1979-80 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

Record: 30-52, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Donnie Walsh (30-52)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 108.3 (14th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 112.7 (18th of 22)

SRS: -4.22 (20th of 22) Pace: 103.9 (9th of 22)

Off Rtg: 103.4 (18th of 22) Def Rtg: 107.6 (17th of 22) Net Rtg: -4.2 (19th of 22)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (19th of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

Recent Game Results

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

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
41	Tom Boswell	PF	6-9	220	October 2, 1953	us US	4	South Carolina State, South Carolina
31	Bo Ellis	PF	6-9	197	August 8, 1954	us US	2	Marquette
2	Alex English	SF	6-8	190	January 5, 1954	us US	3	South Carolina
24	Gary Garland	PG	6-4	180	October 12, 1957	us US	R	DePaul
22	Glen Gondrezick	SF	6-6	218	August 30, 1955	us US	2	UNLV
35	Kim Hughes	C	6-11	220	June 4, 1952	us US	4	Wisconsin
44	Dan Issel	C	6-9	235	October 25, 1948	us US	9	Kentucky
20	George Johnson	PF	6-7	210	December 8, 1956	us US	1	St. John's
41	Arvid Kramer	C	6-9	220	October 2, 1956	us US	R	Augustana College (SD)
30	George McGinnis	PF	6-8	235	August 12, 1950	us US	8	Indiana
21	Anthony Roberts	SF	6-5	185	April 15, 1955	us US	2	Oral Roberts
10	John Roche	PG	6-3	170	September 26, 1949	us US	5	South Carolina
11	Charlie Scott	SG	6-5	175	December 15, 1948	us US	9	UNC
33	David Thompson	SG	6-4	195	July 13, 1954	us US	4	NC State
32	Bob Wilkerson	SF	6-6	195	August 15, 1954	us US	3	Indiana

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

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	Alex English	26	24		36.5	8.6	17.8	.485	0.1	0.1	.667	8.5	17.7	.483	.487	4.0	5.3	.762	4.3	5.1	9.4	3.4	1.2	1.2	3.8	3.3	21.3
2	Dan Issel	31	82	82	35.8	8.7	17.3	.505	0.0	0.1	.333	8.7	17.1	.506	.506	6.3	8.1	.775	2.9	5.9	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.3	23.8
3	David Thompson	25	39		31.8	7.4	15.8	.468	0.2	0.5	.368	7.2	15.3	.472	.474	6.5	8.6	.758	1.4	3.0	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.7	21.5
4	Bob Wilkerson	25	75		31.7	5.7	13.7	.417	0.1	0.5	.206	5.6	13.3	.425	.421	2.2	3.0	.748	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	2.6	2.6	13.8
5	George McGinnis	29	45		31.6	6.0	13.0	.459	0.0	0.2	.143	5.9	12.8	.463	.460	3.7	6.8	.541	3.0	7.3	10.3	4.9	1.5	0.4	4.2	4.2	15.6
6	Tom Boswell	26	18		29.0	4.0	7.5	.533	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	7.4	.534	.537	3.2	3.9	.829	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.6	0.3	0.4	2.2	3.1	11.3
7	John Roche	30	82		27.9	4.3	9.0	.478	0.6	1.6	.380	3.7	7.5	.498	.511	2.1	2.5	.866	0.3	1.1	1.4	4.9	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.7	11.4
8	Charlie Scott	31	69		27.0	4.0	10.0	.401	0.0	0.2	.182	4.0	9.8	.405	.403	1.2	1.7	.720	0.7	1.7	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.3	2.4	2.9	9.3
9	George Johnson	23	75		25.8	4.1	8.7	.476	0.0	0.1	.222	4.1	8.5	.480	.478	2.0	2.5	.783	2.5	5.3	7.8	2.1	1.1	0.9	2.0	3.5	10.2
10	Anthony Roberts	24	23		21.1	3.0	7.9	.381	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	7.8	.383	.381	1.7	2.6	.650	2.3	2.4	4.7	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.2	2.3	7.7
11	Glen Gondrezick	24	59		17.3	2.5	4.8	.517	0.0	0.1	.333	2.5	4.7	.521	.521	1.6	2.1	.760	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.3	1.0	2.0	6.6
12	Kim Hughes	27	70		17.3	1.5	2.9	.505	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.9	.505	.505	0.2	0.6	.366	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1
13	Gary Garland	22	78		14.2	2.0	4.6	.435	0.1	0.2	.316	1.9	4.3	.442	.444	0.2	0.3	.692	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.0	4.3
14	Bo Ellis	25	48		10.5	1.3	2.8	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.8	.459	.449	0.8	1.1	.755	1.1	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.4	3.4
15	Arvid Kramer	23	8		5.6	0.9	2.8	.318	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.8	.318	.318	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.0

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	Dan Issel	31	82	82	2938	715	1416	.505	4	12	.333	711	1404	.506	.506	517	667	.775	236	483	719	198	88	54	163	190	1951
2	Bob Wilkerson	25	75		2381	430	1030	.417	7	34	.206	423	996	.425	.421	166	222	.748	85	231	316	243	93	27	193	194	1033
3	John Roche	30	82		2286	354	741	.478	49	129	.380	305	612	.498	.511	175	202	.866	24	91	115	405	82	12	159	139	932
4	George Johnson	23	75		1938	309	649	.476	2	9	.222	307	640	.480	.478	148	189	.783	190	394	584	157	84	67	148	260	768
5	Charlie Scott	31	69		1860	276	688	.401	2	11	.182	274	677	.405	.403	85	118	.720	51	115	166	250	47	23	163	197	639
6	George McGinnis	29	45		1424	268	584	.459	1	7	.143	267	577	.463	.460	166	307	.541	134	328	462	221	69	17	188	187	703
7	David Thompson	25	39		1239	289	617	.468	7	19	.368	282	598	.472	.474	254	335	.758	56	118	174	124	39	38	116	106	839
8	Kim Hughes	27	70		1208	102	202	.505	0	0		102	202	.505	.505	15	41	.366	125	201	326	74	66	77	50	184	219
9	Gary Garland	22	78		1106	155	356	.435	6	19	.316	149	337	.442	.444	18	26	.692	50	88	138	145	54	4	73	80	334
10	Glen Gondrezick	24	59		1020	148	286	.517	2	6	.333	146	280	.521	.521	92	121	.760	107	152	259	81	68	16	58	119	390
11	Alex English	26	24		875	207	427	.485	2	3	.667	205	424	.483	.487	96	126	.762	102	123	225	82	28	29	90	78	512
12	Tom Boswell	26	18		522	72	135	.533	1	2	.500	71	133	.534	.537	58	70	.829	40	74	114	46	5	8	39	56	203
13	Bo Ellis	25	48		502	61	136	.449	0	3	.000	61	133	.459	.449	40	53	.755	51	65	116	30	10	24	24	67	162
14	Anthony Roberts	24	23		486	69	181	.381	0	1	.000	69	180	.383	.381	39	60	.650	54	55	109	20	13	3	28	52	177
15	Arvid Kramer	23	8		45	7	22	.318	0	0		7	22	.318	.318	2	2	1.000	6	6	12	3	0	5	5	8	16
			82		19830	3462	7470	.463	83	255	.325	3379	7215	.468	.469	1871	2539	.737	1311	2524	3835	2079	746	404	1533	1917	8878

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	Dan Issel	31	82	2938	22.2	.571	.008	.471	8.2	17.5	12.7	10.7	1.4	1.0	8.7	25.0	9.2	2.3	11.5	.188	4.1	-0.8	3.3	3.9
2	Bob Wilkerson	25	75	2381	10.9	.458	.033	.216	3.6	10.3	6.9	14.7	1.8	0.6	14.6	21.7	-1.2	1.4	0.2	.004	-2.8	-1.1	-3.8	-1.1
3	John Roche	30	82	2286	13.9	.562	.174	.273	1.1	4.2	2.6	24.7	1.7	0.3	16.1	17.0	3.5	0.7	4.2	.088	0.3	-1.3	-1.0	0.6
4	George Johnson	23	75	1938	15.0	.524	.014	.291	10.0	21.7	15.7	11.4	2.0	1.9	16.8	17.8	1.5	2.3	3.8	.095	-1.0	0.6	-0.5	0.7
5	Charlie Scott	31	69	1860	7.4	.432	.016	.172	2.8	6.6	4.6	18.6	1.2	0.7	18.1	19.0	-2.0	0.6	-1.4	-0.037	-4.2	-1.7	-6.0	-1.9
6	George McGinnis	29	45	1424	15.6	.489	.012	.526	9.6	24.6	16.9	22.7	2.2	0.6	20.7	25.0	-0.7	1.7	1.0	.034	-1.0	0.3	-0.7	0.5
7	David Thompson	25	39	1239	19.0	.549	.031	.543	4.6	10.2	7.3	15.6	1.5	1.6	13.2	27.8	2.2	0.8	3.0	.116	2.5	-0.8	1.6	1.1
8	Kim Hughes	27	70	1208	11.5	.498	.000	.203	10.5	17.7	14.0	7.8	2.5	3.4	18.5	8.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	.088	-2.1	2.2	0.2	0.7
9	Gary Garland	22	78	1106	10.2	.454	.053	.073	4.6	8.5	6.5	17.9	2.3	0.2	16.6	15.6	-0.2	0.7	0.5	.020	-2.5	-0.1	-2.6	-0.2
10	Glen Gondrezick	24	59	1020	16.7	.575	.021	.423	10.7	15.9	13.2	10.9	3.1	0.8	14.6	15.3	1.9	1.2	3.1	.145	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.0
11	Alex English	26	24	875	18.5	.531	.007	.295	11.9	15.0	13.4	14.7	1.5	1.8	15.7	25.6	0.9	0.7	1.6	.089	1.6	-0.9	0.7	0.6
12	Tom Boswell	26	18	522	13.5	.612	.015	.519	7.8	15.1	11.4	12.0	0.4	0.8	19.0	15.4	0.9	0.2	1.1	.104	-0.3	-1.0	-1.3	0.1
13	Bo Ellis	25	48	502	12.1	.508	.022	.390	10.3	13.8	12.0	8.0	0.9	2.6	13.1	14.3	0.5	0.4	0.9	.085	-1.6	-0.3	-1.9	0.0
14	Anthony Roberts	24	23	486	9.3	.427	.006	.331	11.3	12.1	11.7	5.6	1.2	0.3	11.9	19.0	-0.2	0.2	0.1	.009	-3.2	-2.4	-5.6	-0.4
15	Arvid Kramer	23	8	45	6.6	.350	.000	.091	13.6	14.2	13.9	9.3	0.0	6.0	17.9	24.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.102	-5.0	-0.4	-5.4	-0.1