1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers season

1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Don Casey
Arena	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record	30–52 (.366)
Place	Division: 6th (Pacific) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Prime Ticket, KTLA
Radio	KIIS

The 1989-90 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 20th season in the NBA, their 6th in Los Angeles.

Draft picks

Main article: 1989 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Danny Ferry	PF	United States	Duke
2	31	Jeff Martin	G	United States	Murray State
2	33	Jay Edwards	G	United States	Indiana

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers 1989-90 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From F/C 51 Bannister, Ken 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Saint Augustine's College C 00 Benjamin, Benoit 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Creighton F 12 Bryn, Torgeir (waived) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Southwest Texas State G 3 Edwards, Jay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Indiana G 11 Garland, Winston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Missouri State G 22 Garrick, Tom 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Rhode Island G 23 Grant, Gary 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Michigan G/F 4 Harper, Ron (from CLE) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Miami (OH) G 20 Harris, Steve 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tulsa G 12 Les, Jim (waived) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Bradley F/C 25 Manning, Danny 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Kansas G 15 Martin, Jeff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Murray State G 14 McKinney, Carlton (waived) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Southern Methodist F 33 Norman, Ken 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Illinois G 44 Rivers, David 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Notre Dame F/C 54 Smith, Charles D. 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Pittsburgh G 12 Turner, Andre (waived) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Memphis State F 34 Williams, Reggie (to CLE) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Georgetown C 24 Wolf, Joe 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina F 42 Young, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Houston	Head coach Don Casey Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Roster Notes

• Guard David Rivers becomes the 3rd former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	63	19	.768	–	37–4	26–15	22–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	4	35–6	24–17	20–8
x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9	32–9	22–19	20–8
Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22	30–11	11–30	11–17
Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	26	27–14	10–31	11–17
Los Angeles Clippers	30	52	.366	33	20–21	10–31	7–21
Sacramento Kings	23	59	.280	40	16–25	7–34	7–21

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	63	19	.768	–
2	y- San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	7
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	4
4	x-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	20
8	x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	22
9	Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	26
11	Los Angeles Clippers	30	52	.366	33
12	Sacramento Kings	23	59	.280	40
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	41
14	Charlotte Hornets	19	63	.232	44

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

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
Ken Bannister
Benoit Benjamin
Torgeir Bryn
Jay Edwards
Winston Garland
Tom Garrick
Gary Grant
Ron Harper
Steve Harris
Jim Les
Danny Manning
Jeff Martin
Carlton McKinney
Ken Norman
David Rivers
Charles Smith
Andre Turner
Reggie Williams
Joe Wolf
Michael Young

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1989–90 season.

Trades

November 16, 1989	To Los Angeles Clippers Ron Harper, 1990 & 1992 first-round draft picks and 1991 second-round draft pick	To Cleveland Cavaliers Reggie Williams & the draft rights to Danny Ferry
February 22, 1990	To Los Angeles Clippers Winston Garland	To Golden State Warriors 1990 & 1992 second-round draft picks

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team