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1982-83 New Jersey Nets Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Larry Brown (47-29), Bill Blair (2-4)

Points Per Game: 105.8 (18th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.0 (6th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-33 (8th of 23)

Arena: Brendan Byrne Arena ▪ Attendance: 530,808 (5th of 23)

SRS: 2.77 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.0 (8th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 101.6 (19th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 98.9 (1st of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus New York Knickerbockers

1982-83 New Jersey Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 James Bailey F-C 6-9 220 May 21, 1957 3 Rutgers University
10 Otis Birdsong G 6-3 190 December 9, 1955 5 University of Houston
12 Darwin Cook G 6-3 184 August 6, 1958 2 University of Portland
53 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 7
44 Len Elmore C-F 6-9 220 March 28, 1952 8 University of Maryland
21 Sleepy Floyd G 6-3 170 March 6, 1960 R Georgetown University
1 Phil Ford G 6-2 175 February 9, 1956 4 University of North Carolina
42 Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 August 3, 1959 2 Duke University
43 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 190 August 31, 1952 8 Aurora University
55 Albert King F-G 6-6 190 December 17, 1959 1 University of Maryland
31 Mike O'Koren F-G 6-7 207 February 7, 1958 2 University of North Carolina
51 Eddie Phillips F 6-7 225 September 29, 1961 R University of Alabama
20 Micheal Ray Richardson G-F 6-5 189 April 11, 1955 4 University of Montana
22 Jan Van Breda Kolff F-G 6-7 195 December 16, 1951 8 Vanderbilt University
14 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 8 State University of West Georgia
52 Buck Williams F-C 6-8 215 March 8, 1960 1 University of Maryland
34 Bill Willoughby F-C 6-8 205 May 20, 1957 6

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 19705 3510 7140 .492 30 149 .201 1622 2301 .705 1266 2427 3693 2143 911 592 1873 2166 8672 105.8
Opponent 82 19705 3327 6962 .478 45 208 .216 1746 2370 .737 1102 2176 3278 1978 860 495 1871 2129 8445 103.0

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 Buck Williams 22 82 82 2961 536 912 .588 0 4 .000 324 523 .620 365 662 1027 125 91 110 246 270 1396
2 Albert King 23 79 75 2447 582 1226 .475 6 23 .261 176 227 .775 157 299 456 291 95 41 245 278 1346
3 Darwin Cook 24 82 47 2625 443 986 .449 8 38 .211 186 242 .769 73 167 240 448 194 48 238 213 1080
4 Darryl Dawkins 26 81 81 2093 401 669 .599 0 0 166 257 .646 127 293 420 114 67 152 281 379 968
5 Otis Birdsong 27 62 54 1885 426 834 .511 2 6 .333 82 145 .566 53 97 150 239 85 16 114 155 936
6 Mike Gminski 23 80 1 1255 213 426 .500 0 1 .000 175 225 .778 154 228 382 61 35 116 126 118 601
7 Mickey Johnson 30 42 7 1001 199 496 .401 2 17 .118 164 201 .816 66 158 224 144 56 21 121 135 564
8 Micheal Ray Richardson 27 31 26 1002 170 388 .438 4 20 .200 51 76 .671 68 82 150 187 81 15 107 116 395
9 Foots Walker 31 79 10 1388 114 250 .456 2 12 .167 116 149 .779 30 106 136 264 78 3 104 134 346
10 Mike O'Koren 24 46 14 803 136 259 .525 2 9 .222 34 48 .708 42 72 114 82 42 11 62 67 308
11 Len Elmore 30 74 0 975 97 244 .398 0 1 .000 54 84 .643 81 157 238 39 44 38 83 125 248
12 Sleepy Floyd 22 43 6 494 92 216 .426 4 14 .286 38 45 .844 16 26 42 67 19 9 40 56 226
13 Eddie Phillips 21 48 0 416 56 138 .406 0 2 .000 40 59 .678 27 50 77 29 14 8 50 58 152
14 Phil Ford 26 7 7 163 20 35 .571 0 1 .000 7 10 .700 0 7 7 38 6 0 21 22 47
15 Bill Willoughby 25 10 0 84 11 29 .379 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 9 11 8 1 1 5 16 24
16 James Bailey 25 6 0 50 9 18 .500 0 0 2 2 1.000 3 3 6 2 1 1 6 15 20
17 Jan Van Breda Kolff 31 13 0 63 5 14 .357 0 0 5 6 .833 2 11 13 5 2 2 3 9 15

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 Buck Williams 22 82 82 36.1 6.5 11.1 .588 0.0 0.0 .000 4.0 6.4 .620 4.5 8.1 12.5 1.5 1.1 1.3 3.0 3.3 17.0
2 Albert King 23 79 75 31.0 7.4 15.5 .475 0.1 0.3 .261 2.2 2.9 .775 2.0 3.8 5.8 3.7 1.2 0.5 3.1 3.5 17.0
3 Otis Birdsong 27 62 54 30.4 6.9 13.5 .511 0.0 0.1 .333 1.3 2.3 .566 0.9 1.6 2.4 3.9 1.4 0.3 1.8 2.5 15.1
4 Mickey Johnson 30 42 7 23.8 4.7 11.8 .401 0.0 0.4 .118 3.9 4.8 .816 1.6 3.8 5.3 3.4 1.3 0.5 2.9 3.2 13.4
5 Darwin Cook 24 82 47 32.0 5.4 12.0 .449 0.1 0.5 .211 2.3 3.0 .769 0.9 2.0 2.9 5.5 2.4 0.6 2.9 2.6 13.2
6 Micheal Ray Richardson 27 31 26 32.3 5.5 12.5 .438 0.1 0.6 .200 1.6 2.5 .671 2.2 2.6 4.8 6.0 2.6 0.5 3.5 3.7 12.7
7 Darryl Dawkins 26 81 81 25.8 5.0 8.3 .599 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.2 .646 1.6 3.6 5.2 1.4 0.8 1.9 3.5 4.7 12.0
8 Mike Gminski 23 80 1 15.7 2.7 5.3 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 2.8 .778 1.9 2.9 4.8 0.8 0.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 7.5
9 Phil Ford 26 7 7 23.3 2.9 5.0 .571 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.4 .700 0.0 1.0 1.0 5.4 0.9 0.0 3.0 3.1 6.7
10 Mike O'Koren 24 46 14 17.5 3.0 5.6 .525 0.0 0.2 .222 0.7 1.0 .708 0.9 1.6 2.5 1.8 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.5 6.7
11 Sleepy Floyd 22 43 6 11.5 2.1 5.0 .426 0.1 0.3 .286 0.9 1.0 .844 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.9 1.3 5.3
12 Foots Walker 31 79 10 17.6 1.4 3.2 .456 0.0 0.2 .167 1.5 1.9 .779 0.4 1.3 1.7 3.3 1.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 4.4
13 Len Elmore 30 74 0 13.2 1.3 3.3 .398 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .643 1.1 2.1 3.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.7 3.4
14 James Bailey 25 6 0 8.3 1.5 3.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.5 3.3
15 Eddie Phillips 21 48 0 8.7 1.2 2.9 .406 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.2 .678 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.2 3.2
16 Bill Willoughby 25 10 0 8.4 1.1 2.9 .379 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.6 2.4
17 Jan Van Breda Kolff 31 13 0 4.8 0.4 1.1 .357 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 .833 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.2

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 Mickey Johnson 30 42 7 1001 7.2 17.8 .401 0.1 0.6 .118 5.9 7.2 .816 2.4 5.7 8.1 5.2 2.0 0.8 4.4 4.9 20.3
2 Albert King 23 79 75 2447 8.6 18.0 .475 0.1 0.3 .261 2.6 3.3 .775 2.3 4.4 6.7 4.3 1.4 0.6 3.6 4.1 19.8
3 Otis Birdsong 27 62 54 1885 8.1 15.9 .511 0.0 0.1 .333 1.6 2.8 .566 1.0 1.9 2.9 4.6 1.6 0.3 2.2 3.0 17.9
4 Mike Gminski 23 80 1 1255 6.1 12.2 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 6.5 .778 4.4 6.5 11.0 1.7 1.0 3.3 3.6 3.4 17.2
5 Buck Williams 22 82 82 2961 6.5 11.1 .588 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 6.4 .620 4.4 8.0 12.5 1.5 1.1 1.3 3.0 3.3 17.0
6 Darryl Dawkins 26 81 81 2093 6.9 11.5 .599 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.4 .646 2.2 5.0 7.2 2.0 1.2 2.6 4.8 6.5 16.6
7 Sleepy Floyd 22 43 6 494 6.7 15.7 .426 0.3 1.0 .286 2.8 3.3 .844 1.2 1.9 3.1 4.9 1.4 0.7 2.9 4.1 16.5
8 Darwin Cook 24 82 47 2625 6.1 13.5 .449 0.1 0.5 .211 2.6 3.3 .769 1.0 2.3 3.3 6.1 2.7 0.7 3.3 2.9 14.8
9 James Bailey 25 6 0 50 6.5 13.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.000 2.2 2.2 4.3 1.4 0.7 0.7 4.3 10.8 14.4
10 Micheal Ray Richardson 27 31 26 1002 6.1 13.9 .438 0.1 0.7 .200 1.8 2.7 .671 2.4 2.9 5.4 6.7 2.9 0.5 3.8 4.2 14.2
11 Mike O'Koren 24 46 14 803 6.1 11.6 .525 0.1 0.4 .222 1.5 2.2 .708 1.9 3.2 5.1 3.7 1.9 0.5 2.8 3.0 13.8
12 Eddie Phillips 21 48 0 416 4.8 11.9 .406 0.0 0.2 .000 3.5 5.1 .678 2.3 4.3 6.7 2.5 1.2 0.7 4.3 5.0 13.2
13 Phil Ford 26 7 7 163 4.4 7.7 .571 0.0 0.2 .000 1.5 2.2 .700 0.0 1.5 1.5 8.4 1.3 0.0 4.6 4.9 10.4
14 Bill Willoughby 25 10 0 84 4.7 12.4 .379 0.0 0.4 .000 0.9 0.9 1.000 0.9 3.9 4.7 3.4 0.4 0.4 2.1 6.9 10.3
15 Len Elmore 30 74 0 975 3.6 9.0 .398 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.1 .643 3.0 5.8 8.8 1.4 1.6 1.4 3.1 4.6 9.2
16 Foots Walker 31 79 10 1388 3.0 6.5 .456 0.1 0.3 .167 3.0 3.9 .779 0.8 2.7 3.5 6.8 2.0 0.1 2.7 3.5 9.0
17 Jan Van Breda Kolff 31 13 0 63 2.9 8.0 .357 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.4 .833 1.1 6.3 7.4 2.9 1.1 1.1 1.7 5.1 8.6

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 Buck Williams 22 82 2961 18.6 .611 .588 14.1 25.0 19.6 5.9 1.4 2.2 17.7 18.4 112 97 5.5 5.9 11.4
2 Darwin Cook 24 82 2625 14.3 .494 .453 3.2 7.1 5.2 23.6 3.4 1.1 17.9 19.9 100 99 1.3 4.7 6.0
3 Albert King 23 79 2447 15.6 .508 .477 7.3 13.6 10.5 18.2 1.8 1.0 15.6 25.2 101 100 1.7 3.9 5.7
4 Otis Birdsong 27 62 1885 15.1 .521 .512 3.2 5.7 4.5 19.1 2.1 0.5 11.3 21.1 108 102 2.6 2.6 5.2
5 Mike Gminski 23 80 1255 18.4 .572 .500 14.0 20.3 17.2 6.7 1.3 5.4 19.4 20.4 107 96 1.7 2.6 4.3
6 Darryl Dawkins 26 81 2093 13.2 .619 .599 6.9 15.6 11.3 7.8 1.5 4.2 26.4 20.0 96 98 0.0 4.0 4.0
7 Foots Walker 31 79 1388 11.4 .548 .460 2.5 8.5 5.5 23.5 2.6 0.1 24.8 11.9 107 101 1.3 2.2 3.4
8 Mickey Johnson 30 42 1001 16.1 .483 .403 7.5 17.6 12.7 20.8 2.6 1.2 17.2 27.7 98 97 0.3 2.0 2.3
9 Mike O'Koren 24 46 803 13.4 .550 .529 6.0 10.0 8.0 14.2 2.4 0.8 18.1 16.7 105 100 0.7 1.3 2.0
10 Micheal Ray Richardson 27 31 1002 14.2 .469 .443 7.8 9.1 8.5 25.9 3.7 0.9 20.2 20.7 96 98 0.0 1.9 1.9
11 Sleepy Floyd 22 43 494 12.1 .479 .435 3.7 5.9 4.8 19.3 1.8 1.1 14.5 21.9 100 102 0.2 0.7 0.9
12 Len Elmore 30 74 975 8.2 .441 .398 9.5 18.0 13.8 5.1 2.1 2.3 22.8 14.7 85 97 -1.0 1.9 0.9
13 Phil Ford 26 7 163 9.1 .596 .571 0.0 4.8 2.4 30.4 1.7 0.0 34.8 14.6 96 103 0.0 0.2 0.2
14 Eddie Phillips 21 48 416 7.5 .464 .406 7.4 13.4 10.5 9.2 1.6 1.1 23.4 20.2 86 100 -0.6 0.7 0.1
15 Jan Van Breda Kolff 31 13 63 8.6 .451 .357 3.6 19.5 11.7 9.8 1.5 1.9 15.3 12.3 99 98 0.0 0.1 0.1
16 Bill Willoughby 25 10 84 4.7 .402 .379 2.7 12.0 7.4 12.5 0.5 0.7 14.3 16.3 88 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
17 James Bailey 25 6 50 5.0 .530 .500 6.9 6.7 6.8 5.6 0.9 1.2 24.1 19.6 89 103 0.0 0.1 0.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Albert King 23 2 68 18 38 1 2 5 6 4 8 3 2 0 4 12 42 .474 .500 .833 34.0 21.0 4.0 1.5
2 Buck Williams 22 2 85 11 22 0 0 16 20 9 23 4 2 2 5 12 38 .500 .800 42.5 19.0 11.5 2.0
3 Darryl Dawkins 26 2 59 17 22 0 1 2 2 2 10 2 4 5 8 7 36 .773 .000 1.000 29.5 18.0 5.0 1.0
4 Darwin Cook 24 2 63 9 27 0 1 2 2 3 6 10 1 0 4 8 20 .333 .000 1.000 31.5 10.0 3.0 5.0
5 Micheal Ray Richardson 27 2 58 8 21 0 1 3 5 2 8 5 5 0 4 3 19 .381 .000 .600 29.0 9.5 4.0 2.5
6 Mike Gminski 23 2 29 6 9 0 0 3 4 4 9 1 0 4 1 2 15 .667 .750 14.5 7.5 4.5 0.5
7 Otis Birdsong 27 2 37 6 16 0 1 1 2 1 2 9 3 0 1 3 13 .375 .000 .500 18.5 6.5 1.0 4.5
8 Foots Walker 31 2 36 2 6 0 0 3 3 0 0 11 0 0 2 1 7 .333 1.000 18.0 3.5 0.0 5.5
9 Eddie Phillips 21 2 12 3 6 0 2 1 4 3 5 3 0 0 1 2 7 .500 .000 .250 6.0 3.5 2.5 1.5
10 Len Elmore 30 2 15 2 5 0 0 1 2 5 9 1 1 0 1 4 5 .400 .500 7.5 2.5 4.5 0.5
11 Mike O'Koren 24 2 18 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 2 3 4 .250 9.0 2.0 3.0 1.5

Playoffs 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 Buck Williams 22 2 85 17.1 .617 .500 11.7 20.0 15.6 6.3 1.2 1.4 14.0 17.2 125 113 0.2 0.0 0.3
2 Albert King 23 2 68 14.2 .517 .487 6.5 7.1 6.8 7.2 1.4 0.0 9.0 26.8 109 117 0.1 0.0 0.1
3 Mike Gminski 23 2 29 26.0 .697 .667 15.2 21.0 17.9 5.2 0.0 8.2 8.5 16.6 141 111 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Darryl Dawkins 26 2 59 22.5 .787 .773 3.7 16.5 9.8 5.8 3.3 5.1 25.9 21.4 109 107 0.1 0.1 0.1
5 Len Elmore 30 2 15 18.3 .425 .400 36.8 32.4 34.7 9.0 3.3 0.0 14.5 18.7 107 107 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Foots Walker 31 2 36 10.5 .478 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.3 0.0 0.0 21.5 10.6 115 122 0.1 0.0 0.0
7 Eddie Phillips 21 2 12 22.0 .451 .500 27.6 20.3 24.1 40.0 0.0 0.0 11.4 29.8 105 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Otis Birdsong 27 2 37 14.4 .385 .375 3.0 3.3 3.1 34.1 4.0 0.0 5.6 19.7 104 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Micheal Ray Richardson 27 2 58 10.2 .409 .381 3.8 12.6 8.0 11.7 4.2 0.0 14.7 19.2 88 110 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Darwin Cook 24 2 63 6.0 .359 .333 5.3 5.8 5.5 21.7 0.8 0.0 12.5 20.7 89 119 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Mike O'Koren 24 2 18 1.2 .250 .250 6.1 33.8 19.3 21.8 0.0 0.0 20.0 22.7 65 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Otis Birdsong *$1,037,500
2 Micheal Ray Richardson *$316,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)