1980-81 New Jersey Nets Roster and Stats

Record: 24-58, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Kevin Loughery (12-23), Bob MacKinnon (12-35)

Executive: Bob MacKinnon, Charles Theokas

PTS/G: 106.9 (15th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 113.0 (22nd of 23)

SRS: -5.15 (20th of 23) Pace: 105.2 (2nd of 23)

Off Rtg: 101.0 (22nd of 23) Def Rtg: 106.7 (15th of 23) Net Rtg: -5.7 (20th of 23)

Expected W-L: 26-56 (20th of 23)

Arena: Rutgers Athletic Center Attendance: 301,900 (20th of 23)

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
12	Darwin Cook	SG	6-3	184	August 6, 1958	us US	R	University of Portland
54	Bob Elliott	C	6-9	225	August 18, 1955	us US	2	Arizona
42	Mike Gminski	C	6-11	250	August 3, 1959	us US	R	Duke
42	Edgar Jones	PF	6-10	225	June 17, 1956	us US	R	Nevada
15	Eddie Jordan	PG	6-1	170	January 29, 1955	us US	3	Rutgers University
20	Maurice Lucas	PF	6-9	215	February 18, 1952	us US	6	Marquette
21	Bob McAdoo	PF	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us US	8	Vincennes University, UNC
11	Lowes Moore	PG	6-1	170	May 5, 1957	us US	R	West Virginia
14	Mike Newlin	SG	6-4	200	January 2, 1949	us US	9	Utah
31	Mike O'Koren	SF	6-7	207	February 7, 1958	us US	R	UNC
44	Cliff Robinson	PF	6-9	220	March 13, 1960	us US	1	USC
34	Rory Sparrow	PG	6-2	175	June 12, 1958	us US	R	Villanova
22	Jan van Breda Kolff	SF	6-7	195	December 16, 1951	us US	6	Vanderbilt
10	Foots Walker	PG	6-0	184	May 21, 1951	us US	6	Vincennes University, West Georgia

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	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mike Newlin	32	79	36.8	8.0	16.1	.497	0.1	0.4	.333	7.9	15.7	.501	.501	5.2	5.9	.888	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.8	1.1	0.1	3.1	3.0	21.4
2	Maurice Lucas	28	68	31.8	5.9	12.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	5.9	12.3	.485	.484	2.8	3.7	.752	2.3	6.2	8.5	2.5	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.8	14.7
3	Mike O'Koren	22	79	31.3	4.6	9.5	.486	0.1	0.2	.278	4.6	9.3	.491	.489	1.7	2.7	.637	2.3	3.8	6.1	3.2	1.1	0.3	1.8	3.1	11.0
4	Cliff Robinson	20	63	28.9	8.3	17.0	.491	0.0	0.0	1.000	8.3	17.0	.490	.491	2.8	3.9	.718	1.9	5.7	7.6	1.7	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.4	19.5
5	Foots Walker	29	41	28.6	1.8	4.1	.426	0.0	0.2	.222	1.7	3.9	.438	.432	2.1	2.7	.793	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.2	1.3	0.0	2.1	2.6	5.7
6	Mike Gminski	21	56	28.2	5.2	12.3	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	5.2	12.3	.424	.423	2.8	3.6	.767	2.4	5.0	7.5	1.3	1.0	1.8	2.3	2.3	13.2
7	Darwin Cook	22	81	24.4	4.7	10.1	.468	0.1	0.3	.240	4.7	9.8	.475	.471	1.6	2.2	.733	1.2	1.7	2.9	3.7	1.7	0.4	2.2	2.4	11.2
8	Lowes Moore	23	71	19.8	3.0	6.7	.444	0.1	0.4	.148	2.9	6.4	.461	.448	1.0	1.3	.750	0.6	1.8	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.5	7.0
9	Jan van Breda Kolff	29	78	18.3	1.3	3.1	.408	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	3.0	.414	.412	1.3	1.5	.838	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.8
10	Bob Elliott	25	73	18.1	2.9	5.7	.511	0.0	0.0	.500	2.9	5.7	.511	.512	1.7	2.8	.599	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.4	7.5
11	Eddie Jordan	26	14	17.1	2.1	5.2	.411	0.2	0.7	.300	1.9	4.5	.429	.432	1.7	2.3	.750	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.3	1.7	0.1	1.6	2.1	6.2
12	Edgar Jones	24	60	15.8	3.2	6.0	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	5.9	.535	.529	2.4	3.6	.670	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.7	0.6	1.4	1.7	3.1	8.7
13	Bob McAdoo	29	10	15.3	3.8	7.5	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	7.4	.514	.507	1.7	2.1	.810	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.0	0.9	0.6	1.4	2.2	9.3
14	Rory Sparrow	22	15	14.1	1.5	4.2	.349	0.0	0.0		1.5	4.2	.349	.349	0.8	1.1	.750	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.0	3.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mike Newlin	32	79	2911	632	1272	.497	10	30	.333	622	1242	.501	.501	414	466	.888	78	141	219	299	87	9	248	237	1688
2	Mike O'Koren	22	79	2473	365	751	.486	5	18	.278	360	733	.491	.489	135	212	.637	179	299	478	252	86	27	146	243	870
3	Maurice Lucas	28	68	2162	404	835	.484	0	2	.000	404	833	.485	.484	191	254	.752	153	422	575	173	57	59	176	260	999
4	Darwin Cook	22	81	1980	383	819	.468	6	25	.240	377	794	.475	.471	132	180	.733	96	140	236	297	141	36	176	197	904
5	Cliff Robinson	20	63	1822	525	1070	.491	1	1	1.000	524	1069	.490	.491	178	248	.718	120	361	481	105	58	52	182	216	1229
6	Mike Gminski	21	56	1579	291	688	.423	0	1	.000	291	687	.424	.423	155	202	.767	137	282	419	72	54	100	128	127	737
7	Jan van Breda Kolff	29	78	1426	100	245	.408	2	8	.250	98	237	.414	.412	98	117	.838	48	154	202	129	38	50	108	214	300
8	Lowes Moore	23	71	1406	212	478	.444	4	27	.148	208	451	.461	.448	69	92	.750	43	125	168	228	61	17	108	179	497
9	Bob Elliott	25	73	1320	214	419	.511	1	2	.500	213	417	.511	.512	121	202	.599	104	157	261	129	34	16	119	175	550
10	Foots Walker	29	41	1172	72	169	.426	2	9	.222	70	160	.438	.432	88	111	.793	22	80	102	253	52	1	85	105	234
11	Edgar Jones	24	60	950	189	357	.529	0	4	.000	189	353	.535	.529	146	218	.670	92	171	263	43	36	81	101	185	524
12	Eddie Jordan	26	14	239	30	73	.411	3	10	.300	27	63	.429	.432	24	32	.750	5	13	18	46	24	1	23	29	87
13	Rory Sparrow	22	15	212	22	63	.349	0	0		22	63	.349	.349	12	16	.750	7	11	18	32	13	3	18	15	56
14	Bob McAdoo	29	10	153	38	75	.507	0	1	.000	38	74	.514	.507	17	21	.810	8	18	26	10	9	6	14	22	93
			82	19805	3477	7314	.475	34	138	.246	3443	7176	.480	.478	1780	2371	.751	1092	2374	3466	2068	750	458	1664	2204	8768

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	Mike Newlin	32	79	2911	15.6	.571	.024	.366	3.0	5.6	4.2	15.5	1.4	0.2	14.4	23.4	4.8	1.3	6.1	.100	0.6	-1.4	-0.8	0.9
2	Mike O'Koren	22	79	2473	12.6	.515	.024	.282	8.0	14.0	10.9	14.0	1.6	0.6	14.7	15.8	1.9	2.0	3.8	.075	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	1.0
3	Maurice Lucas	28	68	2162	14.6	.528	.002	.304	7.8	22.5	15.0	11.6	1.2	1.5	15.7	20.5	1.2	2.3	3.5	.078	-0.8	-0.1	-0.9	0.6
4	Darwin Cook	22	81	1980	15.0	.503	.031	.220	5.3	8.2	6.7	21.9	3.2	1.0	16.4	21.4	0.6	2.1	2.7	.065	-0.2	1.1	0.9	1.4
5	Cliff Robinson	20	63	1822	17.9	.521	.001	.232	7.3	22.9	14.9	9.8	1.5	1.6	13.4	29.5	0.4	2.1	2.5	.065	0.0	-0.9	-0.9	0.5
6	Mike Gminski	21	56	1579	14.5	.474	.001	.294	9.6	20.6	15.0	6.6	1.6	3.6	14.1	22.7	-0.5	2.0	1.5	.045	-1.6	-0.3	-1.8	0.1
7	Jan van Breda Kolff	29	78	1426	6.5	.506	.033	.478	3.7	12.5	8.0	11.2	1.2	2.0	26.7	11.2	-0.6	1.2	0.6	.019	-3.9	0.8	-3.1	-0.4
8	Lowes Moore	23	71	1406	11.1	.479	.056	.192	3.4	10.3	6.7	22.3	2.0	0.7	17.2	17.6	0.0	1.1	1.1	.037	-2.2	0.2	-2.1	0.0
9	Bob Elliott	25	73	1320	12.3	.541	.005	.482	8.7	13.7	11.2	13.7	1.2	0.7	19.0	18.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	.057	-1.2	-0.8	-1.9	0.0
10	Foots Walker	29	41	1172	10.1	.537	.053	.657	2.1	7.9	4.9	26.4	2.0	0.0	28.1	10.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	.060	-2.1	0.0	-2.1	0.0
11	Edgar Jones	24	60	950	17.6	.578	.011	.611	10.7	20.8	15.6	6.7	1.7	4.8	18.2	23.0	0.9	1.4	2.3	.116	-1.5	1.2	-0.3	0.4
12	Eddie Jordan	26	14	239	13.3	.500	.137	.438	2.3	6.3	4.2	25.6	4.6	0.2	20.9	18.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	.065	-2.0	1.8	-0.2	0.1
13	Rory Sparrow	22	15	212	8.2	.400	.000	.254	3.6	6.0	4.8	19.5	2.8	0.8	20.4	16.4	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.023	-3.3	0.3	-3.0	-0.1
14	Bob McAdoo	29	10	153	17.6	.552	.013	.280	5.8	13.6	9.6	10.4	2.7	2.2	14.3	25.4	0.1	0.2	0.3	.100	-1.1	0.6	-0.4	0.1