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1955-56 NBA Debuts

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League Champion: Philadelphia Warriors

Most Valuable Player: Bob Pettit (25.7/16.2/2.6)
Rookie of the Year: Maurice Stokes (16.8/16.3/4.9)

PPG Leader: Bob Pettit (25.7)
RPG Leader: Maurice Stokes (16.3)
APG Leader: Bob Cousy (8.9)
WS Leader: Neil Johnston (13.9)

29 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 Jesse Arnelle 22 1 31 409 52 164 43 69 170 18 60 147 .317 .623 13.2 4.7 5.5 0.6
2 Dick Atha 24 2 43 448 53 135 31 39 66 51 63 137 .393 .795 10.4 3.2 1.5 1.2
3 Don Bielke 1 7 38 5 9 4 7 9 1 9 14 .556 .571 5.4 2.0 1.3 0.1
4 Ed Conlin 22 7 486 11392 1862 5039 1167 1556 2349 949 1076 4891 .370 .750 23.4 10.1 4.8 2.0
5 Red Davis 23 1 3 16 0 6 2 2 4 1 2 2 .000 1.000 5.3 0.7 1.3 0.3
6 Corky Devlin 24 3 210 4025 560 1532 376 507 449 446 337 1496 .366 .742 19.2 7.1 2.1 2.1
7 Walter Dukes 25 8 553 14671 1912 5175 1941 2773 6223 608 2260 5765 .369 .700 26.5 10.4 11.3 1.1
8 Ron Feiereisel 24 1 10 59 8 28 14 16 6 6 9 30 .286 .875 5.9 3.0 0.6 0.6
9 Al Ferrari 22 6 371 7582 878 2389 769 1012 830 943 1008 2525 .368 .760 20.4 6.8 2.2 2.5
10 Ed Fleming 22 5 292 6186 862 2403 787 1077 1532 544 688 2511 .359 .731 21.2 8.6 5.2 1.9
11 Dick Garmaker 23 6 421 12155 2022 5019 1553 1974 1748 1114 1168 5597 .403 .787 28.9 13.3 4.2 2.6
12 Tom Gola* 23 10 698 22529 2964 6883 1943 2556 5617 2962 2688 7871 .431 .760 32.3 11.3 8.0 4.2
13 Chris Harris 22 1 41 420 37 149 27 45 44 44 43 101 .248 .600 10.2 2.5 1.1 1.1
14 Dick Hemric 22 2 138 2384 270 717 323 483 703 102 240 863 .377 .669 17.3 6.3 5.1 0.7
15 Larry Hennessy 26 2 74 817 141 422 49 64 94 73 65 331 .334 .766 11.0 4.5 1.3 1.0
16 Johnny Horan 23 1 19 93 12 42 10 11 10 2 21 34 .286 .909 4.9 1.8 0.5 0.1
17 Jim Loscutoff 25 9 511 9431 1333 3868 490 750 2848 353 1497 3156 .345 .653 18.5 6.2 5.6 0.7
18 Chuck Mencel 22 2 141 2821 363 1063 257 336 347 333 169 983 .341 .765 20.0 7.0 2.5 2.4
19 Chuck Noble 24 7 411 9212 1362 3937 552 755 1075 1344 1128 3276 .346 .731 22.4 8.0 2.6 3.3
20 Med Park 22 5 313 5632 675 1782 574 788 967 532 580 1924 .379 .728 18.0 6.1 3.1 1.7
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 Richie Regan 25 3 215 5494 699 2030 387 540 554 629 532 1785 .344 .717 25.6 8.3 2.6 2.9
22 Dick Ricketts 22 3 212 5677 749 2285 476 688 1337 447 871 1974 .328 .692 26.8 9.3 6.3 2.1
23 Bob Santini 20 1 4 23 5 10 1 2 3 1 4 11 .500 .500 5.8 2.8 0.8 0.3
24 Bob Schafer 2 65 745 100 336 73 94 82 68 91 273 .298 .777 11.5 4.2 1.3 1.0
25 Kenny Sears 22 8 529 14923 2465 5420 2425 2937 4142 843 1470 7355 .455 .826 28.2 13.9 7.8 1.6
26 Jack Stephens 22 1 72 2219 248 643 247 357 377 207 144 743 .386 .692 30.8 10.3 5.2 2.9
27 Maurice Stokes* 22 3 202 7544 1251 3567 813 1165 3492 1062 789 3315 .351 .698 37.3 16.4 17.3 5.3
28 Jack Twyman* 21 11 823 26147 6237 13873 3366 4325 5424 1861 2782 15840 .450 .778 31.8 19.2 6.6 2.3
29 Bob Williams 24 2 24 193 22 50 26 48 59 7 38 70 .440 .542 8.0 2.9 2.5 0.3