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1954-55 NBA Debuts

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League Champion: Syracuse Nationals

Rookie of the Year: Bob Pettit (20.4/13.8/3.2)

PPG Leader: Neil Johnston (22.7)
RPG Leader: Neil Johnston (15.1)
APG Leader: Bob Cousy (7.8)
WS Leader: Neil Johnston (15.4)

35 Players

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age Yrs G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Don Anielak 24 1 1 10 0 4 3 4 2 0 0 3 .000 .750 10.0 3.0 2.0 0.0
2 Tom Brennan 24 1 11 52 5 11 0 0 5 2 5 10 .455 4.7 0.9 0.5 0.2
3 Bob Carney 22 1 19 244 24 64 21 40 45 16 36 69 .375 .525 12.8 3.6 2.4 0.8
4 Fred Christ 24 1 6 48 5 18 10 11 8 7 3 20 .278 .909 8.0 3.3 1.3 1.2
5 Bert Cook 25 1 37 424 42 133 34 50 72 33 39 118 .316 .680 11.5 3.2 1.9 0.9
6 Larry Costello 23 12 706 21198 3095 7068 2432 2891 2705 3215 2326 8622 .438 .841 30.0 12.2 3.8 4.6
7 George Dempsey 25 5 315 5720 591 1453 392 593 1125 711 602 1574 .407 .661 18.2 5.0 3.6 2.3
8 Fred Diute 26 1 7 72 2 21 7 12 13 4 12 11 .095 .583 10.3 1.6 1.9 0.6
9 Dick Farley 22 3 211 3822 481 1252 416 594 527 386 429 1378 .384 .700 18.1 6.5 2.5 1.8
10 Chuck Grigsby 26 1 7 45 7 19 2 8 11 7 9 16 .368 .250 6.4 2.3 1.6 1.0
11 Herm Hedderick 25 1 5 23 2 9 0 1 4 2 3 4 .222 .000 4.6 0.8 0.8 0.4
12 Ed Kalafat 22 3 209 4358 490 1422 494 718 1182 310 684 1474 .345 .688 20.9 7.1 5.7 1.5
13 Mike Kearns 25 1 6 25 0 5 1 4 3 5 1 1 .000 .250 4.2 0.2 0.5 0.8
14 Red Kerr 22 12 905 27784 4909 11751 2662 3682 10092 2004 2287 12480 .418 .723 30.7 13.8 11.2 2.2
15 Dan King 24 1 12 103 7 22 5 10 25 3 5 19 .318 .500 8.6 1.6 2.1 0.3
16 Bob Knight 25 1 2 29 3 7 1 1 1 8 6 7 .429 1.000 14.5 3.5 0.5 4.0
17 Ronnie MacGilvray 24 1 6 57 2 12 4 7 9 11 5 8 .167 .571 9.5 1.3 1.5 1.8
18 Tom Marshall 24 4 168 2587 354 913 244 344 492 188 197 952 .388 .709 15.4 5.7 2.9 1.1
19 Phil Martin 26 1 7 47 5 19 2 2 10 6 7 12 .263 1.000 6.7 1.7 1.4 0.9
20 Ken McBride 1 12 249 48 147 21 29 31 14 31 117 .327 .724 20.8 9.8 2.6 1.2
Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age Yrs G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
21 Carl McNulty 24 1 1 14 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 14.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
22 Jackie Moore 22 3 134 1178 137 350 91 146 338 67 217 365 .391 .623 8.8 2.7 2.5 0.5
23 Red Morrison 22 3 155 2216 218 550 119 208 822 135 393 555 .396 .572 14.3 3.6 5.3 0.9
24 Boris Nachamkin 21 1 6 59 6 20 8 13 19 3 6 20 .300 .615 9.8 3.3 3.2 0.5
25 Togo Palazzi 22 6 324 4344 937 2429 508 696 1113 233 570 2382 .386 .730 13.4 7.4 3.4 0.7
26 Bob Pettit* 22 11 792 30690 7349 16872 6182 8119 12849 2369 2529 20880 .436 .761 38.8 26.4 16.2 3.0
27 Frank Ramsey* 23 9 623 15330 2949 7382 2480 3083 3410 1134 2158 8378 .399 .804 24.6 13.4 5.5 1.8
28 Dick Rosenthal 25 2 85 1594 218 602 139 198 352 170 201 575 .362 .702 18.8 6.8 4.1 2.0
29 Frank Selvy 22 9 565 14908 2222 5640 1676 2302 2098 1579 1241 6120 .394 .728 26.4 10.8 3.7 2.8
30 Gene Shue 23 10 699 23338 3715 9378 2638 3273 2855 2608 1405 10068 .396 .806 33.4 14.4 4.1 3.7
31 Art Spoelstra 22 4 278 5248 763 1953 486 701 1273 266 811 2012 .391 .693 18.9 7.2 4.6 1.0
32 Jim Tucker 22 3 99 1301 157 450 93 122 349 52 242 407 .349 .762 13.1 4.1 3.5 0.5
33 Jack Turner 24 1 65 922 111 308 60 76 154 77 76 282 .360 .789 14.2 4.3 2.4 1.2
34 Bobby Watson 24 1 63 702 72 223 31 45 87 79 67 175 .323 .689 11.1 2.8 1.4 1.3
35 Skippy Whitaker 24 1 3 15 1 6 0 0 1 1 4 2 .167 5.0 0.7 0.3 0.3