youngest player in nba 1996-97

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

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

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