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1975-76 New York Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 55-29, Finished 2nd in ABA

Coach: Kevin Loughery (55-29)

Executive: Roy Boe

PTS/G: 111.8 (5th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 108.8 (2nd of 9)

SRS: 2.56 (3rd of 9) Pace: 105.9 (5th of 9)

Off Rtg: 104.4 (4th of 9) Def Rtg: 101.7 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +2.8 (3rd of 9)

Expected W-L: 50-34 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

ABA 1976 Playoffs:
Won ABA Semifinals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Won ABA Finals (4-2) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)

ABA Champions

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
21	Tim Bassett	PF	6-8	225	April 1, 1951	us	2	College of Southern Idaho, Georgia
11	George Bucci	SG	6-3	200	July 9, 1953	us	R	Manhattan College
22	Jim Eakins	C	6-11	215	May 24, 1946	us	7	BYU
32	Julius Erving	SF	6-7	210	February 22, 1950	us	4	UMass
35	Kim Hughes	C	6-11	220	June 4, 1952	us	R	Wisconsin
33	Rich Jones	PF	6-6	220	December 27, 1946	us	6	Illinois, Memphis
24	Ted McClain	SG	6-1	180	August 30, 1946	us	4	Tennessee State
25	Bill Melchionni	PG	6-1	165	October 19, 1944	us	8	Villanova
31	Swen Nater	C	6-11	240	January 14, 1950	nl	2	Cypress College, UCLA
15, 24	Billy Schaeffer	SF	6-5	200	December 11, 1951	us	2	St. John's
30	Al Skinner	SG	6-3	190	June 16, 1952	us	1	UMass
14	Brian Taylor	PG	6-2	185	June 9, 1951	us	3	Princeton
12	Chuck Terry	SF	6-6	215	September 27, 1950	us	3	Cal State Long Beach
23	John Williamson	SG	6-2	185	November 10, 1951	us	2	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

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	Julius Erving	25	84		38.6	11.3	22.3	.507	0.4	1.2	.330	10.9	21.1	.517	.516	6.3	7.9	.801	4.0	7.0	11.0	5.0	2.5	1.9	3.7	2.6	29.3
2	Brian Taylor	24	54		32.1	6.6	13.4	.489	0.6	1.4	.421	6.0	12.0	.497	.511	3.0	3.8	.792	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.8	2.3	0.4	2.8	2.6	16.7
3	John Williamson	24	76		29.7	6.8	15.2	.450	0.1	0.6	.190	6.7	14.6	.460	.454	2.5	3.1	.806	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.5	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.9	16.2
4	Rich Jones	29	83		29.2	5.3	13.9	.382	0.2	0.8	.224	5.1	13.1	.392	.389	2.4	3.1	.762	1.2	3.9	5.2	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.9	3.5	13.2
5	Kim Hughes	23	84		25.7	3.6	6.7	.530	0.0	0.0		3.6	6.7	.530	.530	1.1	2.4	.455	4.1	5.2	9.2	0.7	1.2	1.4	1.2	3.5	8.2
6	Al Skinner	23	83		25.1	4.0	8.5	.470	0.0	0.1	.250	4.0	8.4	.473	.472	2.4	2.9	.842	1.2	2.5	3.7	3.4	1.1	0.6	2.0	3.0	10.4
7	Swen Nater	26	43		23.6	3.7	7.7	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	7.6	.489	.485	1.3	1.8	.718	3.2	7.0	10.3	0.4	0.4	0.6	2.2	3.3	8.7
8	Ted McClain	29	30		23.2	4.3	10.1	.422	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	9.8	.430	.426	2.7	3.4	.812	0.9	1.5	2.4	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	3.7	11.3
9	Tim Bassett	24	84		21.3	2.1	4.7	.437	0.0	0.1	.167	2.0	4.6	.441	.438	0.7	1.2	.592	2.2	4.1	6.3	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.2	2.9	4.8
10	Bill Melchionni	31	67		17.8	2.2	5.3	.416	0.1	0.3	.391	2.1	5.0	.418	.429	1.2	1.4	.849	0.2	1.1	1.3	4.0	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.0	5.8
11	Chuck Terry	25	66		14.7	1.5	3.7	.390	0.1	0.3	.286	1.4	3.4	.400	.402	0.3	0.4	.759	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.8	3.3
12	Jim Eakins	29	34		13.6	2.1	4.2	.503	0.0	0.0		2.1	4.2	.503	.503	2.0	2.3	.848	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.1	6.2
13	George Bucci	22	33		7.2	1.5	3.8	.403	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	3.6	.417	.403	0.8	1.2	.683	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.6	3.9
14	Billy Schaeffer	24	20		6.0	1.6	3.9	.403	0.1	0.5	.222	1.5	3.4	.426	.416	0.4	0.5	.889	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	3.6

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	Julius Erving	25	13		42.4	12.3	23.1	.533	0.3	1.1	.286	12.0	22.0	.545	.540	9.8	12.2	.804	5.0	7.6	12.6	4.9	1.9	2.0	3.0	3.2	34.7
2	Brian Taylor	24	13		36.5	6.2	16.4	.380	0.7	2.3	.300	5.5	14.1	.393	.401	2.6	3.5	.739	1.2	1.5	2.6	3.5	2.0	0.2	2.4	2.8	15.8
3	John Williamson	24	10		36.0	9.4	18.9	.497	0.2	0.6	.333	9.2	18.3	.503	.503	3.2	4.6	.696	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.9	3.6	22.2
4	Rich Jones	29	12		35.1	6.0	16.1	.373	0.2	1.3	.133	5.8	14.8	.393	.378	1.5	2.3	.667	1.3	6.0	7.3	2.3	1.8	0.7	2.4	3.6	13.7
5	Tim Bassett	24	13		24.0	2.8	6.2	.457	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	6.2	.463	.457	0.6	0.8	.727	2.9	4.2	7.2	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.8	3.5	6.3
6	Kim Hughes	23	12		22.2	2.4	4.8	.509	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.8	.509	.509	0.2	0.4	.400	2.8	3.2	6.0	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.8	4.4	5.0
7	Al Skinner	23	13		22.1	3.4	7.8	.436	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.3	7.7	.430	.441	3.0	3.8	.780	1.8	1.8	3.7	2.2	1.6	0.2	1.9	3.5	9.8
8	Jim Eakins	29	13		21.6	2.3	4.3	.536	0.0	0.0		2.3	4.3	.536	.536	2.2	2.8	.806	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.5	4.0	6.8
9	Ted McClain	29	8		12.0	1.3	4.6	.270	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	4.5	.278	.270	0.8	1.3	.600	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.3
10	Bill Melchionni	31	6		6.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	1.7	.400	.286	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.7
11	Chuck Terry	25	4		5.8	0.0	1.8	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.3	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	0.0
12	George Bucci	22	2		4.5	1.5	3.5	.429	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	3.0	.333	.500	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0

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	Julius Erving	25	84		3244	949	1873	.507	34	103	.330	915	1770	.517	.516	530	662	.801	337	588	925	423	207	160	307	221	2462
2	Rich Jones	29	83		2427	441	1153	.382	15	67	.224	426	1086	.392	.389	199	261	.762	103	325	428	131	81	21	159	294	1096
3	John Williamson	24	76		2255	519	1153	.450	8	42	.190	511	1111	.460	.454	187	232	.806	70	120	190	188	76	33	185	224	1233
4	Kim Hughes	23	84		2162	300	566	.530	0	0		300	566	.530	.530	92	202	.455	341	434	775	55	98	120	102	292	692
5	Al Skinner	23	83		2082	330	702	.470	2	8	.250	328	694	.473	.472	203	241	.842	96	211	307	280	91	50	169	252	865
6	Tim Bassett	24	84		1790	173	396	.437	1	6	.167	172	390	.441	.438	58	98	.592	185	346	531	65	47	41	97	247	405
7	Brian Taylor	24	54		1733	354	724	.489	32	76	.421	322	648	.497	.511	164	207	.792	70	92	162	204	125	22	153	138	904
8	Bill Melchionni	31	67		1191	149	358	.416	9	23	.391	140	335	.418	.429	79	93	.849	13	75	88	266	52	8	95	66	386
9	Swen Nater	26	43		1016	160	330	.485	0	3	.000	160	327	.489	.485	56	78	.718	139	302	441	19	18	26	94	142	376
10	Chuck Terry	25	66		970	96	246	.390	6	21	.286	90	225	.400	.402	22	29	.759	45	99	144	38	36	6	21	116	220
11	Ted McClain	29	30		696	128	303	.422	2	10	.200	126	293	.430	.426	82	101	.812	27	46	73	106	57	10	85	112	340
12	Jim Eakins	29	34		463	72	143	.503	0	0		72	143	.503	.503	67	79	.848	42	78	120	18	7	20	33	71	211
13	George Bucci	22	33		237	50	124	.403	0	4	.000	50	120	.417	.403	28	41	.683	15	22	37	15	12	3	22	19	128
14	Billy Schaeffer	24	20		119	31	77	.403	2	9	.222	29	68	.426	.416	8	9	.889	10	12	22	9	6	2	7	15	72
			84		20385	3752	8148	.460	111	372	.298	3641	7776	.468	.467	1775	2333	.761	1493	2750	4243	1817	913	522	1529	2209	9390

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	Julius Erving	25	13		551	160	300	.533	4	14	.286	156	286	.545	.540	127	158	.804	65	99	164	64	25	26	39	41	451
2	Brian Taylor	24	13		475	81	213	.380	9	30	.300	72	183	.393	.401	34	46	.739	15	19	34	46	26	3	31	37	205
3	Rich Jones	29	12		421	72	193	.373	2	15	.133	70	178	.393	.378	18	27	.667	15	72	87	27	21	8	29	43	164
4	John Williamson	24	10		360	94	189	.497	2	6	.333	92	183	.503	.503	32	46	.696	11	13	24	26	10	3	29	36	222
5	Tim Bassett	24	13		312	37	81	.457	0	1	.000	37	80	.463	.457	8	11	.727	38	55	93	9	6	7	11	46	82
6	Al Skinner	23	13		287	44	101	.436	1	1	1.000	43	100	.430	.441	39	50	.780	24	24	48	28	21	2	25	45	128
7	Jim Eakins	29	13		281	30	56	.536	0	0		30	56	.536	.536	29	36	.806	30	48	78	11	6	7	19	52	89
8	Kim Hughes	23	12		266	29	57	.509	0	0		29	57	.509	.509	2	5	.400	34	38	72	9	10	13	9	53	60
9	Ted McClain	29	8		96	10	37	.270	0	1	.000	10	36	.278	.270	6	10	.600	5	6	11	7	5	1	10	19	26
10	Bill Melchionni	31	6		36	4	14	.286	0	4	.000	4	10	.400	.286	2	2	1.000	1	4	5	5	2	0	3	3	10
11	Chuck Terry	25	4		23	0	7	.000	0	2	.000	0	5	.000	.000	0	0		1	1	2	1	0	0	5	7	0
12	George Bucci	22	2		9	3	7	.429	1	1	1.000	2	6	.333	.500	1	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8

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	Julius Erving	25	84	3244	28.7	.569	.055	.353	9.7	17.7	13.6	20.8	2.9	2.7	12.4	29.0		11.7	6.0	17.7	.262		8.1	2.5	10.6	10.3
2	Rich Jones	29	83	2427	10.0	.432	.058	.226	4.0	13.0	8.4	7.3	1.5	0.5	11.1	22.4		-1.2	2.7	1.5	.030		-3.5	-1.0	-4.6	-1.6
3	John Williamson	24	76	2255	13.1	.491	.036	.201	2.9	5.2	4.0	12.1	1.5	0.8	12.8	24.3		1.0	1.8	2.8	.060		-1.3	-1.0	-2.3	-0.2
4	Kim Hughes	23	84	2162	15.6	.528	.000	.357	14.8	19.6	17.1	3.3	2.1	3.0	13.5	13.3		3.0	3.8	6.8	.151		-0.1	0.5	0.5	1.3
5	Al Skinner	23	83	2082	14.3	.535	.011	.343	4.3	9.9	7.0	17.7	2.0	1.3	17.3	17.9		2.5	2.4	4.9	.114		-0.3	0.9	0.6	1.4
6	Tim Bassett	24	84	1790	8.9	.461	.015	.247	9.7	18.8	14.2	4.4	1.2	1.2	18.1	11.4		0.1	2.5	2.6	.069		-2.9	0.1	-2.8	-0.4
7	Brian Taylor	24	54	1733	17.2	.555	.105	.286	3.8	5.2	4.5	16.4	3.3	0.7	15.8	21.3		2.7	2.1	4.8	.133		1.3	1.3	2.6	2.0
8	Bill Melchionni	31	67	1191	12.6	.484	.064	.260	1.0	6.1	3.5	28.1	2.0	0.4	19.2	15.8		0.7	1.1	1.8	.074		-0.5	-0.6	-1.1	0.3
9	Swen Nater	26	43	1016	13.1	.516	.009	.236	12.8	29.0	20.7	2.5	0.8	1.4	20.5	17.2		0.2	1.8	1.9	.092		-2.3	-1.1	-3.5	-0.4
10	Chuck Terry	25	66	970	7.0	.425	.085	.118	4.4	9.9	7.1	4.8	1.7	0.3	7.5	11.0		0.2	1.0	1.2	.060		-3.4	0.6	-2.8	-0.2
11	Ted McClain	29	30	696	13.6	.489	.033	.333	3.6	6.4	5.0	20.7	3.7	0.8	19.7	23.7		-0.1	1.0	0.9	.063		-2.3	1.4	-0.9	0.2
12	Jim Eakins	29	34	463	15.3	.593	.000	.552	8.5	16.4	12.4	5.1	0.7	2.4	15.7	17.3		1.0	0.6	1.5	.159		-0.6	0.1	-0.6	0.2
13	George Bucci	22	33	237	13.0	.451	.032	.331	5.9	9.0	7.5	8.9	2.3	0.7	13.4	26.4		-0.1	0.3	0.1	.029		-2.4	-0.6	-3.1	-0.1
14	Billy Schaeffer	24	20	119	15.9	.445	.117	.117	7.9	9.8	8.8	11.5	2.3	0.9	8.0	28.2		0.1	0.1	0.2	.084		-1.9	-0.3	-2.3	0.0

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	Julius Erving	25	13	551	32.0	.610	.047	.527	10.7	18.7	14.4	18.9	2.1	2.6	9.5	28.2		2.8	0.8	3.7	.321		11.4	2.2	13.6	2.2
2	Brian Taylor	24	13	475	11.0	.439	.141	.216	2.9	4.2	3.5	13.2	2.5	0.3	11.7	21.2		-0.2	0.4	0.2	.024		-1.0	-0.6	-1.6	0.1
3	Rich Jones	29	12	421	9.9	.400	.078	.140	3.2	17.8	10.0	8.8	2.3	1.0	12.4	21.2		-0.6	0.6	0.0	-0.004		-2.6	-0.2	-2.8	-0.1
4	John Williamson	24	10	360	15.2	.530	.032	.243	2.8	3.8	3.2	11.2	1.3	0.5	12.2	25.2		0.4	0.2	0.6	.075		1.4	-1.6	-0.3	0.2
5	Tim Bassett	24	13	312	10.6	.478	.012	.136	11.0	18.4	14.5	3.7	0.9	1.2	11.4	11.8		0.2	0.4	0.6	.091		-0.9	-0.9	-1.8	0.0
6	Al Skinner	23	13	287	14.6	.520	.010	.495	7.6	8.7	8.1	13.0	3.3	0.4	16.9	19.6		0.2	0.4	0.6	.101		0.1	1.1	1.2	0.2
7	Jim Eakins	29	13	281	11.9	.619	.000	.643	9.7	17.8	13.5	4.9	1.0	1.4	20.9	12.3		0.4	0.3	0.7	.121		-1.1	-0.2	-1.3	0.1
8	Kim Hughes	23	12	266	10.8	.507	.000	.088	11.6	14.9	13.1	4.3	1.7	2.7	13.2	9.8		0.2	0.3	0.6	.108		-1.4	0.5	-0.9	0.1
9	Ted McClain	29	8	96	1.1	.314	.027	.270	4.7	6.5	5.6	9.1	2.4	0.6	19.5	20.4		-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.132		-8.6	-1.0	-9.6	-0.2
10	Bill Melchionni	31	6	36	6.6	.336	.286	.143	2.5	11.6	6.7	17.5	2.5	0.0	16.8	18.9		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.059		-4.9	-0.4	-5.3	0.0
11	Chuck Terry	25	4	23	-20.1	.000	.286	.000	3.9	4.5	4.2	4.8	0.0	0.0	41.7	19.9		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.490		-19.9	-7.3	-27.1	0.0
12	George Bucci	22	2	9	16.4	.508	.143	.286	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	.122		2.3	-3.3	-1.0	0.0

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