1972-73 NBA Rookies

1971-72 Rookies 1973-74 Rookies

League Champion: New York Knicks

Most Valuable Player: Dave Cowens (20.5/16.2/4.1)

Rookie of the Year: Bob McAdoo (18.0/9.1/1.7)

PPG Leader: Tiny Archibald (34.0)

RPG Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (18.6)

APG Leader: Tiny Archibald (11.4)

WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (21.9)

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Career Stats

1972-73 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	Henry Bibby	Oct 10, '72, NYK vs. SEA	23	9	675	15475	2149	5073	43	147	1434	1834	463	1581	2259	561	34	573	1364	5775	.424		.782	22.9	8.6	2.3	3.3	0.9	0.1
2	Freddie Boyd	Oct 10, '72, PHI @ CHI	22	6	327	7723	1165	2817			454	681	57	533	986	184	29	20	651	2784	.414		.667	23.6	8.5	1.6	3.0	0.8	0.1
3	Steve Bracey	Oct 10, '72, ATL @ BUF	22	3	187	2853	487	1045			167	244	36	291	408	74	6		323	1141	.466		.684	15.3	6.1	1.6	2.2	0.6	0.1
4	John Brisker	Oct 10, '72, SEA @ NYK	25	3	126	2626	590	1346			318	385	74	498	225	35	9		272	1498	.438		.826	20.8	11.9	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.2
5	Roger Brown	Oct 11, '72, LAL @ KCO	22	4	77	818	51	131	0	0	33	47	80	230	25	21	46	0	149	135	.389		.702	10.6	1.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.6
6	Corky Calhoun	Oct 13, '72, PHO vs. MIL	22	8	542	10901	1200	2609	0	0	496	634	525	1962	601	293	132	121	1322	2896	.460		.782	20.1	5.3	3.6	1.1	0.6	0.3
7	Bob Davis	Jan 4, '73, POR @ GSW	22	1	9	41	6	28			4	6		5	2				5	16	.214		.667	4.6	1.8	0.6	0.2
8	Dwight Davis	Oct 10, '72, CLE vs. BAL	23	5	340	8010	1130	2669			676	926	402	1991	529	139	149		1076	2936	.423		.730	23.6	8.6	5.9	1.6	0.5	0.6
9	Mickey Davis	Oct 13, '72, MIL @ PHO	22	5	286	3711	579	1265			320	380	182	800	295	76	16		363	1478	.458		.842	13.0	5.2	2.8	1.0	0.4	0.1
10	Charles Dudley	Feb 28, '73, SEA @ MIL	22	6	361	6337	686	1380			536	798	403	1089	1230	284	13	227	722	1908	.497		.672	17.6	5.3	3.0	3.4	0.8	0.0
11	Scott English	Oct 15, '72, PHO vs. BAL	22	1	29	196	36	93			21	29		44	15				38	93	.387		.724	6.8	3.2	1.5	0.5
12	Chris Ford	Oct 13, '72, DET vs. CHI	24	10	794	22043	3160	6874	126	336	868	1188	820	2394	2719	1152	192	726	1817	7314	.460		.731	27.8	9.2	3.0	3.4	1.6	0.3
13	Harold Fox	Oct 14, '72, BUF vs. HOU	23	1	10	84	12	32			7	8		8	10				7	31	.375		.875	8.4	3.1	0.8	1.0
14	Rowland Garrett	Oct 21, '72, CHI @ HOU	22	5	263	2905	562	1273			213	276	193	607	106	75	39		344	1337	.441		.772	11.0	5.1	2.3	0.4	0.3	0.2
15	John Gianelli	Oct 10, '72, NYK vs. SEA	22	8	541	13650	1798	3823	0	0	614	875	967	3188	832	225	476	275	1270	4210	.470		.702	25.2	7.8	5.9	1.5	0.5	1.0
16	Travis Grant	Oct 11, '72, LAL @ KCO	23	2	36	159	52	120			24	29	0	53	7	0	0		20	128	.433		.828	4.4	3.6	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
17	Luther Green	Oct 13, '72, PHI vs. BUF	26	1	5	32	0	11			3	9		3	0				3	3	.000		.333	6.4	0.6	0.6	0.0
18	Charles Johnson	Oct 16, '72, GSW vs. BAL	23	7	521	9972	1935	4507			371	491	423	1318	973	534	40	160	1022	4241	.429		.756	19.1	8.1	2.5	1.9	1.2	0.1
19	George Johnson	Oct 27, '72, GSW @ LAL	24	13	904	18102	1802	3995	1	2	764	1101	1960	5887	929	456	2082	872	2707	4369	.451		.694	20.0	4.8	6.5	1.0	0.5	2.5
20	Ollie Johnson	Oct 13, '72, POR vs. SEA	23	10	690	14554	2235	4505	3	20	868	1049	599	2280	1212	455	224	355	1503	5341	.496		.827	21.1	7.7	3.3	1.8	0.7	0.4
					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	Manny Leaks	Oct 10, '72, PHI @ CHI	27	2	135	3375	456	1165			202	283	94	921	120	10	39		286	1114	.391		.714	25.0	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.2	0.7
22	Russ Lee	Oct 20, '72, MIL vs. DET	23	3	97	582	116	297			50	73	31	114	65	22	3		82	282	.391		.685	6.0	2.9	1.2	0.7	0.4	0.1
23	LaRue Martin	Oct 13, '72, POR vs. SEA	22	4	271	3795	591	1422			248	362	278	1258	203	46	98		617	1430	.416		.685	14.0	5.3	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.5
24	Bob McAdoo*	Oct 10, '72, BUF vs. ATL	21	14	852	28327	7420	14751	3	37	3944	5229	1818	8048	1951	751	1147	1223	2726	18787	.503		.754	33.2	22.1	9.4	2.3	1.0	1.5
25	Paul McCracken	Feb 6, '73, HOU @ PHI	22	3	37	437	63	140			34	57	7	73	33	6	0		52	160	.450		.596	11.8	4.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.0
26	Eric McWilliams	Oct 21, '72, HOU vs. CHI	22	1	44	245	34	98			18	37		60	5				46	86	.347		.486	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.1
27	Mark Minor	Oct 20, '72, BOS vs. BUF	22	1	4	20	1	4			3	4		4	2				5	5	.250		.750	5.0	1.3	1.0	0.5
28	Bob Nash	Oct 20, '72, DET @ MIL	22	4	219	2557	441	1013			154	211	182	483	147	59	43	129	275	1036	.435		.730	11.7	4.7	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.2
29	Lloyd Neal	Oct 13, '72, POR vs. SEA	22	7	435	11015	1981	4087			884	1316	686	3370	632	178	324	102	1271	4846	.485		.672	25.3	11.1	7.7	1.5	0.5	0.9
30	Tom Patterson	Oct 13, '72, BAL vs. ATL	24	2	25	100	21	50			14	18	1	24	5	0	0		18	56	.420		.778	4.0	2.2	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
31	Kevin Porter	Oct 10, '72, BAL @ CLE	22	10	659	19107	3194	6617	3	16	1254	1701	353	1179	5314	830	72	1133	2251	7645	.483		.737	29.0	11.6	1.8	8.1	1.4	0.1
32	Jim Price	Oct 11, '72, LAL @ KCO	23	7	510	12815	2129	4798			830	1018	389	1566	1886	724	126	275	1369	5088	.444		.815	25.1	10.0	3.1	3.7	1.6	0.3
33	Mike Ratliff	Oct 11, '72, KCO vs. LAL	21	2	60	685	98	235			45	84	0	194	38	0	0		111	241	.417		.536	11.4	4.0	3.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
34	Tom Riker	Oct 10, '72, NYK vs. SEA	22	3	82	605	76	200			73	123	49	138	24	15	5		85	225	.380		.593	7.4	2.7	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.1
35	Ron Riley	Oct 11, '72, KCO vs. LAL	22	4	264	4852	665	1586			212	307	276	1368	318	106	67		655	1542	.419		.691	18.4	5.8	5.2	1.2	0.6	0.4
36	Frank Russell	Oct 13, '72, CHI @ DET	23	1	23	131	29	77			16	18		17	15				12	74	.377		.889	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7
37	Frank Schade	Nov 14, '72, KCO vs. BUF	23	1	9	76	2	7			6	6		6	10				12	10	.286		1.000	8.4	1.1	0.7	1.1
38	Sam Sibert	Dec 10, '72, KCO vs. ATL	23	1	5	26	4	13			4	5		4	0				4	12	.308		.800	5.2	2.4	0.8	0.0
39	Bud Stallworth	Oct 10, '72, SEA @ NYK	23	5	313	5489	1021	2466			361	526	190	861	213	129	51		686	2403	.414		.686	17.5	7.7	2.8	0.7	0.5	0.2
40	Paul Stovall	Oct 13, '72, PHO vs. MIL	24	1	25	211	26	76			24	38		61	13				37	76	.342		.632	8.4	3.0	2.4	0.5
					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	Chuck Terry	Oct 13, '72, MIL @ PHO	22	3	135	1800	187	492			65	86	44	291	83	60	10		240	439	.380		.756	13.3	3.3	2.2	0.6	0.9	0.1
42	Justus Thigpen	Feb 2, '73, DET vs. PHI	25	2	19	101	24	60			0	0	1	10	8	0	0		18	48	.400			5.3	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
43	John Tschogl	Feb 27, '73, ATL vs. SEA	22	3	113	1216	126	354			25	43	85	208	69	42	45		174	277	.356		.581	10.8	2.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.4
44	Paul Westphal*	Oct 11, '72, BOS @ DET	22	12	823	20947	5079	10084	55	200	2596	3166	393	1580	3591	1022	262	1117	1705	12809	.504		.820	25.5	15.6	1.9	4.4	1.3	0.3
45	Harthorne Wingo	Feb 2, '73, NYK @ BAL	25	4	212	2814	396	863			231	329	281	745	128	74	57		368	1023	.459		.702	13.3	4.8	3.5	0.6	0.4	0.3
46	Joby Wright	Oct 20, '72, SEA vs. GSW	22	1	77	931	133	278			37	89		218	36				164	303	.478		.416	12.1	3.9	2.8	0.5