Toronto Raptors Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 Toronto Raptors Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Benoit Benjamin C 7-0 250 Nov 22, 1964 31 Creighton 11 1985 1st Rnd, #3, Los Angeles Clippers
Marcus Camby C 6-11 240 Mar 22, 1974 22 Massachusetts 0 1996 1st Rnd, #2, Toronto Raptors
Doug Christie G-F 6-6 200 May 9, 1970 26 Pepperdine 4 1992 1st Rnd, #17, Seattle SuperSonics
Hubert Davis SG 6-5 183 May 17, 1970 26 North Carolina 4 1992 1st Rnd, #20, New York Knicks
Acie Earl PF 6-10 240 Jun 23, 1970 26 Iowa 3 1993 1st Rnd, #19, Boston Celtics
Mark Hughes C 6-10   Oct 5, 1966 30 Michigan 2 1989 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Popeye Jones PF 6-8 250 Jun 17, 1970 26 Murray State 3 1992 2nd Rnd, #41, Houston Rockets
Carlos Rogers C 6-11 220 Feb 6, 1971 25 Tennessee State 2 1994 1st Rnd, #11, Seattle SuperSonics
Damon Stoudamire PG 5-10 171 Sep 3, 1973 23 Arizona 1 1995 1st Rnd, #7, Toronto Raptors
Zan Tabak C 7-0 245 Jun 15, 1970 26 KK Split (Croatia) 2 1991 2nd Rnd, #51, Houston Rockets
Donald Whiteside PG 5-10 160 Apr 25, 1969 27 Northern Illinois 0 1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Walt Williams F-G 6-8 219 Apr 16, 1970 26 Maryland 4 1992 1st Rnd, #7, Sacramento Kings
Sharone Wright PF 6-11 260 Jan 30, 1973 23 Clemson 2 1994 1st Rnd, #6, Philadelphia Sixers

New York 107, Toronto 99

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ontario)

Attendance: 28,457

Officials: Bennie Adams, Nolan Fine, Hugh Evans

Team Rebounds: New York (13) Toronto (12)

Technicals: New York (0) Toronto (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NYK (1-0) 26 23 25 33 107
TOR (0-1) 28 17 30 24 99

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 102 104.7 96.9
TOR 102 96.9 104.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NYK .515 0.235 0.250 0.544
TOR .513 0.235 0.297 0.244

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 23:00 7-12 0-0 4-9 6.6 0.0 6 6 0 5 2 1 4 18
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 39:00 7-16 3-5 11-12 16.2 0.0 5 5 4 2 3 1 6 28
2 Larry Johnson Starter SF 29:00 4-5 0-0 4-6 5.5 1.0 2 3 3 6 1 0 4 12
21 Charlie Ward Starter PG 29:00 1-3 0-2 2-2 10.5 1.0 4 5 8 3 1 0 2 4
52 Buck Williams Starter PF 35:00 4-6 0-0 4-4 11.0 2.0 4 6 1 4 1 1 1 12
4 Scott Brooks Bench PG 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.8 0.0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0
3 John Starks Bench SG 35:00 7-13 1-4 7-8 19.2 1.0 4 5 5 2 2 1 1 22
44 John Wallace Bench SF 24:00 3-9 0-0 4-8 7.2 4.0 6 10 0 3 2 0 2 10
32 Herb Williams Bench C 20:00 0-4 0-0 1-2 -1.0 2.0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1
  Team                   13            
        240 33-68 4-11 37-51 115.1 11 33 57 23 29 15 5 24 107
          48.5% 36.4% 72.5%                    

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 36:00 8-16 4-7 4-6 18.0 0.0 3 3 7 0 4 0 5 24
54 Popeye Jones Starter PF 28:00 2-5 0-0 3-3 8.9 2.0 7 9 1 3 2 0 2 7
20 Damon Stoudamire Starter PG 38:00 9-17 4-7 6-7 16.1 0.0 2 2 10 6 2 0 7 28
3 Zan Tabak Starter C 22:00 0-1 0-0 3-8 3.2 3.0 4 7 2 4 0 2 4 3
42 Walt Williams Starter SF 21:00 2-7 2-5 0-0 -4.5 0.0 1 1 0 6 0 0 3 6
21 Marcus Camby Bench C 15:00 2-5 0-0 1-2 2.5 0.0 4 4 0 6 1 1 0 5
44 Hubert Davis Bench SG 30:00 2-7 1-4 1-2 1.8 0.0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 6
34 Carlos Rogers Bench C 30:00 5-10 1-2 1-2 9.0 5.0 3 8 2 6 1 0 2 12
12 Donald Whiteside Bench PG 01:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sharone Wright Bench PF 19:00 4-9 0-0 0-2 -0.2 1.0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 8
  Team                   12            
        240 34-78 12-25 19-32 96.0 11 26 49 24 38 11 3 24 99
          43.6% 48.0% 59.4%                    

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Charlie Ward
4p, 5r, 8a
Allan Houston
28p, 5r, 4a
Larry Johnson
12p, 3r, 3a
Buck Williams
12p, 6r, 1a
Patrick Ewing
18p, 6r, 0a
Rotation  
 
John Starks
22p, 5r, 5a
John Wallace
10p, 10r, 0a
 
 
Herb Williams
1p, 3r, 0a
Lim PT Scott Brooks
0p, 1r, 2a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Toronto Raptors Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Damon Stoudamire
28p, 2r, 10a
Doug Christie
24p, 3r, 7a
Walt Williams
6p, 1r, 0a
Popeye Jones
7p, 9r, 1a
Zan Tabak
3p, 7r, 2a
Rotation  
 
Hubert Davis
6p, 1r, 2a
 
 
Sharone Wright
8p, 2r, 0a
Carlos Rogers
12p, 8r, 2a
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marcus Camby
5p, 4r, 0a
Lim PT Donald Whiteside
0p, 0r, 0a