1978-79 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Stats

Record: 26-56, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Elgin Baylor (26-56)

Executive: Tom Willingham

PTS/G: 108.3 (15th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 114.6 (21st of 22)

SRS: -5.97 (22nd of 22) Pace: 108.6 (3rd of 22)

Off Rtg: 99.6 (21st of 22) Def Rtg: 105.4 (18th of 22) Net Rtg: -5.7 (22nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 26-56 (22nd of 22)

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
18	Gus Bailey	SG	6-5	185	February 18, 1951	us	3	Texas-El Paso
12	Marty Byrnes	SF	6-7	215	April 30, 1956	us	R	Syracuse
25	Gail Goodrich	SG	6-1	170	April 23, 1943	us	13	UCLA
14	Tommie Green	PG	6-2	185	April 8, 1956	us	R	Southern University and A&M College
30	Paul Griffin	PF	6-9	205	January 20, 1954	us	2	Western Michigan
11	James Hardy	SF	6-8	220	December 1, 1956	us	R	San Francisco
24	Spencer Haywood	PF	6-8	225	April 22, 1949	us	9	Trinidad State Junior College, Detroit Mercy
23	Aaron James	SF	6-8	210	October 5, 1952	us	4	Grambling State University
53	Rich Kelley	C	7-0	235	March 23, 1953	us	3	Stanford
18	Ron Lee	PG	6-4	193	November 2, 1952	us	2	Oregon
7	Pete Maravich	SG	6-5	197	June 22, 1947	us	8	LSU
33	Jim McElroy	PG	6-3	190	October 4, 1953	us	3	Central Michigan University
50	Joe Meriweather	C	6-10	215	October 26, 1953	us	3	Southern Illinois
21	Truck Robinson	PF	6-7	225	October 4, 1951	us	4	Tennessee State
34	Ira Terrell	SF	6-8	200	June 19, 1954	us	1	SMU

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	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Truck Robinson	27	43	41.4	9.2	19.0	.485	9.2	19.0	.485	.485	5.7	7.9	.723	3.2	10.2	13.4	1.7	0.7	1.5	3.3	3.0	24.2
2	Spencer Haywood	29	34	39.4	10.2	20.5	.497	10.2	20.5	.497	.497	3.6	4.3	.849	3.1	6.5	9.6	2.1	0.9	1.6	3.3	3.8	24.0
3	Pete Maravich	31	49	37.2	8.9	21.1	.421	8.9	21.1	.421	.421	4.8	5.7	.841	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	22.6
4	Jim McElroy	25	79	34.2	6.8	13.9	.491	6.8	13.9	.491	.491	3.3	4.3	.762	0.8	1.9	2.7	5.7	1.9	0.6	3.0	2.3	16.9
5	Rich Kelley	25	80	33.8	5.5	10.9	.506	5.5	10.9	.506	.506	4.7	5.7	.814	3.8	9.0	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	3.6	3.9	15.7
6	Gail Goodrich	35	74	28.8	5.2	11.5	.449	5.2	11.5	.449	.449	2.4	2.8	.853	0.9	1.6	2.5	4.8	1.2	0.2	2.5	2.4	12.7
7	Ron Lee	26	17	23.4	2.6	7.3	.363	2.6	7.3	.363	.363	1.4	2.2	.649	1.2	2.0	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.1	2.9	2.6	6.7
8	James Hardy	22	68	21.4	2.9	6.3	.460	2.9	6.3	.460	.460	0.9	1.3	.693	1.8	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.0	6.7
9	Aaron James	26	73	19.4	4.3	8.6	.494	4.3	8.6	.494	.494	1.4	1.9	.750	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.5	2.8	10.0
10	Ira Terrell	24	31	18.5	2.0	4.6	.438	2.0	4.6	.438	.438	0.9	1.2	.711	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.4	4.9
11	Paul Griffin	25	77	18.2	1.4	2.9	.475	1.4	2.9	.475	.475	1.2	1.9	.619	1.6	3.4	5.1	1.8	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.9
12	Joe Meriweather	25	36	17.8	2.3	5.2	.449	2.3	5.2	.449	.449	1.4	2.2	.654	1.7	3.4	5.1	0.9	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.9	6.1
13	Marty Byrnes	22	36	14.7	2.2	4.6	.470	2.2	4.6	.470	.470	0.9	1.5	.611	1.1	1.5	2.6	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.1	1.2	5.3
14	Tommie Green	22	59	13.7	1.6	4.0	.388	1.6	4.0	.388	.388	0.8	1.1	.762	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.9	3.9
15	Gus Bailey	27	2	4.5	1.0	3.5	.286	1.0	3.5	.286	.286	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0

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	Rich Kelley	25	80	2705	440	870	.506	440	870	.506	.506	373	458	.814	303	723	1026	285	126	166	288	309	1253
2	Jim McElroy	25	79	2698	539	1097	.491	539	1097	.491	.491	259	340	.762	61	154	215	453	148	49	237	183	1337
3	Gail Goodrich	35	74	2130	382	850	.449	382	850	.449	.449	174	204	.853	68	115	183	357	90	13	185	177	938
4	Pete Maravich	31	49	1824	436	1035	.421	436	1035	.421	.421	233	277	.841	33	88	121	243	60	18	200	104	1105
5	Truck Robinson	27	43	1781	397	819	.485	397	819	.485	.485	245	339	.723	139	438	577	74	29	63	143	130	1039
6	James Hardy	22	68	1456	196	426	.460	196	426	.460	.460	61	88	.693	121	189	310	65	52	61	93	133	453
7	Aaron James	26	73	1417	311	630	.494	311	630	.494	.494	105	140	.750	97	151	248	78	28	21	111	202	727
8	Paul Griffin	25	77	1398	106	223	.475	106	223	.475	.475	91	147	.619	126	265	391	138	54	36	117	198	303
9	Spencer Haywood	29	34	1338	346	696	.497	346	696	.497	.497	124	146	.849	106	221	327	71	30	53	113	128	816
10	Tommie Green	22	59	809	92	237	.388	92	237	.388	.388	48	63	.762	20	48	68	140	61	6	89	111	232
11	Joe Meriweather	25	36	640	84	187	.449	84	187	.449	.449	51	78	.654	62	122	184	31	17	41	45	105	219
12	Ira Terrell	24	31	572	63	144	.438	63	144	.438	.438	27	38	.711	34	75	109	26	15	22	36	73	153
13	Marty Byrnes	22	36	530	78	166	.470	78	166	.470	.470	33	54	.611	41	53	94	43	12	8	40	42	189
14	Ron Lee	26	17	398	45	124	.363	45	124	.363	.363	24	37	.649	21	34	55	73	38	2	49	44	114
15	Gus Bailey	27	2	9	2	7	.286	2	7	.286	.286	0	0		2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	4
			82	19705	3517	7511	.468	3517	7511	.468	.468	1848	2409	.767	1234	2676	3910	2079	760	559	1764	1940	8882

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Rich Kelley	25	80	2705	19.9	.585	.526	11.3	25.3	18.5	14.4	2.1	3.0	21.2	19.2	4.1	4.5	8.6	.152	1.1	1.8	2.8	3.3
2	Jim McElroy	25	79	2698	16.2	.536	.310	2.3	5.4	3.9	24.2	2.4	0.9	16.0	21.0	3.1	1.8	4.9	.088	0.6	-0.1	0.5	1.7
3	Gail Goodrich	35	74	2130	13.1	.499	.240	3.2	5.1	4.2	23.5	1.9	0.3	16.4	20.1	1.1	1.0	2.2	.049	-1.1	-1.1	-2.2	-0.1
4	Pete Maravich	31	49	1824	13.4	.478	.268	1.8	4.6	3.2	20.4	1.5	0.5	14.7	28.4	-0.5	0.7	0.1	.004	-1.2	-2.5	-3.7	-0.8
5	Truck Robinson	27	43	1781	18.0	.537	.414	7.9	23.3	15.8	6.2	0.7	1.7	12.9	23.8	2.2	2.0	4.1	.111	0.6	-1.3	-0.7	0.6
6	James Hardy	22	68	1456	10.7	.487	.207	8.4	12.3	10.4	5.9	1.6	2.1	16.7	14.6	0.0	1.3	1.3	.043	-1.9	0.0	-1.9	0.0
7	Aaron James	26	73	1417	12.7	.526	.222	6.9	10.1	8.6	8.2	0.9	0.7	13.8	21.6	1.0	0.7	1.7	.057	-1.8	-1.7	-3.5	-0.5
8	Paul Griffin	25	77	1398	10.0	.527	.659	9.1	17.9	13.7	12.1	1.7	1.3	28.9	11.0	0.0	1.5	1.6	.054	-2.6	1.1	-1.5	0.2
9	Spencer Haywood	29	34	1338	17.7	.537	.210	8.0	15.6	11.9	8.4	1.0	1.9	12.9	24.9	1.5	1.2	2.7	.096	0.6	-1.0	-0.4	0.5
10	Tommie Green	22	59	809	8.3	.438	.266	2.5	5.6	4.1	22.2	3.3	0.4	25.2	16.7	-1.0	0.7	-0.3	-0.017	-4.9	0.6	-4.2	-0.5
11	Joe Meriweather	25	36	640	11.8	.495	.417	9.8	18.1	14.1	6.4	1.2	3.1	16.9	15.9	0.1	0.7	0.9	.066	-3.1	0.4	-2.7	-0.1
12	Ira Terrell	24	31	572	8.0	.476	.264	6.0	12.4	9.3	5.8	1.2	1.9	18.3	13.1	-0.2	0.4	0.3	.023	-3.6	0.0	-3.6	-0.2
13	Marty Byrnes	22	36	530	10.6	.498	.325	7.8	9.5	8.7	10.9	1.0	0.7	17.4	16.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	.032	-1.3	-1.3	-2.7	-0.1
14	Ron Lee	26	17	398	9.6	.406	.298	5.3	8.1	6.8	23.5	4.2	0.2	25.9	18.1	-0.7	0.5	-0.2	-0.027	-4.2	1.4	-2.8	-0.1
15	Gus Bailey	27	2	9	6.1	.286	.000	22.5	0.0	10.9	33.2	0.0	0.0	12.5	33.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.201	-4.4	-0.4	-4.8	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.