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1980-81 New Jersey Nets Roster and Statistics

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24-58, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Kevin Loughery (12-23), Bob MacKinnon (12-35)

Points Per Game: 106.9 (15th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.0 (22nd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 26-56 (20th of 23)

Arena: Rutgers Athletic Center ▪ Attendance: 302,061 (20th of 23)

SRS: -5.15 (20th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.2 (2nd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 101.0 (22nd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.7 (15th of 23)

1980-81 New Jersey Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Darwin Cook G 6-3 184 August 6, 1958 R University of Portland
54 Bob Elliott C-F 6-9 225 August 18, 1955 2 University of Arizona
42 Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 August 3, 1959 R Duke University
42 Edgar Jones F-C 6-10 225 June 17, 1956 R University of Nevada, Reno
15 Eddie Jordan G 6-1 170 January 29, 1955 3 Rutgers University
20 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 6 Marquette University
21 Bob McAdoo C-F 6-9 210 September 25, 1951 8 University of North Carolina
11 Lowes Moore G 6-1 170 May 5, 1957 R West Virginia University
14 Mike Newlin G-F 6-4 200 January 2, 1949 9 University of Utah
31 Mike O'Koren F-G 6-7 207 February 7, 1958 R University of North Carolina
44 Cliff Robinson F 6-9 220 March 13, 1960 1 University of Southern California
34 Rory Sparrow G 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 R Villanova University
22 Jan Van Breda Kolff F-G 6-7 195 December 16, 1951 6 Vanderbilt University
10 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 6 State University of West Georgia

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19805 3477 7314 .475 34 138 .246 1780 2371 .751 1092 2374 3466 2068 750 458 1664 2204 8768 106.9
Opponent 82 19805 3612 7159 .505 28 130 .215 2010 2663 .755 1059 2499 3558 2144 815 502 1637 2092 9262 113.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mike Newlin 32 79 2911 632 1272 .497 10 30 .333 414 466 .888 78 141 219 299 87 9 248 237 1688
2 Cliff Robinson 20 63 1822 525 1070 .491 1 1 1.000 178 248 .718 120 361 481 105 58 52 182 216 1229
3 Maurice Lucas 28 68 2162 404 835 .484 0 2 .000 191 254 .752 153 422 575 173 57 59 176 260 999
4 Darwin Cook 22 81 1980 383 819 .468 6 25 .240 132 180 .733 96 140 236 297 141 36 176 197 904
5 Mike O'Koren 22 79 2473 365 751 .486 5 18 .278 135 212 .637 179 299 478 252 86 27 146 243 870
6 Mike Gminski 21 56 1579 291 688 .423 0 1 .000 155 202 .767 137 282 419 72 54 100 128 127 737
7 Bob Elliott 25 73 1320 214 419 .511 1 2 .500 121 202 .599 104 157 261 129 34 16 119 175 550
8 Edgar Jones 24 60 950 189 357 .529 0 4 .000 146 218 .670 92 171 263 43 36 81 101 185 524
9 Lowes Moore 23 71 1406 212 478 .444 4 27 .148 69 92 .750 43 125 168 228 61 17 108 179 497
10 Jan Van Breda Kolff 29 78 1426 100 245 .408 2 8 .250 98 117 .838 48 154 202 129 38 50 108 214 300
11 Foots Walker 29 41 1172 72 169 .426 2 9 .222 88 111 .793 22 80 102 253 52 1 85 105 234
12 Bob McAdoo 29 10 153 38 75 .507 0 1 .000 17 21 .810 8 18 26 10 9 6 14 22 93
13 Eddie Jordan 26 14 239 30 73 .411 3 10 .300 24 32 .750 5 13 18 46 24 1 23 29 87
14 Rory Sparrow 22 15 212 22 63 .349 0 0 12 16 .750 7 11 18 32 13 3 18 15 56

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mike Newlin 32 79 36.8 8.0 16.1 .497 0.1 0.4 .333 5.2 5.9 .888 1.0 1.8 2.8 3.8 1.1 0.1 3.1 3.0 21.4
2 Cliff Robinson 20 63 28.9 8.3 17.0 .491 0.0 0.0 1.000 2.8 3.9 .718 1.9 5.7 7.6 1.7 0.9 0.8 2.9 3.4 19.5
3 Maurice Lucas 28 68 31.8 5.9 12.3 .484 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.7 .752 2.3 6.2 8.5 2.5 0.8 0.9 2.6 3.8 14.7
4 Mike Gminski 21 56 28.2 5.2 12.3 .423 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.6 .767 2.4 5.0 7.5 1.3 1.0 1.8 2.3 2.3 13.2
5 Darwin Cook 22 81 24.4 4.7 10.1 .468 0.1 0.3 .240 1.6 2.2 .733 1.2 1.7 2.9 3.7 1.7 0.4 2.2 2.4 11.2
6 Mike O'Koren 22 79 31.3 4.6 9.5 .486 0.1 0.2 .278 1.7 2.7 .637 2.3 3.8 6.1 3.2 1.1 0.3 1.8 3.1 11.0
7 Bob McAdoo 29 10 15.3 3.8 7.5 .507 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.1 .810 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.0 0.9 0.6 1.4 2.2 9.3
8 Edgar Jones 24 60 15.8 3.2 6.0 .529 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.6 .670 1.5 2.9 4.4 0.7 0.6 1.4 1.7 3.1 8.7
9 Bob Elliott 25 73 18.1 2.9 5.7 .511 0.0 0.0 .500 1.7 2.8 .599 1.4 2.2 3.6 1.8 0.5 0.2 1.6 2.4 7.5
10 Lowes Moore 23 71 19.8 3.0 6.7 .444 0.1 0.4 .148 1.0 1.3 .750 0.6 1.8 2.4 3.2 0.9 0.2 1.5 2.5 7.0
11 Eddie Jordan 26 14 17.1 2.1 5.2 .411 0.2 0.7 .300 1.7 2.3 .750 0.4 0.9 1.3 3.3 1.7 0.1 1.6 2.1 6.2
12 Foots Walker 29 41 28.6 1.8 4.1 .426 0.0 0.2 .222 2.1 2.7 .793 0.5 2.0 2.5 6.2 1.3 0.0 2.1 2.6 5.7
13 Jan Van Breda Kolff 29 78 18.3 1.3 3.1 .408 0.0 0.1 .250 1.3 1.5 .838 0.6 2.0 2.6 1.7 0.5 0.6 1.4 2.7 3.8
14 Rory Sparrow 22 15 14.1 1.5 4.2 .349 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .750 0.5 0.7 1.2 2.1 0.9 0.2 1.2 1.0 3.7

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cliff Robinson 20 63 1822 10.4 21.1 .491 0.0 0.0 1.000 3.5 4.9 .718 2.4 7.1 9.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 3.6 4.3 24.3
2 Bob McAdoo 29 10 153 8.9 17.6 .507 0.0 0.2 .000 4.0 4.9 .810 1.9 4.2 6.1 2.4 2.1 1.4 3.3 5.2 21.9
3 Mike Newlin 32 79 2911 7.8 15.7 .497 0.1 0.4 .333 5.1 5.8 .888 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.7 1.1 0.1 3.1 2.9 20.9
4 Edgar Jones 24 60 950 7.2 13.5 .529 0.0 0.2 .000 5.5 8.3 .670 3.5 6.5 10.0 1.6 1.4 3.1 3.8 7.0 19.9
5 Mike Gminski 21 56 1579 6.6 15.7 .423 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 4.6 .767 3.1 6.4 9.6 1.6 1.2 2.3 2.9 2.9 16.8
6 Maurice Lucas 28 68 2162 6.7 13.9 .484 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.2 .752 2.5 7.0 9.6 2.9 0.9 1.0 2.9 4.3 16.6
7 Darwin Cook 22 81 1980 7.0 14.9 .468 0.1 0.5 .240 2.4 3.3 .733 1.7 2.5 4.3 5.4 2.6 0.7 3.2 3.6 16.4
8 Bob Elliott 25 73 1320 5.8 11.4 .511 0.0 0.1 .500 3.3 5.5 .599 2.8 4.3 7.1 3.5 0.9 0.4 3.2 4.8 15.0
9 Eddie Jordan 26 14 239 4.5 11.0 .411 0.5 1.5 .300 3.6 4.8 .750 0.8 2.0 2.7 6.9 3.6 0.2 3.5 4.4 13.1
10 Lowes Moore 23 71 1406 5.4 12.2 .444 0.1 0.7 .148 1.8 2.4 .750 1.1 3.2 4.3 5.8 1.6 0.4 2.8 4.6 12.7
11 Mike O'Koren 22 79 2473 5.3 10.9 .486 0.1 0.3 .278 2.0 3.1 .637 2.6 4.4 7.0 3.7 1.3 0.4 2.1 3.5 12.7
12 Rory Sparrow 22 15 212 3.7 10.7 .349 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.7 .750 1.2 1.9 3.1 5.4 2.2 0.5 3.1 2.5 9.5
13 Jan Van Breda Kolff 29 78 1426 2.5 6.2 .408 0.1 0.2 .250 2.5 3.0 .838 1.2 3.9 5.1 3.3 1.0 1.3 2.7 5.4 7.6
14 Foots Walker 29 41 1172 2.2 5.2 .426 0.1 0.3 .222 2.7 3.4 .793 0.7 2.5 3.1 7.8 1.6 0.0 2.6 3.2 7.2

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Mike Newlin 32 79 2911 15.6 .571 .501 3.0 5.6 4.2 15.5 1.4 0.2 14.4 23.4 109 110 4.8 1.3 6.1
2 Mike O'Koren 22 79 2473 12.6 .515 .489 8.0 14.0 10.9 14.0 1.6 0.6 14.7 15.8 105 107 1.9 2.0 3.8
3 Maurice Lucas 28 68 2162 14.6 .528 .484 7.8 22.5 15.0 11.6 1.2 1.5 15.7 20.5 102 105 1.2 2.3 3.5
4 Darwin Cook 22 81 1980 15.0 .503 .471 5.3 8.2 6.7 21.9 3.2 1.0 16.4 21.4 99 105 0.6 2.1 2.7
5 Cliff Robinson 20 63 1822 17.9 .521 .491 7.3 22.9 14.9 9.8 1.5 1.6 13.4 29.5 98 105 0.4 2.1 2.5
6 Edgar Jones 24 60 950 17.6 .578 .529 10.7 20.8 15.6 6.7 1.7 4.8 18.2 23.0 104 102 0.9 1.4 2.3
7 Bob Elliott 25 73 1320 12.3 .541 .512 8.7 13.7 11.2 13.7 1.2 0.7 19.0 18.8 101 108 0.6 0.9 1.6
8 Mike Gminski 21 56 1579 14.5 .474 .423 9.6 20.6 15.0 6.6 1.6 3.6 14.1 22.7 95 104 -0.5 2.0 1.5
9 Foots Walker 29 41 1172 10.1 .537 .432 2.1 7.9 4.9 26.4 2.0 0.0 28.1 10.2 105 108 0.7 0.8 1.5
10 Lowes Moore 23 71 1406 11.1 .479 .448 3.4 10.3 6.7 22.3 2.0 0.7 17.2 17.6 97 107 0.0 1.1 1.1
11 Jan Van Breda Kolff 29 78 1426 6.5 .506 .412 3.7 12.5 8.0 11.2 1.2 2.0 26.7 11.2 91 107 -0.6 1.2 0.6
12 Eddie Jordan 26 14 239 13.3 .500 .432 2.3 6.3 4.2 25.6 4.6 0.2 20.9 18.2 98 104 0.0 0.3 0.3
13 Bob McAdoo 29 10 153 17.6 .552 .507 5.8 13.6 9.6 10.4 2.7 2.2 14.3 25.4 103 104 0.1 0.2 0.3
14 Rory Sparrow 22 15 212 8.2 .400 .349 3.6 6.0 4.8 19.5 2.8 0.8 20.4 16.4 84 107 -0.3 0.2 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bob McAdoo $525,000
2 Mike Newlin $350,000
3 Jan Van Breda Kolff $175,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)