1979-80 NBA Rookies - Season Stats

1978-79 Rookies - Season Stats 1980-81 Rookies - Season Stats

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24.8/10.8/4.5)

Rookie of the Year: Larry Bird (21.3/10.4/4.5)

PPG Leader: George Gervin (33.1)

RPG Leader: Swen Nater (15.0)

APG Leader: Micheal Ray Richardson (10.1)

WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14.8)

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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	James Bailey	Oct 14, '79, SEA @ SDC	22	1	67	726	122	271	0	0	68	101	71	197	28	21	54	79	116	312	.450		.673	10.8	4.7	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.8
2	Billy Ray Bates	Feb 23, '80, POR @ DET	23	1	16	235	72	146	8	19	28	39	13	29	31	14	2	20	26	180	.493	.421	.718	14.7	11.3	1.8	1.9	0.9	0.1
3	Larry Bird*	Oct 12, '79, BOS vs. HOU	23	1	82	2955	693	1463	58	143	301	360	216	852	370	143	53	263	279	1745	.474	.406	.836	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6
4	Lawrence Boston	Mar 2, '80, WSB vs. IND	23	1	13	125	24	52	0	0	8	13	19	39	2	4	2	8	25	56	.462		.615	9.6	4.3	3.0	0.2	0.3	0.2
5	Dudley Bradley	Oct 12, '79, IND @ DET	22	1	82	2027	275	609	2	5	136	174	69	223	252	211	48	166	194	688	.452	.400	.782	24.7	8.4	2.7	3.1	2.6	0.6
6	Bill Cartwright	Oct 12, '79, NYK @ ATL	22	1	82	3150	665	1215	0	0	451	566	194	726	165	48	101	222	279	1781	.547		.797	38.4	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2
7	Jeff Cook	Oct 12, '79, PHO vs. GSW	23	1	66	904	129	275	0	3	104	129	90	241	84	28	18	71	102	362	.469	.000	.806	13.7	5.5	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.3
8	Hollis Copeland	Oct 12, '79, NYK @ ATL	24	1	75	1142	182	368	0	2	63	86	70	156	80	61	25	84	154	427	.495	.000	.733	15.2	5.7	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.3
9	John Coughran	Oct 12, '79, GSW @ PHO	28	1	24	160	29	81	2	9	8	14	2	19	12	7	1	13	24	68	.358	.222	.571	6.7	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0
10	Terry Crosby	Nov 13, '79, KCK vs. PHI	23	1	4	28	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	7	0	0	5	4	6	.500		1.000	7.0	1.5	0.3	1.8	0.0	0.0
11	Pat Cummings	Oct 13, '79, MIL @ DEN	23	1	71	900	187	370	0	0	94	123	81	238	53	22	17	74	141	468	.505		.764	12.7	6.6	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.2
12	Paul Dawkins	Oct 12, '79, UTA @ POR	22	1	57	776	141	300	1	5	33	48	42	125	77	33	9	76	112	316	.470	.200	.688	13.6	5.5	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2
13	Greg Deane	Oct 12, '79, UTA @ POR	22	1	7	48	2	11	1	1	5	7	2	6	6	0	0	3	3	10	.182	1.000	.714	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
14	Larry Demic	Oct 12, '79, NYK @ ATL	22	1	82	1872	230	528	0	0	110	183	195	483	64	56	30	168	306	570	.436		.601	22.8	7.0	5.9	0.8	0.7	0.4
15	Terry Duerod	Oct 12, '79, DET vs. IND	23	1	67	1331	282	598	15	53	45	66	29	98	117	41	11	79	102	624	.472	.283	.682	19.9	9.3	1.5	1.7	0.6	0.2
16	Earl Evans	Nov 1, '79, DET vs. CLE	24	1	36	381	63	140	7	18	24	42	26	75	37	14	1	36	64	157	.450	.389	.571	10.6	4.4	2.1	1.0	0.4	0.0
17	Mike Evans	Oct 13, '79, SAS vs. DET	24	1	79	1246	208	464	12	42	58	85	29	107	230	60	9	128	194	486	.448	.286	.682	15.8	6.2	1.4	2.9	0.8	0.1
18	Gary Garland	Oct 13, '79, DEN vs. MIL	22	1	78	1106	155	356	6	19	18	26	50	138	145	54	4	73	80	334	.435	.316	.692	14.2	4.3	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.1
19	Dave Greenwood	Oct 13, '79, CHI @ GSW	22	1	82	2791	498	1051	1	7	337	416	223	773	182	60	129	210	313	1334	.474	.143	.810	34.0	16.3	9.4	2.2	0.7	1.6
20	Roy Hamilton	Oct 12, '79, DET vs. IND	22	1	72	1116	115	287	0	2	103	150	45	107	192	48	5	118	82	333	.401	.000	.687	15.5	4.6	1.5	2.7	0.7	0.1
					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	Gerald Henderson	Oct 12, '79, BOS vs. HOU	24	1	76	1061	191	382	2	6	89	129	37	83	147	45	15	109	96	473	.500	.333	.690	14.0	6.2	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.2
22	Johnny High	Oct 12, '79, PHO vs. GSW	22	1	82	1121	144	323	1	7	120	178	69	173	119	71	15	123	172	409	.446	.143	.674	13.7	5.0	2.1	1.5	0.9	0.2
23	Brad Holland	Oct 19, '79, LAL vs. POR	23	1	38	197	44	104	3	15	15	16	4	17	22	15	1	13	24	106	.423	.200	.938	5.2	2.8	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.0
24	Phil Hubbard	Oct 12, '79, DET vs. IND	23	1	64	1189	210	451	0	2	165	220	114	320	70	48	10	120	202	585	.466	.000	.750	18.6	9.1	5.0	1.1	0.8	0.2
25	Geoff Huston	Oct 12, '79, NYK @ ATL	22	1	71	923	94	241	3	17	28	38	14	58	159	39	5	73	83	219	.390	.176	.737	13.0	3.1	0.8	2.2	0.5	0.1
26	Abdul Jeelani	Oct 12, '79, POR vs. UTA	25	1	77	1286	288	565	0	6	161	204	114	270	95	40	40	117	155	737	.510	.000	.789	16.7	9.6	3.5	1.2	0.5	0.5
27	Cheese Johnson	Mar 8, '80, GSW vs. MIL	22	1	9	53	12	30	0	0	3	5	6	14	2	1	0	4	11	27	.400		.600	5.9	3.0	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.0
28	Magic Johnson*	Oct 12, '79, LAL @ SDC	20	1	77	2795	503	949	7	31	374	462	166	596	563	187	41	305	218	1387	.530	.226	.810	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5
29	Vinnie Johnson	Oct 16, '79, SEA @ PHO	23	1	38	325	45	115	0	1	31	39	19	55	54	19	4	42	40	121	.391	.000	.795	8.6	3.2	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.1
30	Major Jones	Oct 12, '79, HOU @ BOS	26	1	82	1545	188	392	1	3	61	108	147	381	67	50	67	112	186	438	.480	.333	.565	18.8	5.3	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.8
31	Greg Kelser	Oct 12, '79, DET vs. IND	22	1	50	1233	280	593	3	15	146	203	124	276	108	60	34	140	176	709	.472	.200	.719	24.7	14.2	5.5	2.2	1.2	0.7
32	Irv Kiffin	Oct 13, '79, SAS vs. DET	28	1	26	212	32	96	0	0	18	25	12	40	19	10	2	30	43	82	.333		.720	8.2	3.2	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.1
33	Carl Kilpatrick	Mar 23, '80, UTA @ LAL	23	1	2	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.500		.500	3.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Reggie King	Oct 12, '79, KCK vs. MIL	22	1	82	2052	257	499	0	1	159	219	184	566	106	69	31	100	230	673	.515	.000	.726	25.0	8.2	6.9	1.3	0.8	0.4
35	Arvid Kramer	Mar 2, '80, DEN @ ATL	23	1	8	45	7	22	0	0	2	2	6	12	3	0	5	5	8	16	.318		1.000	5.6	2.0	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.6
36	Allen Leavell	Oct 24, '79, HOU vs. BOS	22	1	77	2123	330	656	3	19	180	221	57	184	417	127	28	205	197	843	.503	.158	.814	27.6	10.9	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4
37	Ollie Mack	Oct 26, '79, LAL vs. KCK	22	1	50	681	98	199	0	5	38	51	32	71	53	24	3	35	50	234	.492	.000	.745	13.6	4.7	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.1
38	Steve Malovic	Nov 3, '79, WSB vs. BOS	23	1	39	445	31	67	0	0	18	27	36	86	26	8	6	23	51	80	.463		.667	11.4	2.1	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.2
39	Paul Mokeski	Nov 28, '79, HOU vs. CLE	23	1	12	113	11	33	0	0	7	9	14	29	2	1	6	10	24	29	.333		.778	9.4	2.4	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.5
40	Sidney Moncrief*	Oct 12, '79, MIL @ KCK	22	1	77	1557	211	451	0	1	232	292	154	338	133	72	16	117	106	654	.468	.000	.795	20.2	8.5	4.4	1.7	0.9	0.2
					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	Calvin Natt	Oct 12, '79, NJN vs. CLE	23	1	78	2857	622	1298	3	9	306	419	239	691	169	102	34	198	205	1553	.479	.333	.730	36.6	19.9	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4
42	Sylvester Norris	Dec 21, '79, SAS @ BOS	22	1	17	189	18	43	0	0	4	6	10	43	6	3	12	19	41	40	.419		.667	11.1	2.4	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.7
43	Jim Paxson	Oct 12, '79, POR vs. UTA	22	1	72	1270	189	460	1	22	64	90	25	109	144	48	5	93	97	443	.411	.045	.711	17.6	6.2	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.1
44	Wiley Peck	Oct 23, '79, SAS vs. BOS	22	1	52	628	73	169	0	2	34	55	66	183	33	17	23	48	100	180	.432	.000	.618	12.1	3.5	3.5	0.6	0.3	0.4
45	Sam Pellom	Nov 27, '79, ATL @ SAS	28	1	44	373	44	108	0	0	21	30	28	92	18	12	12	18	70	109	.407		.700	8.5	2.5	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.3
46	Clint Richardson	Oct 26, '79, PHI vs. NYK	23	1	52	988	159	348	1	3	28	45	55	123	107	24	15	64	97	347	.457	.333	.622	19.0	6.7	2.4	2.1	0.5	0.3
47	Cliff Robinson	Oct 12, '79, NJN vs. CLE	19	1	70	1661	391	833	1	4	168	242	174	506	98	61	34	137	178	951	.469	.250	.694	23.7	13.6	7.2	1.4	0.9	0.5
48	Jim Spanarkel	Oct 17, '79, PHI @ NJN	22	1	40	442	72	153	0	2	54	65	27	54	51	12	6	57	58	198	.471	.000	.831	11.1	5.0	1.4	1.3	0.3	0.2
49	Bernard Toone	Oct 17, '79, PHI @ NJN	23	1	23	124	23	64	1	7	8	10	12	34	12	4	5	16	20	55	.359	.143	.800	5.4	2.4	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2
50	Duck Williams	Oct 12, '79, UTA @ POR	23	1	77	1794	232	519	0	12	42	60	21	106	183	100	11	107	166	506	.447	.000	.700	23.3	6.6	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1
51	Sly Williams	Oct 12, '79, NYK @ ATL	22	1	57	556	104	267	0	4	58	90	65	121	36	19	8	49	73	266	.390	.000	.644	9.8	4.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1
52	Bubba Wilson	Oct 12, '79, GSW @ PHO	24	1	16	143	7	25	0	0	3	6	6	16	12	2	0	8	11	17	.280		.500	8.9	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.1	0.0
53	Tony Zeno	Oct 12, '79, IND @ DET	22	1	8	59	6	21	0	0	2	2	3	14	1	4	3	9	13	14	.286		1.000	7.4	1.8	1.8	0.1	0.5	0.4