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1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

SportsChannel Los Angeles (Ralph Lawler, Kevin Loughery, Keith Erickson) (Ralph Lawler, Kevin Loughery, Keith Erickson)

The 1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 20th season for the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association, and their sixth season in Los Angeles, California. The Clippers received the second overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft, and selected power forward Danny Ferry out of Duke University. However, Ferry refused to play for the Clippers, and left to play overseas in Italy; this would force General Manager Elgin Baylor into trading Ferry, along with Reggie Williams to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Ron Harper.

The Clippers were approaching .500 in winning percentage with a 16–19 start to the regular season, when Harper went down to a knee injury after 28 games. The team posted a 7-game losing streak midway through the season, and held a 21–26 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team acquired Winston Garland in a trade with the Golden State Warriors. The Clippers lost their final five games of the season, finishing in sixth place in the Pacific Division with a 30–52 record.

Despite another 50-loss season, the team's second-year stars posted stellar seasons; forward Charles D. Smith averaged 21.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, while last year's top draft pick Danny Manning averaged 16.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, and guard Gary Grant provided the team with 13.1 points, 10.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game. In addition, Ken Norman contributed 16.1 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, and Benoit Benjamin provided with 13.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game.

For the season, the team slightly changed their uniforms, which would remain in use until 2000.

Draft picks

Main article: 1989 NBA draft

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

Roster

Don Casey
Joe Roberts
Bob Staak
Dave Twardzik

Roster notes

Point guard David Rivers became the 3rd former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	78	76	35.0	.520	.083	.794	6.7	1.5	1.1	1.5	21.1
	77	19	17.2	.395	.200	.775	3.0	.8	.4	.3	4.8
	73	22	23.6	.494	.190	.772	2.2	4.0	1.2	.1	7.0
	71	58	32.6	.526	.000	.732	9.3	2.2	.8	2.6	13.5
	71	42	32.0	.533	.000	.741	5.9	2.6	1.3	.5	16.3
	70	64	33.3	.510	.438	.632	6.7	2.3	1.1	.8	16.1
	69	23	19.6	.411	.133	.705	2.3	.6	.6	.2	6.3
	52	11	13.9	.406	.000	.756	1.6	3.0	.6	.0	4.2
	52	1	11.3	.478	.000	.473	2.2	.3	.3	.1	4.0
	45	2	10.2	.474	.308	.711	1.9	.5	.6	.1	4.9
	44	44	34.8	.466	.238	.779	4.4	10.0	2.5	.1	13.1
†	28	28	39.5	.481	.283	.795	5.6	4.8	2.4	1.1	23.0
†	28	15	31.1	.428	.423	.831	3.7	5.2	1.1	.2	10.9
	15	0	6.2	.350		.750	.7	.1	.5	.1	2.1
	7	0	14.9	.250	.000	.500	1.7	1.0	.9	.1	2.6
†	6	0	14.3	.357	.000	.846	1.2	3.3	.5	.0	3.5
†	5	5	26.6	.368	.000	.857	3.0	2.0	1.8	.2	12.0
	4	0	6.5	.429	.000	.333	.5	1.0	.3	.0	1.8
†	3	0	10.3	.154	.000		1.7	1.0	.3	.0	1.3
	3	0	3.3	.000		.667	.7	.0	.7	.3	1.3

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Clippers only.

Player statistics citation:

Transactions

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

Trades

Player Transactions Citation:

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/1990.html 1989-90 Los Angeles Clippers]
Goldaper, Sam. (June 28, 1989). "Kings Take Ellison First in N.B.A. Draft; Clippers Pick Ferry". The New York Times.
McManis, Sam. (June 28, 1989). "THE NBA DRAFT: The Other Teams: Sacramento's Secret Is Out: It's Ellison". Los Angeles Times.
"1989 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.
Howard-Cooper, Scott. (August 2, 1989). "Clippers Left High and Dry: Ferry Takes Italian Route". Los Angeles Times.
Steadman, John. (September 3, 1989). "Danny Ferry's Great Adventure-- It's Basketball, Italian Style". Los Angeles Times.
(November 16, 1989). "Cavs Trade Harper, Draft Picks to Clippers". United Press International.
(November 17, 1989). "Ferry's Rights Are Traded". The New York Times.
Howard-Cooper, Scott. (November 17, 1989). "Ferry Is Traded; Benjamin on Board: Deal: The Clippers Give Up Reggie Williams, and Rights to Former Duke Star for Cavaliers' Harper, and Three Draft Picks". Los Angeles Times.
"NBA Games Played on February 8, 1990". Basketball-Reference.
Howard-Cooper, Scott. (February 23, 1990). "Clippers Deal for Garland: Trade: He Isn't the Big-Name Player L.A. Wanted, But He Cost Only Two No. 2 Picks and Could Be a Starter Soon". Los Angeles Times.
(February 23, 1990). "Warriors Deal Former Starter Garland, Blab". Chicago Tribune.
(February 23, 1990). "Warriors Deal Garland, Blab". Orlando Sentinel.
"1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference.
"1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.
"Los Angeles Clippers Uniform".
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