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The 1996–97 NBA season was the 51st season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The league used this season to celebrate its 50th anniversary, which included the unveiling of the league's list of its 50 greatest players .
The 1996–97 NBA season was the 9th season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. [1] For the first time since the 1990–91 season, Larry Johnson was not on the team's opening day roster.
The 1996–97 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 8th season in the National Basketball Association. [1] In the 1996 NBA draft, the Timberwolves selected shooting guard Ray Allen from the University of Connecticut with the fifth overall pick, but soon traded him to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for top draft pick point guard Stephon Marbury out of Georgia Tech University.
The Bulls entered the season as defending NBA champions, having defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals in six games, winning their fourth NBA championship. During the off-season, the Bulls signed 43-year old free agent All-Star center Robert Parish , who won three championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s.
The 1996–97 NBA season was the 76ers 48th season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th season in Philadelphia. [1] This season is most memorable when the 76ers won the Draft Lottery, [2] [3] and selected point guard Allen Iverson out of Georgetown University with the first overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft.
Until 2020, this was the Spurs' last season in which they failed to make the playoffs, due in large part to turning the lottery pick they earned in 1997 into perennial All-Star Tim Duncan, [24] [25] who would create a dynasty that won them their first championship 2 years later, then four more championships in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014.
The 1996–97 NBA season was the 51st season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. [1] Celebrating its 50th anniversary as one of the NBA's original franchises, the Celtics selected Antoine Walker from the University of Kentucky with the sixth overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft .
Results; Record: 44–38 (.537) ... The 1996–97 NBA season was the Bullets' 36th season in the National Basketball Association ... 1997 schedule; Player statistics ...