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1970-71 New York Nets Roster and Stats

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Record: 40-44, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lou Carnesecca (40-44)

PTS/G: 111.0 (10th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.6 (2nd of 11)
SRS: -0.86 (6th of 11)
Expected W-L: 40-44 (5th of 11)

Arena: Island Garden ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Virginia Squires

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Jim Ard C 6-8 215 September 19, 1948 R University of Cincinnati
24 Rick Barry SF 6-7 205 March 28, 1944 4 University of Miami
3-15 Bill Bunting SF 6-8 200 August 26, 1947 1 University of North Carolina
4 Jeffrey Congdon PG 6-1 180 October 17, 1943 3 Brigham Young University
3 Billy DeAngelis G 6-1 180 October 5, 1946 R Saint Joseph's University
21 Joe DePre SG 6-3 185 December 19, 1947 R St. John's University
11 Sonny Dove PF 6-7 198 August 16, 1945 3 St. John's University
14 Luther Green PF 6-7 190 November 13, 1946 1 Long Island University
10-15 Jim Hayes SG 6-3 200 February 18, 1948 R Boston University
40 Les Hunter PF 6-7 210 August 16, 1942 4 Loyola University of Chicago
20 Ed Johnson C 6-8 205 June 17, 1944 2 Tennessee State University
3 Manny Leaks C 6-8 225 November 27, 1945 2 Niagara University
25 Bill Melchionni PG 6-1 165 October 19, 1944 3 Villanova University
5 Billy Paultz C 6-11 235 July 30, 1948 R St. John's University
23 Levern Tart SG 6-2 195 June 1, 1942 3 Bradley University
20 Oliver Taylor SG 6-2 194 March 7, 1947 R University of Houston

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 20260 3638 7704 .472 38 170 .224 2013 2653 .759 1330 2779 4109 1877 1782 2203 9327 111.0
Lg Rank 7 11 11 2 11 11 11 8 10 7 11 10 11 7 11 4 10 10
Opponent 84 20260 3552 7727 .460 121 472 .256 2153 2886 .746 4196 1746 1748 2097 9378 111.6
Lg Rank 7 2 1 6 3 4 1 9 9 5 1 2 2 3 2 2

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 -0.61 -0.26 -0.86 .475 16.7 .261 .468 16.3 .279 Island Garden
Lg Rank 5 5 5 8 6 3 11 4 6 1 10

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 Rick Barry 26 59 2502 632 1348 .469 19 86 .221 451 507 .890 105 296 401 294 202 205 1734
2 Bill Melchionni 26 81 3284 561 1244 .451 2 22 .091 301 370 .814 49 188 237 672 300 273 1425
3 Billy Paultz 22 83 2758 510 973 .524 0 2 .000 201 269 .747 239 701 940 160 206 274 1221
4 Sonny Dove 25 83 2280 467 1006 .464 4 14 .286 186 273 .681 264 412 676 88 224 304 1124
5 Oliver Taylor 23 80 1617 251 496 .506 5 12 .417 187 277 .675 111 196 307 146 162 231 694
6 Manny Leaks 25 40 1427 274 553 .495 0 1 .000 130 179 .726 136 249 385 49 100 108 678
7 Joe DePre 23 72 1707 250 488 .512 0 4 .000 132 172 .767 55 120 175 138 137 262 632
8 Levern Tart 28 27 985 192 453 .424 4 9 .444 102 133 .767 52 54 106 73 87 84 490
9 Jim Ard 22 73 1027 174 382 .455 0 3 .000 79 132 .598 112 225 337 40 108 119 427
10 Ed Johnson 26 26 592 97 218 .445 0 0 74 110 .673 83 139 222 26 66 80 268
11 Bill Bunting 23 39 687 65 151 .430 0 0 60 69 .870 64 78 142 34 51 94 190
12 Jeffrey Congdon 27 42 579 62 150 .413 4 13 .308 32 37 .865 10 44 54 97 51 50 160
13 Jim Hayes 22 47 494 46 109 .422 0 0 52 67 .776 20 25 45 47 45 73 144
14 Luther Green 24 26 164 40 88 .455 0 4 .000 18 44 .409 22 33 55 3 21 19 98
15 Les Hunter 28 5 110 14 39 .359 0 0 4 8 .500 6 15 21 2 17 11 32
16 Billy DeAngelis 24 8 47 3 6 .500 0 0 4 6 .667 2 4 6 8 5 16 10

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 Rick Barry 26 59 42.4 10.7 22.8 .469 0.3 1.5 .221 7.6 8.6 .890 1.8 5.0 6.8 5.0 3.4 3.5 29.4
2 Levern Tart 28 27 36.5 7.1 16.8 .424 0.1 0.3 .444 3.8 4.9 .767 1.9 2.0 3.9 2.7 3.2 3.1 18.1
3 Bill Melchionni 26 81 40.5 6.9 15.4 .451 0.0 0.3 .091 3.7 4.6 .814 0.6 2.3 2.9 8.3 3.7 3.4 17.6
4 Manny Leaks 25 40 35.7 6.9 13.8 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.5 .726 3.4 6.2 9.6 1.2 2.5 2.7 17.0
5 Billy Paultz 22 83 33.2 6.1 11.7 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.2 .747 2.9 8.4 11.3 1.9 2.5 3.3 14.7
6 Sonny Dove 25 83 27.5 5.6 12.1 .464 0.0 0.2 .286 2.2 3.3 .681 3.2 5.0 8.1 1.1 2.7 3.7 13.5
7 Ed Johnson 26 26 22.8 3.7 8.4 .445 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.2 .673 3.2 5.3 8.5 1.0 2.5 3.1 10.3
8 Joe DePre 23 72 23.7 3.5 6.8 .512 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.4 .767 0.8 1.7 2.4 1.9 1.9 3.6 8.8
9 Oliver Taylor 23 80 20.2 3.1 6.2 .506 0.1 0.2 .417 2.3 3.5 .675 1.4 2.5 3.8 1.8 2.0 2.9 8.7
10 Les Hunter 28 5 22.0 2.8 7.8 .359 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.6 .500 1.2 3.0 4.2 0.4 3.4 2.2 6.4
11 Jim Ard 22 73 14.1 2.4 5.2 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.8 .598 1.5 3.1 4.6 0.5 1.5 1.6 5.8
12 Bill Bunting 23 39 17.6 1.7 3.9 .430 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.8 .870 1.6 2.0 3.6 0.9 1.3 2.4 4.9
13 Jeffrey Congdon 27 42 13.8 1.5 3.6 .413 0.1 0.3 .308 0.8 0.9 .865 0.2 1.0 1.3 2.3 1.2 1.2 3.8
14 Luther Green 24 26 6.3 1.5 3.4 .455 0.0 0.2 .000 0.7 1.7 .409 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.1 0.8 0.7 3.8
15 Jim Hayes 22 47 10.5 1.0 2.3 .422 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.4 .776 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 3.1
16 Billy DeAngelis 24 8 5.9 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .667 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.6 2.0 1.3

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 Rick Barry 26 59 2502 9.1 19.4 .469 0.3 1.2 .221 6.5 7.3 .890 1.5 4.3 5.8 4.2 2.9 2.9 24.9
2 Luther Green 24 26 164 8.8 19.3 .455 0.0 0.9 .000 4.0 9.7 .409 4.8 7.2 12.1 0.7 4.6 4.2 21.5
3 Levern Tart 28 27 985 7.0 16.6 .424 0.1 0.3 .444 3.7 4.9 .767 1.9 2.0 3.9 2.7 3.2 3.1 17.9
4 Sonny Dove 25 83 2280 7.4 15.9 .464 0.1 0.2 .286 2.9 4.3 .681 4.2 6.5 10.7 1.4 3.5 4.8 17.7
5 Manny Leaks 25 40 1427 6.9 14.0 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.5 .726 3.4 6.3 9.7 1.2 2.5 2.7 17.1
6 Ed Johnson 26 26 592 5.9 13.3 .445 0.0 0.0 4.5 6.7 .673 5.0 8.5 13.5 1.6 4.0 4.9 16.3
7 Billy Paultz 22 83 2758 6.7 12.7 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.5 .747 3.1 9.2 12.3 2.1 2.7 3.6 15.9
8 Bill Melchionni 26 81 3284 6.1 13.6 .451 0.0 0.2 .091 3.3 4.1 .814 0.5 2.1 2.6 7.4 3.3 3.0 15.6
9 Oliver Taylor 23 80 1617 5.6 11.0 .506 0.1 0.3 .417 4.2 6.2 .675 2.5 4.4 6.8 3.3 3.6 5.1 15.5
10 Jim Ard 22 73 1027 6.1 13.4 .455 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 4.6 .598 3.9 7.9 11.8 1.4 3.8 4.2 15.0
11 Joe DePre 23 72 1707 5.3 10.3 .512 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.6 .767 1.2 2.5 3.7 2.9 2.9 5.5 13.3
12 Jim Hayes 22 47 494 3.4 7.9 .422 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.9 .776 1.5 1.8 3.3 3.4 3.3 5.3 10.5
13 Les Hunter 28 5 110 4.6 12.8 .359 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.6 .500 2.0 4.9 6.9 0.7 5.6 3.6 10.5
14 Bill Bunting 23 39 687 3.4 7.9 .430 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.6 .870 3.4 4.1 7.4 1.8 2.7 4.9 10.0
15 Jeffrey Congdon 27 42 579 3.9 9.3 .413 0.2 0.8 .308 2.0 2.3 .865 0.6 2.7 3.4 6.0 3.2 3.1 9.9
16 Billy DeAngelis 24 8 47 2.3 4.6 .500 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.6 .667 1.5 3.1 4.6 6.1 3.8 12.3 7.7

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 Rick Barry 26 59 2502 22.6 .552 .476 7.8 18.2 11.4 27.0 6.6 1.4 8.1 .155
2 Billy Paultz 22 83 2758 17.2 .559 .524 16.6 8.1 15.9 17.9 5.0 2.1 7.0 .122
3 Bill Melchionni 26 81 3284 13.9 .506 .452 3.5 28.1 17.6 19.8 2.8 1.9 4.8 .070
4 Oliver Taylor 23 80 1617 12.6 .562 .511 9.3 12.2 20.8 18.3 2.9 0.9 3.9 .115
5 Joe DePre 23 72 1707 9.2 .561 .512 5.0 10.8 19.6 15.6 2.7 0.7 3.4 .095
6 Sonny Dove 25 83 2280 13.9 .499 .466 14.5 5.6 16.6 22.5 1.5 1.5 3.0 .063
7 Manny Leaks 25 40 1427 16.3 .537 .495 13.2 4.9 13.7 19.5 2.1 0.9 3.0 .099
8 Jim Ard 22 73 1027 11.8 .485 .455 16.0 5.3 19.7 20.3 0.3 0.7 1.0 .046
9 Bill Bunting 23 39 687 8.3 .524 .430 10.1 6.2 21.9 12.9 0.5 0.4 0.9 .060
10 Ed Johnson 26 26 592 14.2 .503 .445 18.3 6.0 19.9 21.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 .071
11 Levern Tart 28 27 985 11.5 .479 .428 5.3 10.5 14.5 23.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 .029
12 Jim Hayes 22 47 494 6.0 .520 .422 4.4 11.8 24.5 14.1 0.4 0.2 0.6 .057
13 Jeffrey Congdon 27 42 579 8.4 .481 .427 4.6 21.2 23.5 14.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 .037
14 Billy DeAngelis 24 8 47 3.1 .579 .500 6.2 20.4 36.7 11.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 .084
15 Luther Green 24 26 164 13.4 .456 .455 16.4 2.8 16.4 29.8 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .002
16 Les Hunter 28 5 110 -0.9 .376 .359 9.3 2.4 28.6 20.6 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.074

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 Rick Barry 26 6 287 70 135 .519 14 27 .519 48 59 .814 17 53 70 24 33 23 202
2 Billy Paultz 22 6 239 45 76 .592 1 1 1.000 30 40 .750 17 73 90 18 25 29 121
3 Bill Melchionni 26 5 205 44 82 .537 0 0 24 26 .923 1 6 7 41 18 16 112
4 Manny Leaks 25 6 204 35 69 .507 0 0 6 12 .500 12 35 47 3 10 16 76
5 Joe DePre 23 6 171 29 55 .527 0 1 .000 15 19 .789 10 8 18 13 16 32 73
6 Oliver Taylor 23 6 128 15 31 .484 1 2 .500 22 29 .759 7 8 15 13 10 18 53
7 Jim Ard 22 6 98 16 29 .552 0 0 15 22 .682 11 18 29 3 6 15 47
8 Jeffrey Congdon 27 4 76 8 21 .381 0 1 .000 5 5 1.000 2 4 6 11 5 2 21
9 Sonny Dove 25 5 32 5 10 .500 0 0 1 4 .250 4 7 11 1 1 10 11

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 Rick Barry 26 6 47.8 11.7 22.5 .519 2.3 4.5 .519 8.0 9.8 .814 2.8 8.8 11.7 4.0 5.5 3.8 33.7
2 Bill Melchionni 26 5 41.0 8.8 16.4 .537 0.0 0.0 4.8 5.2 .923 0.2 1.2 1.4 8.2 3.6 3.2 22.4
3 Billy Paultz 22 6 39.8 7.5 12.7 .592 0.2 0.2 1.000 5.0 6.7 .750 2.8 12.2 15.0 3.0 4.2 4.8 20.2
4 Manny Leaks 25 6 34.0 5.8 11.5 .507 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 2.0 5.8 7.8 0.5 1.7 2.7 12.7
5 Joe DePre 23 6 28.5 4.8 9.2 .527 0.0 0.2 .000 2.5 3.2 .789 1.7 1.3 3.0 2.2 2.7 5.3 12.2
6 Oliver Taylor 23 6 21.3 2.5 5.2 .484 0.2 0.3 .500 3.7 4.8 .759 1.2 1.3 2.5 2.2 1.7 3.0 8.8
7 Jim Ard 22 6 16.3 2.7 4.8 .552 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.7 .682 1.8 3.0 4.8 0.5 1.0 2.5 7.8
8 Jeffrey Congdon 27 4 19.0 2.0 5.3 .381 0.0 0.3 .000 1.3 1.3 1.000 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.8 1.3 0.5 5.3
9 Sonny Dove 25 5 6.4 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 .250 0.8 1.4 2.2 0.2 0.2 2.0 2.2

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 Rick Barry 26 6 287 8.8 16.9 .519 1.8 3.4 .519 6.0 7.4 .814 2.1 6.6 8.8 3.0 4.1 2.9 25.3
2 Bill Melchionni 26 5 205 7.7 14.4 .537 0.0 0.0 4.2 4.6 .923 0.2 1.1 1.2 7.2 3.2 2.8 19.7
3 Billy Paultz 22 6 239 6.8 11.4 .592 0.2 0.2 1.000 4.5 6.0 .750 2.6 11.0 13.6 2.7 3.8 4.4 18.2
4 Jim Ard 22 6 98 5.9 10.7 .552 0.0 0.0 5.5 8.1 .682 4.0 6.6 10.7 1.1 2.2 5.5 17.3
5 Joe DePre 23 6 171 6.1 11.6 .527 0.0 0.2 .000 3.2 4.0 .789 2.1 1.7 3.8 2.7 3.4 6.7 15.4
6 Oliver Taylor 23 6 128 4.2 8.7 .484 0.3 0.6 .500 6.2 8.2 .759 2.0 2.3 4.2 3.7 2.8 5.1 14.9
7 Manny Leaks 25 6 204 6.2 12.2 .507 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.1 .500 2.1 6.2 8.3 0.5 1.8 2.8 13.4
8 Sonny Dove 25 5 32 5.6 11.3 .500 0.0 0.0 1.1 4.5 .250 4.5 7.9 12.4 1.1 1.1 11.3 12.4
9 Jeffrey Congdon 27 4 76 3.8 9.9 .381 0.0 0.5 .000 2.4 2.4 1.000 0.9 1.9 2.8 5.2 2.4 0.9 9.9

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 Rick Barry 26 6 287 23.7 .627 .570 12.2 17.0 1.3 -0.4 0.9 .158
2 Billy Paultz 22 6 239 18.6 .646 .599 10.2 21.1 0.9 -0.4 0.5 .093
3 Bill Melchionni 26 5 205 20.3 .599 .537 28.1 16.2 0.6 -0.2 0.4 .100
4 Oliver Taylor 23 6 128 13.6 .606 .500 12.5 18.6 0.3 -0.1 0.2 .071
5 Joe DePre 23 6 171 10.1 .576 .527 10.0 20.2 0.4 -0.1 0.2 .057
6 Jim Ard 22 6 98 17.9 .608 .552 4.0 13.4 0.3 -0.1 0.2 .074
7 Sonny Dove 25 5 32 7.0 .468 .500 4.1 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.070
8 Manny Leaks 25 6 204 9.8 .512 .507 1.9 11.9 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.013
9 Jeffrey Congdon 27 4 76 8.5 .453 .381 17.6 17.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.058