2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season

2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich
Frank Hamblen
General manager Mitch Kupchak
Owner(s) Jerry Buss
Arena Staples Center
Results
Record 34–48 (.415)
Place Division: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish Did Not Qualify
Local media
Television FSN West, KCAL
Radio AM 570 KLAC

The 2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 57th season in the National Basketball Association, and 45th in the city of Los Angeles.[1] The season is best remembered as a tough one for the Lakers, starting with a crushing defeat to the Detroit Pistons in last year's NBA Finals in five games despite being the heavily favored team to win the Finals, winning only 34 games, missing the playoffs for the first time in 11 years.

The off-season marked changes for the Lakers, who lost several members from the famed 2004 team: Rick Fox and Gary Payton were traded to the Boston Celtics, but Fox would retire before the season instead of suiting up for Boston, Shaquille O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for Brian Grant, Caron Butler, and Lamar Odom after bad blood between himself and teammate Kobe Bryant culminated after the loss to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Finals,[2] Derek Fisher left for the Golden State Warriors, though he would return to the Lakers in 2007 and would eventually win two more championships in 2009 and 2010, and Karl Malone retired in February 2005 after spending half of the season unsigned.[3] The team re-signed free agent Vlade Divac and hired Rudy Tomjanovich, who was well known for his tenure with the Houston Rockets, to be their new head coach for the upcoming season. By midseason, Tomjanovich resigned with the team at a 24-19 record, citing mental and physical exhaustion.[4] Frank Hamblen took over for the rest of the season. Following the season, Divac retired.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Nationality Position College
1 27 Sašha Vujačić  Slovenia G Pallalcesto Amatori Udine (Italy)
2 56 Marcus Douthit  United States/ Philippines PF/C Providence

Roster

Los Angeles Lakers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 9 United States Atkins, Chucky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) South Florida
G 15 United States Bobbitt, Tony 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Cincinnati
G 5 United States Brown, Tierre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 189 lb (86 kg) McNeese State
G/F 8 United States Bryant, Kobe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Lower Merion HS (PA)
G/F 1 United States Butler, Caron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Connecticut
F 43 United States Cook, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Illinois
C 12 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Divac, Vlade 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 243 lb (110 kg) Serbia
F 3 United States George, Devean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Augsburg
F/C 55 United States Grant, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 254 lb (115 kg) Xavier
F 20 United States Jones, Jumaine 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia
F 14 Ukraine Medvedenko, Slava 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Ukraine
C 31 United States Mihm, Chris 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Texas
F 7 United States Odom, Lamar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Rhode Island
G 18 Slovenia Vujačić, Sasha 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg)
F 4 United States Walton, Luke 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arizona
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster


Player Salaries

Rank Player Salary
1 Kobe Bryant $14,175,000
2 Brian Grant $13,233,434
3 Lamar Odom $10,548,596
4 Vlade Divac $4,903,000
5 Devean George $4,546,000
6 Chucky Atkins $4,200,000
7 Chris Mihm $3,371,393
8 Stanislav Medvedenko $3,000,000
9 Caron Butler $1,930,680
10 Jumaine Jones $1,687,500
11 Brian Cook $971,160
12 Sasha Vujacic $846,840
13 Tierre Brown $720,046
14 Luke Walton $620,046
15 Tony Bobbitt $305,403[5]

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
TeamWLPCT.GB
Phoenix Suns6220.756-
Sacramento Kings5032.61012
Los Angeles Clippers3745.45125
Los Angeles Lakers3448.41528
Golden State Warriors3448.41528

Record vs. opponents

2004-05 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
Boston 3–1—4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
Charlotte 3–10–4—0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
Chicago 4–02–24–0—2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
Cleveland 4–02–14–02–2—1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
Dallas 1–12–02–01–11–1—2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
Denver 2–02–01–11–11–11–2—1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
Detroit 3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1—2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
Golden State 2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2—1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
Houston 1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1—1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
Indiana 3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1—0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0—2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2—0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
Memphis 2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0—1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
Miami 4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1—4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
Milwaukee 2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4—1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1—2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2—2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
New Orleans 1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2—1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
New York 3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1—1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
Orlando 3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1—2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2—0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
Phoenix 2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0—3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
Portland 2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3—1–31–21–31–12–20–2
Sacramento 2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1—1–31–31–12–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1—2–21–12–21–1
Seattle 2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2—2–03–10–2
Toronto 2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2—2–01–3
Utah 2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2—0–2
Washington 4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

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% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chucky Atkins 828235.4.426.387.8032.44.4.9.013.6
Tony Bobbitt 206.0.400.500.1.5.0.0.02.5
Tierre Brown 76014.0.356.361.7871.22.0.4.04.4
Kobe Bryant 666640.7.433.339.8165.96.01.3.827.6
Caron Butler 777735.7.445.304.8625.81.91.4.315.5
Brian Cook 72015.1.417.392.7573.0.5.3.46.4
Vlade Divac 1508.7.419..6672.11.3.3.12.3
Devean George 15320.4.356.362.7503.5.9.5.17.3
Brian Grant 69816.5.493..7223.7.5.3.33.8
Jumaine Jones 762324.1.432.391.7335.2.9.6.37.6
Stanislav Medvedenko 4349.8.455.000.8211.8.3.2.03.8
Chris Mihm 757524.9.507.000.6786.7.7.21.49.8
Lamar Odom 646436.3.473.308.69510.23.7.71.015.2
Kareem Rush 1406.5.200.2001.000.7.2.1.1.9
Sasha Vujacic 35311.5.282.270.9471.81.5.3.12.9
Luke Walton 61512.6.411.262.7082.31.5.4.23.2

Awards and records

Transactions

References

  1. ↑ 2004-05 Los Angeles Lakers
  2. ↑ "PRO BASKETBALL; O'Neal Gives Blessing To Trade With the Heat". New York Times. July 11, 2004. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ "N.B.A. ROUNDUP; After 19 Seasons, Malone Is Retiring". New York Times. February 12, 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ "NBA Truth & Rumors: May 12, 2005". SI.com. May 13, 2005.
  5. ↑ 2004-05 Los Angeles Lakers | Roster | NBA Basketball | FOX Sports
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