1975-76 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Stats

Record: 38-44, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Butch van Breda Kolff (38-44)

Executive: Bill Bertka

PTS/G: 104.1 (10th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 105.0 (9th of 18)

SRS: -0.74 (11th of 18) Pace: 106.7 (8th of 18)

Off Rtg: 96.6 (16th of 18) Def Rtg: 97.4 (5th of 18) Net Rtg: -0.8 (11th of 18)

Expected W-L: 39-43 (11th of 18)

Arena: Louisiana Superdome

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		Exp	College
11	Ron Behagen	PF	6-9	185	January 14, 1951	us	2	Minnesota
45	Henry Bibby	PG	6-1	185	November 24, 1949	us	3	UCLA
4	Freddie Boyd	SG	6-2	180	June 13, 1950	us	3	Oregon State
12	E.C. Coleman	PF	6-8	225	September 25, 1950	us	2	Houston Baptist University
31	Mel Counts	C	7-0	230	October 16, 1941	us	11	Oregon State
23	Aaron James	SF	6-8	210	October 5, 1952	us	1	Grambling State University
53	Rich Kelley	C	7-0	235	March 23, 1953	us	R	Stanford
7	Pete Maravich	SG	6-5	197	June 22, 1947	us	5	LSU
33	Jim McElroy	PG	6-3	190	October 4, 1953	us	R	Central Michigan University
34	Otto Moore	C	6-11	205	August 27, 1946	us	7	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
14	Louie Nelson	SG	6-3	190	May 28, 1951	us	2	Washington
15	Bud Stallworth	SF	6-5	190	January 18, 1950	us	3	Kansas
22	Nate Williams	SF	6-5	215	May 2, 1950	us	4	Utah State University

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	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Pete Maravich	28	62	38.3	9.7	21.2	.459	9.7	21.2	.459	.459	6.4	7.9	.811	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	3.2	25.9
2	Louie Nelson	24	66	30.8	5.0	11.4	.433	5.0	11.4	.433	.433	2.6	3.5	.735	1.2	1.8	3.1	2.6	1.2	0.1	2.2	12.5
3	Otto Moore	29	81	29.7	3.6	8.3	.436	3.6	8.3	.436	.436	1.8	2.8	.637	2.0	7.8	9.8	2.7	1.0	1.7	3.1	9.0
4	E.C. Coleman	25	67	27.6	3.2	7.1	.451	3.2	7.1	.451	.451	0.9	1.3	.663	1.9	4.4	6.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	3.4	7.3
5	Ron Behagen	25	66	26.3	4.7	10.5	.446	4.7	10.5	.446	.446	2.2	2.7	.804	2.9	5.5	8.4	2.1	1.0	0.4	3.4	11.5
6	Nate Williams	25	81	23.9	5.2	11.7	.444	5.2	11.7	.444	.444	2.4	3.0	.824	1.7	2.8	4.4	1.3	1.3	0.2	3.1	12.8
7	Henry Bibby	26	79	22.4	3.4	7.9	.428	3.4	7.9	.428	.428	2.5	3.2	.797	0.7	1.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.0	2.1	9.3
8	Jim McElroy	22	51	22.2	3.0	5.8	.510	3.0	5.8	.510	.510	1.6	2.2	.736	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.4	7.5
9	Freddie Boyd	25	30	19.5	2.4	5.5	.436	2.4	5.5	.436	.436	0.9	1.6	.571	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.8	5.7
10	Bud Stallworth	26	56	18.8	3.8	8.6	.437	3.8	8.6	.437	.437	1.5	2.2	.685	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.9	0.5	0.3	2.4	9.1
11	Aaron James	23	75	17.9	3.5	7.9	.441	3.5	7.9	.441	.441	2.0	2.7	.750	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.8	0.4	0.1	2.3	9.0
12	Rich Kelley	22	75	17.9	2.5	5.1	.485	2.5	5.1	.485	.485	2.1	2.7	.776	2.6	4.5	7.0	2.1	0.7	0.8	2.8	7.0
13	Mel Counts	34	30	10.6	1.2	3.0	.407	1.2	3.0	.407	.407	0.5	0.7	.762	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	2.5	3.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Otto Moore	29	81	2407	293	672	.436	293	672	.436	.436	144	226	.637	162	631	793	216	85	136		250	730
2	Pete Maravich	28	62	2373	604	1316	.459	604	1316	.459	.459	396	488	.811	46	254	300	332	87	23		197	1604
3	Louie Nelson	24	66	2030	327	755	.433	327	755	.433	.433	169	230	.735	81	121	202	169	82	6		147	823
4	Nate Williams	25	81	1935	421	948	.444	421	948	.444	.444	197	239	.824	135	225	360	107	109	17		253	1039
5	E.C. Coleman	25	67	1850	216	479	.451	216	479	.451	.451	59	89	.663	124	295	419	87	56	30		227	491
6	Henry Bibby	26	79	1772	266	622	.428	266	622	.428	.428	200	251	.797	58	121	179	225	62	3		165	732
7	Ron Behagen	25	66	1733	308	691	.446	308	691	.446	.446	144	179	.804	190	363	553	139	67	26		222	760
8	Aaron James	23	75	1346	262	594	.441	262	594	.441	.441	153	204	.750	93	156	249	59	33	6		172	677
9	Rich Kelley	22	75	1346	184	379	.485	184	379	.485	.485	159	205	.776	193	335	528	155	52	60		209	527
10	Jim McElroy	22	51	1134	151	296	.510	151	296	.510	.510	81	110	.736	34	76	110	107	44	4		70	383
11	Bud Stallworth	26	56	1051	211	483	.437	211	483	.437	.437	85	124	.685	42	103	145	53	30	17		135	507
12	Freddie Boyd	25	30	584	72	165	.436	72	165	.436	.436	28	49	.571	4	26	30	78	27	7		54	172
13	Mel Counts	34	30	319	37	91	.407	37	91	.407	.407	16	21	.762	27	73	100	38	16	8		74	90
			82	19880	3352	7491	.447	3352	7491	.447	.447	1831	2415	.758	1189	2779	3968	1765	750	343	1659	2175	8535

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Otto Moore	29	81	2407	14.2	.473	.336	6.6	26.3	16.4	12.4	1.6	3.0	0.5	4.4	5.0	.099	-0.5	2.1	1.6	2.2
2	Pete Maravich	28	62	2373	20.5	.524	.371	1.9	10.7	6.3	23.8	1.6	0.5	4.8	2.3	7.1	.144	2.9	-0.4	2.5	2.7
3	Louie Nelson	24	66	2030	12.3	.481	.305	3.9	6.0	4.9	12.2	1.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	.069	-1.0	-0.3	-1.4	0.3
4	Nate Williams	25	81	1935	15.9	.493	.252	6.9	11.7	9.3	8.8	2.5	0.5	1.8	2.4	4.3	.106	-0.3	0.1	-0.1	0.9
5	E.C. Coleman	25	67	1850	9.7	.474	.186	6.6	16.0	11.3	6.5	1.4	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	.065	-2.1	0.4	-1.7	0.1
6	Henry Bibby	26	79	1772	13.5	.500	.404	3.2	6.9	5.0	18.3	1.6	0.1	1.6	1.4	2.9	.079	-0.9	-0.6	-1.6	0.2
7	Ron Behagen	25	66	1733	16.3	.494	.259	10.8	21.0	15.9	12.1	1.7	0.8	1.8	2.5	4.3	.118	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0
8	Aaron James	23	75	1346	13.7	.495	.343	6.8	11.6	9.2	6.8	1.1	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.2	.079	-1.1	-1.5	-2.6	-0.2
9	Rich Kelley	22	75	1346	19.3	.562	.541	14.1	25.0	19.5	16.3	1.7	2.4	2.4	2.4	4.8	.171	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.6
10	Jim McElroy	22	51	1134	12.5	.556	.372	3.0	6.7	4.8	13.3	1.7	0.2	1.7	0.9	2.6	.108	-0.4	0.4	0.1	0.6
11	Bud Stallworth	26	56	1051	12.2	.472	.257	3.9	9.8	6.9	7.9	1.3	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.1	.049	-1.9	-0.9	-2.9	-0.2
12	Freddie Boyd	25	30	584	10.3	.461	.297	0.7	4.5	2.6	18.6	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.5	0.5	.037	-2.5	0.4	-2.1	0.0
13	Mel Counts	34	30	319	12.2	.449	.231	8.3	23.0	15.6	16.4	2.3	1.3	-0.1	0.6	0.4	.062	-3.6	1.9	-1.7	0.0

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.