1993–94 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the 24th season for the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association, and their tenth season in Los Angeles, California.^[1] The Clippers had the thirteenth overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Terry Dehere out of Seton Hall University,^[2][3][4] signed free agent and former All-Star forward Mark Aguirre, who won two consecutive NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons between 1989 and 1990,^[5][6][7] and hired Bob Weiss as their new head coach.^[8][9][10]

1993–94 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Bob Weiss
Owners	Donald Sterling
Arena	Los Angeles Sports Arena
Results
Record	27–55 (.329)
Place	Division: 7th (Pacific) Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KCOP-TV (Ralph Lawler, Bill Walton)
Radio	KMPC (Rich Marotta)
< 1992–93 1994–95 >

The Clippers played slightly under .500 with an 11–14 start to the regular season, but then struggled posting a 7-game losing streak between December and January, as Stanley Roberts only played just 14 games due to a ruptured Achilles tendon.^[11][12] The team held a 16–29 record at the All-Star break.^[13] At mid-season, the Clippers traded Danny Manning, who was selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game in Minneapolis, Minnesota,^[14][15][16] to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for All-Star forward Dominique Wilkins,^[17][18][19] while Aguirre was released to free agency after 39 games and retired, averaging 10.6 points per game off the team's bench as their sixth man; the team also signed undrafted rookies, power forward Bo Outlaw, and small forward Harold Ellis during the regular season. However, the Clippers would lose 14 of their final 16 games, and finish in last place in the Pacific Division with a 27–55 record.^[20]

Wilkins averaged 29.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in 25 games for the Clippers after the trade, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and finished tied in eleventh place in Most Valuable Player voting,^[21][22] while Ron Harper averaged 20.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game, and Mark Jackson provided the team with 10.9 points, 8.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game. In addition, Loy Vaught averaged 11.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, while second-year center Elmore Spencer contributed 8.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, Ellis contributed 8.7 points and 1.5 steals per game, and Gary Grant provided with 7.5 points, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game off the bench.^[23]

Following the season, Wilkins signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics,^[24][25][26] while Harper signed with the Chicago Bulls,^[27][28][29] Jackson was traded to the Indiana Pacers,^[30][31][32] Weiss was fired as head coach after only one season with the Clippers,^[33][34][35] and Hot Plate Williams was released to free agency after serving a season half suspension due to continuing weight problems.^[36][37][38]

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	13	Terry Dehere	SG/PG	United States	Seton Hall
2	53	Leonard White	F	United States	Southern

Roster

1993–94 Los Angeles Clippers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 24 Terry Dehere 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– Seton Hall G/F 30 Harold Ellis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) –– Morehouse G 23 Gary Grant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) –– Michigan G 4 Ron Harper 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 216 lb (98 kg) –– Miami (OH) G 13 Mark Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) –– St. John's F 32 Henry James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) –– St. Mary's (TX) C 42 Bob Martin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) –– Minnesota F 45 Bo Outlaw 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) –– Houston C 53 Stanley Roberts 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) –– LSU C 27 Elmore Spencer 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) –– UNLV F 3 Tom Tolbert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) –– Arizona F 35 Loy Vaught 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) –– Michigan F 21 Dominique Wilkins 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) –– Georgia F 34 John Williams (S) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 295 lb (134 kg) –– LSU G 14 Randy Woods 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) –– La Salle

Head coach Bob Weiss Assistant(s) Johnny Davis Bob Ociepka Dave Wohl Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: 2009-10-04

Roster notes

• Guard/forward Mark Aguirre was waived on February 1, 1994.
• Power forward John "Hot Plate" Williams was suspended indefinitely before the start of the regular season due to weight problems, and not maintaining playing shape.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	—	37–4	26–15	25–5
x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7	36–5	20–21	19–11
x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13	29–12	21–20	19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16	30–11	17–24	17–13
Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30	21–20	12–29	7–23
Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35	20–21	8–33	9–21
Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36	17–24	10–31	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	5
3	x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	10
6	x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16
8	x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30
10	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35
11	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	50

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1993-94 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	–	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	–	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	–	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	–	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	–	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	–	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	–	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	–	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	–	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	–	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	–	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	–	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	–	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	–	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	–	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

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
Dominique Wilkins	25	25	37.9	45.3	24.7	83.5	7.0	2.2	1.2	0.3	29.1
Danny Manning	42	41	38.0	49.3	14.3	67.4	7.0	4.2	1.3	1.4	23.7
Ron Harper	75	75	38.1	42.6	30.1	71.5	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	20.1
Loy Vaught	75	56	28.2	53.7	0.0	72.0	8.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	11.7
Mark Jackson	79	79	34.3	45.2	28.3	79.1	4.4	8.6	1.5	0.1	10.9
Mark Aguirre	39	0	22.0	46.8	39.8	69.4	3.0	2.7	0.5	0.2	10.6
Elmore Spencer	76	63	25.4	53.3	0.0	59.9	5.5	1.0	0.4	1.7	8.9
Harold Ellis	49	16	18.8	54.5	0.0	71.1	3.1	0.6	1.5	0.0	8.7
Gary Grant	78	8	19.7	44.9	27.4	85.5	1.8	3.7	1.5	0.2	7.5
Stanley Roberts	14	14	25.0	43.0	0.0	40.9	6.6	0.8	0.4	1.8	7.4
Bo Outlaw	37	14	23.5	58.7	0.0	59.2	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.0	6.9
John Williams	34	6	21.3	43.1	25.0	66.7	3.7	2.9	0.7	0.3	5.6
Terry Dehere	64	6	11.9	37.7	40.4	75.3	1.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	5.3
Tom Tolbert	49	6	13.1	41.8	37.5	73.3	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.3	3.8
Randy Woods	40	0	8.8	36.8	34.6	57.1	0.7	1.8	0.6	0.1	3.6
Henry James	12	0	6.3	38.1	22.2	100.0	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	3.4
Bob Martin	53	1	10.1	45.5	0.0	60.8	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.1

Player Statistics Citation:^[23]

Awards, records and milestones

All-Star

Danny Manning selected as a reserve forward for the Western Conference All-Stars. This is his second straight All-Game appearance making Manning the first back-to-back All-Star selection of the franchise since Bob McAdoo then with the Buffalo Braves was selected for four straight All-Star Games from 1974 to 1977.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1993–94 season.

Trades

February 24, 1994	To Los Angeles Clippers Dominique Wilkins	To Atlanta Hawks Danny Manning

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team Henry James July 19 Utah Jazz Tom Tolbert October 1 Orlando Magic Bob Martin November 1 Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) Harold Ellis January 7 Quad City Thunder (CBA) Bo Outlaw February 15 Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA)

Subtractions Player Left New team Lester Conner free agency, July 1 Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) Ken Norman free agency, July 7 Milwaukee Bucks Jaren Jackson free agency, December 21 Portland Trail Blazers Henry James waived, January 5 Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) Mark Aguirre waived, February 1 Indiana Pacers (assistant coach)

Player Transactions Citation:^[39]

See also

• Los Angeles Clippers
• Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena