youngest players in 1997

Kobe Bryant and Jermaine O'Neal were tied for the youngest in 1996-97. They were 18 years old.

NAMEAgeSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18
1996-97
71
15.5
7.6
1.9
1.3
0.7
0.3
2.5
5.9
41.7
0.7
1.9
37.5
1.9
2.3
81.9
54.4
0.7
1.2
1.6
1,103
539
132
91
49
23
112
102
+60
2Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
18
1996-97
45
10.2
4.1
2.8
0.2
0.0
0.6
1.5
3.4
45.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.7
60.3
49.4
0.9
1.9
0.6
458
185
124
8
2
26
27
46
+26
3Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
19
1996-97
67
34.7
15.8
2.7
7.8
1.0
0.3
5.3
13.0
40.8
1.5
4.3
35.4
3.7
5.0
72.7
51.9
0.8
1.9
3.1
2,324
1,057
184
522
67
19
210
159
-157
4Shareef Abdur-Rahim
S. Abdur-Rahim
20
1996-97
80
35.0
18.7
6.9
2.2
1.0
1.0
6.9
15.2
45.3
0.1
0.3
25.9
4.8
6.5
74.6
51.8
2.7
4.2
2.8
2,802
1,494
555
175
79
79
225
199
-596
5Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
20
1996-97
77
38.9
17.0
8.0
3.1
1.4
2.1
7.1
14.3
49.9
0.1
0.3
28.6
2.7
3.5
75.4
53.7
2.5
5.6
2.3
2,995
1,309
618
236
105
163
175
199
+116
6Antoine Walker
A. Walker
20
1996-97
82
36.2
17.5
9.0
3.2
1.3
0.6
7.0
16.5
42.5
0.6
1.9
32.7
2.8
4.5
63.1
47.4
3.5
5.5
2.8
2,970
1,435
741
262
105
53
230
271
-559
7Samaki Walker
S. Walker
20
1996-97
43
14.0
5.0
3.4
0.4
0.3
0.5
1.9
4.3
44.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.7
64.9
48.7
1.1
2.3
0.9
602
214
147
17
15
22
39
71
-131
8Ray Allen
R. Allen
21
1996-97
82
30.9
13.4
4.0
2.6
0.9
0.1
4.8
11.1
43.0
1.4
3.6
39.3
2.5
3.0
82.3
54.1
1.2
2.8
1.8
2,532
1,102
326
210
75
10
149
218
-60
9Erick Dampier
E. Dampier
21
1996-97
72
14.6
5.1
4.1
0.6
0.3
1.0
1.8
4.7
39.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
1.5
2.3
63.7
45.1
1.3
2.8
1.2
1,052
370
294
43
19
73
84
153
-75
10Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
21
1996-97
76
40.1
23.5
4.1
7.5
2.1
0.3
8.2
19.8
41.6
2.0
6.0
34.1
5.0
7.2
70.2
51.3
1.5
2.6
4.4
3,045
1,787
312
567
157
24
337
233
-439
11Martin Lewis
M. Lewis
21
1996-97
9
5.6
1.6
0.7
0.4
0.1
0.2
0.7
1.6
42.9
0.1
0.3
33.3
0.1
0.2
50.0
47.0
0.4
0.2
0.1
50
14
6
4
1
2
1
8
-8
12Randy Livingston
R. Livingston
21
1996-97
64
15.3
3.9
1.5
2.4
0.6
0.2
1.6
3.6
43.7
0.1
0.3
40.9
0.7
1.0
64.6
48.7
0.5
1.0
1.6
981
251
94
155
39
12
102
107
+1
13Vitaly Potapenko
V. Potapenko
21
1996-97
80
15.5
5.8
2.7
0.5
0.3
0.4
2.3
5.3
44.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
1.2
1.6
73.6
48.6
1.3
1.4
1.4
1,238
465
217
40
26
34
109
216
-36
14Joe Smith
J. Smith
21
1996-97
80
38.6
18.7
8.5
1.6
0.9
1.1
7.3
16.2
45.4
0.2
0.6
26.1
3.8
4.7
81.4
51.2
3.3
5.2
2.4
3,086
1,493
679
125
74
86
192
244
-217
15Lorenzen Wright
L. Wright
21
1996-97
77
25.1
7.3
6.1
0.6
0.6
0.8
3.1
6.4
48.1
0.0
0.1
25.0
1.1
1.9
58.7
50.4
2.7
3.4
1.0
1,936
561
471
49
48
60
79
211
-168
16Marcus Brown
M. Brown
22
1996-97
21
8.8
3.9
0.7
1.0
0.4
0.1
1.3
3.3
40.0
0.6
1.5
40.6
0.6
0.9
68.4
52.3
0.2
0.5
0.6
184
82
15
20
8
2
13
26
+20
17Marcus Camby
M. Camby
22
1996-97
63
30.1
14.8
6.3
1.5
1.0
2.1
6.0
12.3
48.2
0.0
0.2
14.3
2.9
4.2
69.3
52.3
2.1
4.2
2.1
1,897
935
394
97
66
130
134
214
-37
18Chris Carr
C. Carr
22
1996-97
55
15.1
6.1
2.1
0.9
0.4
0.2
2.3
4.9
46.1
0.6
1.6
35.2
1.0
1.3
76.7
55.6
0.6
1.5
0.7
830
337
113
48
24
10
37
93
+50
19Jamie Feick
J. Feick
22
1996-97
TOT
41
15.2
3.7
5.2
0.6
0.4
0.3
1.4
3.8
35.7
0.1
0.3
35.7
0.8
1.6
50.7
40.5
2.0
3.2
0.8
624
151
214
26
16
14
31
78
-131
20Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
22
1996-97
80
11.5
3.9
1.2
1.5
0.5
0.1
1.3
3.3
39.7
0.3
0.9
30.1
1.0
1.5
65.8
49.1
0.3
0.9
0.9
921
309
97
119
41
5
71
87
+71
21Todd Fuller
T. Fuller
22
1996-97
75
12.7
4.1
3.3
0.3
0.1
0.3
1.5
3.5
42.9
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.5
69.1
48.3
1.4
1.9
0.7
949
304
249
24
10
20
52
146
-178
22Mark Hendrickson
M. Hendrickson
22
1996-97
29
10.4
2.9
3.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
1.1
2.7
41.6
0.1
0.4
25.0
0.6
0.9
69.2
48.1
1.2
2.0
0.5
301
85
92
3
10
4
14
32
-21
23Kerry Kittles
K. Kittles
22
1996-97
82
36.7
16.4
3.9
3.0
1.9
0.4
6.2
14.5
42.6
1.9
5.1
37.7
2.1
2.8
77.1
52.3
1.3
2.6
1.5
3,012
1,347
319
249
157
35
127
165
-266
24Travis Knight
T. Knight
22
1996-97
71
16.3
4.8
4.5
0.5
0.4
0.8
2.0
3.9
50.9
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.4
62.0
53.6
1.8
2.7
0.7
1,156
342
319
39
31
58
49
170
+120
25Antonio McDyess
A. McDyess
22
1996-97
74
34.7
18.3
7.3
1.4
0.8
1.7
7.2
15.6
46.3
0.1
0.5
17.1
3.7
5.2
70.8
50.9
2.1
5.2
2.7
2,565
1,352
537
106
62
126
199
276
-367

More NBA News

More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

33.5

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

8.0

Ayton

Deandre Ayton

APG

8.3

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

116.4

19th

NETRTG

1.7

14th

3P%

35.9

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
Lakers Lakers
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
Last Game
OKC Thunder

4 - 0

115

Final

110

LAL Lakers

0 - 4

Mon 11 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0