1980-81 NBA Rookies

1979-80 Rookies 1981-82 Rookies

League Champion: Boston Celtics

Most Valuable Player: Julius Erving (24.6/8.0/4.4)

Rookie of the Year: Darrell Griffith (20.6/3.6/2.4)

PPG Leader: Adrian Dantley (30.7)

RPG Leader: Moses Malone (14.8)

APG Leader: Kevin Porter (9.1)

WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14.3)

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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	Darrell Allums	Oct 11, '80, DAL vs. SAS	22	1	22	276	23	67	0	1	13	22	19	65	25	5	8	23	51	59	.343	.000	.591	12.5	2.7	3.0	1.1	0.2	0.4
2	Norman Black	Dec 21, '80, DET @ SDC	23	1	3	28	3	10	0	0	2	8	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	8	.300		.250	9.3	2.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0
3	Dave Britton	Dec 23, '80, WSB @ ATL	22	1	2	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	2	4	.667			4.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0
4	Michael Brooks	Oct 10, '80, SDC vs. HOU	22	6	319	9372	1673	3445	5	33	735	1029	826	2001	818	387	124	638	981	4086	.486	.152	.714	29.4	12.8	6.3	2.6	1.2	0.4
5	Lewis Brown	Jan 15, '81, WSB @ DET	25	1	2	5	0	3	0	0	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000		.400	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
6	Rickey Brown	Oct 10, '80, GSW @ PHO	22	5	340	4487	614	1322	0	3	254	381	422	1200	119	95	114	301	796	1482	.464	.000	.667	13.2	4.4	3.5	0.4	0.3	0.3
7	Joe Barry Carroll	Oct 10, '80, GSW @ PHO	22	10	705	22838	5021	10583	0	13	2413	3232	1690	5404	1264	687	1121	1964	2212	12455	.474	.000	.747	32.4	17.7	7.7	1.8	1.0	1.6
8	Butch Carter	Oct 12, '80, LAL vs. HOU	22	6	361	6814	1290	2717	54	176	503	638	234	546	683	321	43	479	792	3137	.475	.307	.788	18.9	8.7	1.5	1.9	0.9	0.1
9	Reggie Carter	Oct 11, '80, NYK vs. MIL	23	2	135	1459	178	459	0	3	115	149	65	164	206	58	8	116	192	471	.388	.000	.772	10.8	3.5	1.2	1.5	0.4	0.1
10	Art Collins	Feb 3, '81, ATL vs. PHI	26	1	29	395	35	99	0	2	24	36	19	41	25	11	1	32	35	94	.354	.000	.667	13.6	3.2	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.0
11	Don Collins	Oct 11, '80, ATL vs. CHI	22	6	303	6134	1235	2548	2	29	511	682	429	837	546	332	98	548	755	2983	.485	.069	.749	20.2	9.8	2.8	1.8	1.1	0.3
12	Darwin Cook	Oct 10, '80, NJN vs. IND	22	8	612	14156	2479	5475	55	280	807	1056	424	1308	2248	1044	203	1122	1315	5820	.453	.196	.764	23.1	9.5	2.1	3.7	1.7	0.3
13	Earl Cureton	Oct 10, '80, PHI vs. MIL	23	12	674	12420	1545	3263	0	16	530	985	1189	3172	678	341	361	728	1535	3620	.473	.000	.538	18.4	5.4	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.5
14	Monti Davis	Oct 18, '80, PHI vs. WSB	22	1	2	10	1	5	0	0	1	5	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	.200		.200	5.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
15	James Donaldson	Oct 10, '80, SEA vs. LAL	23	14	957	26222	3105	5442	0	0	1993	2722	2060	7492	765	336	1267	1454	2025	8203	.571		.732	27.4	8.6	7.8	0.8	0.4	1.3
16	Larry Drew	Oct 10, '80, DET vs. WSB	22	10	714	18370	3308	7085	118	405	1376	1724	259	1265	3702	791	45	1565	1286	8110	.467	.291	.798	25.7	11.4	1.8	5.2	1.1	0.1
17	Ralph Drollinger	Oct 11, '80, DAL vs. SAS	26	1	6	67	7	14	0	0	1	4	5	19	14	1	2	13	16	15	.500		.250	11.2	2.5	3.2	2.3	0.2	0.3
18	John Duren	Oct 11, '80, UTA @ KCK	22	3	201	2947	317	729	3	25	75	100	60	226	411	104	11	205	400	712	.435	.120	.750	14.7	3.5	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.1
19	Tony Fuller	Oct 10, '80, DET vs. WSB	22	1	15	248	24	66	0	1	12	16	13	42	28	10	1	23	25	60	.364	.000	.750	16.5	4.0	2.8	1.9	0.7	0.1
20	Calvin Garrett	Oct 10, '80, HOU @ SDC	24	4	166	3008	375	820	6	20	99	129	139	436	242	94	18	165	327	855	.457	.300	.767	18.1	5.2	2.6	1.5	0.6	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	Mike Gminski	Oct 10, '80, NJN vs. IND	21	14	938	24058	4208	9047	6	49	2531	3002	2082	6480	1203	507	989	1368	1574	10953	.465	.122	.843	25.6	11.7	6.9	1.3	0.5	1.1
22	Darrell Griffith	Oct 10, '80, UTA vs. POR	22	10	765	21403	5237	11305	530	1596	1387	1961	780	2519	1627	931	242	1632	1689	12391	.463	.332	.707	28.0	16.2	3.3	2.1	1.2	0.3
23	Bill Hanzlik	Oct 12, '80, SEA @ POR	23	10	748	15534	1836	4232	46	216	1696	2171	691	2058	2058	727	205	1090	2222	5414	.434	.213	.781	20.8	7.2	2.8	2.8	1.0	0.3
24	Alan Hardy	Oct 10, '80, LAL @ SEA	23	2	60	421	84	195	0	5	25	39	22	53	23	10	13	31	45	193	.431	.000	.641	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.2
25	Mike Harper	Oct 10, '80, POR @ UTA	23	2	123	1894	240	506	0	4	133	238	155	432	71	78	102	124	302	613	.474	.000	.559	15.4	5.0	3.5	0.6	0.6	0.8
26	Cedrick Hordges	Oct 10, '80, DEN vs. SAS	24	2	145	2971	425	894	3	16	246	385	239	853	169	59	38	231	456	1099	.475	.188	.639	20.5	7.6	5.9	1.2	0.4	0.3
27	Tony Jackson	Nov 7, '80, LAL @ DAL	23	1	2	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	.333			7.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
28	Lee Johnson	Oct 12, '80, HOU @ LAL	23	1	12	90	7	25	0	0	3	5	6	22	1	0	5	7	18	17	.280		.600	7.5	1.4	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.4
29	Reggie Johnson	Oct 10, '80, SAS @ DEN	23	4	305	5979	1065	2109	1	7	433	605	432	1238	262	128	169	393	913	2564	.505	.143	.716	19.6	8.4	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.6
30	Edgar Jones	Nov 14, '80, NJN @ BOS	24	6	363	6960	1207	2384	16	61	827	1164	562	1745	331	220	455	563	1164	3257	.506	.262	.710	19.2	9.0	4.8	0.9	0.6	1.3
31	Walter Jordan	Oct 10, '80, CLE @ BOS	24	1	30	207	29	75	0	0	10	17	23	42	11	11	5	17	35	68	.387		.588	6.9	2.3	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.2
32	Clarence Kea	Feb 11, '81, DAL @ PHO	21	2	51	447	63	130	0	1	72	104	54	128	19	10	4	32	99	198	.485	.000	.692	8.8	3.9	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.1
33	Chad Kinch	Oct 10, '80, CLE @ BOS	22	1	41	353	52	141	0	0	14	18	7	33	45	11	6	30	33	118	.369		.778	8.6	2.9	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.1
34	Wayne Kreklow	Oct 10, '80, BOS vs. CLE	24	1	25	100	11	47	1	4	7	10	2	12	9	2	1	10	20	30	.234	.250	.700	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0
35	Bill Laimbeer	Oct 10, '80, CLE @ BOS	23	14	1068	33956	5574	11198	202	619	2440	2916	2819	10400	2184	710	965	1594	3633	13790	.498	.326	.837	31.8	12.9	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.9
36	Edmund Lawrence	Jan 27, '81, DET @ DEN	28	1	3	19	5	8	0	0	2	4	2	4	1	1	0	1	6	12	.625		.500	6.3	4.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
37	Ronnie Lester	Oct 24, '80, CHI vs. WSB	22	6	250	4959	679	1449	5	22	453	575	148	473	1003	187	32	474	395	1816	.469	.227	.788	19.8	7.3	1.9	4.0	0.7	0.1
38	Kyle Macy	Oct 10, '80, PHO vs. GSW	23	7	551	14246	2175	4339	192	569	717	821	311	1214	2198	631	49	712	1081	5259	.501	.337	.873	25.9	9.5	2.2	4.0	1.1	0.1
39	Rick Mahorn	Oct 10, '80, WSB @ DET	22	18	1117	25779	3098	6286	5	38	1562	2218	1814	6957	1082	633	1007	1456	3499	7763	.493	.132	.704	23.1	6.9	6.2	1.0	0.6	0.9
40	Wes Matthews	Oct 10, '80, WSB @ DET	21	9	465	9305	1463	3059	36	160	692	878	172	626	1955	444	81	963	964	3654	.478	.225	.788	20.0	7.9	1.3	4.2	1.0	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	Bill Mayfield	Feb 27, '81, GSW @ DEN	23	1	7	54	8	18	0	0	1	2	7	9	1	0	1	3	8	17	.444		.500	7.7	2.4	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
42	Keith McCord	Dec 23, '80, WSB @ ATL	23	1	2	9	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	.500			4.5	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
43	Kevin McHale*	Oct 10, '80, BOS vs. CLE	23	13	971	30118	6830	12334	41	157	3634	4554	2358	7122	1670	344	1690	1893	2758	17335	.554	.261	.798	31.0	17.9	7.3	1.7	0.4	1.7
44	Dick Miller	Nov 11, '80, IND @ SAS	22	1	8	53	4	9	0	1	0	0	2	7	5	4	0	8	5	8	.444	.000		6.6	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.0
45	Johnny Moore	Oct 10, '80, SAS @ DEN	22	9	520	13430	1998	4343	94	374	800	1123	391	1548	3866	1017	116	1163	1325	4890	.460	.251	.712	25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	2.0	0.2
46	Lowes Moore	Oct 11, '80, NJN @ CLE	23	3	112	2118	312	706	11	55	117	156	59	227	316	89	19	159	266	752	.442	.200	.750	18.9	6.7	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.2
47	Kenny Natt	Oct 15, '80, IND vs. CHI	22	3	49	388	65	156	2	10	18	29	17	40	41	12	1	35	57	150	.417	.200	.621	7.9	3.1	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0
48	Carl Nicks	Oct 10, '80, DEN vs. SAS	22	3	156	2579	450	973	0	10	167	293	112	297	249	132	7	228	342	1067	.462	.000	.570	16.5	6.8	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.0
49	Mike Niles	Oct 10, '80, PHO vs. GSW	25	1	44	231	48	138	2	4	17	37	26	58	15	8	1	25	41	115	.348	.500	.459	5.3	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.0
50	Mike O'Koren	Oct 10, '80, NJN vs. IND	22	8	407	8810	1449	2960	35	129	422	648	489	1391	856	311	89	541	894	3355	.490	.271	.651	21.6	8.2	3.4	2.1	0.8	0.2
51	Jawann Oldham	Oct 10, '80, DEN vs. SAS	23	10	329	5241	608	1269	0	3	239	394	431	1353	162	97	546	362	820	1455	.479	.000	.607	15.9	4.4	4.1	0.5	0.3	1.7
52	Louis Orr	Oct 10, '80, IND @ NJN	22	8	569	13353	2125	4539	3	36	1292	1642	903	2117	853	455	163	788	1133	5545	.468	.083	.787	23.5	9.7	3.7	1.5	0.8	0.3
53	Myles Patrick	Nov 14, '80, LAL vs. SDC	26	1	3	9	2	5	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	5	.400		.500	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0
54	Tony Price	Oct 11, '80, SDC @ GSW	24	1	5	29	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	3	4	.286			5.8	0.8	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.2
55	Wally Rank	Oct 11, '80, SDC @ GSW	22	1	25	153	21	57	0	0	13	28	17	30	17	7	1	26	33	55	.368		.464	6.1	2.2	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.0
56	Kelvin Ransey	Oct 12, '80, POR vs. SEA	22	6	474	11586	2207	4862	20	152	946	1209	227	901	2480	472	34	958	923	5380	.454	.132	.782	24.4	11.4	1.9	5.2	1.0	0.1
57	James Ray	Oct 21, '80, DEN vs. HOU	23	3	103	843	136	318	1	3	61	97	68	228	76	38	39	100	173	334	.428	.333	.629	8.2	3.2	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.4
58	Billy Reid	Oct 10, '80, GSW @ PHO	23	1	59	597	84	185	0	5	22	39	27	60	71	33	5	78	111	190	.454	.000	.564	10.1	3.2	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.1
59	Wayne Robinson	Oct 10, '80, DET vs. WSB	22	1	81	1592	234	509	0	6	175	240	117	294	112	46	24	149	186	643	.460	.000	.729	19.7	7.9	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.3
60	Lorenzo Romar	Oct 10, '80, GSW @ PHO	22	5	291	5188	720	1553	19	90	272	363	66	385	1022	244	29	350	393	1731	.464	.211	.749	17.8	5.9	1.3	3.5	0.8	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
61	DeWayne Scales	Oct 14, '80, NYK vs. PHI	22	3	49	521	98	235	1	6	27	43	49	140	10	14	5	34	58	224	.417	.167	.628	10.6	4.6	2.9	0.2	0.3	0.1
62	Craig Shelton	Oct 11, '80, ATL vs. CHI	23	2	59	607	102	225	0	1	36	60	60	141	27	19	5	61	131	240	.453	.000	.600	10.3	4.1	2.4	0.5	0.3	0.1
63	Jerry Sichting	Oct 10, '80, IND @ NJN	24	10	598	12732	1789	3531	48	177	515	601	196	817	1962	439	19	657	940	4141	.507	.271	.857	21.3	6.9	1.4	3.3	0.7	0.0
64	Larry Smith	Oct 10, '80, GSW @ PHO	23	13	883	22879	2519	4743	0	7	866	1630	3401	8125	941	699	457	1280	2966	5904	.531	.000	.531	25.9	6.7	9.2	1.1	0.8	0.5
65	Rory Sparrow	Dec 19, '80, NJN @ PHI	22	12	836	22550	3264	7008	101	389	928	1164	441	1755	4192	828	103	1534	1915	7557	.466	.260	.797	27.0	9.0	2.1	5.0	1.0	0.1
66	John Stroud	Dec 10, '80, HOU vs. LAL	23	1	9	88	11	34	0	0	3	4	7	13	9	1	0	4	7	25	.324		.750	9.8	2.8	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.0
67	Carlos Terry	Oct 18, '80, WSB @ PHI	24	3	94	1078	122	281	0	11	41	61	75	227	124	54	27	82	162	285	.434	.000	.672	11.5	3.0	2.4	1.3	0.6	0.3
68	Andrew Toney	Oct 28, '80, PHI @ CLE	23	8	468	12608	2859	5718	138	403	1602	2010	235	1009	1965	369	105	1394	1341	7458	.500	.342	.797	26.9	15.9	2.2	4.2	0.8	0.2
69	Ronnie Valentine	Dec 2, '80, DEN vs. CHI	23	1	24	123	37	98	1	2	9	19	10	30	7	7	4	16	23	84	.378	.500	.474	5.1	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
70	Kiki Vandeweghe	Dec 10, '80, DEN vs. DAL	22	13	810	24521	6139	11699	218	592	3484	3997	893	2785	1668	468	243	1310	1560	15980	.525	.368	.872	30.3	19.7	3.4	2.1	0.6	0.3
71	Brett Vroman	Oct 11, '80, UTA @ KCK	25	1	11	93	10	27	0	1	14	19	7	25	9	5	5	9	26	34	.370	.000	.737	8.5	3.1	2.3	0.8	0.5	0.5
72	Hawkeye Whitney	Oct 11, '80, KCK vs. UTA	23	2	70	1048	174	377	2	7	54	72	42	146	87	59	7	62	129	404	.462	.286	.750	15.0	5.8	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.1
73	Michael Wiley	Nov 26, '80, SAS vs. CHI	23	2	94	1284	279	497	0	7	134	189	89	246	63	48	22	99	165	692	.561	.000	.709	13.7	7.4	2.6	0.7	0.5	0.2
74	James Wilkes	Oct 11, '80, CHI @ ATL	22	3	114	1531	224	484	0	3	99	137	107	274	104	58	31	101	220	547	.463	.000	.723	13.4	4.8	2.4	0.9	0.5	0.3
75	Jeff Wilkins	Dec 4, '80, UTA vs. DEN	25	6	454	10004	1501	3270	0	10	573	771	597	2574	462	178	246	631	1203	3575	.459	.000	.743	22.0	7.9	5.7	1.0	0.4	0.5
76	Mike Woodson	Oct 11, '80, NYK vs. MIL	22	11	786	20021	4368	9364	120	443	2125	2615	655	1838	1822	952	275	1331	1847	10981	.466	.271	.813	25.5	14.0	2.3	2.3	1.2	0.3
77	Sam Worthen	Oct 11, '80, CHI @ ATL	23	2	69	967	97	197	0	4	45	60	23	116	118	57	6	93	118	239	.492	.000	.750	14.0	3.5	1.7	1.7	0.8	0.1