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1962-63 Chicago Zephyrs Roster and Stats

Record: 25-55, Finished 5th in NBA Western Division

Coach: Jack McMahon (12-26), Slick Leonard (13-29)

Executive: Frank Lane

PTS/G: 109.9 (8th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 114.0 (4th of 9)

SRS: -3.63 (8th of 9) Pace: 112.2 (9th of 9)

Off Rtg: 97.5 (3rd of 9) Def Rtg: 101.1 (9th of 9) Net Rtg: -3.6 (8th of 9)

Expected W-L: 30-50 (8th of 9)

Arena: Chicago Coliseum

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
8	Walt Bellamy	C	6-11	225	July 24, 1939	us US	1	Indiana
35	Barney Cable	SF	6-7	175	July 29, 1935	us US	4	Bradley
25	Johnny Cox	SG	6-4	180	November 1, 1936	us US	R	Kentucky
43	Terry Dischinger	SF	6-7	189	November 21, 1940	us US	R	Purdue
22	Al Ferrari	G-F	6-4	190	July 6, 1933	us US	5	Michigan State
16	Si Green	PG	6-2	185	August 20, 1933	us US	5	Duquesne
52, 54	Charlie Hardnett	PF	6-8	225	September 13, 1938	us US	R	Grambling State University
22	Maurice King	PG	6-2	195	March 12, 1935	us US	1	Kansas
21	Slick Leonard	PG	6-3	185	July 17, 1932	us US	6	Indiana
23	Nick Mantis	SG	6-3	190	December 7, 1935	us US	1	Northwestern
12	Billy McGill	C	6-9	225	September 16, 1939	us US	R	Utah
44	Don Nelson	SF	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	us US	R	Iowa
20	Mel Nowell	SG	6-2	170	December 27, 1939		R	Ohio State
35	Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	6-7	220	July 11, 1934	us US	5	Texas Southern
34	Jeff Slade	F	6-6	220	March 1, 1941	us US	R	Kenyon College
14	Larry Staverman	PF	6-7	205	October 11, 1936	us US	3	Thomas More College
23	Ralph Wells	G	6-1	180	September 3, 1940		R	Northwestern

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Walt Bellamy	23	C	80	41.3	10.5	19.9	.527	6.9	10.3	.674	16.4	2.9	3.5	27.9	MVP-11,AS
2	Terry Dischinger	22	SF	57	40.2	9.2	18.0	.512	7.1	9.2	.770	8.0	3.1	3.3	25.5	MVP-8,ROY-1,AS
3	Si Green	29	PG	73	36.3	4.4	10.7	.411	2.9	4.2	.683	4.6	5.8	3.8	11.7
4	Woody Sauldsberry	28		54	30.8	5.6	14.7	.384	1.6	2.4	.685	6.8	1.2	3.2	12.9
5	Barney Cable	27	SF	19	28.5	3.5	8.6	.402	1.1	1.7	.636	5.7	2.2	2.6	8.1
6	Slick Leonard	30	PG	32	27.5	2.6	7.7	.343	1.8	2.7	.694	2.1	4.5	2.6	7.1
7	Maurice King	27	PG	37	25.8	2.5	6.5	.390	0.8	0.9	.824	2.8	3.8	2.4	5.8
8	Johnny Cox	26	SG	73	23.1	3.3	7.8	.421	1.3	1.8	.704	3.8	1.9	2.0	7.8
9	Charlie Hardnett	24	PF	78	21.2	3.9	8.8	.441	2.9	4.5	.645	7.7	0.9	2.9	10.6
10	Nick Mantis	27	SG	33	19.0	2.6	6.8	.384	0.7	1.2	.600	2.4	2.3	2.5	5.9
11	Larry Staverman	26	PF	33	18.2	2.8	5.9	.485	1.5	1.9	.790	4.8	1.3	2.8	7.2
12	Don Nelson	22	SF	62	17.3	2.1	4.7	.440	2.6	3.6	.729	4.5	1.2	2.2	6.8
13	Ralph Wells	22		3	16.0	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	2.3	.000	2.0	2.3	2.0	0.7
14	Mel Nowell	23	SG	39	15.1	2.4	6.1	.388	1.2	1.7	.727	1.7	2.2	2.2	5.9
15	Billy McGill	23	C	60	9.8	3.0	5.9	.513	1.3	2.0	.672	2.7	0.6	2.0	7.4
16	Al Ferrari	29		18	7.7	0.7	2.1	.324	0.8	0.9	.824	0.7	0.8	1.2	2.1
17	Jeff Slade	21		3	6.7	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	0.0	1.0	1.3
	Team Totals			80	25.6	42.1	93.1	.453	25.7	36.8	.698	64.3	22.2	25.8	109.9

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Walt Bellamy	23	C	80	3306	9.1	17.4	.527	6.0	8.9	.674	14.3	2.5	3.1	24.3	MVP-11,AS
2	Si Green	29	PG	73	2648	4.4	10.6	.411	2.8	4.2	.683	4.6	5.7	3.7	11.6
3	Terry Dischinger	22	SF	57	2294	8.2	16.1	.512	6.3	8.2	.770	7.2	2.7	3.0	22.8	MVP-8,ROY-1,AS
4	Johnny Cox	26	SG	73	1685	5.1	12.1	.421	2.0	2.9	.704	6.0	3.0	3.2	12.2
5	Woody Sauldsberry	28		54	1664	6.6	17.1	.384	1.9	2.8	.685	7.9	1.4	3.7	15.1
6	Charlie Hardnett	24	PF	78	1657	6.5	14.8	.441	4.9	7.6	.645	13.1	1.6	4.9	18.0
7	Don Nelson	22	SF	62	1071	4.3	9.8	.440	5.4	7.4	.729	9.4	2.4	4.6	14.1
8	Maurice King	27	PG	37	954	3.5	9.1	.390	1.1	1.3	.824	3.8	5.4	3.3	8.2
9	Slick Leonard	30	PG	32	879	3.4	10.0	.343	2.4	3.5	.694	2.8	5.9	3.4	9.3
10	Nick Mantis	27	SG	33	626	4.9	12.9	.384	1.4	2.3	.600	4.5	4.4	4.7	11.3
11	Larry Staverman	26	PF	33	602	5.6	11.6	.485	2.9	3.7	.790	9.4	2.6	5.6	14.2
12	Billy McGill	23	C	60	590	11.0	21.5	.513	4.9	7.3	.672	9.8	2.3	7.2	27.0
13	Mel Nowell	23	SG	39	589	5.6	14.5	.388	2.9	4.0	.727	4.1	5.1	5.3	14.2
14	Barney Cable	27	SF	19	541	4.4	10.9	.402	1.4	2.2	.636	7.3	2.7	3.3	10.2
15	Al Ferrari	29		18	138	3.1	9.7	.324	3.7	4.4	.824	3.1	3.7	5.5	9.9
16	Ralph Wells	22		3	48	0.7	5.2	.143	0.0	5.2	.000	4.5	5.2	4.5	1.5
17	Jeff Slade	21		3	20	3.6	9.0	.400	0.0	1.8	.000	12.6	0.0	5.4	7.2