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1976-77 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 50-32, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Larry Brown (50-32)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 112.6 (2nd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.4 (14th of 22)

SRS: 4.95 (2nd of 22) Pace: 111.2 (2nd of 22)

Off Rtg: 100.7 (7th of 22) Def Rtg: 96.1 (1st of 22) Net Rtg: +4.7 (2nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (2nd of 22)

Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

NBA 1977 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

Recent Game Results

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

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
40	Byron Beck	PF	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	us	9	Columbia Basin College, Denver
20	Mack Calvin	PG	6-0	165	July 27, 1947	us	7	Long Beach City College, USC
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us	2	Virginia
25, 44	Dan Issel	C	6-9	235	October 25, 1948	us	6	Kentucky
24	Bobby Jones	PF	6-9	210	December 18, 1951	us	2	UNC
12	Ted McClain	SG	6-1	180	August 30, 1946	us	5	Tennessee State
11, 15	Jim Price	PG	6-3	195	November 27, 1949	us	4	Louisville
35	Paul Silas	PF	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	us	12	Creighton
21	Fatty Taylor	PG	6-0	175	March 13, 1946	us	7	Dodge City Community College, La Salle
33	David Thompson	SG	6-4	195	July 13, 1954	us	1	NC State
13	Monte Towe	PG	5-7	150	September 27, 1953	us	1	NC State
10	Marvin Webster	C	7-1	225	April 13, 1952	us	1	Morgan State University
11	Chuck Williams	PG	6-2	175	June 6, 1946	us	6	Colorado
42	Willie Wise	SF	6-5	210	March 3, 1947	us	7	City College of San Francisco, Drake University

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	David Thompson	22	82		36.6	10.0	19.8	.507				10.0	19.8	.507	.507	5.8	7.6	.766	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6		2.9	25.9
2	Dan Issel	28	79		31.7	8.4	16.2	.515				8.4	16.2	.515	.515	5.6	7.1	.797	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4		3.1	22.3
3	Bobby Jones	25	82		29.5	6.1	10.7	.570				6.1	10.7	.570	.570	2.9	4.0	.717	2.1	6.1	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0		2.9	15.1
4	Ted McClain	30	72		27.8	3.4	7.7	.445				3.4	7.7	.445	.445	1.4	1.8	.744	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.5	1.5	0.2		3.5	8.2
5	Jim Price	27	55		25.2	3.4	7.7	.445				3.4	7.7	.445	.445	1.1	1.3	.797	0.7	2.6	3.3	3.8	1.7	0.3		3.3	7.9
6	Paul Silas	33	81		24.2	2.5	7.1	.360				2.5	7.1	.360	.360	2.1	3.1	.667	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.6	0.7	0.3		2.3	7.2
7	Mack Calvin	29	29		21.6	3.4	7.8	.444				3.4	7.8	.444	.444	4.2	5.0	.854	0.7	1.0	1.7	4.0	0.9	0.0		1.8	11.1
8	Fatty Taylor	30	79		19.6	1.7	4.0	.420				1.7	4.0	.420	.420	0.5	0.8	.569	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.6	1.7	0.1		2.6	3.8
9	Gus Gerard	23	24		19.0	4.2	8.8	.481				4.2	8.8	.481	.481	1.6	2.3	.679	1.6	2.6	4.2	2.0	0.9	1.3		3.0	10.0
10	Willie Wise	29	75		18.7	3.2	6.8	.462				3.2	6.8	.462	.462	1.9	2.9	.651	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.9	0.8	0.2		2.4	8.2
11	Marvin Webster	24	80		16.0	2.5	5.0	.495				2.5	5.0	.495	.495	1.8	2.8	.650	1.9	4.2	6.1	0.8	0.3	1.5		1.9	6.7
12	Chuck Williams	30	21		14.8	1.7	4.4	.376				1.7	4.4	.376	.376	1.4	1.9	.769	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.4	0.0		1.2	4.8
13	Byron Beck	32	53		9.1	2.0	4.6	.435				2.0	4.6	.435	.435	0.7	0.8	.818	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.0		1.1	4.7
14	Monte Towe	23	51		8.0	1.1	2.7	.406				1.1	2.7	.406	.406	0.4	0.5	.720	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0		1.2	2.5

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	David Thompson	22	6		39.5	9.3	20.2	.463				9.3	20.2	.463	.463	6.0	8.8	.679	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7		3.7	24.7
2	Dan Issel	28	6		37.0	8.2	16.0	.510				8.2	16.0	.510	.510	5.7	7.5	.756	3.0	6.7	9.7	2.8	0.8	0.7		3.3	22.0
3	Bobby Jones	25	6		31.2	5.2	10.7	.484				5.2	10.7	.484	.484	1.7	2.8	.588	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.8	2.3		4.2	12.0
4	Ted McClain	30	6		28.3	3.2	7.7	.413				3.2	7.7	.413	.413	1.0	1.3	.750	0.8	1.5	2.3	4.5	1.7	0.3		2.0	7.3
5	Jim Price	27	6		26.3	3.2	8.8	.358				3.2	8.8	.358	.358	0.8	1.3	.625	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.2	2.0	0.2		3.0	7.2
6	Paul Silas	33	6		23.5	2.3	5.5	.424				2.3	5.5	.424	.424	2.2	4.0	.542	2.7	4.0	6.7	2.7	0.3	0.7		3.8	6.8
7	Mack Calvin	29	6		18.7	3.2	6.7	.475				3.2	6.7	.475	.475	4.0	4.8	.828	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.2	0.2	0.0		2.2	10.3
8	Willie Wise	29	6		17.7	2.3	6.8	.341				2.3	6.8	.341	.341	2.8	4.2	.680	1.0	3.7	4.7	0.5	0.0	0.2		2.7	7.5
9	Marvin Webster	24	6		16.0	2.2	4.3	.500				2.2	4.3	.500	.500	0.7	1.0	.667	2.3	4.3	6.7	0.5	0.3	1.8		2.0	5.0
10	Monte Towe	23	1		6.0	2.0	3.0	.667				2.0	3.0	.667	.667	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	4.0
11	Byron Beck	32	5		5.8	0.6	1.8	.333				0.6	1.8	.333	.333	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.6
12	Fatty Taylor	30	1		1.0	0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	David Thompson	22	82		3001	824	1626	.507				824	1626	.507	.507	477	623	.766	138	196	334	337	114	53		236	2125
2	Dan Issel	28	79		2507	660	1282	.515				660	1282	.515	.515	445	558	.797	211	485	696	177	91	29		246	1765
3	Bobby Jones	25	82		2419	501	879	.570				501	879	.570	.570	236	329	.717	174	504	678	264	186	162		238	1238
4	Ted McClain	30	72		2002	245	551	.445				245	551	.445	.445	99	133	.744	52	177	229	324	106	13		255	589
5	Paul Silas	33	81		1959	206	572	.360				206	572	.360	.360	170	255	.667	236	370	606	132	58	23		183	582
6	Fatty Taylor	30	79		1548	132	314	.420				132	314	.420	.420	37	65	.569	90	121	211	288	132	9		202	301
7	Willie Wise	29	75		1403	237	513	.462				237	513	.462	.462	142	218	.651	76	177	253	142	60	18		180	616
8	Jim Price	27	55		1384	188	422	.445				188	422	.445	.445	59	74	.797	41	143	184	208	96	14		181	435
9	Marvin Webster	24	80		1276	198	400	.495				198	400	.495	.495	143	220	.650	152	332	484	62	23	118		149	539
10	Mack Calvin	29	29		625	100	225	.444				100	225	.444	.444	123	144	.854	19	30	49	115	27	1		53	323
11	Byron Beck	32	53		480	107	246	.435				107	246	.435	.435	36	44	.818	45	51	96	33	15	1		59	250
12	Gus Gerard	23	24		456	101	210	.481				101	210	.481	.481	38	56	.679	38	62	100	49	21	30		73	240
13	Monte Towe	23	51		409	56	138	.406				56	138	.406	.406	18	25	.720	8	26	34	87	16	0		61	130
14	Chuck Williams	30	21		311	35	93	.376				35	93	.376	.376	30	39	.769	8	26	34	44	8	0		26	100
			82		19780	3590	7471	.481				3590	7471	.481	.481	2053	2783	.738	1288	2700	3988	2262	953	471	2011	2142	9233

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	David Thompson	22	6		237	56	121	.463				56	121	.463	.463	36	53	.679	13	18	31	24	9	4		22	148
2	Dan Issel	28	6		222	49	96	.510				49	96	.510	.510	34	45	.756	18	40	58	17	5	4		20	132
3	Bobby Jones	25	6		187	31	64	.484				31	64	.484	.484	10	17	.588	11	24	35	21	17	14		25	72
4	Ted McClain	30	6		170	19	46	.413				19	46	.413	.413	6	8	.750	5	9	14	27	10	2		12	44
5	Jim Price	27	6		158	19	53	.358				19	53	.358	.358	5	8	.625	6	18	24	25	12	1		18	43
6	Paul Silas	33	6		141	14	33	.424				14	33	.424	.424	13	24	.542	16	24	40	16	2	4		23	41
7	Mack Calvin	29	6		112	19	40	.475				19	40	.475	.475	24	29	.828	1	8	9	13	1	0		13	62
8	Willie Wise	29	6		106	14	41	.341				14	41	.341	.341	17	25	.680	6	22	28	3	0	1		16	45
9	Marvin Webster	24	6		96	13	26	.500				13	26	.500	.500	4	6	.667	14	26	40	3	2	11		12	30
10	Byron Beck	32	5		29	3	9	.333				3	9	.333	.333	2	2	1.000	2	4	6	1	0	0		5	8
11	Monte Towe	23	1		6	2	3	.667				2	3	.667	.667	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	4
12	Fatty Taylor	30	1		1	0	0					0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	David Thompson	22	82	3001	19.8	.559		.383	4.8	6.5	5.7	17.7	1.6	0.9				7.6	3.1	10.7	.172		3.1	-0.6	2.5	3.4
2	Dan Issel	28	79	2507	21.2	.578		.435	8.8	19.3	14.2	11.0	1.6	0.6				7.1	3.8	10.9	.208		3.1	-0.4	2.7	3.0
3	Bobby Jones	25	82	2419	21.1	.605		.374	7.5	20.8	14.3	15.6	3.3	3.4				5.5	5.5	11.0	.219		3.3	3.6	7.0	5.5
4	Ted McClain	30	72	2002	10.9	.483		.241	2.7	8.8	5.8	20.6	2.3	0.3				0.2	2.5	2.7	.065		-2.5	1.0	-1.5	0.3
5	Paul Silas	33	81	1959	10.8	.425		.446	12.6	18.8	15.8	8.4	1.3	0.6				-0.2	2.8	2.5	.062		-1.7	-0.7	-2.4	-0.2
6	Fatty Taylor	30	79	1548	11.1	.439		.207	6.1	7.8	7.0	22.6	3.7	0.3				-0.3	2.5	2.1	.066		-2.2	2.7	0.5	1.0
7	Willie Wise	29	75	1403	13.3	.506		.425	5.7	12.6	9.2	13.7	1.8	0.7				0.7	1.9	2.5	.087		-1.3	0.1	-1.2	0.3
8	Jim Price	27	55	1384	11.8	.478		.175	3.1	10.3	6.8	19.5	3.0	0.5				0.1	2.1	2.2	.076		-2.4	1.9	-0.5	0.5
9	Marvin Webster	24	80	1276	16.7	.542		.550	12.5	25.9	19.4	6.5	0.8	4.7				1.4	2.5	3.9	.146		0.0	1.0	0.9	1.0
10	Mack Calvin	29	29	625	17.0	.560		.640	3.2	4.8	4.0	24.6	1.9	0.1				1.2	0.6	1.8	.140		0.9	-0.7	0.1	0.3
11	Byron Beck	32	53	480	13.2	.471		.179	9.8	10.6	10.2	10.0	1.3	0.1				0.3	0.5	0.8	.078		-1.3	-1.7	-3.1	-0.1
12	Gus Gerard	23	24	456	16.9	.511		.267	8.7	13.6	11.2	15.7	2.0	3.4				0.3	0.8	1.1	.115		-0.2	1.5	1.4	0.4
13	Monte Towe	23	51	409	10.3	.436		.181	2.1	6.3	4.2	27.6	1.7	0.0				-0.3	0.4	0.1	.013		-3.7	-0.7	-4.5	-0.3
14	Chuck Williams	30	21	311	9.8	.454		.419	2.7	8.3	5.6	17.8	1.1	0.0				0.0	0.3	0.3	.041		-2.7	-0.7	-3.4	-0.1

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	David Thompson	22	6	237	17.5	.513		.438	5.7	8.2	6.9	17.5	1.7	0.9				0.4	0.2	0.6	.120		3.3	-1.1	2.2	0.2
2	Dan Issel	28	6	222	19.3	.570		.469	8.4	19.6	13.8	12.9	1.0	1.0				0.6	0.2	0.9	.185		4.6	-0.7	3.9	0.3
3	Bobby Jones	25	6	187	16.7	.504		.266	6.1	13.9	9.9	17.3	4.1	4.1				0.1	0.4	0.5	.135		2.0	3.9	5.9	0.4
4	Ted McClain	30	6	170	11.0	.444		.174	3.0	5.7	4.4	22.6	2.7	0.6				0.0	0.2	0.2	.065		0.6	0.8	1.4	0.1
5	Jim Price	27	6	158	10.7	.380		.151	3.9	12.4	8.0	22.8	3.4	0.3				-0.2	0.2	0.1	.024		-1.6	1.4	-0.3	0.1
6	Paul Silas	33	6	141	11.9	.471		.727	11.7	18.5	15.0	15.8	0.6	1.6				0.0	0.1	0.2	.057		-0.6	-0.3	-0.9	0.0
7	Mack Calvin	29	6	112	15.4	.588		.725	0.9	7.8	4.3	18.0	0.4	0.0				0.3	0.1	0.3	.135		1.1	-2.1	-1.0	0.0
8	Willie Wise	29	6	106	9.1	.433		.610	5.9	22.5	14.0	4.1	0.0	0.5				-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.005		-3.7	-2.9	-6.6	-0.1
9	Marvin Webster	24	6	96	16.0	.524		.231	15.1	29.4	22.1	4.6	0.9	6.3				0.1	0.2	0.3	.147		1.8	1.1	2.9	0.1
10	Byron Beck	32	5	29	5.6	.405		.222	7.1	15.0	11.0	4.8	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.011		-3.9	-3.0	-6.9	0.0
11	Monte Towe	23	1	6	20.8	.667		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	34.6	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.273		8.1	-0.9	7.3	0.0
12	Fatty Taylor	30	1	1	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.004		-2.3	-2.0	-4.4	0.0

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