This is an updated roster file for the 1996-1997 season mod. No changes were made to the players CFs nor their portraits, only bio, status, skills, tendencies and contracts have been touched, so you can load this right inside your 1996-1997 mod available for download here at NLSC!

Fake FA were deleted, added quite a few missing players and most importantly EVERY player in this file has been edited to get realistic results in the game, so no more awkward things like C playing like G and viceversa plus now they will all go on/off screen and miss shots inside & dunks. Real shooting skills based on a special formula following real stats on basketball-reference.com Potential was reduced to minimum because players get upgrades anyhow thanks to a bug 2K kept over the years... Also clutch should be OFF as every player has 50 for off/def clutch by default. Star players with high shooting tendency will make their shots in clutch situations anyway.
In order to avoid unwanted bugs I chose to activate CHA Bobcats (since they were playing in both D-League & NBA anyway although they appeared hidden in the original file of this retro mod) and I've added to their roster real players who missed the 96-97 season.
The 1997 Draft Class will come soon...because I am into my multiple season retro association mode (with realistic trades!) which I started with the 1994 season - and now I am 2 months into the 96-97 season.