1983–84 San Antonio Spurs season

1983–84 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach	Morris McHone (fired) Bob Bass (interim)
General manager	Bob Bass
Owner(s)	Angelo Drossos
Arena	HemisFair Arena
Results
Record	37–45 (.451)
Place	Division: 5th (Midwest) Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1983–84 NBA season was the Spurs' eighth season in the NBA and 17th season as a franchise.

Draft picks

Main article: 1983 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	19	John Paxson	PG	United States	Notre Dame
2	35	Darrell Lockhart		United States	Auburn
2	46	Kevin Williams	PG	United States	St. John's
4	90	Brant Weidner	F	United States	William & Mary
5	112	Jeff Pehl		United States	Richmond
6	136	Ricky Hooker		United States	St. Mary's
7	158	Keith Williams		United States	Oklahoma Panhandle State
8	182	Norville Brown		United States	Oklahoma Christian
9	203	Gary Gaspard		United States	St. Mary's
10	225	Lamar Heard		United States	Georgia

Roster

1983–84 San Antonio Spurs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PF 20 Banks, Gene 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959-05-15 Duke SG 10 Brewer, Ron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955-07-16 Arkansas G/F 44 Gervin, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1952-04-27 Eastern Michigan C 53 Gilmore, Artis 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1949-09-21 Jacksonville PF 42 Jones, Edgar 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1956-06-17 Nevada PG 15 Lucas, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1953-10-31 Maryland C 31 McNamara, Mark 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1959-06-08 California SF 34 Mitchell, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1956-01-01 Auburn PG 00 Moore, Johnny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1958-03-03 Texas PG 4 Paxson, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1960-09-29 Notre Dame PF 11 Roberts, Fred 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1960-08-14 BYU PF 25 Weidner, Brant 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1960-10-28 William & Mary

Head coach Morris McHone (fired) Bob Bass (interim) Assistant coach(es) Allan Bristow Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: March 26, 1984

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	45	37	.549	–	31–10	14–27	15–15
x-Dallas Mavericks	43	39	.524	2	31–10	12–29	19–11
x-Denver Nuggets	38	44	.463	7	27–14	11–30	16–14
x-Kansas City Kings	38	44	.463	7	26–15	12–29	16–14
San Antonio Spurs	37	45	.451	8	28–13	9–32	14–16
Houston Rockets	29	53	.354	16	21–20	8–33	9–21

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	54	28	.659	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	45	37	.549	9
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	6
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	43	39	.524	11
5	x-Seattle SuperSonics	42	40	.512	12
6	x-Phoenix Suns	41	41	.500	13
7	x-Denver Nuggets	38	44	.463	16
8	x-Kansas City Kings	38	44	.463	16
9	San Antonio Spurs	37	45	.451	17
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	17
11	San Diego Clippers	30	52	.366	24
12	Houston Rockets	29	53	.354	25

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1983-84 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–5	4–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	3–3	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2
Boston	5–0	—	5–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	5–1	4–2	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Chicago	2–4	0–5	—	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4
Cleveland	3–3	0–6	4–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–3	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–2	4–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–2	4–1	1–4	4–2	0–2
Denver	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	—	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	3–3	3–2	2–3	3–3	0–2
Detroit	4–2	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	4–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	—	2–3	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–4	3–2	3–3	4–2	1–4	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	2–4	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–4	2–3	3–2	1–5	0–2
Indiana	2–4	1–5	3–3	4–2	0–2	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Kansas City	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	—	0–5	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–3	5–1	3–2	1–4	3–3	2–0
Los Angeles	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	5–1	2–3	4–2	3–3	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	—	4–2	4–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
New Jersey	3–3	2–4	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	—	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
New York	1–4	3–3	4–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–3	—	2–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	1–5	4–2	3–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–4	5–0	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	—	4–1	4–2	4–2	1–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–5	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–4	—	4–1	2–3	4–2	1–1
San Diego	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	0–2	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	—	3–3	2–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	2–3	1–1	4–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	—	1–4	1–1
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–4	3–2	4–1	—	1–1
Washington	2–4	2–4	4–2	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	2–4	2–4	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Edgar Jones	PF	81	33	1,770	449	85	64	107	826	21.9	5.5	1.0	.8	1.3	10.2
Gene Banks	PF	80	66	2,600	582	254	105	23	1,049	32.5	7.3	3.2	1.3	.3	13.1
Mike Mitchell	SF	79	79	2,853	570	93	62	73	1,839	36.1	7.2	1.2	.8	.9	23.3
Fred Roberts	PF	79	8	1,531	304	98	52	38	573	19.4	3.8	1.2	.7	.5	7.3
George Gervin	SG	76	76	2,584	313	220	79	47	1,967	34.0	4.1	2.9	1.0	.6	25.9
Mark McNamara	C	70	3	1,037	317	31	14	12	388	14.8	4.5	.4	.2	.2	5.5
Artis Gilmore	C	64	59	2,034	662	70	36	132	982	31.8	10.3	1.1	.6	2.1	15.3
John Lucas II	PG	63	39	1,807	180	673	92	5	689	28.7	2.9	10.7	1.5	.1	10.9
Johnny Moore	PG	59	42	1,650	178	566	123	20	595	28.0	3.0	9.6	2.1	.3	10.1
John Paxson	PG	49	0	458	33	149	10	2	142	9.3	.7	3.0	.2	.0	2.9
Ron Brewer†	SG	40	5	782	50	44	18	16	348	19.6	1.3	1.1	.5	.4	8.7
Keith Edmonson†	SG	40	0	521	70	27	22	6	346	13.0	1.8	.7	.6	.2	8.7
Kevin Williams	SG	19	0	200	13	43	8	4	75	10.5	.7	2.3	.4	.2	3.9
Brant Weidner	PF	8	0	38	11	0	0	2	8	4.8	1.4	.0	.0	.3	1.0
Dave Robisch†	C	4	0	37	8	1	0	0	8	9.3	2.0	.3	.0	.0	2.0
Dave Batton	C	4	0	31	4	3	0	3	10	7.8	1.0	.8	.0	.8	2.5
Steve Lingenfelter	PF	3	0	14	4	1	0	0	2	4.7	1.3	.3	.0	.0	.7
Roger Phegley†	SG	3	0	11	2	2	0	0	7	3.7	.7	.7	.0	.0	2.3
Darrell Lockhart	C	2	0	14	3	0	0	0	4	7.0	1.5	.0	.0	.0	2.0
Bob Miller	PF	2	0	8	5	1	0	1	4	4.0	2.5	.5	.0	.5	2.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

See also

• 1983-84 NBA season