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1978-79 New Jersey Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 37-45, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Kevin Loughery (37-45)

Executive: Charles Theokas

PTS/G: 107.7 (17th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 111.9 (16th of 22)

SRS: -4.00 (20th of 22) Pace: 109.5 (2nd of 22)

Off Rtg: 98.0 (22nd of 22) Def Rtg: 101.8 (3rd of 22) Net Rtg: -3.8 (19th of 22)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (20th of 22)

Arena: Rutgers Athletic Center

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
21	Tim Bassett	PF	6-8	225	April 1, 1951	us US	5	College of Southern Idaho, Georgia
34	Winford Boynes	SG	6-6	185	May 17, 1957	us US	R	San Francisco
40	Harvey Catchings	C	6-9	218	September 2, 1951	us US	4	Hardin-Simmons University
54	Bob Elliott	PF	6-9	225	August 18, 1955	us US	R	Arizona
17	Phil Jackson	PF	6-8	220	September 17, 1945	us US	10	University of North Dakota
52	George Johnson	C	6-11	205	December 18, 1948	us US	6	Dillard University
15	Eddie Jordan	PG	6-1	170	January 29, 1955	us US	1	Rutgers University
22	Bernard King	SF	6-7	205	December 4, 1956	us US	1	Tennessee
14	Eric Money	PG	6-0	170	February 6, 1955	us US	4	Arizona
44	Ralph Simpson	SG	6-5	200	August 10, 1949	us US	8	Michigan State
30	Al Skinner	SG	6-3	190	June 16, 1952	us US	4	UMass
20	Jan van Breda Kolff	SF	6-7	195	December 16, 1951	us US	4	Vanderbilt
42	Wilson Washington	PF	6-9	227	August 3, 1955	us US	1	Old Dominion
23	John Williamson	SG	6-2	185	November 10, 1951	us US	5	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

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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	Bernard King	22	82		34.9	8.7	16.6	.522				8.7	16.6	.522	.522	4.3	7.5	.564	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	3.9	4.0	21.6
2	John Williamson	27	74		33.1	8.6	18.5	.465				8.6	18.5	.465	.465	5.0	5.9	.854	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.2	3.1	2.9	22.2
3	Eric Money	23	47		30.5	6.9	14.4	.481				6.9	14.4	.481	.481	2.9	3.9	.743	1.2	1.5	2.7	5.3	1.6	0.2	3.5	2.8	16.7
4	Eddie Jordan	24	82		27.6	4.9	11.7	.418				4.9	11.7	.418	.418	2.6	3.3	.777	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	2.5	12.4
5	George Johnson	30	78		26.4	2.6	6.2	.427				2.6	6.2	.427	.427	1.3	1.8	.761	2.6	5.3	7.9	1.1	0.9	3.2	2.3	4.0	6.6
6	Jan van Breda Kolff	27	80		25.0	2.5	5.3	.463				2.5	5.3	.463	.463	1.8	2.3	.798	1.4	3.4	4.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.7
7	Harvey Catchings	27	32		20.6	2.3	5.5	.423				2.3	5.5	.423	.423	1.5	1.9	.770	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	2.8	6.1
8	Bob Elliott	23	14		20.1	2.9	5.2	.562				2.9	5.2	.562	.562	2.9	4.0	.732	1.1	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.9	2.4	8.8
9	Tim Bassett	27	82		18.4	1.4	3.8	.371				1.4	3.8	.371	.371	1.1	1.6	.679	2.1	3.0	5.1	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.7	3.9
10	Wilson Washington	23	62		18.4	3.5	7.0	.502				3.5	7.0	.502	.502	1.1	1.7	.635	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	3.0	8.1
11	Phil Jackson	33	59		18.1	2.4	5.1	.475				2.4	5.1	.475	.475	1.5	1.8	.819	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.3
12	Winford Boynes	21	69		17.0	3.7	8.6	.430				3.7	8.6	.430	.430	1.9	2.4	.787	0.9	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.7	1.7	9.3
13	Ralph Simpson	29	32		16.5	2.7	7.4	.367				2.7	7.4	.367	.367	1.5	2.2	.676	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.7	0.9	6.9
14	Al Skinner	26	23		14.5	2.4	5.4	.440				2.4	5.4	.440	.440	3.1	3.6	.878	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.3	7.9

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	John Williamson	27	2		46.0	11.5	31.0	.371				11.5	31.0	.371	.371	6.5	8.0	.813	1.5	1.5	3.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	4.0	29.5
2	Eddie Jordan	24	2		41.5	7.5	19.0	.395				7.5	19.0	.395	.395	4.0	4.5	.889	3.0	4.5	7.5	8.5	4.0	1.5	3.0	3.0	19.0
3	Bernard King	22	2		40.5	10.5	21.0	.500				10.5	21.0	.500	.500	5.0	12.0	.417	2.5	3.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	26.0
4	Jan van Breda Kolff	27	2		40.5	4.0	10.0	.400				4.0	10.0	.400	.400	2.5	3.0	.833	5.5	4.5	10.0	3.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	4.5	10.5
5	George Johnson	30	2		35.0	7.0	10.5	.667				7.0	10.5	.667	.667	0.5	1.5	.333	4.0	8.5	12.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.0	4.0	14.5
6	Harvey Catchings	27	2		13.0	0.5	3.0	.167				0.5	3.0	.167	.167	0.0	1.5	.000	2.5	1.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	1.0
7	Phil Jackson	33	2		10.0	0.5	1.5	.333				0.5	1.5	.333	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
8	Tim Bassett	27	2		8.5	1.0	2.5	.400				1.0	2.5	.400	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	3.0
9	Ralph Simpson	29	2		5.0	1.0	2.5	.400				1.0	2.5	.400	.400	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0

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	Bernard King	22	82		2859	710	1359	.522				710	1359	.522	.522	349	619	.564	251	418	669	295	118	39	323	326	1769
2	John Williamson	27	74		2451	635	1367	.465				635	1367	.465	.465	373	437	.854	53	143	196	255	89	12	233	215	1643
3	Eddie Jordan	24	82		2260	401	960	.418				401	960	.418	.418	213	274	.777	74	141	215	365	201	40	244	209	1015
4	George Johnson	30	78		2058	206	483	.427				206	483	.427	.427	105	138	.761	201	415	616	88	68	253	178	315	517
5	Jan van Breda Kolff	27	80		1998	196	423	.463				196	423	.463	.463	146	183	.798	108	274	382	180	85	74	135	235	538
6	Tim Bassett	27	82		1508	116	313	.371				116	313	.371	.371	89	131	.679	174	244	418	99	44	29	103	219	321
7	Eric Money	23	47		1434	325	676	.481				325	676	.481	.481	136	183	.743	55	70	125	249	74	10	166	132	786
8	Winford Boynes	21	69		1176	256	595	.430				256	595	.430	.430	133	169	.787	60	95	155	75	43	7	119	117	645
9	Wilson Washington	23	62		1139	218	434	.502				218	434	.502	.502	66	104	.635	88	206	294	47	31	67	98	186	502
10	Phil Jackson	33	59		1070	144	303	.475				144	303	.475	.475	86	105	.819	59	119	178	85	45	22	78	168	374
11	Harvey Catchings	27	32		659	74	175	.423				74	175	.423	.423	47	61	.770	71	133	204	30	15	56	51	90	195
12	Ralph Simpson	29	32		527	87	237	.367				87	237	.367	.367	48	71	.676	19	42	61	68	12	4	53	30	222
13	Al Skinner	26	23		334	55	125	.440				55	125	.440	.440	72	82	.878	12	30	42	49	22	2	38	53	182
14	Bob Elliott	23	14		282	41	73	.562				41	73	.562	.562	41	56	.732	16	40	56	22	6	4	26	34	123
			82		19755	3464	7523	.460				3464	7523	.460	.460	1904	2613	.729	1241	2370	3611	1907	853	619	1861	2329	8832

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	John Williamson	27	2		92	23	62	.371				23	62	.371	.371	13	16	.813	3	3	6	8	4	0	14	8	59
2	Eddie Jordan	24	2		83	15	38	.395				15	38	.395	.395	8	9	.889	6	9	15	17	8	3	6	6	38
3	Bernard King	22	2		81	21	42	.500				21	42	.500	.500	10	24	.417	5	6	11	7	4	0	6	10	52
4	Jan van Breda Kolff	27	2		81	8	20	.400				8	20	.400	.400	5	6	.833	11	9	20	7	0	3	5	9	21
5	George Johnson	30	2		70	14	21	.667				14	21	.667	.667	1	3	.333	8	17	25	2	2	7	4	8	29
6	Harvey Catchings	27	2		26	1	6	.167				1	6	.167	.167	0	3	.000	5	3	8	1	0	1	2	4	2
7	Phil Jackson	33	2		20	1	3	.333				1	3	.333	.333	2	2	1.000	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	4
8	Tim Bassett	27	2		17	2	5	.400				2	5	.400	.400	2	2	1.000	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	6
9	Ralph Simpson	29	2		10	2	5	.400				2	5	.400	.400	0	0		0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4

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	Bernard King	22	82	2859	17.9	.542		.455	8.9	16.0	12.3	16.4	1.8	0.7	16.5	25.6		2.8	3.6	6.5	.109		1.6	-0.2	1.3	2.4
2	John Williamson	27	74	2451	16.4	.527		.320	2.2	6.4	4.2	16.8	1.6	0.3	13.0	27.4		3.0	2.0	5.1	.099		0.7	-1.1	-0.5	0.9
3	Eddie Jordan	24	82	2260	13.8	.470		.285	3.3	6.8	5.0	23.1	3.9	1.0	18.4	22.0		-0.9	3.3	2.4	.051		-1.4	1.6	0.2	1.2
4	George Johnson	30	78	2058	11.1	.475		.286	9.9	22.1	15.7	5.5	1.4	6.6	24.7	13.2		-1.3	3.9	2.6	.061		-3.7	2.8	-0.9	0.6
5	Jan van Breda Kolff	27	80	1998	10.8	.534		.433	5.5	15.0	10.1	11.6	1.9	2.0	21.1	12.0		0.9	2.7	3.6	.087		-1.6	1.7	0.1	1.1
6	Tim Bassett	27	82	1508	8.0	.433		.419	11.7	17.7	14.6	8.2	1.3	1.0	21.7	11.8		-0.5	1.9	1.4	.045		-3.2	0.1	-3.1	-0.4
7	Eric Money	23	47	1434	15.4	.519		.271	3.9	5.4	4.6	26.7	2.3	0.4	18.0	24.1		0.8	1.4	2.1	.072		0.4	-0.7	-0.3	0.6
8	Winford Boynes	21	69	1176	11.7	.482		.284	5.2	8.9	6.9	9.7	1.6	0.3	15.1	25.1		-0.5	1.1	0.6	.026		-2.2	-1.5	-3.7	-0.5
9	Wilson Washington	23	62	1139	12.9	.523		.240	7.8	19.8	13.6	6.0	1.2	3.2	17.0	19.0		0.2	1.7	1.8	.077		-2.6	0.5	-2.1	0.0
10	Phil Jackson	33	59	1070	10.7	.536		.347	5.6	12.2	8.7	10.7	1.8	1.1	18.3	15.0		0.6	1.3	1.9	.086		-2.2	0.8	-1.5	0.1
11	Harvey Catchings	27	32	659	11.6	.483		.349	10.9	22.1	16.3	6.0	1.0	4.6	20.2	14.4		0.0	1.1	1.0	.074		-2.7	1.1	-1.6	0.1
12	Ralph Simpson	29	32	527	8.4	.414		.300	3.6	8.7	6.1	18.1	1.0	0.4	16.5	22.9		-0.8	0.4	-0.4	-0.036		-3.1	-2.0	-5.1	-0.4
13	Al Skinner	26	23	334	16.2	.565		.656	3.6	9.8	6.6	20.6	2.9	0.3	19.1	22.4		0.5	0.4	1.0	.137		-0.8	1.0	0.2	0.2
14	Bob Elliott	23	14	282	13.6	.630		.767	5.7	15.6	10.4	10.7	0.9	0.8	21.0	16.4		0.4	0.3	0.7	.123		-0.8	0.0	-0.8	0.1

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	John Williamson	27	2	92	9.7	.427		.258	2.8	3.4	3.1	13.3	1.9	0.0	16.9	32.1		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.092		-3.9	-2.6	-6.5	-0.1
2	Eddie Jordan	24	2	83	20.1	.453		.237	6.2	11.2	8.5	28.2	4.3	1.8	12.5	20.6		0.1	0.1	0.2	.115		2.1	3.9	6.0	0.2
3	Bernard King	22	2	81	16.8	.495		.571	5.3	7.6	6.4	13.4	2.2	0.0	10.2	25.7		0.1	0.0	0.1	.068		0.9	-0.1	0.8	0.1
4	Jan van Breda Kolff	27	2	81	10.3	.464		.300	11.6	11.5	11.6	10.7	0.0	1.9	18.1	12.2		0.1	0.0	0.1	.032		-1.4	-0.9	-2.3	0.0
5	George Johnson	30	2	70	20.0	.650		.143	9.8	25.1	16.7	4.0	1.3	5.1	15.2	13.4		0.1	0.1	0.2	.159		1.1	2.2	3.2	0.1
6	Harvey Catchings	27	2	26	-0.5	.137		.500	16.5	11.9	14.4	4.4	0.0	1.9	21.5	12.8		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.183		-8.5	-3.8	-12.3	-0.1
7	Phil Jackson	33	2	20	10.0	.515		.667	8.6	5.2	7.0	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	6.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	.094		-0.9	-0.2	-1.1	0.0
8	Tim Bassett	27	2	17	5.9	.510		.400	10.1	0.0	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.5	14.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	.020		-5.6	-3.1	-8.8	0.0
9	Ralph Simpson	29	2	10	10.9	.400		.000	0.0	20.6	9.4	28.3	0.0	0.0	16.7	21.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.043		-2.5	-1.3	-3.7	0.0

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