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1982–83 San Diego Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	San Diego Clippers
team_link	Los Angeles Clippers
end_year	1983
wins	25
losses	57
division	Pacific
division_place	6
conf_place	8
coach	Paul Silas
arena	San Diego Sports Arena
television	XETV
radio	KCNN
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	SDC

The 1982–83 San Diego Clippers season was the Clippers' 13th season in the NBA and their 5th season in the city of San Diego. Midway through the season, the team changed their colors from light blue and orange to blue and red.

Draft picks

Main article: 1982 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team
1	2	Terry Cummings	Forward	DePaul
2	32	Richard Anderson	Forward	UC Santa Barbara
3	48	Craig Hodges	Guard	Long Beach State
4	71	Darius Clemons	Guard	Loyola (IL)
5	94	Gary Carter	Guard	Tennessee
6	117	Eric Marbury	Guard	Georgia
7	140	Eddie Hughes	Guard	Colorado State
8	163	Jacques Tuz	Forward	Colorado
9	186	John Hegwood	Guard	San Francisco
10	207	Daryl Stovall	Guard	Creighton

Roster

Paul Silas

Roster notes

Forward Gus Gerard, who had played for the Buffalo Braves back in the 1976-77 NBA season, would have made his second tour of duty with the franchise, but was cut before the season began.

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
78	5	16.3	.404	.368	.696	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	5.2
58	0	8.0	.427	.231	.791	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.2	3.8
82	26	30.0	.484	.333	.697	6.4	3.2	1.4	0.5	12.2
79	79	33.7	.472	.000	.723	6.6	2.4	1.0	0.7	17.6
13	4	21.2	.525		.550	5.5	1.2	0.6	1.5	5.6
70	69	36.2	.523	.000	.709	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	23.7
3	1	4.0	.167	.500	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7
27	3	13.8	.427	.333	.632	2.4	1.3	0.8	0.3	3.1
76	48	26.6	.452	.222	.723	1.6	3.6	1.1	0.1	9.9
56	54	32.9	.437	.143	.721	2.3	6.7	2.0	0.3	13.5
9	0	9.4	.459		1.000	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.0	4.4
37	3	17.4	.426	.261	.750	1.5	2.0	0.6	0.0	5.7
7	0	7.3	.300		1.000	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.0	2.3
65	16	19.4	.489	.188	.863	1.4	3.0	0.8	0.0	9.1
5	0	8.6	.154	.000	.875	0.6	1.2	0.8	0.0	2.2
33	32	33.3	.528		.556	9.8	3.6	1.0	3.6	14.1
46	23	19.7	.536		.828	5.7	0.9	0.5	0.3	8.7
76	47	24.0	.464	.300	.770	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.5	10.9

Awards and records

Awards

Forward Terry Cummings won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1982–83 season.

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Joe Cooper	3/21/83	Lancaster Lightning

Subtractions

Randy Smith	3/15/83	Atlanta Hawks

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SDC/1983.html 1982-83 San Diego Clippers]

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