1983–84 San Diego Clippers season

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.

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	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	XETV
Radio	KPQP

Draft picks

Main article: 1983 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	4	Byron Scott	Guard	United States	Arizona State
5	97	Manute Bol	Center	Sudan
7	143	Dan Evans	Forward	United States	Oregon State
8	166	Mark Gannon	Forward	United States	Iowa
9	188	David Maxwell	Guard	United States	Fordham
10	209	Keith Smith	Guard	United States	San Diego State

Roster

San Diego Clippers 1983-1984 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From F 7 Brooks, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) La Salle F 34 Cummings, Terry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) DePaul C 40 Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 278 lb (126 kg) Washington State G 24 Hodges, Craig 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Long Beach State F 22 Jones, Hutch 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Vanderbilt F 20 Kelser, Greg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State G 9 Loder, Kevin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Alabama State F 8 McDowell, Hank 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Memphis G 1 McKinney, Billy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Northwestern G 10 Nixon, Norm 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Duquesne G 25 Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Rice G 18 Smith, Derek 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Louisville F 9 Townes, Linton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) James Madison C 32 Walton, Bill 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA F 12 White, Rory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) South Alabama C 33 Whitehead, Jerome 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Marquette	Head coach Jim Lynam Assistant coach(es) Don Casey Don Chaney Legend (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	54	28	.659	–	28–13	26–15	18–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	6	33–8	15–26	17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	42	40	.512	12	32–9	10–31	14–16
x-Phoenix Suns	41	41	.500	13	31–10	10–31	16–14
Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	17	27–14	10–31	13–17
San Diego Clippers	30	52	.366	24	25–16	5–36	12–18

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	45	37	.549	9
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	6
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	43	39	.524	11
5	x-Seattle SuperSonics	42	40	.512	12
6	x-Phoenix Suns	41	41	.500	13
7	x-Denver Nuggets	38	44	.463	16
8	x-Kansas City Kings	38	44	.463	16
9	San Antonio Spurs	37	45	.451	17
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	17
11	San Diego Clippers	30	52	.366	24
12	Houston Rockets	29	53	.354	25

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	–	0–5	4–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	3–3	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Boston	5–0	–	5–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	5–1	4–2	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Chicago	2–4	0–5	–	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	3–3	0–6	4–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–3	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	4–2	0–2	4–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–2	4–1	1–4	4–2	0–2
Denver	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	–	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	3–3	3–2	2–3	3–3	0–2
Detroit	4–2	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	–	2–3	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–4	3–2	3–3	4–2	1–4	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	3–2	–	1–1	2–4	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–4	2–3	3–2	1–5	0–2
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	4–2	0–2	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Kansas City	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	–	0–5	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–3	5–1	3–2	1–4	3–3	2–0
Los Angeles	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	5–0	–	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	5–1	2–3	4–2	3–3	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	–	4–2	4–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
New Jersey	3–3	2–4	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	–	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
New York	1–4	3–3	4–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–3	–	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	1–5	4–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–2	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–4	5–0	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	–	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–5	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–4	–	4–1	2–3	4–2	1–1
San Diego	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	0–2	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	–	3–3	2–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	2–3	1–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	–	1–4	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–4	3–2	4–1	–	1–1
Washington	2–4	2–4	4–2	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	2–4	2–4	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—

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	47	30	29.9	.479	.000	.689	7.3	1.9	1.1	0.3	11.3
Terry Cummings	81	80	35.9	.494	.000	.720	9.6	1.7	1.1	0.7	22.9
James Donaldson	82	67	30.8	.596		.761	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.7	11.8
Craig Hodges	76	28	20.7	.450	.217	.750	1.1	1.5	0.8	0.0	7.8
Hutch Jones	4	0	4.5	.000		.250	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3
Greg Kelser	80	21	22.3	.519	.333	.702	4.9	1.1	0.9	0.4	11.0
Kevin Loder	1	0	4.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hank McDowell	57	0	10.7	.431	.000	.679	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.0	3.6
Billy McKinney	80	0	10.5	.446	.000	.848	0.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	3.9
Norm Nixon	82	82	37.2	.462	.239	.760	2.5	11.1	1.1	0.0	17.0
Ricky Pierce	69	35	18.6	.470	.000	.861	2.0	0.9	0.4	0.2	9.9
Derek Smith	61	20	21.3	.546	.167	.755	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	9.8
Linton Townes	2	0	8.5	.429			0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0
Bill Walton	55	46	26.8	.556	.000	.597	8.7	3.3	0.8	1.6	12.1
Rory White	6	0	3.2	.444			0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Jerome Whitehead	70	1	13.2	.490		.822	3.5	0.3	0.2	.2	5.4

Transactions

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

Trades

August 18, 1983	To San Diego Clippers James Donaldson, Greg Kelser, Mark Radford, 1984 first-round draft pick & 1985 second-round draft pick	To Seattle SuperSonics Tom Chambers, Al Wood, 1987 second-round draft pick & 1984 third-round draft pick
October 4, 1983	To San Diego Clippers Billy McKinney	To Denver Nuggets Richard Anderson
October 10, 1983	To San Diego Clippers Norm Nixon, Eddie Jordan & two future second-round draft picks	To Los Angeles Lakers Swen Nater & draft rights to Byron Scott
October 17, 1983	To San Diego Clippers Ricky Pierce	To Detroit Pistons 1986 & 1987 second-round draft picks
October 26, 1983	To San Diego Clippers Hank McDowell	To Indiana Pacers 1986 third-round draft pick

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Derek Smith	9/13/83	Golden State Warriors
Hutch Jones	12/7/83	Albuquerque Silvers
Linton Townes	12/23/83	Milwaukee Bucks
Kevin Loder	2/18/84	Kansas City Kings
Rory White	3/9/84	Milwaukee Bucks

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Joe Cooper	8/9/83	Seattle SuperSonics
Hutch Jones	12/20/83	Wyoming Wildcatters
Linton Townes	1/11/84	San Antonio Spurs