2000–01 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 2000–01 NBA season was the 31st season for the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association, and their 17th season in Los Angeles, California. After finishing with the worst record the previous season, the Clippers received the third overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft, and selected small forward, and high school basketball star Darius Miles, and also selected shooting guard Quentin Richardson out of DePaul University with the eighteenth overall pick. During the off-season, the team acquired second-year guard Corey Maggette, Derek Strong, and point guard, and first-round draft pick Keyon Dooling out of the University of Missouri from the Orlando Magic, and acquired Sean Rooks from the Dallas Mavericks. However, center Keith Closs was suspended for the entire regular season due to lack of physical conditioning.

Under new head coach Alvin Gentry, the Clippers would struggle losing 14 of their first 19 games of the regular season. After 14 games, the team traded Tyrone Nesby to the Washington Wizards. As the season progressed, the Clippers went on a nine-game losing streak in January. However, they would play around .500 basketball in the final three months of the season, as they doubled their previous season's win total by finishing in sixth place in the Pacific Division with a 31–51 record.

Second-year star Lamar Odom had a strong season averaging 17.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.6 blocks per game, while Jeff McInnis averaged 12.9 points and 5.5 assists per game, and Miles provided the team with 9.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game off the bench, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. In addition, three-point specialist Eric Piatkowski provided with 10.6 points per game, while Maggette contributed 10.0 points per game off the bench, and Michael Olowokandi averaged 8.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. Miles finished tied in fourth place in Rookie of the Year voting, while Gentry finished tied in fifth place in Coach of the Year voting.

For the season, the Clippers changed their uniforms by adding side panels to their jerseys and shorts, which remained in use until 2010.