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1975-76 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 60-24, Finished 1st in ABA

Coach: Larry Brown (60-24)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 121.9 (1st of 9) Opp PTS/G: 115.9 (7th of 9)

SRS: 5.45 (1st of 9) Pace: 111.2 (1st of 9)

Off Rtg: 108.7 (2nd of 9) Def Rtg: 103.4 (4th of 9) Net Rtg: +5.3 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 56-28 (1st of 9)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

ABA 1976 Playoffs:
Won ABA Semifinals (4-3) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Finals (2-4) versus New York Nets (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
40	Byron Beck	PF	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	us	8	Columbia Basin College, Denver
10	Jim Bradley	PF	6-8	215	March 16, 1952	us	2	Northern Illinois
20	Roger Brown	C	6-11	225	February 23, 1950	us	2	Kansas
15	Jimmy Foster	PG	6-1	175	December 16, 1951	us	1	UConn
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us	1	Virginia
30	George Irvine	SF	6-6	200	February 1, 1948	us	5	Washington
25	Dan Issel	C	6-9	235	October 25, 1948	us	5	Kentucky
24	Bobby Jones	PF	6-9	210	December 18, 1951	us	1	UNC
44	Ralph Simpson	SG	6-5	200	August 10, 1949	us	5	Michigan State
21	Claude Terry	SG	6-4	195	January 12, 1950	us	3	Stanford
33	David Thompson	SF	6-4	195	July 13, 1954	us	R	NC State
13	Monte Towe	PG	5-7	150	September 27, 1953	us	R	NC State
10	Marvin Webster	C	7-1	225	April 13, 1952	us	R	Morgan State University
11	Chuck Williams	PG	6-2	175	June 6, 1946	us	5	Colorado

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		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/G
1	David Thompson	21	83		37.4	9.7	18.9	.515	0.0	0.2	.158	9.7	18.7	.519	.516	6.5	8.2	.794	2.7	3.6	6.3	3.7	1.6	1.2	3.0	3.4	26.0
2	Ralph Simpson	26	84		37.2	7.4	14.4	.511	0.0	0.3	.167	7.3	14.1	.518	.513	3.3	4.2	.780	1.4	4.0	5.4	7.1	1.8	0.3	4.3	2.2	18.0
3	Bobby Jones	24	83		34.3	6.1	10.6	.581	0.0	0.0		6.1	10.6	.581	.581	2.6	3.7	.698	2.9	6.6	9.5	4.0	2.0	2.2	2.8	3.0	14.9
4	Dan Issel	27	84		34.0	9.0	17.5	.511	0.0	0.0	.250	8.9	17.5	.512	.511	5.1	6.2	.816	3.6	7.4	11.0	2.4	1.2	0.7	2.4	3.2	23.0
5	Chuck Williams	29	79		32.0	4.3	8.4	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	8.3	.517	.514	2.4	2.9	.814	0.5	2.1	2.7	4.7	1.5	0.1	2.3	2.7	11.0
6	Byron Beck	31	80		19.8	4.2	8.1	.517	0.1	0.1	.455	4.1	7.9	.518	.521	1.2	1.5	.836	1.5	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.4	9.6
7	Gus Gerard	22	60		19.8	4.0	9.2	.434	0.1	0.1	.429	4.0	9.1	.434	.437	1.9	2.6	.703	1.6	3.5	5.0	2.0	0.9	0.9	2.4	2.8	9.9
8	Claude Terry	26	79		17.1	2.9	6.3	.464	0.2	0.7	.236	2.8	5.6	.492	.477	1.0	1.1	.899	0.5	1.4	1.9	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	7.1
9	Jim Bradley	23	7		15.3	2.1	5.4	.395	0.0	0.0		2.1	5.4	.395	.395	0.3	0.4	.667	0.6	3.7	4.3	1.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	3.7	4.6
10	Marvin Webster	23	38		10.5	1.4	3.2	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	3.1	.462	.458	1.4	2.1	.705	1.7	2.9	4.6	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.0	1.6	4.3
11	Monte Towe	22	64		9.0	1.1	2.8	.402	0.1	0.7	.214	1.0	2.1	.460	.427	0.6	0.7	.818	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.0
12	Roger Brown	25	37		7.9	0.8	1.6	.459	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.7	1.6	.441	.475	0.4	0.6	.667	0.7	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.0
13	Jimmy Foster	24	48		7.3	1.1	3.0	.372	0.0	0.2	.125	1.1	2.9	.387	.376	0.8	1.3	.609	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.1
14	George Irvine	27	3		4.7	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.7	.400	.333	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3

Per Game Table
Rk		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/G
1	Ralph Simpson	26	13		41.7	7.6	16.7	.456	0.1	0.2	.500	7.5	16.5	.456	.459	4.5	4.9	.906	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.6	1.6	0.3	4.5	2.5	19.8
2	David Thompson	21	13		39.1	9.8	18.2	.536	0.1	0.3	.250	9.7	17.9	.541	.538	6.8	8.1	.838	2.5	3.9	6.4	3.0	1.2	0.4	3.8	4.2	26.4
3	Dan Issel	27	13		36.2	8.5	17.5	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	8.5	17.4	.491	.489	3.4	4.3	.786	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.5	1.0	0.6	1.6	4.8	20.5
4	Chuck Williams	29	13		34.2	4.8	10.2	.470	0.1	0.2	.333	4.7	9.9	.473	.473	3.0	3.3	.907	0.8	2.8	3.7	3.7	0.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	12.6
5	Bobby Jones	24	13		33.2	5.7	9.8	.583	0.0	0.0		5.7	9.8	.583	.583	2.3	3.2	.732	3.2	5.5	8.6	4.5	1.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	13.7
6	Byron Beck	31	13		21.2	3.2	7.3	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	7.2	.447	.442	2.2	2.6	.824	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.2	3.2	8.6
7	Claude Terry	26	12		13.3	1.5	4.2	.360	0.0	0.6	.000	1.5	3.6	.419	.360	1.1	1.4	.765	0.3	1.4	1.8	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.1
8	Marvin Webster	23	13		11.9	1.6	3.8	.420	0.0	0.0		1.6	3.8	.420	.420	1.2	2.2	.536	1.8	3.6	5.5	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	2.2	4.4
9	Gus Gerard	22	13		10.9	1.7	4.8	.349	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	4.8	.355	.349	1.2	1.8	.667	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.6
10	Monte Towe	22	4		7.5	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0		0.8	2.0	.375	.375	1.0	1.3	.800	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.5	2.5
11	Jimmy Foster	24	2		6.5	2.5	4.0	.625	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.0	.625	.625	1.5	3.5	.429	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	6.5

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		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	Ralph Simpson	26	84		3121	619	1211	.511	4	24	.167	615	1187	.518	.513	273	350	.780	121	333	454	597	153	23	360	183	1515
2	David Thompson	21	83		3101	807	1567	.515	3	19	.158	804	1548	.519	.516	541	681	.794	228	297	525	308	136	102	250	282	2158
3	Dan Issel	27	84		2856	752	1472	.511	1	4	.250	751	1468	.512	.511	425	521	.816	303	620	923	201	100	56	200	266	1930
4	Bobby Jones	24	83		2845	510	878	.581	0	0		510	878	.581	.581	215	308	.698	241	550	791	331	170	184	232	253	1235
5	Chuck Williams	29	79		2529	339	660	.514	0	4	.000	339	656	.517	.514	188	231	.814	41	169	210	375	115	7	180	215	866
6	Byron Beck	31	80		1586	334	646	.517	5	11	.455	329	635	.518	.521	97	116	.836	123	231	354	116	48	20	91	192	770
7	Claude Terry	26	79		1349	232	500	.464	13	55	.236	219	445	.492	.477	80	89	.899	42	110	152	146	40	5	96	116	557
8	Gus Gerard	22	60		1185	240	553	.434	3	7	.429	237	546	.434	.437	111	158	.703	94	207	301	122	51	54	141	169	594
9	Monte Towe	22	64		576	72	179	.402	9	42	.214	63	137	.460	.427	36	44	.818	6	49	55	136	37	5	81	84	189
10	Marvin Webster	23	38		398	55	120	.458	0	1	.000	55	119	.462	.458	55	78	.705	63	111	174	30	9	52	38	60	165
11	Jimmy Foster	24	48		352	54	145	.372	1	8	.125	53	137	.387	.376	39	64	.609	19	23	42	47	19	4	63	78	148
12	Roger Brown	25	37		291	28	61	.459	2	2	1.000	26	59	.441	.475	16	24	.667	25	50	75	22	8	22	17	63	74
13	Jim Bradley	23	7		107	15	38	.395	0	0		15	38	.395	.395	2	3	.667	4	26	30	11	5	5	5	26	32
14	George Irvine	27	3		14	2	6	.333	0	1	.000	2	5	.400	.333	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
			84		20310	4059	8036	.505	41	178	.230	4018	7858	.511	.508	2078	2667	.779	1311	2776	4087	2442	891	539	1755	1988	10237

Totals Table
Rk		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	Ralph Simpson	26	13		542	99	217	.456	1	2	.500	98	215	.456	.459	58	64	.906	17	44	61	73	21	4	58	33	257
2	David Thompson	21	13		508	127	237	.536	1	4	.250	126	233	.541	.538	88	105	.838	32	51	83	39	16	5	50	54	343
3	Dan Issel	27	13		470	111	227	.489	0	1	.000	111	226	.491	.489	44	56	.786	48	108	156	32	13	8	21	62	266
4	Chuck Williams	29	13		444	62	132	.470	1	3	.333	61	129	.473	.473	39	43	.907	11	37	48	48	6	5	26	31	164
5	Bobby Jones	24	13		431	74	127	.583	0	0		74	127	.583	.583	30	41	.732	41	71	112	59	16	20	34	53	178
6	Byron Beck	31	13		276	42	95	.442	0	1	.000	42	94	.447	.442	28	34	.824	19	38	57	11	4	1	16	41	112
7	Claude Terry	26	12		159	18	50	.360	0	7	.000	18	43	.419	.360	13	17	.765	4	17	21	17	7	1	15	15	49
8	Marvin Webster	23	13		155	21	50	.420	0	0		21	50	.420	.420	15	28	.536	24	47	71	9	1	14	15	28	57
9	Gus Gerard	22	13		142	22	63	.349	0	1	.000	22	62	.355	.349	16	24	.667	13	20	33	12	8	7	19	26	60
10	Monte Towe	22	4		30	3	8	.375	0	0		3	8	.375	.375	4	5	.800	0	0	0	6	1	0	5	6	10
11	Jimmy Foster	24	2		13	5	8	.625	0	0		5	8	.625	.625	3	7	.429	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	4	13

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		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	Ralph Simpson	26	84	3121	15.7	.555	.020	.289	4.0	9.8	7.1	23.9	2.1	0.4	20.9	20.5		3.4	3.0	6.3	.097		1.1	-0.4	0.7	2.1
2	David Thompson	21	83	3101	21.1	.578	.012	.435	7.7	8.8	8.3	13.4	1.9	1.6	11.8	25.3		9.5	3.0	12.4	.193		3.9	-0.2	3.7	4.4
3	Dan Issel	27	84	2856	21.8	.567	.003	.354	11.1	19.9	15.8	9.6	1.5	1.0	10.5	24.7		8.6	3.8	12.5	.209		3.3	-0.9	2.4	3.2
4	Bobby Jones	24	83	2845	18.9	.609	.000	.351	8.8	17.7	13.6	14.2	2.6	3.2	18.6	16.2		5.4	4.8	10.2	.172		2.7	2.6	5.3	5.2
5	Chuck Williams	29	79	2529	11.4	.569	.006	.350	1.7	6.1	4.1	17.1	2.0	0.1	19.1	13.8		2.9	1.8	4.7	.089		-1.1	0.1	-1.0	0.6
6	Byron Beck	31	80	1586	14.9	.552	.017	.180	8.1	13.3	10.9	9.3	1.3	0.6	11.5	18.4		2.9	1.5	4.4	.133		0.5	-0.7	-0.2	0.7
7	Claude Terry	26	79	1349	10.9	.517	.110	.178	3.3	7.5	5.5	13.1	1.3	0.2	15.1	17.4		1.0	0.8	1.8	.065		-1.3	-1.1	-2.3	-0.1
8	Gus Gerard	22	60	1185	13.0	.477	.013	.286	8.3	16.0	12.4	12.9	1.9	2.2	18.5	23.9		-0.5	1.6	1.1	.044		-2.3	0.1	-2.2	-0.1
9	Monte Towe	22	64	576	9.1	.476	.235	.246	1.1	7.8	4.7	27.0	2.8	0.4	29.0	18.0		-0.5	0.6	0.1	.006		-3.3	-0.2	-3.5	-0.2
10	Marvin Webster	23	38	398	18.1	.535	.008	.650	16.5	25.5	21.3	8.8	1.0	6.4	19.8	17.9		0.5	0.8	1.3	.155		-0.1	1.7	1.6	0.4
11	Jimmy Foster	24	48	352	4.4	.427	.055	.441	5.6	6.0	5.8	15.8	2.3	0.6	26.7	24.9		-1.0	0.3	-0.7	-0.096		-7.2	-1.5	-8.6	-0.6
12	Roger Brown	25	37	291	9.9	.517	.033	.393	9.0	15.7	12.6	8.4	1.2	3.7	19.2	11.3		0.2	0.4	0.6	.097		-2.8	1.5	-1.3	0.1
13	Jim Bradley	23	7	107	9.3	.407	.000	.079	3.9	22.2	13.7	12.0	2.0	2.3	11.3	15.3		0.0	0.2	0.1	.067		-3.7	1.0	-2.7	0.0
14	George Irvine	27	3	14	-0.3	.333	.167	.000	7.5	0.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.3	18.5		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.131		-4.6	-0.5	-5.1	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk		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	Ralph Simpson	26	13	542	13.2	.524	.009	.295	3.3	7.8	5.7	18.2	1.8	0.4	19.1	21.3		0.2	0.3	0.5	.044		0.1	-0.5	-0.4	0.2
2	David Thompson	21	13	508	19.3	.606	.017	.443	6.6	9.7	8.2	11.4	1.4	0.5	15.0	25.0		1.3	0.3	1.6	.150		3.4	-0.4	2.9	0.6
3	Dan Issel	27	13	470	19.3	.529	.004	.247	10.8	22.1	16.7	9.9	1.2	0.9	7.7	22.1		1.1	0.5	1.6	.164		2.5	-0.1	2.4	0.5
4	Chuck Williams	29	13	444	11.2	.543	.023	.326	2.6	8.0	5.4	13.8	0.6	0.6	14.7	15.2		0.5	0.2	0.6	.070		-0.4	-0.5	-0.9	0.1
5	Bobby Jones	24	13	431	17.9	.614	.000	.323	10.0	15.9	13.1	18.3	1.7	2.4	19.0	15.8		0.9	0.5	1.3	.149		3.0	2.3	5.4	0.8
6	Byron Beck	31	13	276	10.2	.509	.011	.358	7.2	13.3	10.4	5.2	0.7	0.2	12.7	17.4		0.2	0.2	0.4	.063		-1.9	-1.1	-3.0	-0.1
7	Claude Terry	26	12	159	7.1	.426	.140	.340	2.6	10.3	6.6	13.2	2.0	0.3	20.7	17.4		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.030		-3.7	0.2	-3.5	-0.1
8	Marvin Webster	23	13	155	13.5	.457	.000	.560	16.3	29.2	23.0	7.4	0.3	4.7	19.4	19.0		-0.1	0.2	0.2	.051		-2.2	0.5	-1.6	0.0
9	Gus Gerard	22	13	142	8.8	.408	.016	.381	9.6	13.6	11.7	11.0	2.5	2.6	20.5	24.9		-0.3	0.2	-0.2	-0.057		-5.1	0.6	-4.5	-0.1
10	Monte Towe	22	4	30	3.8	.490	.000	.625	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.4	1.5	0.0	32.9	19.3		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.082		-5.7	-1.9	-7.6	0.0
11	Jimmy Foster	24	2	13	19.3	.587	.000	.875	8.1	7.4	7.7	14.3	3.5	0.0	21.3	41.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.004		-2.3	0.7	-1.6	0.0

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