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1996-97 New Jersey Nets Statistics
Team Record: 26-56
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: John Calipari (26-56)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 670,628, Avg. 16,357 in 41 home dates
1996-97 New Jersey Nets Results
The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 26 wins and 56 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
The Nets tossed in 7,974 points and conceded 8,348. Kendall Gill scored a team-leading 1,789 points for New Jersey, and Kerry Kittles contributed 16 or more per game, too. Jayson Williams racked up 553 boards. Kendall Gill dished out 326 assists for the squad.
On defense, Kerry Kittles added 157 steals, while Shawn Bradley blocked 160 shots.
John Calipari coached the team.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Kendall Gill | G | 82 | 81 | 3199 | 1453 | 644 | 220 | 74 | 536 | 427 | 183 | 316 | 499 | 326 | 154 | 46 | 218 | 225 | 1789 |
Kerry Kittles | G | 82 | 57 | 3012 | 1189 | 507 | 419 | 158 | 227 | 175 | 106 | 213 | 319 | 249 | 157 | 35 | 127 | 165 | 1347 |
Tony Massenburg | F | 79 | 49 | 1954 | 452 | 219 | 1 | 0 | 206 | 130 | 222 | 295 | 517 | 23 | 38 | 50 | 91 | 217 | 568 |
Jayson Williams | F-C | 41 | 40 | 1432 | 540 | 221 | 4 | 0 | 183 | 108 | 242 | 311 | 553 | 51 | 24 | 36 | 82 | 158 | 550 |
Robert Pack | G | 34 | 31 | 1185 | 474 | 193 | 74 | 22 | 170 | 134 | 15 | 71 | 86 | 325 | 59 | 3 | 150 | 83 | 542 |
Jim Jackson | G | 31 | 31 | 1155 | 441 | 184 | 108 | 40 | 122 | 104 | 51 | 133 | 184 | 160 | 29 | 17 | 101 | 81 | 512 |
Shawn Bradley | C | 40 | 38 | 1228 | 456 | 199 | 5 | 0 | 122 | 81 | 118 | 207 | 325 | 20 | 23 | 160 | 64 | 122 | 479 |
Sam Cassell | G | 23 | 22 | 777 | 377 | 167 | 120 | 47 | 77 | 64 | 21 | 61 | 82 | 149 | 37 | 7 | 67 | 86 | 445 |
Khalid Reeves | G | 50 | 18 | 1048 | 359 | 141 | 192 | 76 | 75 | 56 | 22 | 66 | 88 | 170 | 23 | 7 | 82 | 119 | 414 |
Xavier McDaniel | F | 62 | 5 | 1170 | 355 | 138 | 25 | 5 | 89 | 65 | 124 | 194 | 318 | 65 | 36 | 17 | 70 | 144 | 346 |
Kevin Edwards | G | 32 | 0 | 477 | 183 | 69 | 43 | 15 | 43 | 37 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 57 | 17 | 4 | 49 | 34 | 190 |
Ed O'Bannon | F | 45 | 5 | 634 | 207 | 76 | 60 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 41 | 71 | 112 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 78 | 189 |
Eric Montross | C | 31 | 31 | 844 | 162 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 115 | 167 | 282 | 29 | 11 | 39 | 26 | 118 | 157 |
Lloyd Daniels | G | 17 | 0 | 282 | 103 | 34 | 59 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 92 |
Joe Kleine | C | 28 | 0 | 453 | 82 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 39 | 75 | 114 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 57 | 84 |
Reggie Williams | F-G | 11 | 0 | 167 | 67 | 27 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 71 |
Yinka Dare | C-F | 41 | 2 | 313 | 54 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 19 | 35 | 47 | 82 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 51 | 57 |
Chris Gatling | F-C | 3 | 0 | 92 | 43 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 51 |
Jack Haley | C-F | 20 | 0 | 74 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 40 |
Adrian Caldwell | F-C | 18 | 0 | 204 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 29 |
Evric Gray | F | 5 | 0 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
Robert Werdann | C | 6 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 |
Vincent Askew | G-F | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 782 | 410 | 19780 | 7091 | 2994 | 1371 | 484 | 2031 | 1502 | 1410 | 2376 | 3786 | 1726 | 677 | 481 | 1229 | 1865 | 7974 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kendall Gill | G | 82 | 81 | 39.0 | 44.3 | 33.6 | 79.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 21.8 |
Kerry Kittles | G | 82 | 57 | 36.7 | 42.6 | 37.7 | 77.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 16.4 |
Tony Massenburg | F | 79 | 49 | 24.7 | 48.5 | 0.0 | 63.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 7.2 |
Jayson Williams | F-C | 41 | 40 | 34.9 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 59.0 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 13.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 13.4 |
Robert Pack | G | 34 | 31 | 34.9 | 40.7 | 29.7 | 78.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 15.9 |
Jim Jackson | G | 31 | 31 | 37.3 | 41.7 | 37.0 | 85.2 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 16.5 |
Shawn Bradley | C | 40 | 38 | 30.7 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 66.4 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 12.0 |
Sam Cassell | G | 23 | 22 | 33.8 | 44.3 | 39.2 | 83.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 19.3 |
Khalid Reeves | G | 50 | 18 | 21.0 | 39.3 | 39.6 | 74.7 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 8.3 |
Xavier McDaniel | F | 62 | 5 | 18.9 | 38.9 | 20.0 | 73.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 5.6 |
Kevin Edwards | G | 32 | 0 | 14.9 | 37.7 | 34.9 | 86.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
Ed O'Bannon | F | 45 | 5 | 14.1 | 36.7 | 28.3 | 87.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.2 |
Eric Montross | C | 31 | 31 | 27.2 | 45.1 | 39.3 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 5.1 | |
Lloyd Daniels | G | 17 | 0 | 16.6 | 33.0 | 32.2 | 83.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 5.4 |
Joe Kleine | C | 28 | 0 | 16.2 | 42.7 | 50.0 | 72.2 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
Reggie Williams | F-G | 11 | 0 | 15.2 | 40.3 | 27.3 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
Yinka Dare | C-F | 41 | 2 | 7.6 | 35.2 | 51.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | |
Chris Gatling | F-C | 3 | 0 | 30.7 | 41.9 | 93.8 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 17.0 | |
Jack Haley | C-F | 20 | 0 | 3.7 | 35.1 | 73.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | |
Adrian Caldwell | F-C | 18 | 0 | 11.3 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 52.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
Evric Gray | F | 5 | 0 | 8.4 | 26.7 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
Robert Werdann | C | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | |
Vincent Askew | G-F | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||
Averages | 782 | 410 | 25.3 | 42.2 | 35.3 | 74.0 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 10.2 |