Charlotte Hornets Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 Charlotte Hornets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Rafael Addison SF 6-7 215 Jul 22, 1964 32 Syracuse 5 1986 2nd Rnd, #39, Phoenix Suns
Muggsy Bogues PG 5-3 136 Jan 9, 1965 31 Wake Forest 9 1987 1st Rnd, #12, Washington Wizards
Scott Burrell G-F 6-7 218 Jan 12, 1971 25 UConn 3 1993 1st Rnd, #20, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Dell Curry SG 6-4 190 Jun 25, 1964 32 Virginia Tech 10 1986 1st Rnd, #15, Utah Jazz
Tony Delk PG 6-1 189 Jan 28, 1974 22 Kentucky 0 1996 1st Rnd, #16, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Vlade Divac C 7-1 260 Feb 3, 1968 28 KK Partizan (Serbia) 7 1989 1st Rnd, #26, Los Angeles Lakers
Matt Geiger C 7-0 243 Sep 10, 1969 27 Georgia Tech 4 1992 2nd Rnd, #42, Miami Heat
Anthony Goldwire PG 6-1 182 Sep 6, 1971 25 Houston 1 1994 2nd Rnd, #52, Phoenix Suns
Anthony Mason SF 6-7 250 Dec 14, 1966 29 Tennessee State 8 1988 3rd Rnd, #53, Portland Trail Blazers
Glen Rice PF 6-8 228 May 28, 1967 29 Michigan 7 1989 1st Rnd, #4, Miami Heat
Malik Rose SF 6-7 250 Nov 23, 1974 21 Drexel 0 1996 2nd Rnd, #44, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Tony Smith PG 6-3 185 Jun 14, 1968 28 Marquette 6 1990 2nd Rnd, #51, Los Angeles Lakers
Carlos Strong SF 6-7 245 Oct 17, 1972 24 Georgia 0 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
George Zidek C 7-0 266 Aug 2, 1973 23 UCLA 1 1995 1st Rnd, #22, Charlotte Hornets (1988)

Toronto 98, Charlotte 109

November 2, 1996

Regular Season

Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Attendance: 24,042

Officials: Michael Smith, Jess Kersey, Don Vaden

Team Rebounds: Toronto (9) Charlotte (9)

Technicals: Toronto (0) Charlotte (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
TOR (0-2) 27 23 29 19 98
CHA (1-0) 30 22 33 24 109

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
TOR 92 107.0 119.0
CHA 92 119.0 107.0

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
TOR .506 0.120 0.294 0.169
CHA .525 0.186 0.353 0.296

Toronto Raptors

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
13 Doug Christie Starter SG 20:00 3-6 1-2 0-0 3.8 0.0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 7
54 Popeye Jones Starter PF 21:00 3-4 0-0 0-0 7.5 3.0 4 7 0 3 0 0 0 6
20 Damon Stoudamire Starter PG 36:00 8-16 3-7 0-3 9.9 0.0 4 4 5 2 1 0 4 19
3 Zan Tabak Starter C 32:00 5-14 0-0 4-4 5.0 3.0 2 5 1 3 0 1 2 14
42 Walt Williams Starter SF 34:00 4-10 1-4 5-6 5.8 1.0 2 3 1 4 0 1 1 14
7 Benoit Benjamin Bench C 07:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 2
21 Marcus Camby Bench C 13:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 4.2 0.0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 4
44 Hubert Davis Bench SG 32:00 2-13 0-6 4-6 -1.0 1.0 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 8
34 Carlos Rogers Bench C 29:00 6-7 1-1 0-0 16.2 2.0 6 8 2 4 1 2 1 13
12 Donald Whiteside Bench PG 12:00 3-3 2-2 1-2 8.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 9
4 Sharone Wright Bench PF 04:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
  Team                   9         1  
        240 38-83 8-22 14-21 69.4 10 24 43 17 29 5 5 12 98
          45.8% 36.4% 66.7%                    

Charlotte Hornets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
1 Muggsy Bogues Starter PG 36:00 4-5 0-0 0-0 12.2 1.0 0 1 10 2 1 0 3 8
30 Dell Curry Starter SG 43:00 15-23 6-11 2-2 24.0 0.0 4 4 3 4 1 0 1 38
12 Vlade Divac Starter C 32:00 4-14 0-0 1-2 9.0 6.0 5 11 4 5 0 3 3 9
52 Matt Geiger Starter PF 35:00 5-15 0-0 6-9 10.1 6.0 5 11 3 4 0 1 3 16
14 Anthony Mason Starter SF 45:00 7-10 0-0 4-4 22.8 4.0 11 15 3 1 1 0 2 18
24 Scott Burrell Bench SF 30:00 2-11 1-5 7-10 7.5 1.0 6 7 5 2 0 1 3 12
- Anthony Goldwire Bench PG 06:00 0-1 0-1 0-2 -0.8 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
31 Malik Rose Bench PF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Tony Smith Bench SG 07:00 1-1 0-0 2-2 -1.0 0.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 4
25 George Zidek Bench C 05:00 1-1 0-0 2-2 2.8 0.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
  Team                   9            
        240 39-81 7-17 24-33 110.6 18 33 60 29 24 3 5 17 109
          48.1% 41.2% 72.7%                    

Toronto Raptors Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Damon Stoudamire
23.5p, 3r, 7.5a
Doug Christie
15.5p, 2r, 5a
Walt Williams
10p, 2r, 0.5a
Popeye Jones
6.5p, 8r, 0.5a
Zan Tabak
8.5p, 6r, 1.5a
Rotation Donald Whiteside
4.5p, 0r, 1a
Hubert Davis
7p, 2r, 2a
 
 
 
 
Carlos Rogers
12.5p, 8r, 2a
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marcus Camby
4.5p, 3r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Sharone Wright
5p, 1r, 0a
Benoit Benjamin
2p, 1r, 1a

Charlotte Hornets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Muggsy Bogues
8p, 1r, 10a
Dell Curry
38p, 4r, 3a
Anthony Mason
18p, 15r, 3a
Matt Geiger
16p, 11r, 3a
Vlade Divac
9p, 11r, 4a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Scott Burrell
12p, 7r, 5a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Anthony Goldwire
0p, 1r, 1a
Tony Smith
4p, 0r, 0a
 
 
Malik Rose
0p, 0r, 0a
George Zidek
4p, 1r, 0a