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1968-69 New York Nets Roster and Stats

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Record: 17-61, Finished 5th in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Max Zaslofsky (17-61)

PTS/G: 108.5 (11th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 117.2 (9th of 11)
SRS: -7.90 (11th of 11)
Expected W-L: 20-58 (11th of 11)

Arena: Long Island Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 Dan Anderson C 6-10 230 February 15, 1943 1 Augsburg College
32 Tommie Bowens PF 6-8 220 July 7, 1940 1 Grambling State University
22 Stephen Chubin SG 6-2 200 February 8, 1944 1 University of Rhode Island
9 Ollie Darden PF 6-7 235 July 28, 1944 1 University of Michigan
30 Will Frazier C 6-7 210 August 24, 1942 2 Grambling State University
10 Tom Hoover C 6-9 230 January 23, 1941 4 Villanova University
32 Tony Jackson SF 6-4 200 November 7, 1942 1 St. John's University
10 Stew Johnson PF 6-8 220 August 19, 1944 1 Murray State University
42 Rod Knowles C 6-9 215 February 27, 1946 R Davidson College
27 Tony Koski SF 6-8 215 June 26, 1946 R Providence College
9 Manny Leaks C 6-8 225 November 27, 1945 R Niagara University
27 Leary Lentz SF 6-6 200 February 23, 1945 1 University of Houston
3 Bobby Lloyd PG 6-2 184 January 3, 1946 1 Rutgers University
20 Randolph Mahaffey PF 6-7 210 September 28, 1945 1 Clemson University
22 Maurice McHartley SG 6-3 185 August 1, 1942 1 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
22 Ron Perry SG 6-3 190 December 29, 1943 1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
4 Walter Simon SF 6-6 200 December 1, 1939 1 Benedict College
33 Willie Somerset PG 5-8 170 March 17, 1942 2 Duquesne University
40 Levern Tart SG 6-2 195 June 1, 1942 1 Bradley University
27 Bob Verga SG 6-1 190 September 7, 1945 1 Duke University
11 Hank Whitney PF 6-7 230 April 28, 1939 1 Iowa State University
10 Ken Wilburn SF 6-6 195 June 8, 1944 1 Central State University
33 Willie Worsley PG 5-9 175 November 13, 1945 R University of Texas at El Paso

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 78 18870 3148 7563 .416 77 264 .292 2090 2816 .742 1459 2576 4035 1409 1537 2260 8463 108.5
Lg Rank 6 11 8 9 9 9 6 8 9 4 9 10 11 6 10 2 11 11
Opponent 78 18870 3324 7396 .449 126 412 .306 2369 3273 .724 4401 1489 1571 1962 9143 117.2
Lg Rank 6 6 1 10 4 4 8 11 11 3 9 8 2 1 9 9

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 20 58 -8.72 0.82 -7.90 .421 14.9 .276 .458 15.1 .320 Long Island Arena
Lg Rank 11 11 11 2 11 10 10 8 10 1 11

Totals

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 Walter Simon 29 68 2750 570 1296 .440 6 27 .222 290 417 .695 181 373 554 234 183 289 1436
2 Willie Somerset 26 31 1325 282 657 .429 19 64 .297 164 200 .820 62 73 135 106 92 103 747
3 Randolph Mahaffey 23 48 1594 249 577 .432 0 1 .000 164 228 .719 137 250 387 64 149 162 662
4 Bobby Lloyd 23 67 1358 215 541 .397 12 31 .387 218 246 .886 25 87 112 136 95 176 660
5 Will Frazier 26 75 1370 217 512 .424 0 0 120 194 .619 148 268 416 66 75 200 554
6 Levern Tart 26 35 920 190 427 .445 0 1 .000 133 170 .782 68 60 128 87 88 85 513
7 Tommie Bowens 28 76 1550 186 453 .411 0 3 .000 83 128 .648 159 296 455 52 111 236 455
8 Stephen Chubin 24 28 828 153 394 .388 1 17 .059 138 169 .817 53 50 103 139 112 109 445
9 Ron Perry 25 23 812 165 425 .388 22 57 .386 92 131 .702 32 63 95 85 73 81 444
10 Tom Hoover 28 40 1256 165 354 .466 0 2 .000 110 162 .679 121 290 411 106 156 187 440
11 Ollie Darden 24 30 726 133 279 .477 0 0 78 110 .709 80 134 214 42 72 107 344
12 Bob Verga 23 24 521 99 273 .363 5 18 .278 103 144 .715 27 41 68 41 51 68 306
13 Maurice McHartley 26 24 645 107 266 .402 0 4 .000 83 107 .776 27 49 76 76 80 86 297
14 Dan Anderson 25 25 677 101 233 .433 0 0 75 91 .824 79 138 217 34 43 83 277
15 Hank Whitney 29 31 643 104 248 .419 0 0 60 82 .732 64 117 181 38 51 90 268
16 Manny Leaks 23 20 713 96 289 .332 0 1 .000 58 81 .716 133 150 283 40 34 62 250
17 Willie Worsley 23 24 460 36 123 .293 10 30 .333 63 84 .750 6 29 35 39 32 48 145
18 Leary Lentz 23 26 442 48 126 .381 0 0 33 43 .767 40 67 107 9 25 46 129
19 Stew Johnson 24 9 205 28 72 .389 2 8 .250 16 17 .941 12 32 44 9 9 24 74
20 Ken Wilburn 24 4 22 2 8 .250 0 0 6 9 .667 1 3 4 2 4 6 10
21 Tony Koski 22 5 30 2 7 .286 0 0 2 2 1.000 4 3 7 4 2 9 6
22 Tony Jackson 26 3 20 0 3 .000 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 3 3 0 0 2 1
23 Rod Knowles 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Per Game

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 Willie Somerset 26 31 42.7 9.1 21.2 .429 0.6 2.1 .297 5.3 6.5 .820 2.0 2.4 4.4 3.4 3.0 3.3 24.1
2 Walter Simon 29 68 40.4 8.4 19.1 .440 0.1 0.4 .222 4.3 6.1 .695 2.7 5.5 8.1 3.4 2.7 4.3 21.1
3 Ron Perry 25 23 35.3 7.2 18.5 .388 1.0 2.5 .386 4.0 5.7 .702 1.4 2.7 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.5 19.3
4 Stephen Chubin 24 28 29.6 5.5 14.1 .388 0.0 0.6 .059 4.9 6.0 .817 1.9 1.8 3.7 5.0 4.0 3.9 15.9
5 Levern Tart 26 35 26.3 5.4 12.2 .445 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 4.9 .782 1.9 1.7 3.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 14.7
6 Randolph Mahaffey 23 48 33.2 5.2 12.0 .432 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.8 .719 2.9 5.2 8.1 1.3 3.1 3.4 13.8
7 Bob Verga 23 24 21.7 4.1 11.4 .363 0.2 0.8 .278 4.3 6.0 .715 1.1 1.7 2.8 1.7 2.1 2.8 12.8
8 Manny Leaks 23 20 35.7 4.8 14.5 .332 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 4.1 .716 6.7 7.5 14.2 2.0 1.7 3.1 12.5
9 Maurice McHartley 26 24 26.9 4.5 11.1 .402 0.0 0.2 .000 3.5 4.5 .776 1.1 2.0 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.6 12.4
10 Ollie Darden 24 30 24.2 4.4 9.3 .477 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.7 .709 2.7 4.5 7.1 1.4 2.4 3.6 11.5
11 Dan Anderson 25 25 27.1 4.0 9.3 .433 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.6 .824 3.2 5.5 8.7 1.4 1.7 3.3 11.1
12 Tom Hoover 28 40 31.4 4.1 8.9 .466 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 4.1 .679 3.0 7.3 10.3 2.7 3.9 4.7 11.0
13 Bobby Lloyd 23 67 20.3 3.2 8.1 .397 0.2 0.5 .387 3.3 3.7 .886 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.0 1.4 2.6 9.9
14 Hank Whitney 29 31 20.7 3.4 8.0 .419 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.6 .732 2.1 3.8 5.8 1.2 1.6 2.9 8.6
15 Stew Johnson 24 9 22.8 3.1 8.0 .389 0.2 0.9 .250 1.8 1.9 .941 1.3 3.6 4.9 1.0 1.0 2.7 8.2
16 Will Frazier 26 75 18.3 2.9 6.8 .424 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.6 .619 2.0 3.6 5.5 0.9 1.0 2.7 7.4
17 Tommie Bowens 28 76 20.4 2.4 6.0 .411 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.7 .648 2.1 3.9 6.0 0.7 1.5 3.1 6.0
18 Willie Worsley 23 24 19.2 1.5 5.1 .293 0.4 1.3 .333 2.6 3.5 .750 0.3 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.3 2.0 6.0
19 Leary Lentz 23 26 17.0 1.8 4.8 .381 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 .767 1.5 2.6 4.1 0.3 1.0 1.8 5.0
20 Ken Wilburn 24 4 5.5 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.3 .667 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5
21 Tony Koski 22 5 6.0 0.4 1.4 .286 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.8 0.6 1.4 0.8 0.4 1.8 1.2
22 Tony Jackson 26 3 6.7 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3
23 Rod Knowles 22 1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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 Bob Verga 23 24 521 6.8 18.9 .363 0.3 1.2 .278 7.1 10.0 .715 1.9 2.8 4.7 2.8 3.5 4.7 21.1
2 Willie Somerset 26 31 1325 7.7 17.9 .429 0.5 1.7 .297 4.5 5.4 .820 1.7 2.0 3.7 2.9 2.5 2.8 20.3
3 Levern Tart 26 35 920 7.4 16.7 .445 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 6.7 .782 2.7 2.3 5.0 3.4 3.4 3.3 20.1
4 Ron Perry 25 23 812 7.3 18.8 .388 1.0 2.5 .386 4.1 5.8 .702 1.4 2.8 4.2 3.8 3.2 3.6 19.7
5 Stephen Chubin 24 28 828 6.7 17.1 .388 0.0 0.7 .059 6.0 7.3 .817 2.3 2.2 4.5 6.0 4.9 4.7 19.3
6 Walter Simon 29 68 2750 7.5 17.0 .440 0.1 0.4 .222 3.8 5.5 .695 2.4 4.9 7.3 3.1 2.4 3.8 18.8
7 Bobby Lloyd 23 67 1358 5.7 14.3 .397 0.3 0.8 .387 5.8 6.5 .886 0.7 2.3 3.0 3.6 2.5 4.7 17.5
8 Ollie Darden 24 30 726 6.6 13.8 .477 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.5 .709 4.0 6.6 10.6 2.1 3.6 5.3 17.1
9 Maurice McHartley 26 24 645 6.0 14.8 .402 0.0 0.2 .000 4.6 6.0 .776 1.5 2.7 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.8 16.6
10 Ken Wilburn 24 4 22 3.3 13.1 .250 0.0 0.0 9.8 14.7 .667 1.6 4.9 6.5 3.3 6.5 9.8 16.4
11 Hank Whitney 29 31 643 5.8 13.9 .419 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.6 .732 3.6 6.6 10.1 2.1 2.9 5.0 15.0
12 Randolph Mahaffey 23 48 1594 5.6 13.0 .432 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 5.1 .719 3.1 5.6 8.7 1.4 3.4 3.7 15.0
13 Dan Anderson 25 25 677 5.4 12.4 .433 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.8 .824 4.2 7.3 11.5 1.8 2.3 4.4 14.7
14 Will Frazier 26 75 1370 5.7 13.5 .424 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.1 .619 3.9 7.0 10.9 1.7 2.0 5.3 14.6
15 Stew Johnson 24 9 205 4.9 12.6 .389 0.4 1.4 .250 2.8 3.0 .941 2.1 5.6 7.7 1.6 1.6 4.2 13.0
16 Manny Leaks 23 20 713 4.8 14.6 .332 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 4.1 .716 6.7 7.6 14.3 2.0 1.7 3.1 12.6
17 Tom Hoover 28 40 1256 4.7 10.1 .466 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 4.6 .679 3.5 8.3 11.8 3.0 4.5 5.4 12.6
18 Willie Worsley 23 24 460 2.8 9.6 .293 0.8 2.3 .333 4.9 6.6 .750 0.5 2.3 2.7 3.1 2.5 3.8 11.3
19 Tommie Bowens 28 76 1550 4.3 10.5 .411 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 3.0 .648 3.7 6.9 10.6 1.2 2.6 5.5 10.6
20 Leary Lentz 23 26 442 3.9 10.3 .381 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.5 .767 3.3 5.5 8.7 0.7 2.0 3.7 10.5
21 Tony Koski 22 5 30 2.4 8.4 .286 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4 1.000 4.8 3.6 8.4 4.8 2.4 10.8 7.2
22 Tony Jackson 26 3 20 0.0 5.4 .000 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.000 0.0 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.0 3.6 1.8
23 Rod Knowles 22 1 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Walter Simon 29 68 2750 16.4 .485 .442 9.0 13.6 11.0 22.1 1.8 1.5 3.4 .059
2 Tom Hoover 28 40 1256 11.3 .517 .466 14.6 12.0 26.8 16.9 1.3 0.9 2.2 .084
3 Bobby Lloyd 23 67 1358 13.1 .508 .409 3.7 14.8 12.8 20.0 1.6 0.6 2.2 .079
4 Willie Somerset 26 31 1325 16.2 .501 .444 4.6 12.9 11.0 23.1 1.5 0.6 2.1 .076
5 Randolph Mahaffey 23 48 1594 11.7 .489 .432 10.9 5.9 18.0 18.9 0.9 0.8 1.8 .053
6 Levern Tart 26 35 920 16.4 .511 .445 6.2 15.1 14.9 23.4 1.3 0.5 1.8 .092
7 Ollie Darden 24 30 726 15.2 .525 .477 13.2 8.9 18.0 20.1 1.1 0.5 1.5 .102
8 Dan Anderson 25 25 677 15.6 .507 .433 14.3 7.3 13.6 17.0 0.6 0.4 1.1 .077
9 Stephen Chubin 24 28 828 13.7 .475 .390 5.6 25.9 19.3 25.6 0.4 0.5 0.9 .053
10 Will Frazier 26 75 1370 13.5 .464 .424 13.6 7.1 11.2 17.9 0.0 0.9 0.9 .031
11 Maurice McHartley 26 24 645 9.9 .474 .402 5.3 17.6 20.4 22.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 .042
12 Tommie Bowens 28 76 1550 8.5 .447 .411 13.1 4.7 17.9 14.6 -0.4 0.9 0.5 .015
13 Hank Whitney 29 31 643 12.8 .472 .419 12.6 8.8 15.2 19.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 .040
14 Ron Perry 25 23 812 13.3 .460 .414 5.2 16.6 13.1 25.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 .021
15 Willie Worsley 23 24 460 6.4 .453 .333 3.4 11.2 16.7 15.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 .014
16 Stew Johnson 24 9 205 11.1 .466 .403 9.6 6.3 10.2 15.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 .027
17 Bob Verga 23 24 521 12.7 .455 .372 5.8 12.2 13.2 27.1 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .010
18 Leary Lentz 23 26 442 8.6 .445 .381 10.8 2.8 14.7 14.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .008
19 Ken Wilburn 24 4 22 1.7 .418 .250 8.1 12.2 25.1 26.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.031
20 Rod Knowles 22 1 3 -7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .007
21 Tony Koski 22 5 30 4.9 .381 .286 10.4 17.4 20.2 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.016
22 Tony Jackson 26 3 20 -1.8 .145 .000 6.7 0.0 0.0 6.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.122
23 Manny Leaks 23 20 713 14.4 .385 .332 17.8 8.0 9.5 18.4 -1.3 0.5 -0.8 -0.052