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1969-70 New York Nets Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 108.9 (9th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.8 (3rd of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 40-44 (9th of 11)

Arena: Island Garden ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -1.03 (9th of 11)

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

1969-70 New York Nets:

Roster

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Bob Arnzen F 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 G 6-2 200 February 8, 1944 2 University of Rhode Island
11 Sonny Dove F 6-7 198 August 16, 1945 2 St. John's University
21-33 Billy Evans G 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 F 6-7 190 November 13, 1946 R Long Island University
10 Dennis Grey C-F 6-8 215 August 26, 1947 1 California Western Uiversity
40 Les Hunter F-C 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 F-G 6-4 200 November 10, 1942 1 New York University
32 George Lehmann G 6-0 180 May 1, 1942 2 Campbell University
27 Bob McIntyre F 6-6 215 January 23, 1944 1 St. John's University
25-3 Bill Melchionni G 6-1 165 October 19, 1944 2 Villanova University
4 Walter Simon F-G 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 G-F 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 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 84 20335 3543 7854 .451 70 282 .248 1990 2826 .704 1609 2547 4156 1762 1714 2381 9146 108.9
Opponent 84 20335 3397 7363 .461 157 491 .320 2268 3034 .748 4317 1781 1911 2203 9219 109.8

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 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

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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

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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 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 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
4 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
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

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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 Levern Tart 27 80 3210 20.8 .550 .498 8.2 12.9 12.4 23.5 8.1 2.9 10.9
2 Bill Melchionni 25 80 3157 13.5 .522 .467 3.5 20.1 13.7 16.1 3.8 2.6 6.5
3 Ed Johnson 25 74 2486 14.8 .505 .478 17.0 5.0 17.5 18.8 2.1 3.0 5.1
4 Les Hunter 27 79 2859 13.1 .493 .436 11.3 10.7 18.5 21.2 2.0 3.0 4.9
5 Walter Simon 30 81 2696 14.0 .493 .441 8.4 15.5 14.3 19.2 1.8 2.7 4.5
6 Sonny Dove 24 80 2284 14.8 .500 .463 11.4 7.0 14.8 22.3 2.1 2.2 4.3
7 Ronald Taylor 22 72 873 10.3 .499 .481 15.7 10.5 25.0 20.7 0.7 1.1 1.7
8 George Lehmann 27 46 679 12.8 .504 .438 2.8 21.6 17.6 23.0 0.8 0.6 1.3
9 Billy Evans 22 53 602 4.1 .433 .368 3.1 20.3 28.5 10.3 -0.1 0.5 0.4
10 Stephen Chubin 25 11 232 10.8 .436 .347 7.2 16.0 18.0 27.0 -0.2 0.2 0.0
11 Bob Christian 23 1 4 -13.8 .333 .333 24.0 0.0 40.0 47.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Jack Gillespie 22 2 27 0.8 .170 .000 12.4 0.0 0.0 8.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
13 Bob Arnzen 22 13 98 9.0 .395 .396 10.8 7.5 13.6 22.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
14 Barry Kramer 27 7 56 2.9 .391 .323 11.1 7.7 24.2 30.6 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
15 Bob McIntyre 26 7 94 6.9 .385 .391 10.2 7.2 15.6 15.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
16 Dennis Grey 22 4 74 3.7 .307 .250 16.2 0.0 9.3 16.4 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
17 Luther Green 23 59 739 10.7 .409 .376 17.1 5.1 13.5 20.3 -1.1 0.9 -0.2
18 John Smith 25 16 165 1.8 .267 .225 17.5 2.2 23.2 12.8 -0.5 0.2 -0.3

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
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 Levern Tart 27 7 313 70 143 2 6 45 52 30 36 187 .490 .333 .865 44.7 26.7 4.3 5.1
2 Bill Melchionni 25 7 316 48 104 1 3 31 38 22 33 128 .462 .333 .816 45.1 18.3 3.1 4.7
3 Sonny Dove 24 7 281 48 97 1 4 26 39 71 9 123 .495 .250 .667 40.1 17.6 10.1 1.3
4 Les Hunter 27 7 233 45 100 3 10 20 29 42 11 113 .450 .300 .690 33.3 16.1 6.0 1.6
5 Walter Simon 30 7 222 39 78 0 6 23 28 53 21 101 .500 .000 .821 31.7 14.4 7.6 3.0
6 Ed Johnson 25 7 216 32 69 0 0 30 52 67 5 94 .464 .577 30.9 13.4 9.6 0.7
7 Luther Green 23 7 82 11 29 1 2 10 15 28 3 33 .379 .500 .667 11.7 4.7 4.0 0.4
8 Billy Evans 22 6 27 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 3 .500 .000 .333 4.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
9 John Smith 25 2 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 5.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
10 Ronald Taylor 22 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .000 2.5 0.0 1.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Levern Tart 27 7 313 23.9 .564 .497 4.8 18.0 0.8 0.2 1.0
2 Walter Simon 30 7 222 21.9 .559 .500 12.0 13.8 0.4 0.1 0.6
3 Sonny Dove 24 7 281 18.9 .539 .500 12.7 4.6 0.4 0.2 0.5
4 Bill Melchionni 25 7 316 16.4 .530 .466 3.5 14.7 0.4 0.1 0.5
5 Les Hunter 27 7 233 18.0 .501 .465 9.1 7.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
6 Ed Johnson 25 7 216 18.9 .512 .464 15.6 3.2 0.2 0.1 0.3
7 Luther Green 23 7 82 17.7 .463 .397 17.2 5.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
8 Billy Evans 22 6 27 4.7 .452 .500 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 John Smith 25 2 10 -6.3 .000 .000 10.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Ronald Taylor 22 2 5 -23.2 .000 .000 20.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1