1977-78 NBA Rookies

1976-77 Rookies 1978-79 Rookies

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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Career Stats

1977-78 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	Tate Armstrong	Oct 18, '77, CHI @ CLE	22	2	92	975	159	350			32	40	31	88	105	33	0	79	64	350	.454		.800	10.6	3.8	1.0	1.1	0.4	0.0
2	Greg Ballard	Oct 21, '77, WSB vs. DET	23	11	802	22073	4220	8942	93	275	1420	1805	1434	4858	1733	877	256	1059	1807	9953	.472		.787	27.5	12.4	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.3
3	Kent Benson	Oct 18, '77, MIL vs. LAL	23	11	680	15719	2578	5224	7	34	1005	1327	1216	3881	1203	605	586	1069	1935	6168	.493		.757	23.1	9.1	5.7	1.8	0.9	0.9
4	Otis Birdsong	Oct 18, '77, KCK @ NYK	22	12	696	21627	5347	10562	49	179	1801	2748	920	2072	2260	858	143	1491	1783	12544	.506		.655	31.1	18.0	3.0	3.2	1.2	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	3	99	1139	184	440	1	1	71	101	39	151	74	24	7	80	125	440	.418		.703	11.5	4.4	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.1
8	Mike Bratz	Oct 18, '77, PHO vs. GSW	22	9	586	10613	1578	3880	150	492	775	934	310	1030	1851	548	59	854	1091	4081	.407		.830	18.1	7.0	1.8	3.2	0.9	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	10	674	17167	3057	5998	3	38	1696	2479	1506	4999	923	484	296	1438	2153	7813	.510		.684	25.5	11.6	7.4	1.4	0.7	0.4
11	Bob Carrington	Oct 18, '77, NJN @ DET	24	2	82	1787	268	626	0	2	136	179	76	187	120	69	24	123	223	672	.428		.760	21.8	8.2	2.3	1.5	0.8	0.3
12	Wesley Cox	Oct 18, '77, GSW @ PHO	23	2	74	813	122	296			98	192	60	206	23	34	15	80	150	342	.412		.510	11.0	4.6	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.2
13	Charlie Criss	Oct 22, '77, ATL vs. CLE	29	8	418	8960	1315	3045	19	106	885	1065	130	592	1335	366	21	640	589	3534	.432		.831	21.4	8.5	1.4	3.2	0.9	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	15	961	22302	2970	5820	270	841	1656	2001	301	1738	4709	756	146	1377	2139	7866	.510		.828	23.2	8.2	1.8	4.9	0.8	0.2
16	Walter Davis*	Oct 18, '77, PHO vs. GSW	23	15	1033	28859	8118	15871	157	577	3128	3676	889	3053	3878	1280	133	2541	2454	19521	.511		.851	27.9	18.9	3.0	3.8	1.2	0.1
17	Jacky Dorsey	Oct 22, '77, DEN @ DET	23	3	60	449	56	144	0	0	31	57	46	141	16	12	6	28	89	143	.389		.544	7.5	2.4	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.1
18	T.R. Dunn	Oct 22, '77, POR vs. SAS	22	14	993	23080	2030	4443	1	20	972	1341	1729	4371	1631	1316	252	815	2072	5033	.457		.725	23.2	5.1	4.4	1.6	1.3	0.3
19	James Edwards	Oct 18, '77, LAL @ MIL	22	19	1168	28356	5802	11724	1	21	3257	4666	1804	6004	1499	420	867	1931	4042	14862	.495		.698	24.3	12.7	5.1	1.3	0.4	0.7
20	Bo Ellis	Oct 19, '77, DEN vs. MIL	23	3	168	1984	236	548	0	3	141	193	182	482	113	69	84	145	320	613	.431		.731	11.8	3.6	2.9	0.7	0.4	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
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	2	139	2130	229	510			111	218	194	565	296	52	71	191	256	569	.449		.509	15.3	4.1	4.1	2.1	0.4	0.5
23	Mike Glenn	Dec 14, '77, BUF @ PHO	22	10	593	9617	1958	3611	8	28	572	669	152	710	952	318	43	429	893	4496	.542		.855	16.2	7.6	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1
24	Glen Gondrezick	Oct 18, '77, NYK vs. KCK	22	6	435	7545	979	2069	2	14	584	807	730	1964	605	485	117	453	1101	2544	.473		.724	17.3	5.8	4.5	1.4	1.1	0.3
25	Rickey Green	Oct 18, '77, GSW @ PHO	23	14	946	23271	3594	7669	39	188	1643	2035	474	1819	5221	1348	51	1583	1452	8870	.469		.807	24.6	9.4	1.9	5.5	1.4	0.1
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	9	693	12916	2065	4328	33	98	961	1248	516	1815	1419	472	134	801	1511	5124	.477		.770	18.6	7.4	2.6	2.0	0.7	0.2
28	Joe Hassett	Oct 19, '77, SEA @ GSW	22	6	292	3642	712	1691	194	577	105	122	102	307	386	126	17	178	361	1723	.421		.861	12.5	5.9	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.1
29	Eddie Johnson	Oct 22, '77, ATL vs. CLE	22	10	675	19975	4015	8436	104	319	2029	2564	470	1522	3436	761	89	1717	1706	10163	.476		.791	29.6	15.1	2.3	5.1	1.1	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	11	691	23694	5733	11065	14	92	2412	3265	1829	4817	2502	888	525	1627	1766	13892	.518		.739	34.3	20.1	7.0	3.6	1.3	0.8
32	Eddie Jordan	Oct 18, '77, CLE vs. CHI	23	7	420	8507	1349	3256	22	98	694	909	216	788	1595	766	96	897	893	3414	.414		.763	20.3	8.1	1.9	3.8	1.8	0.2
33	Bernard King*	Oct 18, '77, NJN @ DET	21	14	874	29417	7830	15109	23	134	3972	5444	1704	5060	2863	866	230	2791	2885	19655	.518		.730	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3
34	Toby Knight	Oct 18, '77, NYK vs. KCK	22	4	283	7331	1602	3087	0	2	436	589	556	1444	335	242	185	444	896	3640	.519		.740	25.9	12.9	5.1	1.2	0.9	0.7
35	John Kuester	Oct 18, '77, KCK @ NYK	22	3	135	1527	173	405	0	1	105	126	27	141	305	83	3	122	180	451	.427		.833	11.3	3.3	1.0	2.3	0.6	0.0
36	Tom LaGarde	Oct 19, '77, DEN vs. MIL	22	6	312	6194	870	1882	0	2	636	994	504	1593	456	94	131	534	860	2376	.462		.640	19.9	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.3	0.4
37	Mark Landsberger	Oct 19, '77, CHI @ HOU	22	7	437	7306	1024	2128	0	3	420	805	1041	2681	236	124	70	473	692	2468	.481		.522	16.7	5.6	6.1	0.5	0.3	0.2
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	11	835	23769	3433	6293	1	19	3598	4592	2108	5261	1862	671	433	1841	2273	10465	.546		.784	28.5	12.5	6.3	2.2	0.8	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	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	2	32	242	36	88			26	45	27	69	21	8	10	25	40	98	.409		.578	7.6	3.1	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.3
43	Norm Nixon	Oct 18, '77, LAL @ MIL	22	10	768	27250	5219	10805	100	340	1527	1978	473	1991	6386	1187	71	2368	1983	12065	.483		.772	35.5	15.7	2.6	8.3	1.5	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	10	718	15763	1975	4092	13	59	936	1202	1061	3731	872	384	794	686	1989	4899	.483		.779	22.0	6.8	5.2	1.2	0.5	1.1
46	Robert Reid	Oct 21, '77, HOU @ KCK	22	13	919	25109	4443	9706	103	354	1459	1992	1167	4168	2500	973	403	1319	2893	10448	.458		.732	27.3	11.4	4.5	2.7	1.1	0.4
47	Anthony Roberts	Oct 19, '77, DEN vs. MIL	22	5	213	3867	679	1650	0	1	300	429	333	837	265	89	13	256	501	1658	.412		.699	18.2	7.8	3.9	1.2	0.4	0.1
48	Tony Robertson	Nov 10, '77, ATL @ HOU	22	2	75	1003	183	421			43	62	21	80	107	82	5	96	143	409	.435		.694	13.4	5.5	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.1
49	Tree Rollins	Oct 22, '77, ATL vs. CLE	22	18	1156	24028	2592	4963	0	7	1065	1522	2148	6750	660	512	2542	1057	3377	6249	.522		.700	20.8	5.4	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.2
50	Alvin Scott	Oct 18, '77, PHO vs. GSW	22	8	627	10853	1171	2436	4	20	742	1012	661	1992	847	404	371	617	1034	3088	.481		.733	17.3	4.9	3.2	1.4	0.6	0.6
51	Steve Sheppard	Oct 18, '77, CHI @ CLE	23	2	106	977	155	338			57	90	92	178	62	22	4	71	98	367	.459		.633	9.2	3.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.0
52	Jack Sikma*	Oct 19, '77, SEA @ GSW	22	14	1107	36943	6396	13792	203	618	4292	5053	2542	10816	3488	1162	1048	2586	3879	17287	.464		.849	33.4	15.6	9.8	3.2	1.0	0.9
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	7	229	3118	417	958	10	42	291	332	70	288	401	119	21	194	382	1135	.435		.877	13.6	5.0	1.3	1.8	0.5	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	2	100	1700	318	640			95	157	138	450	57	49	104	161	261	731	.497		.605	17.0	7.3	4.5	0.6	0.5	1.0
57	Ray Williams	Oct 18, '77, NYK vs. KCK	23	10	655	18462	3962	8794	91	384	2143	2673	814	2370	3779	1198	208	2099	2165	10158	.451		.802	28.2	15.5	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.3