1982–83 Kansas City Kings season

1982–83 Kansas City Kings season
Head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons
Arena Kemper Arena
Results
Record 45–37 (.549)
Place Division: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KSHB-TV
Radio KMBZ

The 1982-83 NBA season was the Kings 34th season in the NBA and their 11th season in the city of Kansas City.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
15LaSalle ThompsonC United StatesTexas
117Brook SteppeSG/SF United StatesGeorgia Tech
351Jim JohnstoneC/F United StatesWake Forest
474Mike SandersPG United StatesUCLA
597Ken Simpson United StatesGrambling State
6120Poncho Wright United StatesLouisville
7143Perry Range United StatesIllinois
8166Ed NealyPF United StatesKansas State
9189Jack MoorePG United StatesNebraska
10210Robert Estes United StatesIowa State

Roster

Kansas City Kings roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 9 Dennard, Kenny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Duke
G 22 Drew, Larry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Missouri
G/F 8 Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Illinois
C 33 Johnson, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Oregon State
F 51 King, Reggie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Alabama
F 30 Loder, Kevin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Alabama State
F/C 50 Meriweather, Joe 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Southern Illinois
F 20 Nealy, Ed 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Kansas State
G 14 Steppe, Brook 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Georgia Tech
C 41 Thompson, LaSalle 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Texas
G 25 Williams, Ray 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Minnesota
G/F 42 Woodson, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 5329.646–31–1022–1921–9
x-Denver Nuggets 4537.549829–1216–2517–13
Kansas City Kings 4537.549830–1115–2618–12
Dallas Mavericks 3844.4631523–1815–2615–15
Utah Jazz 3052.3662321–209–3215–15
Houston Rockets 1468.171399–325–364–26
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5824.707–
2 y-San Antonio Spurs5329.6465
3 x-Phoenix Suns5329.6465
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics4834.58510
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers4636.56112
6 x-Denver Nuggets4537.54913
7 Kansas City Kings4537.54913
8 Dallas Mavericks3844.46320
9 Utah Jazz3052.36628
9 Golden State Warriors3052.36628
11 San Diego Clippers2557.30533
12 Houston Rockets1468.17144


z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1982-83 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SDC SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–55–16–01–11–13–30–22–06–00–20–21–42–43–22–41–11–10–21–11–12–04–2
Boston 5–1—3–25–12–02–03–31–12–04–11–12–03–35–13–33–32–01–12–01–11–12–03–3
Chicago 1–52–3—5–11–11–12–42–01–14–20–20–21–52–41–41–50–21–10–21–10–21–11–5
Cleveland 0–61–51–5—2–00–21–52–02–05–11–10–21–50–61–50–50–21–10–21–11–10–23–2
Dallas 1–10–21–10–2—3–32–03–25–12–03–32–30–20–20–20–22–33–22–45–02–32–40–2
Denver 1–10–21–12–03–3—2–04–15–11–13–31–42–01–10–20–24–12–32–43–23–24–21–1
Detroit 3–33–34–25–10–20–2—2–02–04–20–20–23–33–21–50–61–11–11–11–10–20–23–2
Golden State 2–01–10–20–22–31–40–2—3–21–11–41–51–10–21–10–22–42–41–43–33–33–22–0
Houston 0–20–21–10–21–51–50–22–3—2–01–50–50–21–10–20–20–50–51–52–31–40–61–1
Indiana 0–61–42–41–50–21–12–41–10–2—1–10–21–50–63–31–41–10–20–21–11–12–01–5
Kansas City 2–01–12–01–13–33–32–04–15–11–1—1–41–11–11–10–21–42–33–34–11–44–22–0
Los Angeles 2–00–22–02–03–24–12–05–15–02–04–1—2–01–12–00–23–33–31–45–15–14–11–1
Milwaukee 4–13–35–15–12–00–23–31–12–05–11–10–2—3–24–21–51–12–02–02–00–22–03–2
New Jersey 4–21–54–26–02–01–12–32–01–16–01–11–12–3—4–23–31–11–10–21–12–01–13–2
New York 2–33–34–15–12–02–05–11–12–03–31–10–22–42–4—1–50–21–12–00–21–11–14–2
Philadelphia 4–23–35–15–02–02–06–02–02–04–12–02–05–13–35–1—2–00–21–12–02–02–04–2
Phoenix 1–10–22–02–03–21–41–14–25–01–14–13–31–11–12–00–2—5–13–24–25–15–00–2
Portland 1–11–11–11–12–33–21–14–25–02–03–23–30–21–11–12–01–5—2–35–13–33–21–1
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–04–24–21–14–15–12–03–34–10–22–00–21–12–33–2—4–11–45–12–0
San Diego 1–11–11–11–10–52–31–13–33–21–11–41–50–21–12–00–22–41–51–4—0–62–30–2
Seattle 1–11–12–01–13–22–32–03–34–11–14–11–52–00–21–10–21–53–34–16–0—5–01–1
Utah 0–20–21–12–04–22–42–02–36–00–22–41–40–21–11–10–20–52–31–53–20–5—0–2
Washington 2–43–35–12–32–01–12–30–21–15–10–21–13–33–32–42–42–01–10–22–01–12–0—

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1982-83 Kansas City Kings
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