1977-78 NBA Rookies - Season Stats

1976-77 Rookies - Season Stats 1978-79 Rookies - Season Stats

League Champion: Washington Bullets

Most Valuable Player: Bill Walton (18.9/13.2/5.0)

Rookie of the Year: Walter Davis (24.2/6.0/3.4)

PPG Leader: George Gervin (27.2)

RPG Leader: Truck Robinson (15.7)

APG Leader: Kevin Porter (10.2)

WS Leader: David Thompson (12.7)

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1977-78 Stats

Rookies

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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	Tate Armstrong	Oct 18, '77, CHI @ CLE	22	1	66	716	131	280			22	27	24	68	74	23	0	58	42	284	.468		.815	10.8	4.3	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.0
2	Greg Ballard	Oct 21, '77, WSB vs. DET	23	1	76	936	142	334			88	114	102	266	62	30	13	64	90	372	.425		.772	12.3	4.9	3.5	0.8	0.4	0.2
3	Kent Benson	Oct 18, '77, MIL vs. LAL	23	1	69	1288	220	473			92	141	89	295	99	69	54	119	177	532	.465		.652	18.7	7.7	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.8
4	Otis Birdsong	Oct 18, '77, KCK @ NYK	22	1	73	1878	470	955			216	310	70	175	174	74	12	145	179	1156	.492		.697	25.7	15.8	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2
5	Phil Bond	Oct 22, '77, HOU vs. BOS	23	1	7	21	2	6			0	0	1	4	2	1	0	2	1	4	.333			3.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0
6	Jim Bostic	Apr 5, '78, DET @ PHI	25	1	4	48	12	22			2	5	8	16	3	0	0	3	5	26	.545		.400	12.0	6.5	4.0	0.8	0.0	0.0
7	Alonzo Bradley	Dec 26, '77, HOU vs. KCK	24	1	43	798	130	304			43	59	24	99	54	16	6	55	83	303	.428		.729	18.6	7.0	2.3	1.3	0.4	0.1
8	Mike Bratz	Oct 18, '77, PHO vs. GSW	22	1	80	933	159	395			56	68	42	115	123	39	5	89	104	374	.403		.824	11.7	4.7	1.4	1.5	0.5	0.1
9	Wayman Britt	Oct 18, '77, DET vs. NJN	25	1	7	16	3	10			3	4	1	4	2	1	0	1	3	9	.300		.750	2.3	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0
10	Kenny Carr	Dec 4, '77, LAL vs. DEN	22	1	52	733	134	302			55	85	53	208	26	18	14	89	127	323	.444		.647	14.1	6.2	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.3
11	Bob Carrington	Oct 18, '77, NJN @ DET	24	1	72	1653	253	589			130	171	70	174	117	65	23	118	205	636	.430		.760	23.0	8.8	2.4	1.6	0.9	0.3
12	Wesley Cox	Oct 18, '77, GSW @ PHO	23	1	43	453	69	173			58	100	42	143	12	21	10	36	82	196	.399		.580	10.5	4.6	3.3	0.3	0.5	0.2
13	Charlie Criss	Oct 22, '77, ATL vs. CLE	29	1	77	1935	319	751			236	296	24	121	294	108	5	150	143	874	.425		.797	25.1	11.4	1.6	3.8	1.4	0.1
14	Mark Crow	Oct 18, '77, NJN @ DET	23	1	15	154	35	80			14	20	14	27	8	5	1	12	24	84	.438		.700	10.3	5.6	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.1
15	Brad Davis	Oct 21, '77, LAL @ DEN	22	1	33	334	30	72			22	29	4	35	83	15	2	35	39	82	.417		.759	10.1	2.5	1.1	2.5	0.5	0.1
16	Walter Davis*	Oct 18, '77, PHO vs. GSW	23	1	81	2590	786	1494			387	466	158	484	273	113	20	283	242	1959	.526		.830	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2
17	Jacky Dorsey	Oct 22, '77, DEN @ DET	23	1	11	88	12	31			10	16	11	30	5	2	3	6	17	34	.387		.625	8.0	3.1	2.7	0.5	0.2	0.3
18	T.R. Dunn	Oct 22, '77, POR vs. SAS	22	1	63	768	100	240			37	56	63	147	45	46	8	35	74	237	.417		.661	12.2	3.8	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.1
19	James Edwards	Oct 18, '77, LAL @ MIL	22	1	83	2405	495	1093			272	421	197	615	85	53	78	169	322	1262	.453		.646	29.0	15.2	7.4	1.0	0.6	0.9
20	Bo Ellis	Oct 19, '77, DEN vs. MIL	23	1	78	1213	133	320			72	104	114	304	73	49	47	99	208	338	.416		.692	15.6	4.3	3.9	0.9	0.6	0.6
					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 Fleming	Oct 19, '77, SEA @ GSW	23	1	20	97	15	31			10	17	13	30	7	0	5	16	16	40	.484		.588	4.9	2.0	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.3
22	Bayard Forrest	Oct 18, '77, PHO vs. GSW	23	1	64	887	111	238			49	103	84	250	129	23	34	84	105	271	.466		.476	13.9	4.2	3.9	2.0	0.4	0.5
23	Mike Glenn	Dec 14, '77, BUF @ PHO	22	1	56	947	195	370			51	65	14	79	78	35	5	50	98	441	.527		.785	16.9	7.9	1.4	1.4	0.6	0.1
24	Glen Gondrezick	Oct 18, '77, NYK vs. KCK	22	1	72	1017	131	339			83	121	92	250	83	56	18	82	181	345	.386		.686	14.1	4.8	3.5	1.2	0.8	0.3
25	Rickey Green	Oct 18, '77, GSW @ PHO	23	1	76	1098	143	375			54	90	49	116	149	58	1	79	95	340	.381		.600	14.4	4.5	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.0
26	Greg Griffin	Oct 18, '77, PHO vs. GSW	25	1	36	422	61	169			23	36	44	103	24	16	0	39	56	145	.361		.639	11.7	4.0	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.0
27	Ernie Grunfeld	Oct 18, '77, MIL vs. LAL	22	1	73	1261	204	461			94	143	70	194	145	54	19	98	150	502	.443		.657	17.3	6.9	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.3
28	Joe Hassett	Oct 19, '77, SEA @ GSW	22	1	48	404	91	205			10	12	14	36	41	21	0	34	45	192	.444		.833	8.4	4.0	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.0
29	Eddie Johnson	Oct 22, '77, ATL vs. CLE	22	1	79	1875	332	686			164	201	51	153	235	100	4	168	232	828	.484		.816	23.7	10.5	1.9	3.0	1.3	0.1
30	Larry Johnson	Oct 19, '77, BUF vs. KCK	23	1	4	38	3	13			0	2	1	5	7	5	2	3	3	6	.231		.000	9.5	1.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.5
31	Marques Johnson	Oct 18, '77, MIL vs. LAL	21	1	80	2765	628	1204			301	409	292	847	190	92	103	175	221	1557	.522		.736	34.6	19.5	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3
32	Eddie Jordan	Oct 18, '77, CLE vs. CHI	23	1	73	1213	215	538			131	167	35	119	177	126	19	106	94	561	.400		.784	16.6	7.7	1.6	2.4	1.7	0.3
33	Bernard King*	Oct 18, '77, NJN @ DET	21	1	79	3092	798	1665			313	462	265	751	193	122	36	311	302	1909	.479		.677	39.1	24.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5
34	Toby Knight	Oct 18, '77, NYK vs. KCK	22	1	80	1169	222	465			63	97	121	321	38	50	28	97	211	507	.477		.649	14.6	6.3	4.0	0.5	0.6	0.4
35	John Kuester	Oct 18, '77, KCK @ NYK	22	1	78	1215	145	319			87	105	19	114	252	58	1	97	143	377	.455		.829	15.6	4.8	1.5	3.2	0.7	0.0
36	Tom LaGarde	Oct 19, '77, DEN vs. MIL	22	1	77	868	96	237			114	150	75	214	47	17	17	101	146	306	.405		.760	11.3	4.0	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.2
37	Mark Landsberger	Oct 19, '77, CHI @ HOU	22	1	62	926	127	251			91	157	110	301	41	21	6	69	78	345	.506		.580	14.9	5.6	4.9	0.7	0.3	0.1
38	Rich Laurel	Dec 9, '77, MIL @ SEA	23	1	10	57	10	31			4	4	6	10	3	3	1	4	10	24	.323		1.000	5.7	2.4	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.1
39	Ricky Marsh	Oct 18, '77, GSW @ PHO	23	1	60	851	123	289			23	33	16	75	90	29	19	50	111	269	.426		.697	14.2	4.5	1.3	1.5	0.5	0.3
40	Cedric Maxwell	Oct 19, '77, BOS @ SAS	22	1	72	1213	170	316			188	250	138	379	68	53	48	122	151	528	.538		.752	16.8	7.3	5.3	0.9	0.7	0.7
					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	Larry Moffett	Oct 22, '77, HOU vs. BOS	23	1	20	110	5	17			6	10	10	21	7	2	2	8	16	16	.294		.600	5.5	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.1
42	Glenn Mosley	Oct 19, '77, PHI vs. DET	22	1	6	21	5	13			3	7	0	5	2	0	0	5	5	13	.385		.429	3.5	2.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0
43	Norm Nixon	Oct 18, '77, LAL @ MIL	22	1	81	2779	496	998			115	161	41	239	553	138	7	251	259	1107	.497		.714	34.3	13.7	3.0	6.8	1.7	0.1
44	Eddie Owens	Mar 12, '78, BUF vs. POR	24	1	8	63	9	21			3	6	5	10	5	1	0	3	9	21	.429		.500	7.9	2.6	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.0
45	Ben Poquette	Oct 22, '77, DET vs. DEN	22	1	52	626	95	225			42	60	50	145	20	10	22	40	69	232	.422		.700	12.0	4.5	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4
46	Robert Reid	Oct 21, '77, HOU @ KCK	22	1	80	1849	261	574			63	96	111	359	121	67	51	81	277	585	.455		.656	23.1	7.3	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.6
47	Anthony Roberts	Oct 19, '77, DEN vs. MIL	22	1	82	1598	311	736			153	212	135	351	105	40	7	118	212	775	.423		.722	19.5	9.5	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.1
48	Tony Robertson	Nov 10, '77, ATL @ HOU	22	1	63	929	168	381			37	53	15	70	103	74	5	88	133	373	.441		.698	14.7	5.9	1.1	1.6	1.2	0.1
49	Tree Rollins	Oct 22, '77, ATL vs. CLE	22	1	80	1795	253	520			104	148	179	552	79	57	218	121	326	610	.487		.703	22.4	7.6	6.9	1.0	0.7	2.7
50	Alvin Scott	Oct 18, '77, PHO vs. GSW	22	1	81	1538	180	369			132	191	135	357	88	52	40	85	158	492	.488		.691	19.0	6.1	4.4	1.1	0.6	0.5
51	Steve Sheppard	Oct 18, '77, CHI @ CLE	23	1	64	698	119	262			37	56	67	131	43	14	3	46	72	275	.454		.661	10.9	4.3	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.0
52	Jack Sikma*	Oct 19, '77, SEA @ GSW	22	1	82	2238	342	752			192	247	196	678	134	68	40	186	300	876	.455		.777	27.3	10.7	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5
53	Scott Sims	Oct 22, '77, SAS @ POR	22	1	12	95	10	26			10	15	5	13	20	3	0	19	16	30	.385		.667	7.9	2.5	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.0
54	Robert Smith	Oct 19, '77, DEN vs. MIL	22	1	45	378	50	97			21	24	6	36	39	18	3	20	52	121	.515		.875	8.4	2.7	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.1
55	Phil Walker	Oct 21, '77, WSB vs. DET	21	1	40	384	57	161			64	96	21	52	54	14	5	62	39	178	.354		.667	9.6	4.5	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.1
56	Wilson Washington	Nov 12, '77, PHI @ WSB	22	1	38	561	100	206			29	53	50	156	10	18	37	63	75	229	.485		.547	14.8	6.0	4.1	0.3	0.5	1.0
57	Ray Williams	Oct 18, '77, NYK vs. KCK	23	1	81	1550	305	689			146	207	85	209	363	108	15	242	211	756	.443		.705	19.1	9.3	2.6	4.5	1.3	0.2