Los Angeles Lakers 1996-97 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1996-97 NBA Regular Season and the 1997 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Los Angeles Lakers used 17 players in the 1996-97 Regular Season and 12 in the 1997 Playoffs.

Derek Fisher and Eddie Jones are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 80.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1997, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 56-26 (.683), 4th in Western Conference
Playoffs: 4-5 (.444), Lost West Conf Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
2	Derek Fisher Point Guard 6-1 born Aug. 9, 1974 drafted 24th in 1996 (by the Lakers)	80 games 3.9 pts 1.2 reb 1.5 ast	6 games 1.3 pts 0.5 reb 1.0 ast
6	Eddie Jones Guard / Forward 6-6 born Oct. 20, 1971 drafted 10th in 1994 (by the Lakers)	80 games 17.2 pts 4.1 reb 3.4 ast	9 games 11.2 pts 3.4 reb 3.2 ast
4	Byron Scott Guard 6-3 born Mar. 28, 1961 drafted 4th in 1983 (by the Clippers)	79 games 6.7 pts 1.5 reb 1.3 ast	8 games 6.4 pts 1.5 reb 1.4 ast
9	Nick Van Exel Guard 6-1 born Nov. 27, 1971 drafted 37th in 1993 (by the Lakers)	79 games 15.3 pts 2.9 reb 8.5 ast	9 games 14.4 pts 3.4 reb 6.4 ast
41	Elden Campbell Center 6-11 born Jul. 23, 1968 drafted 27th in 1990 (by the Lakers)	77 games 14.9 pts 8.0 reb 1.6 ast	9 games 11.8 pts 4.3 reb 1.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
8	Kobe Bryant Shooting Guard 6-6 born Aug. 23, 1978 drafted 13th in 1996 (by the Hornets)	71 games 7.6 pts 1.9 reb 1.3 ast	9 games 8.2 pts 1.2 reb 1.2 ast
40	Travis Knight Center 7-0 born Sep. 13, 1974 drafted 29th in 1996 (by the Bulls)	71 games 4.8 pts 4.5 reb 0.5 ast	9 games 2.1 pts 2.0 reb 0.3 ast
12	Jerome Kersey Forward 6-7 born Jun. 26, 1962 drafted 46th in 1984 (by the Trail Blazers)	70 games 6.8 pts 5.2 reb 1.3 ast	9 games 5.4 pts 5.3 reb 1.6 ast
45	Sean Rooks Center 6-10 born Sep. 9, 1969 drafted 30th in 1992 (by the Mavericks)	69 games 3.8 pts 2.4 reb 0.6 ast	8 games 1.8 pts 1.5 reb 0.1 ast
43	Corie Blount Forward 6-9 born Jan. 4, 1969 drafted 25th in 1993 (by the Bulls)	58 games 4.2 pts 4.8 reb 0.6 ast	3 games 1.0 pts 0.7 reb 0.3 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
34	Shaquille O'Neal Center 7-1 born Mar. 6, 1972 drafted 1st in 1992 (by the Magic)	51 games 26.2 pts 12.5 reb 3.1 ast	9 games 26.9 pts 10.6 reb 3.2 ast
24	George McCloud Guard / Forward 6-6 born May. 27, 1967 drafted 7th in 1989 (by the Pacers)	23 games 4.1 pts 1.6 reb 0.7 ast
5	Robert Horry Forward 6-9 born Aug. 25, 1970 drafted 11th in 1992 (by the Rockets)	22 games 9.2 pts 5.4 reb 2.5 ast	9 games 6.7 pts 5.3 reb 1.4 ast
20	Rumeal Robinson Guard 6-2 born Nov. 13, 1966 drafted 10th in 1990 (by the Hawks)	15 games 3.0 pts 0.7 reb 0.9 ast
23	Cedric Ceballos Forward 6-6 born Aug. 2, 1969 drafted 48th in 1990 (by the Suns)	8 games 10.8 pts 6.6 reb 1.9 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
35	Joe Kleine Center 6-11 born Jan. 4, 1962 drafted 6th in 1985 (by the Kings)	8 games 0.8 pts 1.1 reb 0.0 ast
UN	Larry Krystkowiak Forward / Center 6-9 born Sep. 23, 1964 drafted 28th in 1986 (by the Bulls)	3 games 1.0 pts 1.7 reb 1.0 ast