# Temporada 1996-97 de los New Jersey Nets

La temporada 1996-97 fue la vigesimoprimera de los New Jersey Nets en la NBA, tras la fusión de la liga con la ABA, donde había jugado nueve temporadas, y la decimonovena en su ubicación en Nueva Jersey. La temporada regular acabó con 26 victorias y 56 derrotas, ocupando el decimotercer puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 8 | Kerry Kittles | SG | Estados Unidos | Villanova |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Miami Heat | 61 | 21 | .744 | – | 29–12 | 32–9 | 16–8 |
| x-New York Knicks | 57 | 25 | .695 | 4 | 31–10 | 26–15 | 19–6 |
| x-Orlando Magic | 45 | 37 | .549 | 16 | 26–15 | 19–22 | 13–11 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 17 | 25–16 | 19–22 | 14–10 |
| New Jersey Nets | 26 | 56 | .317 | 35 | 16–25 | 10–31 | 11–13 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 22 | 60 | .268 | 39 | 11–30 | 11–30 | 11–14 |
| Boston Celtics | 15 | 67 | .183 | 46 | 11–30 | 4–37 | 1–23 |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| 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 | Kendall Gill | 28 | 82 | 81 | 39.0 | 7.9 | 17.7 | .443 | 0.9 | 2.7 | .336 | 5.2 | 6.5 | .797 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 21.8 |
| 2 | Jim Jackson | 26 | 31 | 31 | 37.3 | 5.9 | 14.2 | .417 | 1.3 | 3.5 | .370 | 3.4 | 3.9 | .852 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 16.5 |
| 3 | Kerry Kittles | 22 | 82 | 57 | 36.7 | 6.2 | 14.5 | .426 | 1.9 | 5.1 | .377 | 2.1 | 2.8 | .771 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 16.4 |
| 4 | Jayson Williams | 28 | 41 | 40 | 34.9 | 5.4 | 13.2 | .409 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.6 | 4.5 | .590 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 13.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 13.4 |
| 5 | Robert Pack | 27 | 34 | 31 | 34.9 | 5.7 | 13.9 | .407 | 0.6 | 2.2 | .297 | 3.9 | 5.0 | .788 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 15.9 |
| 6 | Sam Cassell | 27 | 23 | 22 | 33.8 | 7.3 | 16.4 | .443 | 2.0 | 5.2 | .392 | 2.8 | 3.3 | .831 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 19.3 |
| 7 | Shawn Bradley | 24 | 40 | 38 | 30.7 | 5.0 | 11.4 | .436 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.0 | 3.1 | .664 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Chris Gatling | 29 | 3 | 0 | 30.7 | 6.0 | 14.3 | .419 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 5.0 | 5.3 | .938 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 17.0 |
| 9 | Eric Montross | 25 | 31 | 31 | 27.2 | 2.4 | 5.2 | .451 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.9 | .393 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 10 | Tony Massenburg | 29 | 79 | 49 | 24.7 | 2.8 | 5.7 | .485 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.6 | 2.6 | .631 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 7.2 |
| 11 | Khalid Reeves | 24 | 50 | 18 | 21.0 | 2.8 | 7.2 | .393 | 1.5 | 3.8 | .396 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .747 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 8.3 |
| 12 | Xavier McDaniel | 33 | 62 | 5 | 18.9 | 2.2 | 5.7 | .389 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .200 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .730 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 5.6 |
| 13 | Lloyd Daniels | 29 | 17 | 0 | 16.6 | 2.0 | 6.1 | .330 | 1.1 | 3.5 | .322 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .833 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 5.4 |
| 14 | Joe Kleine | 35 | 28 | 0 | 16.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | .427 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .500 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .722 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 15 | Reggie Williams | 32 | 11 | 0 | 15.2 | 2.5 | 6.1 | .403 | 0.8 | 3.0 | .273 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .800 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| 16 | Kevin Edwards | 31 | 32 | 0 | 14.9 | 2.2 | 5.7 | .377 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .349 | 1.2 | 1.3 | .860 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| 17 | Ed O'Bannon | 24 | 45 | 5 | 14.1 | 1.7 | 4.6 | .367 | 0.4 | 1.3 | .283 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .870 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.2 |
| 18 | Adrian Caldwell | 30 | 18 | 0 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | .286 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.9 | .529 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 19 | Evric Gray | 27 | 5 | 0 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | .267 | 0.2 | 0.8 | .250 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.000 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| 20 | Yinka Dare | 24 | 41 | 2 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .352 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.9 | .514 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 21 | Vincent Askew | 30 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Robert Werdann | 26 | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | .429 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 23 | Jack Haley | 33 | 20 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | .351 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.7 | 1.0 | .737 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Kerry Kittles | 2.º Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |