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1980-81 Kansas City Kings Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 40-42, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (40-42)

Executive: Jeffrey Cohen

PTS/G: 106.9 (14th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.9 (10th of 23)

SRS: -0.49 (13th of 23) Pace: 101.3 (10th of 23)

Off Rtg: 104.7 (14th of 23) Def Rtg: 104.7 (9th of 23) Net Rtg: +0.0 (12th of 23)

Expected W-L: 41-41 (13th of 23)

Arena: Kemper Arena Attendance: 336,385 (17th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (1-4) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

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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	Birth	Exp	College
10	Otis Birdsong	SG	6-3	190	December 9, 1955	us US	3	Houston
13	Leon Douglas	C	6-10	230	August 26, 1954	us US	4	Alabama
1	Phil Ford	PG	6-2	175	February 9, 1956	us US	2	UNC
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us US	6	Virginia
20	Ernie Grunfeld	SF	6-6	210	April 24, 1955	ro RO	3	Tennessee
51	Reggie King	PF	6-6	225	February 14, 1957	us US	1	Alabama
44	Sam Lacey	C	6-10	235	March 28, 1948	us US	10	New Mexico State
24	John Lambert	PF	6-10	225	January 14, 1953	us US	5	USC
50	Joe Meriweather	C	6-10	215	October 26, 1953	us US	5	Southern Illinois
4	Frankie Sanders	SF	6-6	200	January 23, 1957	us US	1	Southern University and A&M College
11, 12	Lloyd Walton	PG	6-0	160	November 23, 1953	us US	4	Marquette
15	Scott Wedman	SF	6-7	215	July 29, 1952	us US	6	Colorado
12	Jo Jo White	PG	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	us US	11	Kansas
43	Hawkeye Whitney	SG	6-5	235	June 22, 1957	us US	R	NC State

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

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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	25	71		36.5	10.0	18.4	.544	0.1	0.5	.286	9.9	17.9	.551	.547	4.5	6.4	.697	1.7	2.0	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	2.4	24.6
2	Scott Wedman	28	81		35.8	8.5	17.7	.477	0.3	1.0	.325	8.1	16.8	.485	.485	1.7	2.5	.686	1.6	3.8	5.3	2.8	1.2	0.6	2.0	3.6	19.0
3	Phil Ford	24	66		34.7	6.4	13.4	.478	0.2	0.5	.306	6.3	12.9	.485	.484	4.5	5.4	.831	0.4	1.5	1.9	8.8	1.5	0.1	3.7	2.9	17.5
4	Reggie King	23	81		33.9	5.8	10.7	.544	0.0	0.0		5.8	10.7	.544	.544	3.3	4.8	.684	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.5	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.8	14.9
5	Sam Lacey	32	82		27.2	2.9	6.5	.442	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	6.5	.444	.443	1.1	1.4	.786	1.6	5.5	7.1	4.9	1.2	1.5	2.2	3.7	6.9
6	Joe Meriweather	27	74		20.5	2.8	5.6	.496	0.0	0.0		2.8	5.6	.496	.496	2.0	2.9	.695	1.7	3.6	5.3	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.7	3.0	7.6
7	Ernie Grunfeld	25	79		20.1	3.3	6.2	.535	0.0	0.0		3.3	6.2	.535	.535	0.9	1.3	.743	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.0	7.5
8	Jo Jo White	34	13		18.2	2.8	6.3	.439	0.0	0.0		2.8	6.3	.439	.439	0.8	1.4	.611	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.6	6.4
9	Leon Douglas	26	79		17.2	2.3	4.1	.573	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	4.1	.578	.573	1.3	2.4	.548	1.9	3.0	4.9	0.9	0.3	0.5	1.1	3.2	6.0
10	Hawkeye Whitney	23	47		16.6	3.2	6.5	.487	0.0	0.1	.333	3.1	6.4	.490	.490	1.1	1.4	.769	0.6	1.6	2.3	1.4	1.0	0.1	1.0	2.1	7.4
11	Lloyd Walton	27	61		13.5	1.5	3.6	.413	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	3.6	.415	.413	0.4	0.5	.788	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.4	0.5	0.0	1.3	0.7	3.4
12	John Lambert	28	43		11.0	1.5	3.7	.406	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	3.7	.411	.406	0.4	0.5	.783	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.7	3.4
13	Frankie Sanders	24	23		8.1	1.5	3.3	.442	0.0	0.0		1.5	3.3	.442	.442	0.9	1.0	.909	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.9	0.9	3.8
14	Gus Gerard	27	16		7.7	1.2	3.2	.373	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	3.0	.396	.373	1.2	1.8	.655	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.5	3.6

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	28	15		43.8	8.6	19.8	.434	0.6	2.1	.281	8.0	17.7	.453	.449	2.7	3.7	.714	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.4	20.5
2	Ernie Grunfeld	25	15		42.2	6.5	13.4	.488	0.1	0.3	.500	6.4	13.1	.487	.493	3.6	4.5	.806	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.9	2.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	16.8
3	Reggie King	23	15		41.3	8.1	16.5	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	8.1	16.5	.494	.492	5.0	6.8	.735	3.7	6.2	9.9	1.7	1.2	0.7	2.3	3.3	21.3
4	Sam Lacey	32	15		35.5	4.0	9.5	.420	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	9.3	.429	.420	2.0	2.3	.857	2.0	6.0	8.0	5.3	1.9	1.5	2.6	4.2	10.0
5	Phil Ford	24	5		31.6	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	3.0	6.8	.441	.429	1.8	2.6	.692	0.2	1.4	1.6	5.8	1.0	0.0	3.4	1.8	7.8
6	Otis Birdsong	25	8		29.3	7.0	12.3	.571	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.9	12.1	.567	.577	1.4	2.3	.611	1.0	1.6	2.6	3.4	1.5	0.0	2.5	1.6	15.5
7	Leon Douglas	26	15		21.2	1.0	2.1	.469	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.1	.469	.469	1.0	2.3	.429	1.2	3.1	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	3.1	3.0
8	Joe Meriweather	27	10		19.9	2.4	4.9	.490	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.9	.490	.490	0.8	1.4	.571	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	3.1	5.6
9	John Lambert	28	15		11.7	1.5	3.6	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	3.4	.431	.407	0.3	0.4	.833	1.3	1.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.4	3.3
10	Lloyd Walton	27	8		9.1	0.5	1.9	.267	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.8	.286	.267	0.4	0.5	.750	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.1	0.8	1.4
11	Frankie Sanders	24	9		5.6	1.0	2.0	.500	0.1	0.2	.500	0.9	1.8	.500	.528	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.9	2.6

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	Scott Wedman	28	81		2902	685	1437	.477	25	77	.325	660	1360	.485	.485	140	204	.686	128	305	433	226	97	46	161	294	1535
2	Reggie King	23	81		2743	472	867	.544	0	0		472	867	.544	.544	264	386	.684	235	551	786	122	102	41	164	227	1208
3	Otis Birdsong	25	71		2593	710	1306	.544	10	35	.286	700	1271	.551	.547	317	455	.697	119	139	258	233	93	18	173	172	1747
4	Phil Ford	24	66		2287	424	887	.478	11	36	.306	413	851	.485	.484	294	354	.831	26	102	128	580	99	6	241	190	1153
5	Sam Lacey	32	82		2228	237	536	.442	1	5	.200	236	531	.444	.443	92	117	.786	131	453	584	399	95	120	182	302	567
6	Ernie Grunfeld	25	79		1584	260	486	.535	0	0		260	486	.535	.535	75	101	.743	31	175	206	205	60	15	88	155	595
7	Joe Meriweather	27	74		1514	206	415	.496	0	0		206	415	.496	.496	148	213	.695	126	267	393	77	27	80	125	219	560
8	Leon Douglas	26	79		1356	185	323	.573	0	3	.000	185	320	.578	.573	102	186	.548	150	234	384	69	25	38	90	251	472
9	Lloyd Walton	27	61		821	90	218	.413	0	1	.000	90	217	.415	.413	26	33	.788	13	35	48	208	32	2	80	45	206
10	Hawkeye Whitney	23	47		782	149	306	.487	2	6	.333	147	300	.490	.490	50	65	.769	29	77	106	68	47	6	48	98	350
11	John Lambert	28	43		475	65	160	.406	0	2	.000	65	158	.411	.406	18	23	.783	27	63	90	24	12	5	17	74	148
12	Jo Jo White	34	13		236	36	82	.439	0	0		36	82	.439	.439	11	18	.611	3	18	21	37	11	1	18	21	83
13	Frankie Sanders	24	23		186	34	77	.442	0	0		34	77	.442	.442	20	22	.909	6	15	21	17	16	1	21	20	88
14	Gus Gerard	27	16		123	19	51	.373	0	3	.000	19	48	.396	.373	19	29	.655	13	16	29	6	3	6	7	24	57
			82		19830	3572	7151	.500	49	168	.292	3523	6983	.505	.503	1576	2206	.714	1037	2450	3487	2271	719	385	1448	2092	8769

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	28	15		657	129	297	.434	9	32	.281	120	265	.453	.449	40	56	.714	16	71	87	58	18	8	39	51	307
2	Ernie Grunfeld	25	15		633	98	201	.488	2	4	.500	96	197	.487	.493	54	67	.806	11	52	63	88	30	9	43	51	252
3	Reggie King	23	15		620	122	248	.492	0	1	.000	122	247	.494	.492	75	102	.735	56	93	149	25	18	10	35	49	319
4	Sam Lacey	32	15		533	60	143	.420	0	3	.000	60	140	.429	.420	30	35	.857	30	90	120	80	28	23	39	63	150
5	Leon Douglas	26	15		318	15	32	.469	0	0		15	32	.469	.469	15	35	.429	18	47	65	11	4	3	18	47	45
6	Otis Birdsong	25	8		234	56	98	.571	1	1	1.000	55	97	.567	.577	11	18	.611	8	13	21	27	12	0	20	13	124
7	Joe Meriweather	27	10		199	24	49	.490	0	0		24	49	.490	.490	8	14	.571	12	19	31	5	5	7	9	31	56
8	John Lambert	28	15		175	22	54	.407	0	3	.000	22	51	.431	.407	5	6	.833	19	18	37	9	5	4	6	21	49
9	Phil Ford	24	5		158	15	35	.429	0	1	.000	15	34	.441	.429	9	13	.692	1	7	8	29	5	0	17	9	39
10	Lloyd Walton	27	8		73	4	15	.267	0	1	.000	4	14	.286	.267	3	4	.750	3	4	7	19	4	0	9	6	11
11	Frankie Sanders	24	9		50	9	18	.500	1	2	.500	8	16	.500	.528	4	4	1.000	4	1	5	2	3	0	8	8	23

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	Scott Wedman	28	81	2902	14.8	.503	.054	.142	4.9	11.6	8.3	11.7	1.6	0.9	9.5	24.1		1.7	2.9	4.7	.077		-0.4	-0.7	-1.1	0.7
2	Reggie King	23	81	2743	16.9	.583	.000	.445	9.6	22.2	15.9	6.1	1.8	0.9	13.7	18.1		4.4	3.9	8.3	.145		0.8	-0.2	0.6	1.8
3	Otis Birdsong	25	71	2593	20.3	.580	.027	.348	5.1	5.9	5.5	14.3	1.7	0.4	10.3	26.8		6.2	2.0	8.2	.152		3.3	-0.8	2.4	2.9
4	Phil Ford	24	66	2287	17.3	.553	.041	.399	1.3	4.9	3.1	35.5	2.1	0.1	18.8	23.3		3.4	1.9	5.2	.110		1.8	-1.3	0.5	1.4
5	Sam Lacey	32	82	2228	13.5	.483	.009	.218	6.6	22.5	14.6	22.5	2.0	3.1	23.7	14.3		0.2	3.8	4.0	.086		-0.9	3.5	2.6	2.6
6	Ernie Grunfeld	25	79	1584	13.7	.561	.000	.208	2.2	12.2	7.2	17.6	1.8	0.5	14.2	16.2		1.8	1.7	3.5	.106		-0.7	0.8	0.1	0.8
7	Joe Meriweather	27	74	1514	12.4	.550	.000	.513	9.3	19.5	14.4	6.7	0.8	3.0	19.7	17.3		0.6	2.0	2.6	.083		-2.7	0.3	-2.4	-0.2
8	Leon Douglas	26	79	1356	12.5	.583	.009	.576	12.4	19.1	15.7	6.7	0.9	1.6	18.2	15.1		1.6	1.6	3.2	.112		-2.1	-0.3	-2.5	-0.2
9	Lloyd Walton	27	61	821	9.9	.443	.005	.151	1.8	4.7	3.2	32.0	1.8	0.1	25.6	15.8		-0.5	0.6	0.1	.005		-1.7	-1.4	-3.0	-0.2
10	Hawkeye Whitney	23	47	782	14.0	.523	.020	.212	4.1	10.9	7.5	12.2	2.8	0.4	12.5	20.3		0.5	1.0	1.5	.091		-1.8	1.1	-0.7	0.3
11	John Lambert	28	43	475	8.1	.435	.013	.144	6.4	14.7	10.5	6.6	1.2	0.6	9.1	16.3		-0.1	0.5	0.4	.038		-4.2	-0.6	-4.8	-0.3
12	Jo Jo White	34	13	236	10.4	.462	.000	.220	1.4	8.4	4.9	21.0	2.2	0.2	16.7	19.0		-0.1	0.2	0.1	.021		-3.0	0.0	-3.0	-0.1
13	Frankie Sanders	24	23	186	13.0	.508	.000	.286	3.6	8.9	6.3	12.7	4.1	0.3	19.5	24.0		-0.1	0.3	0.1	.035		-3.3	0.9	-2.4	0.0
14	Gus Gerard	27	16	123	12.2	.447	.059	.569	11.8	14.4	13.1	6.5	1.2	2.8	9.9	23.8		0.0	0.1	0.2	.061		-3.7	-0.5	-4.2	-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	Scott Wedman	28	15	657	13.6	.477	.108	.189	2.8	12.7	7.7	15.7	1.4	0.7	10.8	25.1		-0.1	0.8	0.7	.052		0.3	-1.0	-0.7	0.2
2	Ernie Grunfeld	25	15	633	15.7	.547	.020	.333	2.0	9.7	5.8	23.0	2.5	0.9	15.7	19.7		0.7	0.8	1.5	.117		1.3	0.9	2.2	0.7
3	Reggie King	23	15	620	18.9	.545	.004	.411	10.4	17.7	14.0	7.2	1.5	1.0	10.7	24.2		1.1	0.9	2.0	.152		2.7	-1.3	1.4	0.5
4	Sam Lacey	32	15	533	14.7	.473	.021	.245	6.5	19.9	13.1	23.2	2.8	2.6	19.8	16.9		0.0	1.0	1.1	.096		0.1	3.1	3.2	0.7
5	Leon Douglas	26	15	318	4.3	.475	.000	1.094	6.5	17.4	11.9	4.9	0.7	0.6	27.5	9.4		-0.2	0.4	0.1	.019		-4.8	-0.6	-5.4	-0.3
6	Otis Birdsong	25	8	234	18.8	.585	.010	.184	4.0	6.6	5.2	22.2	2.7	0.0	15.9	24.6		0.3	0.3	0.5	.111		3.4	0.1	3.5	0.3
7	Joe Meriweather	27	10	199	9.0	.508	.000	.286	7.0	11.3	9.1	3.9	1.3	2.1	14.0	14.7		0.0	0.2	0.3	.064		-3.3	-0.3	-3.6	-0.1
8	John Lambert	28	15	175	11.0	.433	.056	.111	12.6	12.1	12.3	8.1	1.5	1.4	9.6	16.4		0.0	0.2	0.3	.069		-1.0	-0.8	-1.8	0.0
9	Phil Ford	24	5	158	8.0	.479	.029	.371	0.7	5.2	3.0	27.6	1.7	0.0	29.5	16.7		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.021		-2.7	-1.9	-4.6	-0.1
10	Lloyd Walton	27	8	73	7.2	.328	.067	.267	4.8	6.5	5.6	37.0	2.9	0.0	34.9	16.1		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.064		-3.0	-0.8	-3.8	0.0
11	Frankie Sanders	24	9	50	9.9	.582	.111	.222	9.3	2.4	5.8	6.9	3.1	0.0	28.8	25.4		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.013		-3.2	-0.9	-4.1	0.0

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