1983–84 San Diego Clippers season

1983–84 San Diego Clippers season
Head coach Jim Lynam
Arena San Diego Sports Arena
Results
Record 30–52 (.366)
Place Division: 6th (Pacific)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television XETV
Radio KPQP

The 1983–84 NBA season was the Clippers' 14th season in the NBA and their sixth and final season in San Diego as the team moved to the city of Los Angeles.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
14Byron ScottSG United StatesArizona State
597Manute BolC Sudan
7143Dan Evans United StatesOregon State
8166Mark Gannon United StatesIowa
9188David Maxwell United StatesFordham
10209Keith Smith United StatesSan Diego State

Roster

San Diego Clippers 1983-1984 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 7 United States Brooks, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) La Salle
F 34 United States Cummings, Terry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) DePaul
C 40 United States Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 278 lb (126 kg) Washington State
G 24 United States Hodges, Craig 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arizona State
F 22 United States Jones, Hutch 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Vanderbilt
F 20 United States Kelser, Greg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State
G 9 United States Loder, Kevin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Alabama State
F 8 United States McDowell, Hank 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Memphis State
G 1 United States McKinney, Billy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Northwestern
G 10 United States Nixon, Norm 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Duquesne
G 25 United States Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Rice
G 18 United States Smith, Derek 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Louisville
F 9 United States Townes, Linton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) James Madison
C 32 United States Walton, Bill 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA
F 12 United States White, Rory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) South Alabama
C 33 United States Whitehead, Jerome 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Marquette
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 5428.659–28–1326–1518–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4834.585633–815–2617–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4240.5121232–910–3114–16
x-Phoenix Suns 4141.5001331–1010–3116–14
Golden State Warriors 3745.4511727–1410–3113–17
San Diego Clippers 3052.3662425–165–3612–18
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5428.659–
2 y-Utah Jazz4537.5499
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers4834.5856
4 x-Dallas Mavericks4339.52411
5 x-Seattle SuperSonics4240.51212
6 x-Phoenix Suns4141.50013
7 x-Denver Nuggets3844.46316
8 x-Kansas City Kings3844.46316
9 San Antonio Spurs3745.45117
9 Golden State Warriors3745.45117
11 San Diego Clippers3052.36624
12 Houston Rockets2953.35425


Notes

  • z, y – division champions
  • x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1983-84 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 —0–54–23–31–10–22–41–11–14–20–20–23–33–34–15–11–10–21–11–11–11–14–2
Boston 5–0—5–06–02–02–04–22–01–15–12–00–25–14–23–32–42–02–02–01–12–01–14–2
Chicago 2–40–5—2–41–10–21–52–00–23–31–10–22–42–42–42–31–12–00–21–10–21–12–4
Cleveland 3–30–64–2—1–10–21–51–11–12–40–20–21–52–31–52–41–11–11–11–11–10–24–1
Dallas 1–10–21–11–1—4–20–24–14–22–03–33–20–21–10–21–13–22–34–24–11–44–20–2
Denver 2–00–22–02–02–4—1–12–34–20–24–21–41–11–11–11–12–31–43–33–22–33–30–2
Detroit 4–22–45–15–12–01–1—1–11–14–21–11–13–21–44–23–32–01–11–12–01–11–13–3
Golden State 1–10–20–21–11–43–21–1—2–32–04–13–30–21–11–11–11–52–43–23–34–21–42–0
Houston 1–11–12–01–12–42–41–13–2—1–12–41–41–10–20–20–22–31–42–42–33–21–50–2
Indiana 2–41–53–34–20–22–02–40–21–1—0–21–11–51–52–40–51–11–10–21–11–11–11–4
Kansas City 2–00–21–12–03–32–41–11–44–22–0—0–50–22–00–20–22–32–35–13–21–43–32–0
Los Angeles 2–02–02–02–02–34–11–13–34–11–15–0—2–01–10–21–13–35–12–34–23–34–11–1
Milwaukee 3–31–54–25–12–01–12–32–01–15–12–00–2—4–24–12–42–01–11–11–11–11–15–1
New Jersey 3–32–44–23–21–11–14–11–12–05–10–21–12–4—3–33–32–00–20–22–01–11–14–2
New York 1–43–34–15–12–01–12–41–12–04–22–02–01–43–3—2–41–10–22–02–01–12–04–2
Philadelphia 1–54–23–24–21–11–13–31–12–05–02–01–14–23–34–2—1–11–12–02–01–12–04–2
Phoenix 1–10–21–11–12–33–20–25–13–21–13–23–30–20–21–11–1—2–45–04–22–41–42–0
Portland 2–00–20–21–13–24–11–14–24–11–13–21–51–12–02–01–14–2—4–14–24–21–41–1
San Antonio 1–10–22–01–12–43–31–12–34–22–01–53–21–12–00–20–20–51–4—4–12–34–21–1
San Diego 1–11–11–11–11–42–30–23–33–21–12–32–41–10–20–20–22–42–41–4—3–32–31–1
Seattle 1–10–22–01–14–13–21–12–42–31–14–13–31–11–11–11–14–22–43–23–3—1–41–1
Utah 1–11–11–12–02–43–31–14–15–11–13–31–41–11–10–20–24–14–12–43–24–1—1–1
Washington 2–42–44–21–42–02–03–30–22–04–10–21–11–52–42–42–40–21–11–11–11–11–1—

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
Michael Brooks
Terry Cummings
James Donaldson
Craig Hodges
Hutch Jones
Greg Kelser
Kevin Loder
Hank McDowell
Bill McKinney
Norm Nixon
Ricky Pierce
Derek Smith
Linton Townes
Bill Walton
Roy White
Jerome Whitehead

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1983–84 season.

Trades

August 26, 1983
 To San Diego Clippers
 To Seattle SuperSonics
October 4, 1983
 To San Diego Clippers
 To Denver Nuggets
October 10, 1983
 To San Diego Clippers
 To Los Angeles Lakers
October 17, 1983
 To San Diego Clippers
 To Detroit Pistons
  • 1986 & 1987 second-round draft picks
October 26, 1983
 To San Diego Clippers
 To Indiana Pacers
  • 1986 third-round draft pick

Free agents

References

  1. ↑ 1983-84 San Diego Clippers
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