# Temporada 1996-97 de los Sacramento Kings

La temporada 1996-97 fue la duodécima de los Kings en la NBA en su ubicación en Sacramento, California, y la cuadragésimo novena en la liga, tras jugar las últimas trece en Kansas City. La temporada regular acabó con 34 victorias y 48 derrotas, ocupando el noveno puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad/club |
| 1 | 14 | Peja Stojaković | Alero | Yugoslavia | PAOK BC |
| 2 | 41 | Jason Sasser | Alero | Estados Unidos | Texas Tech |

## Temporada regular

División Pacífico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Seattle SuperSonics | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 31–10 | 26–15 | 16–8 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1 | 31–10 | 25–16 | 18–6 |
| x-Portland Trail Blazers | 49 | 33 | .598 | 8 | 29–12 | 20–21 | 15–9 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 40 | 42 | .488 | 17 | 25–16 | 15–26 | 13–11 |
| x-Los Angeles Clippers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 21 | 21–20 | 15–26 | 10–14 |
| Sacramento Kings | 34 | 48 | .415 | 23 | 22–19 | 12–29 | 8–16 |
| Golden State Warriors | 30 | 52 | .366 | 27 | 18–23 | 12–29 | 4–20 |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Mitch Richmond | 31 | SG | 81 | 81 | 38.6 | 8.9 | 19.5 | .454 | 2.5 | 5.9 | .428 | 5.6 | 6.6 | .861 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 25.9 |
| 2 | Olden Polynice | 32 | C | 82 | 82 | 35.3 | 5.4 | 11.8 | .457 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.7 | 3.1 | .562 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 12.5 |
| 3 | Michael Smith | 24 | PF | 81 | 52 | 31.2 | 2.5 | 4.6 | .539 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.6 | 3.2 | .496 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 6.6 |
| 4 | Billy Owens | 27 | SF | 66 | 56 | 30.2 | 4.5 | 9.7 | .467 | 0.4 | 1.1 | .347 | 1.5 | 2.2 | .697 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | 27 | PG | 75 | 51 | 28.4 | 5.5 | 12.3 | .445 | 1.3 | 3.3 | .382 | 1.5 | 1.8 | .846 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| 6 | Brian Grant | 24 | PF | 24 | 15 | 25.3 | 3.8 | 8.6 | .440 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.9 | 3.8 | .778 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 10.5 |
| 7 | Corliss Williamson | 23 | SF | 79 | 31 | 25.2 | 4.7 | 9.4 | .498 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.2 | 3.2 | .689 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 11.6 |
| 8 | Tyus Edney | 23 | PG | 70 | 20 | 19.7 | 2.1 | 5.6 | .384 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .190 | 2.5 | 3.1 | .823 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| 9 | Kevin Gamble | 31 | SF | 62 | 2 | 15.4 | 2.0 | 4.6 | .430 | 0.9 | 1.8 | .482 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .700 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Bobby Hurley | 25 | PG | 49 | 12 | 12.9 | 0.9 | 2.6 | .368 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .311 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .698 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 11 | Lionel Simmons | 28 | SF | 41 | 0 | 12.7 | 1.1 | 3.3 | .331 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .233 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .875 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| 12 | Duane Causwell | 28 | C | 46 | 8 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .511 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .667 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .541 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 13 | Jeff Grayer | 31 | SG | 25 | 0 | 12.6 | 1.5 | 3.3 | .458 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .364 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .550 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| 14 | Devin Gray | 24 | PF | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | .273 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.7 | 1.3 | .500 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 15 | Kevin Salvadori | 26 | C | 23 | 0 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | .364 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.6 | 0.8 | .722 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 16 | Lloyd Daniels | 29 | SG | 5 | 0 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 3.2 | .125 | 0.4 | 2.2 | .182 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Mitch Richmond | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |