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John Roche

John Michael Roche (Johnny)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: September 26, 1949 in New York, New York
High School: La Salle Academy in New York, New York
College: University of South Carolina
Draft: Phoenix Suns, 1st round (14th pick, 14th overall), 1971 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: January 22, 1976 ▪ ABA Debut: October 15, 1971

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 22 NYA ABA 82 2593 403 859 .469 12 35 .343 240 311 .772 45 127 172 259 188 211 1058
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 77 2615 404 912 .443 34 103 .330 265 347 .764 33 113 146 348 207 170 1107
1973-74 24 TOT ABA 84 2180 397 829 .479 36 105 .343 148 177 .836 34 88 122 363 57 15 184 157 978
1973-74 24 NYA ABA 50 1254 224 460 .487 26 68 .382 96 114 .842 16 43 59 208 41 6 106 86 570
1973-74 24 KEN ABA 34 926 173 369 .469 10 37 .270 52 63 .825 18 45 63 155 16 9 78 71 408
1974-75 25 TOT ABA 58 1387 241 509 .473 13 44 .295 85 106 .802 21 72 93 191 49 7 105 103 580
1974-75 25 KEN ABA 19 258 29 79 .367 1 7 .143 15 18 .833 4 5 9 34 8 1 18 23 74
1974-75 25 UTS ABA 39 1129 212 430 .493 12 37 .324 70 88 .795 17 67 84 157 41 6 87 80 506
1975-76 26 TOT TOT 31 536 115 226 .509 9 26 .346 33 45 .733 5 23 28 85 14 1 51 54 272
1975-76 26 UTS ABA 16 484 112 212 .528 9 26 .346 31 41 .756 5 20 25 79 14 1 51 47 264
1975-76 26 LAL NBA 15 52 3 14 .214 2 4 .500 0 3 3 6 0 0 7 8
1979-80 30 DEN NBA 82 2286 354 741 .478 49 129 .380 175 202 .866 24 91 115 405 82 12 159 139 932
1980-81 31 DEN NBA 26 611 82 179 .458 9 27 .333 58 77 .753 5 32 37 140 17 8 52 44 231
1981-82 32 DEN NBA 39 2 501 68 150 .453 23 52 .442 28 38 .737 4 19 23 89 15 2 29 40 187
Career TOT 479 2 12709 2064 4405 .469 185 521 .355 1032 1303 .792 171 565 736 1880 234 45 975 918 5345
ABA 317 9259 1557 3321 .469 104 313 .332 769 982 .783 138 420 558 1240 120 23 735 688 3987
NBA 162 2 3450 507 1084 .468 81 208 .389 263 321 .819 33 145 178 640 114 22 240 230 1358

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 22 NYA ABA 82 31.6 4.9 10.5 .469 0.1 0.4 .343 2.9 3.8 .772 0.5 1.5 2.1 3.2 2.3 2.6 12.9
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 77 34.0 5.2 11.8 .443 0.4 1.3 .330 3.4 4.5 .764 0.4 1.5 1.9 4.5 2.7 2.2 14.4
1973-74 24 TOT ABA 84 26.0 4.7 9.9 .479 0.4 1.3 .343 1.8 2.1 .836 0.4 1.0 1.5 4.3 0.7 0.2 2.2 1.9 11.6
1973-74 24 NYA ABA 50 25.1 4.5 9.2 .487 0.5 1.4 .382 1.9 2.3 .842 0.3 0.9 1.2 4.2 0.8 0.1 2.1 1.7 11.4
1973-74 24 KEN ABA 34 27.2 5.1 10.9 .469 0.3 1.1 .270 1.5 1.9 .825 0.5 1.3 1.9 4.6 0.5 0.3 2.3 2.1 12.0
1974-75 25 TOT ABA 58 23.9 4.2 8.8 .473 0.2 0.8 .295 1.5 1.8 .802 0.4 1.2 1.6 3.3 0.8 0.1 1.8 1.8 10.0
1974-75 25 KEN ABA 19 13.6 1.5 4.2 .367 0.1 0.4 .143 0.8 0.9 .833 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.2 3.9
1974-75 25 UTS ABA 39 28.9 5.4 11.0 .493 0.3 0.9 .324 1.8 2.3 .795 0.4 1.7 2.2 4.0 1.1 0.2 2.2 2.1 13.0
1975-76 26 TOT TOT 31 17.3 3.7 7.3 .509 0.3 0.8 .346 1.1 1.5 .733 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.7 0.5 0.0 1.6 1.7 8.8
1975-76 26 UTS ABA 16 30.3 7.0 13.3 .528 0.6 1.6 .346 1.9 2.6 .756 0.3 1.3 1.6 4.9 0.9 0.1 3.2 2.9 16.5
1975-76 26 LAL NBA 15 3.5 0.2 0.9 .214 0.1 0.3 .500 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
1979-80 30 DEN NBA 82 27.9 4.3 9.0 .478 0.6 1.6 .380 2.1 2.5 .866 0.3 1.1 1.4 4.9 1.0 0.1 1.9 1.7 11.4
1980-81 31 DEN NBA 26 23.5 3.2 6.9 .458 0.3 1.0 .333 2.2 3.0 .753 0.2 1.2 1.4 5.4 0.7 0.3 2.0 1.7 8.9
1981-82 32 DEN NBA 39 2 12.8 1.7 3.8 .453 0.6 1.3 .442 0.7 1.0 .737 0.1 0.5 0.6 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.0 4.8
Career TOT 479 2 26.5 4.3 9.2 .469 0.4 1.1 .355 2.2 2.7 .792 0.4 1.2 1.5 3.9 0.7 0.1 2.1 1.9 11.2
ABA 317 29.2 4.9 10.5 .469 0.3 1.0 .332 2.4 3.1 .783 0.4 1.3 1.8 3.9 0.8 0.1 2.3 2.2 12.6
NBA 162 2 21.3 3.1 6.7 .468 0.6 1.4 .389 1.6 2.0 .819 0.2 0.9 1.1 4.0 0.7 0.1 1.6 1.4 8.4

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1971-72 22 NYA ABA 82 2593 5.6 11.9 .469 0.2 0.5 .343 3.3 4.3 .772 0.6 1.8 2.4 3.6 2.6 2.9 14.7
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 77 2615 5.6 12.6 .443 0.5 1.4 .330 3.6 4.8 .764 0.5 1.6 2.0 4.8 2.8 2.3 15.2
1973-74 24 TOT ABA 84 2180 6.6 13.7 .479 0.6 1.7 .343 2.4 2.9 .836 0.6 1.5 2.0 6.0 0.9 0.2 3.0 2.6 16.2
1973-74 24 NYA ABA 50 1254 6.4 13.2 .487 0.7 2.0 .382 2.8 3.3 .842 0.5 1.2 1.7 6.0 1.2 0.2 3.0 2.5 16.4
1973-74 24 KEN ABA 34 926 6.7 14.3 .469 0.4 1.4 .270 2.0 2.4 .825 0.7 1.7 2.4 6.0 0.6 0.3 3.0 2.8 15.9
1974-75 25 TOT ABA 58 1387 6.3 13.2 .473 0.3 1.1 .295 2.2 2.8 .802 0.5 1.9 2.4 5.0 1.3 0.2 2.7 2.7 15.1
1974-75 25 KEN ABA 19 258 4.0 11.0 .367 0.1 1.0 .143 2.1 2.5 .833 0.6 0.7 1.3 4.7 1.1 0.1 2.5 3.2 10.3
1974-75 25 UTS ABA 39 1129 6.8 13.7 .493 0.4 1.2 .324 2.2 2.8 .795 0.5 2.1 2.7 5.0 1.3 0.2 2.8 2.6 16.1
1975-76 26 TOT TOT 31 536 7.7 15.2 .509 0.6 1.7 .346 2.2 3.0 .733 0.3 1.5 1.9 5.7 0.9 0.1 3.4 3.6 18.3
1975-76 26 UTS ABA 16 484 8.3 15.8 .528 0.7 1.9 .346 2.3 3.0 .756 0.4 1.5 1.9 5.9 1.0 0.1 3.8 3.5 19.6
1975-76 26 LAL NBA 15 52 2.1 9.7 .214 1.4 2.8 .500 0.0 2.1 2.1 4.2 0.0 0.0 4.8 5.5
1979-80 30 DEN NBA 82 2286 5.6 11.7 .478 0.8 2.0 .380 2.8 3.2 .866 0.4 1.4 1.8 6.4 1.3 0.2 2.5 2.2 14.7
1980-81 31 DEN NBA 26 611 4.8 10.5 .458 0.5 1.6 .333 3.4 4.5 .753 0.3 1.9 2.2 8.2 1.0 0.5 3.1 2.6 13.6
1981-82 32 DEN NBA 39 2 501 4.9 10.8 .453 1.7 3.7 .442 2.0 2.7 .737 0.3 1.4 1.7 6.4 1.1 0.1 2.1 2.9 13.4
Career TOT 479 2 12709 5.8 12.5 .469 0.5 1.5 .355 2.9 3.7 .792 0.5 1.6 2.1 5.3 1.1 0.2 2.8 2.6 15.1
ABA 317 9259 6.1 12.9 .469 0.4 1.2 .332 3.0 3.8 .783 0.5 1.6 2.2 4.8 1.1 0.2 2.9 2.7 15.5
NBA 162 2 3450 5.3 11.3 .468 0.9 2.2 .389 2.7 3.3 .819 0.3 1.5 1.9 6.7 1.2 0.2 2.5 2.4 14.2

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1971-72 22 NYA ABA 82 2593 10.9 .531 .476 1.7 4.6 3.2 13.3 15.9 17.8 3.0 1.1 4.1 .076
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 77 2615 11.7 .520 .462 1.3 4.3 2.8 19.4 16.3 19.9 2.2 0.2 2.4 .044
1973-74 24 TOT ABA 84 2180 13.9 .539 .501 1.5 3.8 2.7 22.2 1.2 0.4 16.9 19.4 105 104 2.9 1.9 4.8 .105
1973-74 24 NYA ABA 50 1254 14.6 .559 .515 1.3 3.3 2.3 21.5 1.5 0.3 17.2 19.0 108 104 2.0 1.1 3.2 .121
1973-74 24 KEN ABA 34 926 13.0 .514 .482 1.8 4.5 3.2 23.2 0.8 0.5 16.4 19.8 102 105 0.9 0.7 1.6 .083
1974-75 25 TOT ABA 58 1387 13.1 .522 .486 1.6 5.2 3.5 20.6 1.7 0.3 15.9 19.6 104 106 1.2 1.1 2.3 .081
1974-75 25 KEN ABA 19 258 6.5 .426 .373 1.6 1.9 1.7 16.4 1.5 0.2 17.2 16.0 90 104 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .026
1974-75 25 UTS ABA 39 1129 14.6 .540 .507 1.6 6.0 3.9 21.6 1.8 0.3 15.7 20.4 106 107 1.4 0.8 2.2 .094
1975-76 26 TOT TOT 31 536 13.9 .553 .529 1.0 4.3 2.7 22.9 1.2 0.1 18.1 22.8 107 113 0.6 -0.1 0.5 .047
1975-76 26 UTS ABA 16 484 15.3 .574 .550 1.1 4.2 2.7 23.9 1.3 0.1 18.1 22.8 107 113 0.8 -0.1 0.7 .069
1975-76 26 LAL NBA 15 52 0.9 .254 .214 0.0 5.3 2.8 13.7 0.0 0.0 106 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.151
1979-80 30 DEN NBA 82 2286 13.9 .562 .511 1.1 4.2 2.6 24.7 1.7 0.3 16.1 17.0 111 111 3.5 0.7 4.2 .088
1980-81 31 DEN NBA 26 611 13.1 .543 .483 0.8 5.5 3.1 28.2 1.2 0.7 19.6 16.1 108 113 0.7 0.1 0.8 .060
1981-82 32 DEN NBA 39 501 11.8 .561 .530 0.9 4.0 2.5 20.5 1.3 0.2 14.8 14.8 114 117 0.7 -0.1 0.6 .061
Career TOT 479 12709 12.6 .537 .490 1.4 4.4 2.9 20.3 1.4 0.3 16.4 18.5 108 109 14.7 5.0 19.7 .074
ABA 317 9259 12.4 .531 .484 1.5 4.4 3.0 18.8 1.4 0.3 16.4 19.3 105 106 10.0 4.3 14.3 .074
NBA 162 3450 13.3 .554 .505 1.0 4.4 2.7 24.5 1.5 0.3 16.6 16.5 111 112 4.7 0.7 5.4 .075

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1971-72 22 NYA ABA 18 763 163 343 10 30 89 118 31 84 53 42 425 .475 .333 .754 42.4 23.6 1.7 4.7
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 4 83 16 33 2 6 7 12 0 1 10 7 7 41 .485 .333 .583 20.8 10.3 0.3 2.5
1973-74 24 KEN ABA 8 197 39 85 7 14 6 11 3 9 27 3 2 23 6 91 .459 .500 .545 24.6 11.4 1.1 3.4
1974-75 25 UTS ABA 6 196 41 82 8 15 13 15 8 15 43 9 2 12 16 103 .500 .533 .867 32.7 17.2 2.5 7.2
Career ABA 36 1239 259 543 27 65 115 156 11 56 164 12 4 95 71 660 .477 .415 .737 34.4 18.3 1.6 4.6

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1971-72 22 NYA ABA 18 763 16.9 .538 .490 2.0 16.5 11.8 23.7 1.3 0.3 1.6 .101
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 4 83 13.6 .536 .515 0.7 19.6 15.5 23.8 0.1 -0.1 0.1 .046
1973-74 24 KEN ABA 8 197 10.3 .506 .500 1.6 2.7 2.2 21.0 0.7 0.5 20.4 22.8 92 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .002
1974-75 25 UTS ABA 6 196 19.2 .581 .549 4.2 3.8 4.0 28.5 2.1 0.5 11.9 19.3 128 115 0.7 0.0 0.7 .174
Career ABA 36 1239 16.0 .540 .502 2.9 3.3 2.3 19.3 1.4 0.5 13.4 22.9 109 111 2.0 0.4 2.4 .093

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
John Roche 4.8 4.2 4.1 2.4 2.3 0.8 0.6 0.5
Chico Vaughn 89.5 4.9 3.4 3.4 2.3 2.3 0.8 0.4 0.4
Matt Guokas 89.2 5.2 4.7 4.2 2.5 2.3 1.5 1.2 0.5
Ricky Davis 88.2 5.0 4.4 4.2 3.0 2.8 1.1 0.2 0.2
Jerry Sichting 87.6 5.2 4.2 3.5 2.7 2.3 1.5 1.1 0.3
Bill Hanzlik 87.3 4.7 4.1 3.5 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.0
Bob Warren 87.1 4.9 4.8 4.0 2.3 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.6
Jarrett Jack 86.8 4.8 4.8 4.1 3.2 2.4 1.2
Frank Selvy 84.6 5.5 4.1 3.6 2.4 2.2 0.6 -0.6
Lionel Hollins 84.2 5.2 4.0 3.4 2.9 2.3 1.8 0.6 0.1
Bob Sura 84.1 5.2 4.9 4.1 1.8 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
John Roche 4.8 4.2 4.1 2.4 2.3 0.8 0.6 0.5
Chico Vaughn 89.5 4.9 3.4 3.4 2.3 2.3 0.8 0.4 0.4
Bob Warren 87.1 4.9 4.8 4.0 2.3 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.6
Jarrett Jack 86.8 4.8 4.8 4.1 3.2 2.4 1.2
Jerry Sichting 86.3 5.2 4.2 3.5 2.7 2.3 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.2
Frank Selvy 84.8 5.5 4.1 3.6 2.4 2.2 0.6 0.0 -0.6
T.J. Ford 82.9 4.3 4.3 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.7 0.2
Ted McClain 81.9 7.0 4.2 4.1 2.7 2.0 0.8 0.5 -0.1
Dean Meminger 81.5 5.0 4.4 3.9 2.2 1.0 0.2
George Senesky 80.9 6.2 4.4 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.0 0.5 0.3
Vincent Askew 80.3 6.0 4.6 4.3 2.9 2.7 1.5 0.2 0.2 -0.2

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1968-69 19 SCAROLINA 28 239 507 184 226 73 662 .471 .814 23.6 2.6
1969-70 20 SCAROLINA 28 222 469 179 216 70 623 .473 .829 22.3 2.5
1970-71 21 SCAROLINA 29 205 493 215 262 67 625 .416 .821 21.6 2.3
Career 85 666 1469 578 704 210 1910 .453 .821 22.5 2.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1969-70 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1970-71 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1971-72 ABA All-Rookie (1st)
Games
1973-74 ABA 84 (4)
1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
Career ABA 317 (74)
Minutes Played
Career ABA 9259 (67)
Field Goals
Career ABA 1557 (70)
Field Goal Attempts
Career ABA 3321 (72)
Field Goal Pct
Career ABA .469 (49)
3-Pt Field Goals
1972-73 ABA 34 (10)
1973-74 ABA 36 (10)
1979-80 NBA 49 (6)
Career ABA 104 (34)
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts
1972-73 ABA 103 (10)
1979-80 NBA 129 (7)
Career ABA 313 (40)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct
1972-73 ABA .330 (9)
1973-74 ABA .343 (8)
1979-80 NBA .380 (4)
Free Throws
Career ABA 769 (78)
Free Throw Attempts
Career ABA 982 (82)
Free Throw Pct
1973-74 ABA .836 (6)
1979-80 NBA .866 (10)
Career ABA .783 (46)
Assists
1973-74 ABA 363 (10)
Career ABA 1240 (34)
Steals
Career ABA 120 (66)
Blocks
Career ABA 23 (93)
Turnovers
Career ABA 735 (63)
Points
Career ABA 3987 (72)
Minutes Per Game
Career ABA 29.2 (56)
Player Efficiency Rating
Career ABA 12.4 (75)
True Shooting Pct
Career ABA .531 (41)
Effective Field Goal Pct
Career ABA .484 (33)
Assist Pct
1973-74 ABA 22.2 (4)
Turnover Pct
Career ABA 16.4 (63)
Usage Pct
Career ABA 19.3 (51)
Offensive Win Shares
Career ABA 10.0 (68)
Win Shares
Career ABA 14.3 (90)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
Career ABA .074 (68)
 

Transactions

May 29, 1971: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1971 NBA Draft.

November 3, 1975: Traded by the Phoenix Suns with a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Earl Tatum) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Pat Riley.

January 20, 1976: Traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers for future considerations.

October 6, 1976: Waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.

June 29, 1979: Signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets.

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