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1979-80 Kansas City Kings Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (47-35)

Executive: John Begzos

PTS/G: 108.0 (15th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.9 (5th of 22)

SRS: 2.82 (8th of 22) Pace: 103.2 (10th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.0 (16th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.0 (2nd of 22) Net Rtg: +3.0 (7th of 22)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (7th of 22)

Arena: Kemper Arena

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

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
10	Otis Birdsong	SG	6-3	190	December 9, 1955	us	2	Houston
16	Tom Burleson	C	7-2	225	February 24, 1952	us	5	NC State
12	Terry Crosby	PG	6-4	195	January 4, 1957	us	R	Tennessee
41	Len Elmore	C	6-9	220	March 28, 1952	us	5	Maryland
1	Phil Ford	PG	6-2	175	February 9, 1956	us	1	UNC
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us	5	Virginia
23	Mike Green	C	6-10	200	August 6, 1951	us	6	Louisiana Tech
20	Ernie Grunfeld	SF	6-6	210	April 24, 1955	ro	2	Tennessee
51	Reggie King	PF	6-6	225	February 14, 1957	us	R	Alabama
44	Sam Lacey	C	6-10	235	March 28, 1948	us	9	New Mexico State
25	Billy McKinney	PG	6-0	160	June 5, 1955	us	1	Northwestern
4	Marlon Redmond	SG	6-6	188	April 15, 1955	us	1	San Francisco
52	Bill Robinzine	PF	6-7	230	January 20, 1953	us	4	DePaul
15	Scott Wedman	SF	6-7	215	July 29, 1952	us	5	Colorado

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	Otis Birdsong	24	82		35.2	9.5	18.9	.505	0.1	0.4	.278	9.4	18.4	.511	.508	3.5	5.0	.694	2.1	2.0	4.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.8	22.7
2	Scott Wedman	27	68		34.5	8.4	16.4	.512	0.1	0.3	.318	8.3	16.0	.516	.515	2.1	2.7	.801	1.7	4.0	5.7	2.1	1.2	0.7	1.6	3.4	19.0
3	Phil Ford	23	82		32.0	6.0	12.9	.462	0.0	0.3	.174	5.9	12.6	.469	.464	4.2	5.2	.818	0.4	1.7	2.1	7.4	1.7	0.0	3.4	2.5	16.2
4	Sam Lacey	31	81		29.8	3.7	8.4	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	8.3	.448	.448	1.7	2.3	.741	2.1	5.8	8.0	5.7	1.4	1.3	2.6	3.8	9.2
5	Reggie King	22	82		25.0	3.1	6.1	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	6.1	.516	.515	1.9	2.7	.726	2.2	4.7	6.9	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.8	8.2
6	Bill Robinzine	27	81		23.7	4.5	8.9	.501	0.0	0.0	.500	4.5	8.9	.501	.501	2.5	3.4	.730	2.3	4.2	6.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	1.8	3.8	11.4
7	Mike Green	28	21		21.9	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	7.5	.439	.434	1.1	2.0	.571	1.7	3.7	5.4	1.3	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.6	7.7
8	Ernie Grunfeld	24	80		17.5	2.3	5.3	.443	0.0	0.0	.500	2.3	5.2	.443	.444	1.3	1.6	.771	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.9	5.9
9	Billy McKinney	24	76		17.5	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.1	.100	2.7	5.9	.457	.450	1.4	1.8	.805	0.3	0.9	1.1	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.1	6.8
10	Len Elmore	27	58		15.8	1.8	4.2	.430	0.0	0.0		1.8	4.2	.430	.430	0.9	1.3	.689	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.1	0.7	0.7	1.2	2.7	4.5
11	Marlon Redmond	24	24		12.4	2.5	5.8	.428	0.0	0.4	.000	2.5	5.4	.457	.428	1.0	1.4	.706	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.1	5.9
12	Gus Gerard	26	73		11.9	2.2	4.8	.457	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	4.7	.458	.458	0.9	1.4	.660	1.1	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.3	5.3
13	Tom Burleson	27	37		7.4	1.0	2.8	.346	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.7	.356	.346	0.6	1.1	.575	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.6
14	Terry Crosby	23	4		7.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	.500	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.5

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	Scott Wedman	27	3		38.7	9.7	21.3	.453	0.7	1.0	.667	9.0	20.3	.443	.469	2.7	3.7	.727	2.0	5.0	7.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	3.0	22.7
2	Otis Birdsong	24	3		37.3	10.0	20.7	.484	0.0	1.0	.000	10.0	19.7	.508	.484	2.0	4.7	.429	3.7	4.0	7.7	2.3	1.3	0.0	2.0	1.7	22.0
3	Phil Ford	23	3		36.7	6.7	14.3	.465	1.0	1.3	.750	5.7	13.0	.436	.500	3.0	3.7	.818	0.0	2.0	2.0	8.7	1.7	0.0	4.0	2.0	17.3
4	Sam Lacey	31	3		33.7	2.7	7.0	.381	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.3	6.7	.350	.405	1.0	1.3	.750	2.0	5.3	7.3	4.3	2.3	0.7	2.7	3.7	6.7
5	Reggie King	22	3		25.7	3.3	7.0	.476	0.0	0.0		3.3	7.0	.476	.476	1.7	3.0	.556	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.3	8.3
6	Bill Robinzine	27	3		23.0	4.3	8.0	.542	0.0	0.0		4.3	8.0	.542	.542	2.3	3.3	.700	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	11.0
7	Len Elmore	27	3		14.3	1.3	4.3	.308	0.0	0.0		1.3	4.3	.308	.308	0.3	0.7	.500	2.0	1.7	3.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.0
8	Billy McKinney	24	3		11.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.3	.500	.400	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.3	1.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	1.3
9	Ernie Grunfeld	24	3		10.7	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.0	.556	.556	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.7
10	Gus Gerard	26	3		8.7	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0		1.3	3.3	.400	.400	0.7	1.3	.500	1.3	1.3	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.7	3.3

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	Otis Birdsong	24	82		2885	781	1546	.505	10	36	.278	771	1510	.511	.508	286	412	.694	170	161	331	202	136	22	179	226	1858
2	Phil Ford	23	82		2621	489	1058	.462	4	23	.174	485	1035	.469	.464	346	423	.818	29	143	172	610	136	4	282	208	1328
3	Sam Lacey	31	81		2412	303	677	.448	0	1	.000	303	676	.448	.448	137	185	.741	172	473	645	460	111	109	211	307	743
4	Scott Wedman	27	68		2347	569	1112	.512	7	22	.318	562	1090	.516	.515	145	181	.801	114	272	386	145	84	45	112	230	1290
5	Reggie King	22	82		2052	257	499	.515	0	1	.000	257	498	.516	.515	159	219	.726	184	382	566	106	69	31	100	230	673
6	Bill Robinzine	27	81		1917	362	723	.501	1	2	.500	361	721	.501	.501	200	274	.730	184	342	526	62	106	23	148	311	925
7	Ernie Grunfeld	24	80		1397	186	420	.443	1	2	.500	185	418	.443	.444	101	131	.771	87	145	232	109	56	9	81	151	474
8	Billy McKinney	24	76		1333	206	459	.449	1	10	.100	205	449	.457	.450	107	133	.805	20	66	86	248	58	5	89	87	520
9	Len Elmore	27	58		915	104	242	.430	0	0		104	242	.430	.430	51	74	.689	74	183	257	64	41	39	67	154	259
10	Gus Gerard	26	73		869	159	348	.457	1	3	.333	158	345	.458	.458	66	100	.660	77	100	177	43	41	26	49	96	385
11	Mike Green	28	21		459	69	159	.434	0	2	.000	69	157	.439	.434	24	42	.571	35	78	113	28	13	21	36	55	162
12	Marlon Redmond	24	24		298	59	138	.428	0	9	.000	59	129	.457	.428	24	34	.706	18	34	52	19	4	9	19	27	142
13	Tom Burleson	27	37		272	36	104	.346	0	3	.000	36	101	.356	.346	23	40	.575	23	49	72	20	8	13	25	49	95
14	Terry Crosby	23	4		28	2	4	.500	0	0		2	4	.500	.500	2	2	1.000	0	1	1	7	0	0	5	4	6
			82		19805	3582	7489	.478	25	114	.219	3557	7375	.482	.480	1671	2250	.743	1187	2429	3616	2123	863	356	1439	2135	8860

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	Scott Wedman	27	3		116	29	64	.453	2	3	.667	27	61	.443	.469	8	11	.727	6	15	21	9	1	3	2	9	68
2	Otis Birdsong	24	3		112	30	62	.484	0	3	.000	30	59	.508	.484	6	14	.429	11	12	23	7	4	0	6	5	66
3	Phil Ford	23	3		110	20	43	.465	3	4	.750	17	39	.436	.500	9	11	.818	0	6	6	26	5	0	12	6	52
4	Sam Lacey	31	3		101	8	21	.381	1	1	1.000	7	20	.350	.405	3	4	.750	6	16	22	13	7	2	8	11	20
5	Reggie King	22	3		77	10	21	.476	0	0		10	21	.476	.476	5	9	.556	7	18	25	4	1	0	2	10	25
6	Bill Robinzine	27	3		69	13	24	.542	0	0		13	24	.542	.542	7	10	.700	7	11	18	0	3	0	6	6	33
7	Len Elmore	27	3		43	4	13	.308	0	0		4	13	.308	.308	1	2	.500	6	5	11	1	3	1	4	4	9
8	Billy McKinney	24	3		34	2	5	.400	0	1	.000	2	4	.500	.400	0	0		2	1	3	8	0	0	3	2	4
9	Ernie Grunfeld	24	3		32	5	9	.556	0	0		5	9	.556	.556	1	3	.333	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	11
10	Gus Gerard	26	3		26	4	10	.400	0	0		4	10	.400	.400	2	4	.500	4	4	8	2	0	0	4	2	10

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	Otis Birdsong	24	82	2885	18.5	.538	.023	.266	6.1	6.2	6.1	11.1	2.2	0.4	9.4	26.4		4.9	3.7	8.6	.143		2.0	0.1	2.1	3.0
2	Phil Ford	23	82	2621	16.5	.534	.022	.400	1.1	6.1	3.5	32.4	2.4	0.1	18.5	23.3		2.7	3.4	6.1	.111		1.0	-0.2	0.8	1.8
3	Sam Lacey	31	81	2412	14.9	.490	.001	.273	7.4	21.8	14.3	24.5	2.1	2.6	21.8	16.1		0.8	4.8	5.6	.112		0.0	3.6	3.6	3.4
4	Scott Wedman	27	68	2347	16.9	.541	.020	.163	5.0	12.9	8.8	9.3	1.7	1.1	8.6	22.2		3.7	3.4	7.1	.145		1.1	0.5	1.5	2.1
5	Reggie King	22	82	2052	13.5	.565	.002	.439	9.3	20.7	14.8	6.6	1.6	0.9	14.4	13.5		2.8	3.4	6.2	.146		-0.5	0.9	0.3	1.2
6	Bill Robinzine	27	81	1917	15.3	.548	.003	.379	9.9	19.8	14.7	4.5	2.6	0.7	14.9	20.7		1.8	3.6	5.5	.137		-1.5	0.6	-0.8	0.6
7	Ernie Grunfeld	24	80	1397	10.9	.496	.005	.312	6.4	11.5	8.9	10.1	1.9	0.4	14.5	16.0		0.6	1.9	2.5	.087		-1.9	0.6	-1.3	0.3
8	Billy McKinney	24	76	1333	13.4	.502	.022	.290	1.6	5.5	3.5	24.8	2.0	0.2	14.7	18.2		1.1	1.6	2.7	.096		-0.6	0.2	-0.5	0.5
9	Len Elmore	27	58	915	10.6	.472	.000	.306	8.4	22.2	15.0	8.8	2.1	2.5	19.6	14.9		-0.3	1.8	1.5	.080		-3.5	2.1	-1.4	0.1
10	Gus Gerard	26	73	869	14.1	.491	.009	.287	9.2	12.8	10.9	6.9	2.2	1.7	11.1	20.3		0.5	1.4	1.9	.104		-0.8	0.6	-0.2	0.4
11	Mike Green	28	21	459	10.6	.456	.013	.264	7.9	18.9	13.2	8.1	1.3	2.7	16.9	18.6		-0.4	0.8	0.4	.044		-3.3	0.8	-2.5	-0.1
12	Marlon Redmond	24	24	298	12.0	.464	.065	.246	6.2	12.7	9.3	9.0	0.6	1.8	11.0	23.0		-0.1	0.4	0.3	.051		-1.9	-0.8	-2.7	0.0
13	Tom Burleson	27	37	272	7.8	.391	.029	.385	8.7	20.0	14.2	9.5	1.4	2.8	17.1	21.5		-0.6	0.5	-0.1	-0.012		-5.7	0.4	-5.3	-0.2
14	Terry Crosby	23	4	28	3.5	.615	.000	.500	0.0	4.0	1.9	30.0	0.0	0.0	50.6	14.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.051		-4.4	-0.4	-4.8	0.0

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	Scott Wedman	27	3	116	19.4	.494	.047	.172	5.2	14.9	9.7	12.6	0.4	1.5	2.8	25.2		0.3	0.1	0.4	.147		4.0	-0.2	3.8	0.2
2	Otis Birdsong	24	3	112	19.0	.484	.048	.226	9.9	12.3	11.0	10.4	1.8	0.0	8.1	27.3		0.1	0.1	0.2	.086		2.7	-0.5	2.2	0.1
3	Phil Ford	23	3	110	17.1	.543	.093	.256	0.0	6.3	2.9	34.4	2.3	0.0	20.1	22.5		0.1	0.1	0.2	.087		2.5	-0.1	2.4	0.1
4	Sam Lacey	31	3	101	11.0	.439	.048	.190	6.0	18.2	11.7	16.3	3.5	1.2	26.0	12.6		-0.1	0.1	0.1	.038		-1.9	3.5	1.6	0.1
5	Reggie King	22	3	77	13.6	.501	.000	.429	9.2	26.9	17.4	7.0	0.7	0.0	7.4	14.4		0.1	0.1	0.2	.112		-0.5	-0.2	-0.7	0.0
6	Bill Robinzine	27	3	69	16.3	.581	.000	.417	10.2	18.4	14.0	0.0	2.2	0.0	17.4	20.6		0.1	0.1	0.1	.095		0.0	-0.6	-0.6	0.0
7	Len Elmore	27	3	43	6.7	.324	.000	.154	14.1	13.4	13.7	3.0	3.5	1.4	22.4	17.2		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.073		-5.2	-0.7	-5.9	0.0
8	Billy McKinney	24	3	34	6.6	.400	.200	.000	5.9	3.4	4.7	29.1	0.0	0.0	37.5	9.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.028		-1.8	-2.2	-4.0	0.0
9	Ernie Grunfeld	24	3	32	9.9	.533	.000	.333	3.1	0.0	1.7	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	13.3		0.0	0.0	0.1	.081		-1.3	-0.4	-1.7	0.0
10	Gus Gerard	26	3	26	8.2	.425	.000	.400	15.5	17.7	16.5	10.8	0.0	0.0	25.4	25.0		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.109		-3.6	-3.4	-7.0	0.0

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