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1986-87 New Jersey Nets Roster and Statistics

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24-58, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dave Wohl (24-58)

Points Per Game: 108.5 (13th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.5 (17th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 28-54 (20th of 23)

Arena: Brendan Byrne Arena ▪ Attendance: 452,686 (16th of 23)

SRS: -4.41 (20th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.8 (6th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 105.6 (19th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 110.5 (18th of 23)

1986-87 New Jersey Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
2 James Bailey F-C 6-9 220 May 21, 1957 7 Rutgers University
10 Otis Birdsong G 6-3 190 December 9, 1955 9 University of Houston
35 Tony Brown F-G 6-6 185 July 29, 1960 2 University of Arkansas
40 Ben Coleman F 6-9 235 November 14, 1961 R University of Maryland
53 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 11
50 Chris Engler C 6-11 245 March 1, 1959 3 University of Wyoming
42 Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 August 3, 1959 6 Duke University
55 Albert King F-G 6-6 190 December 17, 1959 5 University of Maryland
20 Pace Mannion G 6-7 190 September 22, 1960 3 University of Utah
12 Kevin McKenna G-F 6-5 195 January 8, 1959 4 Creighton University
30 Jeff Turner F-C 6-9 230 April 9, 1962 2 Vanderbilt University
1 Pearl Washington G 6-2 190 January 6, 1964 R Syracuse University
52 Buck Williams F-C 6-8 215 March 8, 1960 5 University of Maryland
13 Ray Williams G 6-3 188 October 14, 1954 9 University of Minnesota
22 Michael Wilson G 6-4 175 September 15, 1959 2 Marquette University
33 Leon Wood G 6-3 185 March 25, 1962 2 California State University, Fullerton
0 Orlando Woolridge F 6-9 215 December 16, 1959 5 University of Notre Dame

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 19855 3374 7083 .476 145 449 .323 2000 2607 .767 1169 2409 3578 1991 643 397 1617 2353 8893 108.5
Opponent 82 19855 3418 7125 .480 118 366 .322 2353 3018 .780 1129 2352 3481 1958 814 566 1357 2126 9307 113.5

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 Orlando Woolridge 27 75 53 2638 556 1067 .521 1 8 .125 438 564 .777 118 249 367 261 54 86 213 243 1551
2 Buck Williams 26 82 82 2976 521 936 .557 0 1 .000 430 588 .731 322 701 1023 129 78 91 280 315 1472
3 Mike Gminski 27 72 66 2272 433 947 .457 0 0 313 370 .846 192 438 630 99 52 69 129 159 1179
4 Tony Brown 26 77 67 2339 358 810 .442 5 20 .250 152 206 .738 84 135 219 259 89 14 153 273 873
5 Pearl Washington 23 72 61 1600 257 538 .478 4 24 .167 98 125 .784 37 92 129 301 92 7 175 184 616
6 Albert King 27 61 15 1291 244 573 .426 13 32 .406 81 100 .810 82 132 214 103 34 28 103 177 582
7 Leon Wood 24 76 7 1733 187 501 .373 60 200 .300 123 154 .799 23 97 120 370 48 3 108 126 557
8 Ben Coleman 25 68 7 1029 182 313 .581 0 1 .000 88 121 .727 99 189 288 37 32 31 94 200 452
9 Kevin McKenna 28 56 3 942 153 337 .454 52 124 .419 43 57 .754 21 56 77 93 54 7 53 141 401
10 Jeff Turner 24 76 22 1003 151 325 .465 0 1 .000 76 104 .731 80 117 197 60 33 13 81 200 378
11 Ray Williams 32 32 14 800 131 290 .452 7 28 .250 49 60 .817 26 49 75 185 38 9 94 111 318
12 James Bailey 29 34 2 542 112 239 .469 0 0 58 80 .725 48 89 137 20 12 23 54 119 282
13 Pace Mannion 26 23 3 284 31 94 .330 3 9 .333 18 31 .581 10 29 39 45 18 4 23 32 83
14 Darryl Dawkins 30 6 2 106 20 32 .625 0 0 17 24 .708 9 10 19 2 2 3 15 25 57
15 Otis Birdsong 31 7 6 127 19 42 .452 0 1 .000 6 9 .667 3 4 7 17 3 0 9 16 44
16 Chris Engler 27 18 0 130 16 31 .516 0 0 8 12 .667 14 19 33 4 3 9 10 23 40
17 Michael Wilson 27 5 0 43 3 8 .375 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 6 1 0 4 9 8

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 Orlando Woolridge 27 75 53 35.2 7.4 14.2 .521 0.0 0.1 .125 5.8 7.5 .777 1.6 3.3 4.9 3.5 0.7 1.1 2.8 3.2 20.7
2 Buck Williams 26 82 82 36.3 6.4 11.4 .557 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 7.2 .731 3.9 8.5 12.5 1.6 1.0 1.1 3.4 3.8 18.0
3 Mike Gminski 27 72 66 31.6 6.0 13.2 .457 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.1 .846 2.7 6.1 8.8 1.4 0.7 1.0 1.8 2.2 16.4
4 Tony Brown 26 77 67 30.4 4.6 10.5 .442 0.1 0.3 .250 2.0 2.7 .738 1.1 1.8 2.8 3.4 1.2 0.2 2.0 3.5 11.3
5 Ray Williams 32 32 14 25.0 4.1 9.1 .452 0.2 0.9 .250 1.5 1.9 .817 0.8 1.5 2.3 5.8 1.2 0.3 2.9 3.5 9.9
6 Darryl Dawkins 30 6 2 17.7 3.3 5.3 .625 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.0 .708 1.5 1.7 3.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 2.5 4.2 9.5
7 Albert King 27 61 15 21.2 4.0 9.4 .426 0.2 0.5 .406 1.3 1.6 .810 1.3 2.2 3.5 1.7 0.6 0.5 1.7 2.9 9.5
8 Pearl Washington 23 72 61 22.2 3.6 7.5 .478 0.1 0.3 .167 1.4 1.7 .784 0.5 1.3 1.8 4.2 1.3 0.1 2.4 2.6 8.6
9 James Bailey 29 34 2 15.9 3.3 7.0 .469 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.4 .725 1.4 2.6 4.0 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.6 3.5 8.3
10 Leon Wood 24 76 7 22.8 2.5 6.6 .373 0.8 2.6 .300 1.6 2.0 .799 0.3 1.3 1.6 4.9 0.6 0.0 1.4 1.7 7.3
11 Kevin McKenna 28 56 3 16.8 2.7 6.0 .454 0.9 2.2 .419 0.8 1.0 .754 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.7 1.0 0.1 0.9 2.5 7.2
12 Ben Coleman 25 68 7 15.1 2.7 4.6 .581 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .727 1.5 2.8 4.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 2.9 6.6
13 Otis Birdsong 31 7 6 18.1 2.7 6.0 .452 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.3 .667 0.4 0.6 1.0 2.4 0.4 0.0 1.3 2.3 6.3
14 Jeff Turner 24 76 22 13.2 2.0 4.3 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .731 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.1 2.6 5.0
15 Pace Mannion 26 23 3 12.3 1.3 4.1 .330 0.1 0.4 .333 0.8 1.3 .581 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.0 0.8 0.2 1.0 1.4 3.6
16 Chris Engler 27 18 0 7.2 0.9 1.7 .516 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .667 0.8 1.1 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 2.2
17 Michael Wilson 27 5 0 8.6 0.6 1.6 .375 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.8 1.6

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 Orlando Woolridge 27 75 53 2638 7.6 14.6 .521 0.0 0.1 .125 6.0 7.7 .777 1.6 3.4 5.0 3.6 0.7 1.2 2.9 3.3 21.2
2 Darryl Dawkins 30 6 2 106 6.8 10.9 .625 0.0 0.0 5.8 8.2 .708 3.1 3.4 6.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 5.1 8.5 19.4
3 Mike Gminski 27 72 66 2272 6.9 15.0 .457 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.9 .846 3.0 6.9 10.0 1.6 0.8 1.1 2.0 2.5 18.7
4 James Bailey 29 34 2 542 7.4 15.9 .469 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.3 .725 3.2 5.9 9.1 1.3 0.8 1.5 3.6 7.9 18.7
5 Buck Williams 26 82 82 2976 6.3 11.3 .557 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 7.1 .731 3.9 8.5 12.4 1.6 0.9 1.1 3.4 3.8 17.8
6 Albert King 27 61 15 1291 6.8 16.0 .426 0.4 0.9 .406 2.3 2.8 .810 2.3 3.7 6.0 2.9 0.9 0.8 2.9 4.9 16.2
7 Ben Coleman 25 68 7 1029 6.4 11.0 .581 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.2 .727 3.5 6.6 10.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 3.3 7.0 15.8
8 Kevin McKenna 28 56 3 942 5.8 12.9 .454 2.0 4.7 .419 1.6 2.2 .754 0.8 2.1 2.9 3.6 2.1 0.3 2.0 5.4 15.3
9 Ray Williams 32 32 14 800 5.9 13.1 .452 0.3 1.3 .250 2.2 2.7 .817 1.2 2.2 3.4 8.3 1.7 0.4 4.2 5.0 14.3
10 Pearl Washington 23 72 61 1600 5.8 12.1 .478 0.1 0.5 .167 2.2 2.8 .784 0.8 2.1 2.9 6.8 2.1 0.2 3.9 4.1 13.9
11 Jeff Turner 24 76 22 1003 5.4 11.7 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.7 .731 2.9 4.2 7.1 2.2 1.2 0.5 2.9 7.2 13.6
12 Tony Brown 26 77 67 2339 5.5 12.5 .442 0.1 0.3 .250 2.3 3.2 .738 1.3 2.1 3.4 4.0 1.4 0.2 2.4 4.2 13.4
13 Otis Birdsong 31 7 6 127 5.4 11.9 .452 0.0 0.3 .000 1.7 2.6 .667 0.9 1.1 2.0 4.8 0.9 0.0 2.6 4.5 12.5
14 Leon Wood 24 76 7 1733 3.9 10.4 .373 1.2 4.2 .300 2.6 3.2 .799 0.5 2.0 2.5 7.7 1.0 0.1 2.2 2.6 11.6
15 Chris Engler 27 18 0 130 4.4 8.6 .516 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.3 .667 3.9 5.3 9.1 1.1 0.8 2.5 2.8 6.4 11.1
16 Pace Mannion 26 23 3 284 3.9 11.9 .330 0.4 1.1 .333 2.3 3.9 .581 1.3 3.7 4.9 5.7 2.3 0.5 2.9 4.1 10.5
17 Michael Wilson 27 5 0 43 2.5 6.7 .375 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.000 0.8 2.5 3.3 5.0 0.8 0.0 3.3 7.5 6.7

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 26 82 2976 17.6 .616 .557 12.2 26.4 19.3 6.4 1.2 1.8 19.0 20.0 112 107 4.3 3.6 7.9
2 Orlando Woolridge 27 75 2638 17.6 .590 .522 5.0 10.6 7.8 15.5 1.0 1.9 13.9 23.4 114 112 5.3 1.6 6.8
3 Mike Gminski 27 72 2272 17.0 .531 .457 9.5 21.6 15.6 6.6 1.1 1.8 10.4 22.0 111 109 3.2 2.2 5.4
4 Leon Wood 24 76 1733 11.1 .490 .433 1.5 6.3 3.9 28.8 1.3 0.1 16.0 15.7 107 114 1.3 0.6 2.0
5 Ben Coleman 25 68 1029 13.6 .617 .581 10.9 20.6 15.7 5.3 1.5 1.8 20.4 18.0 108 108 0.9 1.1 2.0
6 Kevin McKenna 28 56 942 12.1 .554 .531 2.5 6.7 4.6 14.4 2.7 0.4 12.8 17.8 110 111 1.0 0.7 1.7
7 Tony Brown 26 77 2339 9.7 .485 .445 4.1 6.5 5.3 15.9 1.8 0.4 14.5 18.2 100 113 0.0 1.2 1.3
8 Pearl Washington 23 72 1600 11.5 .519 .481 2.6 6.5 4.5 27.3 2.7 0.3 22.8 19.4 97 111 -0.4 1.2 0.7
9 Jeff Turner 24 76 1003 9.1 .510 .465 9.0 13.1 11.0 8.6 1.6 0.8 17.9 18.2 99 111 -0.1 0.8 0.6
10 Ray Williams 32 32 800 11.9 .503 .464 3.7 6.9 5.3 33.7 2.2 0.7 22.9 20.7 98 111 -0.2 0.5 0.4
11 James Bailey 29 34 542 11.9 .514 .469 10.0 18.4 14.2 5.7 1.0 2.5 16.5 24.4 97 109 -0.2 0.5 0.3
12 Albert King 27 61 1291 10.4 .472 .437 7.2 11.5 9.3 12.1 1.2 1.3 14.3 22.5 96 112 -0.6 0.8 0.2
13 Chris Engler 27 18 130 10.6 .551 .516 12.1 16.4 14.3 4.2 1.1 4.1 21.6 14.4 101 108 0.0 0.1 0.2
14 Darryl Dawkins 30 6 106 11.5 .670 .625 9.6 10.6 10.1 2.9 0.9 1.7 26.1 21.9 103 112 0.0 0.1 0.1
15 Michael Wilson 27 5 43 2.6 .450 .375 2.6 7.8 5.2 17.9 1.1 0.0 31.1 12.1 84 114 -0.1 0.0 0.0
16 Otis Birdsong 31 7 127 7.7 .479 .452 2.7 3.5 3.1 19.1 1.1 0.0 16.4 17.5 97 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Pace Mannion 26 23 284 8.4 .386 .346 4.0 11.5 7.7 21.4 3.0 0.8 17.6 18.6 86 108 -0.4 0.3 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Buck Williams *$1,115,000
2 Otis Birdsong *$800,000
3 Darryl Dawkins *$779,000
4 Orlando Woolridge *$750,000
5 Albert King *$702,500
6 Mike Gminski *$687,500
7 James Bailey *$400,000
8 Jeff Turner *$242,000
9 Tony Brown *$195,000
10 Leon Wood *$164,000
11 Pace Mannion *$80,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)