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1974-75 New York Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 58-26, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Kevin Loughery (58-26)

Executive: Dave DeBusschere

PTS/G: 111.0 (4th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 103.4 (3rd of 10)

SRS: 6.58 (2nd of 10) Pace: 103.4 (5th of 10)

Off Rtg: 106.3 (4th of 10) Def Rtg: 98.9 (2nd of 10) Net Rtg: +7.3 (1st of 10)

Expected W-L: 61-23 (1st of 10)

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

ABA 1975 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Tiebreaker (0-1) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-4) versus Spirits of St. Louis (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
32	Julius Erving	SF	6-7	210	February 22, 1950	us	3	UMass
12	Mike Gale	PG	6-4	185	July 18, 1950	us	3	Elizabeth City State University
35	Larry Kenon	PF	6-9	205	December 13, 1952	us	1	Amarillo College, Memphis
4	Wendell Ladner	SF	6-5	220	October 6, 1948	us	4	Southern Miss
22	Ed Manning	SF	6-7	210	January 2, 1944	us	7	Jackson State University
25	Bill Melchionni	PG	6-1	165	October 19, 1944	us	7	Villanova
5	Billy Paultz	C	6-11	235	July 30, 1948	us	4	Cameron University, St. John's
15	Billy Schaeffer	SF	6-5	200	December 11, 1951	us	1	St. John's
30	Al Skinner	SG	6-3	190	June 16, 1952	us	R	UMass
40	Willie Sojourner	C	6-8	225	September 10, 1948	us	3	Weber State
14	Brian Taylor	PG	6-2	185	June 9, 1951	us	2	Princeton
23	John Williamson	SG	6-2	185	November 10, 1951	us	1	New Mexico State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	24	84		40.5	10.9	21.5	.506	0.3	1.0	.333	10.5	20.5	.515	.514	5.8	7.2	.799	3.4	7.5	10.9	5.5	2.2	1.9	3.6	3.0	27.9
2	Larry Kenon	22	84		37.7	8.0	15.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.500	8.0	15.8	.509	.510	2.6	3.4	.770	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.5	1.3	0.4	2.5	2.7	18.7
3	Billy Paultz	26	80		35.3	6.6	13.5	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	6.6	13.5	.487	.485	2.7	3.6	.748	2.2	7.5	9.7	2.2	0.7	1.7	1.9	3.4	15.8
4	Brian Taylor	23	79		33.1	6.0	11.6	.513	0.1	0.6	.217	5.8	11.1	.529	.518	1.9	2.5	.765	1.1	1.8	2.9	3.6	2.8	0.3	1.9	2.7	14.0
5	John Williamson	23	75		25.0	4.9	10.2	.482	0.0	0.2	.231	4.9	10.1	.486	.484	1.6	2.0	.837	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.5	11.5
6	Mike Gale	24	72		22.6	3.2	6.8	.463	0.1	0.3	.304	3.1	6.5	.471	.471	1.0	1.3	.791	1.3	1.9	3.3	2.3	1.2	0.7	1.5	1.8	7.4
7	Bill Melchionni	30	77		18.0	2.6	5.4	.487	0.1	0.4	.296	2.5	5.0	.500	.496	0.8	1.0	.795	0.2	0.8	1.0	4.2	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.4	6.1
8	Wendell Ladner	26	25		17.4	1.8	6.9	.260	0.3	1.4	.194	1.5	5.5	.277	.280	0.2	0.4	.600	0.8	1.9	2.7	1.6	1.3	0.0	0.9	2.7	4.1
9	Al Skinner	22	51		15.2	2.5	5.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.333	2.5	5.2	.490	.491	1.4	1.8	.766	0.8	1.5	2.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.2	6.5
10	Ed Manning	31	70		14.2	1.5	3.5	.424	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	3.4	.427	.424	0.5	0.6	.833	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.4
11	Willie Sojourner	26	79		12.9	2.0	4.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	4.1	.480	.480	0.6	0.9	.700	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.4	4.6
12	Billy Schaeffer	23	27		10.4	2.3	4.9	.466	0.1	0.3	.286	2.2	4.6	.476	.473	0.6	0.9	.600	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	5.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	24	5		42.2	11.0	24.2	.455	0.0	1.6	.000	11.0	22.6	.487	.455	5.4	6.4	.844	2.4	7.4	9.8	5.6	1.0	1.8	3.8	3.6	27.4
2	Larry Kenon	22	5		39.8	9.4	17.6	.534	0.0	0.0		9.4	17.6	.534	.534	2.6	3.4	.765	4.2	8.6	12.8	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.8	3.4	21.4
3	Brian Taylor	23	5		37.2	2.6	7.2	.361	0.2	0.6	.333	2.4	6.6	.364	.375	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.8	1.4	0.2	1.6	4.2	6.2
4	Billy Paultz	26	5		35.6	5.8	11.8	.492	0.0	0.0		5.8	11.8	.492	.492	2.4	3.0	.800	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.2	0.2	3.2	2.2	3.6	14.0
5	Mike Gale	24	3		24.3	3.0	6.3	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.3	5.0	.467	.526	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.3	2.3	7.7
6	John Williamson	23	5		23.6	5.2	8.6	.605	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	8.4	.619	.605	1.6	2.6	.615	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	0.2	0.6	2.0	4.2	12.0
7	Bill Melchionni	30	5		21.6	2.8	7.8	.359	0.2	1.2	.167	2.6	6.6	.394	.372	1.0	1.4	.714	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.8
8	Willie Sojourner	26	5		13.0	2.4	4.4	.545	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.4	.545	.545	0.6	1.0	.600	1.6	1.0	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.0	2.6	5.4
9	Wendell Ladner	26	3		11.7	1.7	7.7	.217	1.0	2.3	.429	0.7	5.3	.125	.283	0.0	0.0		1.3	0.3	1.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	3.3	4.3
10	Al Skinner	22	1		9.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	.500	3.0	4.0	.750	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0
11	Ed Manning	31	3		6.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	2.0	.333	.286	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	24	84		3402	914	1806	.506	29	87	.333	885	1719	.515	.514	486	608	.799	284	630	914	462	186	157	301	256	2343
2	Larry Kenon	22	84		3165	676	1327	.509	1	2	.500	675	1325	.509	.510	217	282	.770	279	621	900	122	107	30	206	229	1570
3	Billy Paultz	26	80		2826	524	1080	.485	0	3	.000	524	1077	.487	.485	214	286	.748	174	598	772	179	59	137	149	273	1262
4	Brian Taylor	23	79		2611	472	920	.513	10	46	.217	462	874	.529	.518	150	196	.765	86	146	232	282	221	26	152	216	1104
5	John Williamson	23	75		1872	370	768	.482	3	13	.231	367	755	.486	.484	123	147	.837	51	98	149	197	61	23	148	188	866
6	Mike Gale	24	72		1624	228	492	.463	7	23	.304	221	469	.471	.471	72	91	.791	97	139	236	165	88	47	111	131	535
7	Bill Melchionni	30	77		1384	201	413	.487	8	27	.296	193	386	.500	.496	62	78	.795	12	63	75	320	69	7	106	105	472
8	Willie Sojourner	26	79		1020	155	324	.478	1	3	.333	154	321	.480	.480	49	70	.700	94	181	275	42	16	64	63	190	360
9	Ed Manning	31	70		992	103	243	.424	0	2	.000	103	241	.427	.424	35	42	.833	59	153	212	58	40	9	57	144	241
10	Al Skinner	22	51		773	130	266	.489	1	3	.333	129	263	.490	.491	72	94	.766	42	78	120	121	29	13	68	111	333
11	Wendell Ladner	26	25		436	45	173	.260	7	36	.194	38	137	.277	.280	6	10	.600	21	47	68	39	32	1	23	68	103
12	Billy Schaeffer	23	27		280	61	131	.466	2	7	.286	59	124	.476	.473	15	25	.600	15	22	37	20	9	2	18	36	139
			84		20385	3879	7943	.488	69	252	.274	3810	7691	.495	.493	1501	1929	.778	1214	2776	3990	2007	917	516	1402	1947	9328

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	24	5		211	55	121	.455	0	8	.000	55	113	.487	.455	27	32	.844	12	37	49	28	5	9	19	18	137
2	Larry Kenon	22	5		199	47	88	.534	0	0		47	88	.534	.534	13	17	.765	21	43	64	5	10	0	19	17	107
3	Brian Taylor	23	5		186	13	36	.361	1	3	.333	12	33	.364	.375	4	4	1.000	4	8	12	14	7	1	8	21	31
4	Billy Paultz	26	5		178	29	59	.492	0	0		29	59	.492	.492	12	15	.800	10	35	45	11	1	16	11	18	70
5	John Williamson	23	5		118	26	43	.605	0	1	.000	26	42	.619	.605	8	13	.615	3	7	10	10	1	3	10	21	60
6	Bill Melchionni	30	5		108	14	39	.359	1	6	.167	13	33	.394	.372	5	7	.714	3	9	12	32	1	1	6	10	34
7	Mike Gale	24	3		73	9	19	.474	2	4	.500	7	15	.467	.526	3	6	.500	1	4	5	7	7	6	1	7	23
8	Willie Sojourner	26	5		65	12	22	.545	0	0		12	22	.545	.545	3	5	.600	8	5	13	2	0	9	5	13	27
9	Wendell Ladner	26	3		35	5	23	.217	3	7	.429	2	16	.125	.283	0	0		4	1	5	0	4	0	1	10	13
10	Ed Manning	31	3		18	2	7	.286	0	1	.000	2	6	.333	.286	1	1	1.000	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5
11	Al Skinner	22	1		9	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	3	4	.750	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	5

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Julius Erving	24	84	3402	26.2	.565	.048	.337	8.6	18.4	13.6	19.9	2.5	2.6	12.7	27.9		10.2	7.4	17.6	.248		6.2	2.3	8.5	9.0
2	Larry Kenon	22	84	3165	17.0	.541	.002	.213	9.1	19.5	14.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	12.4	20.9		4.3	5.7	10.0	.152		0.6	-0.5	0.1	1.6
3	Billy Paultz	26	80	2826	16.3	.523	.003	.265	6.4	21.0	13.8	8.3	1.0	2.7	11.0	19.2		3.6	5.4	9.0	.152		0.1	0.9	0.9	2.1
4	Brian Taylor	23	79	2611	16.0	.549	.050	.213	3.4	5.6	4.5	14.0	3.9	0.6	13.1	17.7		3.6	4.7	8.3	.153		-0.2	2.9	2.6	3.0
5	John Williamson	23	75	1872	12.6	.520	.017	.191	2.8	5.2	4.0	14.0	1.5	0.7	15.1	21.0		1.0	2.2	3.3	.083		-1.5	-0.4	-2.0	0.0
6	Mike Gale	24	72	1624	12.7	.503	.047	.185	6.2	8.5	7.4	12.5	2.5	1.6	17.3	15.8		0.7	2.7	3.4	.100		-0.6	1.6	1.1	1.2
7	Bill Melchionni	30	77	1384	13.9	.528	.065	.189	0.9	4.5	2.7	28.7	2.3	0.3	19.2	16.0		1.5	1.8	3.3	.114		0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7
8	Willie Sojourner	26	79	1020	11.9	.507	.009	.216	9.5	17.6	13.7	5.2	0.7	3.5	15.1	16.4		0.5	1.8	2.4	.111		-3.3	0.7	-2.6	-0.2
9	Ed Manning	31	70	992	8.1	.461	.008	.173	6.2	15.3	10.8	6.9	1.9	0.5	17.9	12.8		-0.2	1.7	1.5	.071		-3.8	1.0	-2.8	-0.2
10	Al Skinner	22	51	773	14.7	.542	.011	.353	5.6	10.0	7.9	20.0	1.7	0.9	18.1	19.4		0.9	1.1	2.1	.130		-0.4	0.7	0.3	0.5
11	Wendell Ladner	26	25	436	4.5	.290	.208	.058	5.0	10.7	7.9	10.5	3.4	0.1	11.5	18.4		-1.2	0.8	-0.4	-0.039		-7.1	1.0	-6.1	-0.5
12	Billy Schaeffer	23	27	280	12.6	.489	.053	.191	5.5	7.8	6.7	9.7	1.5	0.4	11.3	22.9		0.1	0.4	0.5	.080		-2.1	-0.7	-2.7	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Julius Erving	24	5	211	20.1	.507	.066	.264	5.6	18.5	11.8	21.2	1.1	2.4	12.3	29.9		0.1	0.3	0.4	.094		2.5	0.1	2.6	0.2
2	Larry Kenon	22	5	199	17.7	.560	.000	.193	10.3	22.8	16.4	3.9	2.4	0.0	16.6	23.6		0.1	0.3	0.4	.096		-0.2	-1.1	-1.3	0.0
3	Brian Taylor	23	5	186	4.3	.410	.083	.111	2.1	4.5	3.3	9.2	1.8	0.3	17.5	10.1		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.005		-6.2	0.1	-6.1	-0.2
4	Billy Paultz	26	5	178	14.8	.534	.000	.254	5.5	20.8	12.9	8.5	0.3	5.0	14.4	17.6		0.1	0.2	0.3	.090		-1.3	1.0	-0.3	0.1
5	John Williamson	23	5	118	12.9	.616	.023	.302	2.5	6.3	4.3	12.7	0.4	1.4	17.0	20.4		0.1	0.1	0.2	.078		-2.2	-1.0	-3.3	0.0
6	Bill Melchionni	30	5	108	12.3	.404	.154	.179	2.7	8.8	5.6	39.1	0.4	0.5	12.5	18.2		0.0	0.1	0.1	.031		-0.7	-2.4	-3.1	0.0
7	Mike Gale	24	3	73	16.2	.531	.211	.316	1.3	5.8	3.5	12.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	12.7		0.1	0.1	0.2	.151		1.4	5.3	6.7	0.2
8	Willie Sojourner	26	5	65	14.0	.558	.000	.227	12.1	8.1	10.2	4.4	0.0	7.7	17.1	18.4		0.0	0.1	0.1	.080		-3.5	0.8	-2.7	0.0
9	Wendell Ladner	26	3	35	2.3	.283	.304	.000	11.2	3.0	7.3	0.0	5.4	0.0	4.2	28.1		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.140		-9.8	-1.0	-10.8	-0.1
10	Ed Manning	31	3	18	1.3	.336	.143	.143	0.0	5.9	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.077		-7.6	-4.2	-11.8	0.0
11	Al Skinner	22	1	9	14.9	.665	.000	2.000	10.9	11.7	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.0	21.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	.137		-1.1	-2.3	-3.4	0.0

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