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1969-70 New York Nets Roster and Stats

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Record: 39-45, Finished 4th in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: York Larese (39-45)

PTS/G: 108.9 (9th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.8 (3rd of 11)
SRS: -1.03 (9th of 11)
Expected W-L: 40-44 (9th of 11)

Arena: Island Garden ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Bob Arnzen SF 6-5 205 November 3, 1947 R University of Notre Dame
45 Bob Christian C 6-10 255 May 11, 1946 R Grambling State University
9 Stephen Chubin SG 6-2 200 February 8, 1944 2 University of Rhode Island
11 Sonny Dove PF 6-7 198 August 16, 1945 2 St. John's University
21-33 Billy Evans PG 6-0 170 March 3, 1947 R Boston College
11 Jack Gillespie F 6-6 215 October 1, 1947 R Montana State University
14-27 Luther Green PF 6-7 190 November 13, 1946 R Long Island University
10 Dennis Grey C 6-8 215 August 26, 1947 1 California Western Uiversity
40 Les Hunter PF 6-7 210 August 16, 1942 3 Loyola University of Chicago
20 Ed Johnson C 6-8 205 June 17, 1944 1 Tennessee State University
15 Barry Kramer SF 6-4 200 November 10, 1942 1 New York University
32 George Lehmann PG 6-0 180 May 1, 1942 2 Campbell University
27 Bob McIntyre SF 6-6 215 January 23, 1944 1 St. John's University
3-25 Bill Melchionni PG 6-1 165 October 19, 1944 2 Villanova University
4 Walter Simon SF 6-6 200 December 1, 1939 2 Benedict College
10-21 John Smith C 7-0 235 May 24, 1944 1 University of Southern Colorado
23-30 Levern Tart SG 6-2 195 June 1, 1942 2 Bradley University
5 Ronald Taylor C 7-1 265 November 21, 1947 R University of Southern California

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 84 20335 3543 7854 .451 70 282 .248 1990 2826 .704 1609 2547 4156 1762 1714 2381 9146 108.9
Lg Rank 5 9 11 4 11 11 11 8 6 10 5 11 11 5 9 2 9 9
Opponent 84 20335 3397 7363 .461 157 491 .320 2268 3034 .748 4317 1781 1911 2203 9219 109.8
Lg Rank 5 2 1 10 7 4 11 10 10 5 1 10 1 5 3 3

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 40 44 -0.87 -0.26 -1.03 .456 15.9 .253 .472 18.0 .308 Island Garden
Lg Rank 9 9 9 8 9 5 10 6 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 Levern Tart 27 80 3210 756 1528 .495 11 35 .314 412 526 .783 252 294 546 264 248 268 1935
2 Les Hunter 27 79 2859 486 1122 .433 6 41 .146 317 432 .734 234 439 673 215 297 335 1295
3 Bill Melchionni 25 80 3157 479 1030 .465 5 28 .179 255 311 .820 66 164 230 457 186 282 1218
4 Walter Simon 30 81 2696 454 1030 .441 1 20 .050 253 338 .749 152 322 474 294 197 296 1162
5 Sonny Dove 24 80 2284 456 987 .462 2 13 .154 240 379 .633 236 307 543 107 201 295 1154
6 Ed Johnson 25 74 2486 405 848 .478 1 2 .500 226 404 .559 328 551 879 88 218 305 1037
7 Ronald Taylor 22 72 873 153 318 .481 0 0 54 97 .557 119 167 286 64 120 207 360
8 George Lehmann 27 46 679 111 300 .370 41 126 .325 81 94 .862 18 21 39 104 73 80 344
9 Luther Green 23 59 739 114 303 .376 0 3 .000 55 97 .567 96 167 263 27 54 117 283
10 Stephen Chubin 25 11 232 40 118 .339 2 6 .333 37 42 .881 22 13 35 26 30 29 119
11 Billy Evans 22 53 602 32 87 .368 0 2 .000 38 70 .543 17 22 39 100 47 89 102
12 Bob Arnzen 22 13 98 19 48 .396 0 1 .000 2 6 .333 12 10 22 5 8 11 40
13 Barry Kramer 27 7 56 10 31 .323 0 1 .000 7 8 .875 7 6 13 3 11 10 27
14 Bob McIntyre 26 7 94 12 32 .375 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 9 11 20 5 6 8 25
15 John Smith 25 16 165 9 40 .225 0 1 .000 5 7 .714 27 33 60 3 13 30 23
16 Dennis Grey 22 4 74 6 24 .250 0 0 6 12 .500 11 14 25 0 3 15 18
17 Jack Gillespie 22 2 27 0 5 .000 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 5 7 0 0 3 2
18 Bob Christian 23 1 4 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2

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 Levern Tart 27 80 40.1 9.5 19.1 .495 0.1 0.4 .314 5.2 6.6 .783 3.2 3.7 6.8 3.3 3.1 3.4 24.2
2 Les Hunter 27 79 36.2 6.2 14.2 .433 0.1 0.5 .146 4.0 5.5 .734 3.0 5.6 8.5 2.7 3.8 4.2 16.4
3 Bill Melchionni 25 80 39.5 6.0 12.9 .465 0.1 0.4 .179 3.2 3.9 .820 0.8 2.1 2.9 5.7 2.3 3.5 15.2
4 Sonny Dove 24 80 28.6 5.7 12.3 .462 0.0 0.2 .154 3.0 4.7 .633 3.0 3.8 6.8 1.3 2.5 3.7 14.4
5 Walter Simon 30 81 33.3 5.6 12.7 .441 0.0 0.2 .050 3.1 4.2 .749 1.9 4.0 5.9 3.6 2.4 3.7 14.3
6 Ed Johnson 25 74 33.6 5.5 11.5 .478 0.0 0.0 .500 3.1 5.5 .559 4.4 7.4 11.9 1.2 2.9 4.1 14.0
7 Stephen Chubin 25 11 21.1 3.6 10.7 .339 0.2 0.5 .333 3.4 3.8 .881 2.0 1.2 3.2 2.4 2.7 2.6 10.8
8 George Lehmann 27 46 14.8 2.4 6.5 .370 0.9 2.7 .325 1.8 2.0 .862 0.4 0.5 0.8 2.3 1.6 1.7 7.5
9 Ronald Taylor 22 72 12.1 2.1 4.4 .481 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 .557 1.7 2.3 4.0 0.9 1.7 2.9 5.0
10 Luther Green 23 59 12.5 1.9 5.1 .376 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.6 .567 1.6 2.8 4.5 0.5 0.9 2.0 4.8
11 Dennis Grey 22 4 18.5 1.5 6.0 .250 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 .500 2.8 3.5 6.3 0.0 0.8 3.8 4.5
12 Barry Kramer 27 7 8.0 1.4 4.4 .323 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.1 .875 1.0 0.9 1.9 0.4 1.6 1.4 3.9
13 Bob McIntyre 26 7 13.4 1.7 4.6 .375 0.1 0.4 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.6 2.9 0.7 0.9 1.1 3.6
14 Bob Arnzen 22 13 7.5 1.5 3.7 .396 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.5 .333 0.9 0.8 1.7 0.4 0.6 0.8 3.1
15 Bob Christian 23 1 4.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 2.0
16 Billy Evans 22 53 11.4 0.6 1.6 .368 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .543 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.9 0.9 1.7 1.9
17 John Smith 25 16 10.3 0.6 2.5 .225 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.4 .714 1.7 2.1 3.8 0.2 0.8 1.9 1.4
18 Jack Gillespie 22 2 13.5 0.0 2.5 .000 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 1.0 2.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.0

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 Levern Tart 27 80 3210 8.5 17.1 .495 0.1 0.4 .314 4.6 5.9 .783 2.8 3.3 6.1 3.0 2.8 3.0 21.7
2 Stephen Chubin 25 11 232 6.2 18.3 .339 0.3 0.9 .333 5.7 6.5 .881 3.4 2.0 5.4 4.0 4.7 4.5 18.5
3 George Lehmann 27 46 679 5.9 15.9 .370 2.2 6.7 .325 4.3 5.0 .862 1.0 1.1 2.1 5.5 3.9 4.2 18.2
4 Sonny Dove 24 80 2284 7.2 15.6 .462 0.0 0.2 .154 3.8 6.0 .633 3.7 4.8 8.6 1.7 3.2 4.6 18.2
5 Bob Christian 23 1 4 9.0 27.0 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 18.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 18.0
6 Barry Kramer 27 7 56 6.4 19.9 .323 0.0 0.6 .000 4.5 5.1 .875 4.5 3.9 8.4 1.9 7.1 6.4 17.4
7 Les Hunter 27 79 2859 6.1 14.1 .433 0.1 0.5 .146 4.0 5.4 .734 2.9 5.5 8.5 2.7 3.7 4.2 16.3
8 Walter Simon 30 81 2696 6.1 13.8 .441 0.0 0.3 .050 3.4 4.5 .749 2.0 4.3 6.3 3.9 2.6 4.0 15.5
9 Ed Johnson 25 74 2486 5.9 12.3 .478 0.0 0.0 .500 3.3 5.9 .559 4.7 8.0 12.7 1.3 3.2 4.4 15.0
10 Ronald Taylor 22 72 873 6.3 13.1 .481 0.0 0.0 2.2 4.0 .557 4.9 6.9 11.8 2.6 4.9 8.5 14.8
11 Bob Arnzen 22 13 98 7.0 17.6 .396 0.0 0.4 .000 0.7 2.2 .333 4.4 3.7 8.1 1.8 2.9 4.0 14.7
12 Bill Melchionni 25 80 3157 5.5 11.7 .465 0.1 0.3 .179 2.9 3.5 .820 0.8 1.9 2.6 5.2 2.1 3.2 13.9
13 Luther Green 23 59 739 5.6 14.8 .376 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 4.7 .567 4.7 8.1 12.8 1.3 2.6 5.7 13.8
14 Bob McIntyre 26 7 94 4.6 12.3 .375 0.4 1.1 .333 0.0 0.4 .000 3.4 4.2 7.7 1.9 2.3 3.1 9.6
15 Dennis Grey 22 4 74 2.9 11.7 .250 0.0 0.0 2.9 5.8 .500 5.4 6.8 12.2 0.0 1.5 7.3 8.8
16 Billy Evans 22 53 602 1.9 5.2 .368 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 4.2 .543 1.0 1.3 2.3 6.0 2.8 5.3 6.1
17 John Smith 25 16 165 2.0 8.7 .225 0.0 0.2 .000 1.1 1.5 .714 5.9 7.2 13.1 0.7 2.8 6.5 5.0
18 Jack Gillespie 22 2 27 0.0 6.7 .000 0.0 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.000 2.7 6.7 9.3 0.0 0.0 4.0 2.7

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 Levern Tart 27 80 3210 20.7 .550 .498 8.2 12.9 12.4 23.5 8.1 2.9 10.9 .164
2 Bill Melchionni 25 80 3157 13.5 .522 .467 3.5 20.1 13.7 16.1 3.8 2.6 6.5 .098
3 Ed Johnson 25 74 2486 14.8 .505 .478 17.0 5.0 17.5 18.8 2.1 3.0 5.1 .099
4 Les Hunter 27 79 2859 13.1 .493 .436 11.3 10.7 18.5 21.2 2.0 3.0 4.9 .083
5 Walter Simon 30 81 2696 14.0 .493 .441 8.4 15.5 14.3 19.2 1.8 2.7 4.5 .080
6 Sonny Dove 24 80 2284 14.7 .500 .463 11.4 7.0 14.8 22.3 2.1 2.2 4.3 .090
7 Ronald Taylor 22 72 873 10.3 .499 .481 15.7 10.5 25.0 20.7 0.7 1.1 1.7 .096
8 George Lehmann 27 46 679 12.8 .504 .438 2.8 21.6 17.6 23.0 0.8 0.6 1.3 .094
9 Billy Evans 22 53 602 4.1 .433 .368 3.1 20.3 28.5 10.3 -0.1 0.5 0.4 .032
10 Bob Christian 23 1 4 -13.8 .333 .333 24.0 0.0 40.0 47.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.199
11 Stephen Chubin 25 11 232 10.8 .436 .347 7.2 16.0 18.0 27.0 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .000
12 Bob McIntyre 26 7 94 6.9 .385 .391 10.2 7.2 15.6 15.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.030
13 Jack Gillespie 22 2 27 0.8 .170 .000 12.4 0.0 0.0 8.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.129
14 Bob Arnzen 22 13 98 9.0 .395 .396 10.8 7.5 13.6 22.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.054
15 Barry Kramer 27 7 56 2.9 .391 .323 11.1 7.7 24.2 30.6 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.077
16 Dennis Grey 22 4 74 3.7 .307 .250 16.2 0.0 9.3 16.4 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.117
17 Luther Green 23 59 739 10.7 .409 .376 17.1 5.1 13.5 20.3 -1.1 0.9 -0.2 -0.014
18 John Smith 25 16 165 1.8 .267 .225 17.5 2.2 23.2 12.8 -0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.081

Playoffs 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 Levern Tart 27 7 313 70 143 .490 2 6 .333 45 52 .865 30 36 187
2 Bill Melchionni 25 7 316 48 104 .462 1 3 .333 31 38 .816 22 33 128
3 Sonny Dove 24 7 281 48 97 .495 1 4 .250 26 39 .667 71 9 123
4 Les Hunter 27 7 233 45 100 .450 3 10 .300 20 29 .690 42 11 113
5 Walter Simon 30 7 222 39 78 .500 0 6 .000 23 28 .821 53 21 101
6 Ed Johnson 25 7 216 32 69 .464 0 0 30 52 .577 67 5 94
7 Luther Green 23 7 82 11 29 .379 1 2 .500 10 15 .667 28 3 33
8 Billy Evans 22 6 27 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 3 0 3
9 Ronald Taylor 22 2 5 0 4 .000 0 0 0 1 .000 2 0 0
10 John Smith 25 2 10 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 2 0 0

Playoffs 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 Levern Tart 27 7 44.7 10.0 20.4 .490 0.3 0.9 .333 6.4 7.4 .865 4.3 5.1 26.7
2 Bill Melchionni 25 7 45.1 6.9 14.9 .462 0.1 0.4 .333 4.4 5.4 .816 3.1 4.7 18.3
3 Sonny Dove 24 7 40.1 6.9 13.9 .495 0.1 0.6 .250 3.7 5.6 .667 10.1 1.3 17.6
4 Les Hunter 27 7 33.3 6.4 14.3 .450 0.4 1.4 .300 2.9 4.1 .690 6.0 1.6 16.1
5 Walter Simon 30 7 31.7 5.6 11.1 .500 0.0 0.9 .000 3.3 4.0 .821 7.6 3.0 14.4
6 Ed Johnson 25 7 30.9 4.6 9.9 .464 0.0 0.0 4.3 7.4 .577 9.6 0.7 13.4
7 Luther Green 23 7 11.7 1.6 4.1 .379 0.1 0.3 .500 1.4 2.1 .667 4.0 0.4 4.7
8 Billy Evans 22 6 4.5 0.2 0.3 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.5 .333 0.5 0.0 0.5
9 Ronald Taylor 22 2 2.5 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0
10 John Smith 25 2 5.0 0.0 1.5 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Levern Tart 27 7 313 8.1 16.4 .490 0.2 0.7 .333 5.2 6.0 .865 3.5 4.1 21.5
2 Les Hunter 27 7 233 7.0 15.5 .450 0.5 1.5 .300 3.1 4.5 .690 6.5 1.7 17.5
3 Walter Simon 30 7 222 6.3 12.6 .500 0.0 1.0 .000 3.7 4.5 .821 8.6 3.4 16.4
4 Sonny Dove 24 7 281 6.1 12.4 .495 0.1 0.5 .250 3.3 5.0 .667 9.1 1.2 15.8
5 Ed Johnson 25 7 216 5.3 11.5 .464 0.0 0.0 5.0 8.7 .577 11.2 0.8 15.7
6 Bill Melchionni 25 7 316 5.5 11.8 .462 0.1 0.3 .333 3.5 4.3 .816 2.5 3.8 14.6
7 Luther Green 23 7 82 4.8 12.7 .379 0.4 0.9 .500 4.4 6.6 .667 12.3 1.3 14.5
8 Billy Evans 22 6 27 1.3 2.7 .500 0.0 1.3 .000 1.3 4.0 .333 4.0 0.0 4.0
9 Ronald Taylor 22 2 5 0.0 28.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 .000 14.4 0.0 0.0
10 John Smith 25 2 10 0.0 10.8 .000 0.0 3.6 .000 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Levern Tart 27 7 313 24.2 .564 .497 4.8 18.0 0.8 0.2 1.0 .147
2 Walter Simon 30 7 222 22.1 .559 .500 12.0 13.8 0.4 0.1 0.6 .121
3 Sonny Dove 24 7 281 19.1 .539 .500 12.7 4.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 .092
4 Bill Melchionni 25 7 316 16.6 .530 .466 3.5 14.7 0.4 0.1 0.5 .076
5 Les Hunter 27 7 233 18.2 .501 .465 9.1 7.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 .053
6 Ed Johnson 25 7 216 19.1 .512 .464 15.6 3.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 .068
7 Billy Evans 22 6 27 4.7 .452 .500 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .005
8 Luther Green 23 7 82 17.8 .463 .397 17.2 5.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 .017
9 Ronald Taylor 22 2 5 -23.5 .000 .000 20.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -1.092
10 John Smith 25 2 10 -6.4 .000 .000 10.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.360