# Temporada 1982-83 de los Kansas City Kings

La temporada 1982-83 fue la trigésimo quinta de los Kings en la NBA, y la undécima en Kansas City. La temporada regular acabó con 45 victorias y 37 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 5 | LaSalle Thompson | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Texas |
| 1 | 17 | Brook Steppe | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 51 | Jim Johnstone | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Wake Forest |
| 4 | 74 | Mike Sanders | Escolta | Estados Unidos | UCLA |
| 5 | 97 | Kenny Simpson | Alero | Estados Unidos | Grambling State |
| 8 | 166 | Ed Nealy | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Kansas State |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 53 | 29 | .646 | – | 31–10 | 22–19 | 21–9 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | 29–12 | 16–25 | 17–13 |
| Kansas City Kings | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | 30–11 | 15–26 | 18–12 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 15 | 23–18 | 15–26 | 15–15 |
| Utah Jazz | 30 | 52 | .366 | 23 | 21–20 | 9–32 | 15–15 |
| Houston Rockets | 14 | 68 | .171 | 39 | 9–32 | 5–36 | 4–26 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Larry Drew | 24 | 75 | 74 | 35.9 | 8.0 | 16.2 | .492 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .125 | 4.1 | 5.0 | .820 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 20.1 |
| 2 | Eddie Johnson | 23 | 82 | 82 | 35.8 | 8.3 | 16.7 | .494 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .282 | 3.0 | 3.9 | .779 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 19.8 |
| 3 | Ray Williams | 28 | 72 | 68 | 30.1 | 5.8 | 14.8 | .392 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .203 | 3.6 | 4.6 | .769 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 15.4 |
| 4 | Mike Woodson | 24 | 81 | 3 | 30.0 | 7.2 | 14.2 | .506 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .212 | 3.7 | 4.7 | .790 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 18.2 |
| 5 | Joe Meriweather | 29 | 78 | 74 | 21.9 | 3.3 | 5.8 | .570 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.3 | 2.1 | .626 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 7.9 |
| 6 | Ed Nealy | 22 | 82 | 61 | 20.0 | 1.8 | 3.0 | .595 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.9 | 1.4 | .614 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 |
| 7 | Reggie Johnson | 25 | 50 | 0 | 19.8 | 3.6 | 7.1 | .501 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .730 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 8.6 |
| 8 | Steve Johnson | 25 | 79 | 21 | 19.5 | 4.7 | 7.5 | .624 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.4 | 4.1 | .574 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 11.7 |
| 9 | Reggie King | 25 | 58 | 5 | 17.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | .462 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.3 | 1.7 | .760 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
| 10 | LaSalle Thompson | 21 | 71 | 3 | 13.9 | 2.1 | 4.0 | .512 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.3 | 1.9 | .650 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 5.4 |
| 11 | Kevin Loder | 23 | 66 | 13 | 12.4 | 2.1 | 4.5 | .460 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .556 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .663 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| 12 | Kenny Dennard | 24 | 22 | 0 | 10.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | .324 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.4 | .667 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 13 | Brook Steppe | 23 | 62 | 6 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 2.8 | .477 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .143 | 1.2 | 1.6 | .760 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 14 | Leon Douglas | 28 | 5 | 0 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .667 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | .000 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.8 |