1970-71 NBA Rookies

1969-70 Rookies 1971-72 Rookies

League Champion: Milwaukee Bucks

Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31.7/16.0/3.3)

Rookie of the Year: Dave Cowens (17.0/15.0/2.8), Geoff Petrie (24.8/3.4/4.8)

PPG Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31.7)

RPG Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (18.2)

APG Leader: Norm Van Lier (10.1)

WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22.3)

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1970-71 Stats

Rookies

Career BAA/NBA Stats

Rookies Table
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Don Adams	Oct 13, '70, SDR @ CHI	23	7	487	12407	1682	4186			872	1180	364	2732	869	283	55		1591	4236	.402		.739	25.5	8.7	5.6	1.8	1.1	0.2
2	Tiny Archibald*	Oct 14, '70, CIN vs. NYK	22	13	876	31159	5899	12628	19	85	4664	5760	344	2046	6476	719	81	1123	2002	16481	.467		.810	35.6	18.8	2.3	7.4	1.1	0.1
3	Bob Arnzen	Oct 14, '70, CIN vs. NYK	23	1	55	594	128	277			45	52		152	24				54	301	.462		.865	10.8	5.5	2.8	0.4
4	Dennis Awtrey	Oct 14, '70, PHI vs. CHI	22	12	733	14159	1382	3009	0	0	752	1154	703	3342	1467	186	182	245	1702	3516	.459		.652	19.3	4.8	4.6	2.0	0.4	0.3
5	Moe Barr	Oct 14, '70, CIN vs. NYK	26	1	31	145	25	62			11	13		20	28				27	61	.403		.846	4.7	2.0	0.6	0.9
6	Tom Black	Oct 14, '70, SEA vs. DET	29	1	71	873	121	301			57	88		259	44				136	299	.402		.648	12.3	4.2	3.6	0.6
7	Bob Christian	Oct 21, '70, ATL vs. SFW	24	4	246	3012	346	712			250	355	85	1002	203	19	32		497	942	.486		.704	12.2	3.8	4.1	0.8	0.2	0.4
8	Jimmy Collins	Oct 13, '70, CHI vs. SDR	24	2	74	612	118	285			45	56		66	70				54	281	.414		.804	8.3	3.8	0.9	0.9
9	Joe Cooke	Oct 14, '70, CLE @ BUF	22	1	73	725	134	341			48	59		114	93				135	316	.393		.814	9.9	4.3	1.6	1.3
10	Dave Cowens*	Oct 13, '70, BOS @ NYK	22	11	766	29565	5744	12499	1	14	2027	2590	1574	10444	2910	599	488	543	2920	13516	.460		.783	38.6	17.6	13.6	3.8	1.1	0.9
11	Pete Cross	Oct 23, '70, SEA vs. POR	22	3	182	3775	403	934			251	361		1519	187				376	1057	.431		.695	20.7	5.8	8.3	1.0
12	Terry Driscoll	Oct 14, '70, DET @ SEA	23	5	244	3281	403	949			209	303	80	1026	189	22	16		537	1015	.425		.690	13.4	4.2	4.2	0.8	0.3	0.2
13	Claude English	Oct 18, '70, POR vs. BOS	24	1	18	70	11	42			5	7		20	6				15	27	.262		.714	3.9	1.5	1.1	0.3
14	Greg Fillmore	Dec 2, '70, NYK @ DET	23	2	49	338	52	129			14	30		108	20				97	118	.403		.467	6.9	2.4	2.2	0.4
15	Levi Fontaine	Oct 16, '70, SFW vs. DET	22	1	35	210	53	145			28	37		15	22				27	134	.366		.757	6.0	3.8	0.4	0.6
16	Jake Ford	Mar 6, '71, SEA vs. LAL	25	2	31	249	42	91			42	55		20	35				32	126	.462		.764	8.0	4.1	0.6	1.1
17	Gary Freeman	Oct 24, '70, MIL vs. BAL	22	1	52	382	69	134			29	40		106	35				67	167	.515		.725	7.3	3.2	2.0	0.7
18	Walt Gilmore	Oct 16, '70, POR vs. CLE	23	1	27	261	23	54			12	26		73	12				49	58	.426		.462	9.7	2.1	2.7	0.4
19	Spencer Haywood*	Jan 4, '71, SEA @ MIL	21	12	760	25600	5790	12447	1	8	3011	3766	1493	7038	1351	355	629	716	2167	14592	.465		.800	33.7	19.2	9.3	1.8	0.6	1.1
20	Gar Heard	Oct 17, '70, SEA vs. BOS	22	11	787	19571	2846	6877	0	9	1136	1736	1324	5876	1220	784	780	349	2134	6828	.414		.654	24.9	8.7	7.5	1.6	1.3	1.3
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
21	Al Henry	Oct 16, '70, PHI vs. SDR	21	2	49	447	69	162			56	80		148	8				43	194	.426		.700	9.1	4.0	3.0	0.2
22	A.W. Holt	Oct 25, '70, CHI @ POR	24	1	6	14	1	8			2	3		4	0				1	4	.125		.667	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.0
23	Greg Howard	Oct 15, '70, PHO vs. BOS	23	2	92	852	118	304			76	109		227	53				117	312	.388		.697	9.3	3.4	2.5	0.6
24	John Hummer	Oct 14, '70, BUF vs. CLE	22	6	327	7420	875	1998			498	950	133	1733	543	42	38		900	2248	.438		.524	22.7	6.9	5.3	1.7	0.3	0.3
25	Greg Hyder	Oct 17, '70, CIN vs. PHI	22	1	77	1359	183	409			51	71		332	48				187	417	.447		.718	17.6	5.4	4.3	0.6
26	George Johnson	Jan 10, '71, BAL @ MIL	23	3	69	744	84	190			22	51	20	220	22	8	8		142	190	.442		.431	10.8	2.8	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
27	John Johnson	Oct 14, '70, CLE @ BUF	23	12	869	25681	4575	10254	0	1	2050	2633	1021	4778	3285	487	235	917	2505	11200	.446		.779	29.6	12.9	5.5	3.8	0.8	0.4
28	Earnie Killum	Feb 28, '71, LAL vs. CLE	22	1	4	12	0	4			1	1		2	0				1	1	.000		1.000	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.0
29	Ron Knight	Oct 16, '70, POR vs. CLE	23	2	101	1145	211	487			50	100		283	83				151	472	.433		.500	11.3	4.7	2.8	0.8
30	Sam Lacey	Oct 14, '70, CIN vs. NYK	22	13	1002	31873	4276	9693	3	16	1748	2369	1647	9687	3754	999	1160	978	3473	10303	.441		.738	31.8	10.3	9.7	3.7	1.3	1.5
31	Bob Lanier*	Oct 14, '70, DET @ SEA	22	14	959	32103	7761	15092	2	13	3724	4858	1843	9698	3007	777	1100	1112	3048	19248	.514		.767	33.5	20.1	10.1	3.1	1.1	1.5
32	Pete Maravich*	Oct 17, '70, ATL vs. MIL	23	10	658	24316	6187	14025	10	15	3564	4344	426	2747	3563	587	108	530	1865	15948	.441		.820	37.0	24.2	4.2	5.4	1.4	0.3
33	Harvey Marlatt	Oct 16, '70, DET @ SFW	22	3	61	746	87	233			51	60		86	94				92	225	.373		.850	12.2	3.7	1.4	1.5
34	Eddie Mast	Oct 14, '70, NYK @ CIN	22	3	112	881	114	296			55	91		265	51				114	283	.385		.604	7.9	2.5	2.4	0.5
35	Jim McMillian	Oct 16, '70, LAL @ CHI	22	9	631	20227	3644	7557			1448	1741	639	3319	1557	435	80	120	1200	8736	.482		.832	32.1	13.8	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2
36	Larry Mikan	Nov 8, '70, CLE vs. SEA	22	1	53	536	62	186			34	55		139	41				56	158	.333		.618	10.1	3.0	2.6	0.8
37	Rex Morgan	Oct 28, '70, BOS vs. NYK	22	2	62	416	57	152			58	85		91	39				92	172	.375		.682	6.7	2.8	1.5	0.6
38	Calvin Murphy*	Oct 13, '70, SDR @ CHI	22	13	1002	30607	7247	15030	10	72	3445	3864	499	2103	4402	1165	51	822	3250	17949	.482		.892	30.5	17.9	2.1	4.4	1.5	0.1
39	Ralph Ogden	Oct 16, '70, SFW vs. DET	23	1	32	162	17	71			8	12		32	9				17	42	.239		.667	5.1	1.3	1.0	0.3
40	Curtis Perry	Oct 13, '70, SDR @ CHI	22	8	480	13656	1904	4188			770	1101	1022	4239	906	379	291	63	1670	4578	.455		.699	28.5	9.5	8.8	1.9	1.2	0.9
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
41	Geoff Petrie	Oct 16, '70, POR vs. CLE	22	6	446	16787	3970	8719			1792	2225	140	1271	2057	247	33		1075	9732	.455		.805	37.6	21.8	2.8	4.6	1.1	0.1
42	Mike Price	Oct 13, '70, NYK vs. BOS	22	3	119	1042	160	396			71	92		152	89				173	391	.404		.772	8.8	3.3	1.3	0.7
43	Bob Riley	Oct 22, '70, ATL @ DET	22	1	7	39	4	9			5	9		12	1				5	13	.444		.556	5.6	1.9	1.7	0.1
44	Paul Ruffner	Oct 25, '70, CHI @ POR	22	3	52	214	48	109			13	26	16	49	9	4	4		42	109	.440		.500	4.1	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1
45	Mike Silliman	Nov 16, '70, BUF @ SEA	26	1	36	366	36	79			19	39		62	23				37	91	.456		.487	10.2	2.5	1.7	0.6
46	Garfield Smith	Oct 13, '70, BOS @ NYK	25	2	63	415	70	182			28	87		132	17				75	168	.385		.322	6.6	2.7	2.1	0.3
47	Dave Sorenson	Oct 14, '70, CLE @ BUF	22	3	213	3857	690	1562			354	455		997	280				408	1734	.442		.778	18.1	8.1	4.7	1.3
48	Dennis Stewart	Oct 14, '70, BAL vs. SDR	23	1	2	6	1	4			2	2		3	1				0	4	.250		1.000	3.0	2.0	1.5	0.5
49	Bill Stricker	Nov 14, '70, POR vs. CLE	23	1	1	2	2	3			0	0		0	0				1	4	.667			2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0
50	Gary Suiter	Oct 14, '70, CLE @ BUF	26	1	30	140	19	54			4	9		41	2				20	42	.352		.444	4.7	1.4	1.4	0.1
51	Fred Taylor	Oct 15, '70, PHO vs. BOS	22	2	88	835	146	401			93	157		140	69				153	385	.364		.592	9.5	4.4	1.6	0.8
52	Joe Thomas	Oct 15, '70, PHO vs. BOS	22	1	39	204	23	86			9	20		43	17				19	55	.267		.450	5.2	1.4	1.1	0.4
53	Rudy Tomjanovich*	Oct 13, '70, SDR @ CHI	22	11	768	25714	5630	11240	34	130	2089	2666	1173	6198	1573	374	175	332	1937	13383	.501		.784	33.5	17.4	8.1	2.0	0.7	0.3
54	John Vallely	Oct 21, '70, ATL vs. SFW	22	2	100	796	142	375			75	104		66	84				100	359	.379		.721	8.0	3.6	0.7	0.8
55	Cornell Warner	Oct 14, '70, BUF vs. CLE	22	7	445	10508	1190	2630			480	714	588	3353	494	132	144		1225	2860	.452		.672	23.6	6.4	7.5	1.1	0.5	0.6
56	Bobby Washington	Dec 13, '70, CLE vs. SDR	23	2	116	1790	246	619			208	268		234	413				240	700	.397		.776	15.4	6.0	2.0	3.6
57	Jeff Webb	Oct 31, '70, MIL @ CIN	22	2	75	538	67	178			27	38		59	42				62	161	.376		.711	7.2	2.1	0.8	0.6
58	Herb White	Oct 22, '70, ATL @ DET	22	1	38	315	34	84			22	39		48	47				62	90	.405		.564	8.3	2.4	1.3	1.2
59	Milt Williams	Oct 13, '70, NYK vs. BOS	25	3	68	645	86	203			64	95	19	51	125	25	0		103	236	.424		.674	9.5	3.5	0.8	1.8	0.5	0.0
60	Willie Williams	Oct 17, '70, BOS @ SEA	24	1	25	105	10	42			3	5		23	8				14	23	.238		.600	4.2	0.9	0.9	0.3
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
61	Marv Winkler	Feb 26, '71, MIL vs. CIN	22	1	3	14	3	10			2	2		4	2				3	8	.300		1.000	4.7	2.7	1.3	0.7
62	Gary Zeller	Oct 14, '70, BAL vs. SDR	23	2	78	697	117	344			37	63		92	37				105	271	.340		.587	8.9	3.5	1.2	0.5
63	Bill Zopf	Oct 17, '70, MIL @ ATL	22	1	53	398	49	135			20	36		46	73				34	118	.363		.556	7.5	2.2	0.9	1.4