  0.3  2.3  0.4  18.4
Jason Kidd      48  37  34.9  58.9  27.8   4.8 10.6  2.6  0.4  2.8  2.1   9.0
Stanley Roberts 18  19  38.0  71.4   0.0   5.1  0.3  3.4  1.6  1.4  0.7   7.7
Brooks Thompson 55  16  40.7  58.8  40.0   1.7  2.7  2.1  0.1  1.4  1.1   7.6
Rex Walters     42  18  46.4  69.7  41.3   1.7  1.5  1.6  0.0  1.0  0.7   7.4
Felton Spencer  68  23  42.6  60.5   0.0   6.3  0.4  4.4  0.8  1.8  0.4   5.3
Steve Nash      64  18  38.2  83.3  41.3   1.9  4.0  2.2  0.0  2.0  0.4   5.0
Pooh Richardson 75  13  40.1  62.5  38.8   1.2  2.3  1.0  0.0  0.9  0.8   4.7
Lamond Murray   69  12  34.5  75.9  28.2   2.0  0.5  0.7  0.2  0.9  0.3   4.6
Sean Rooks      64  11  45.5  64.9   0.0   2.4  0.8  1.6  0.5  0.7  0.3   4.0
Bill Wennington 60  11  45.9  75.8   0.0   1.9  0.8  2.2  0.2  0.4  0.1   3.5
Michael Cage    82  16  48.2  33.3   0.0   4.3  0.5  1.4  0.5  0.2  0.5   2.5
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Totals          82  48  42.1  73.5  36.9  42.0 20.8 23.8  4.8 15.0  6.4  96.1
Opposition      82  48  45.9  72.3  37.9  42.9 23.7 22.6  5.0 13.6  8.0 104.5
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