1987-88 New Jersey Nets Roster and Stats

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Record: 19-63, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Dave Wohl (2-13), Bob MacKinnon (10-29), Willis Reed (7-21)

Executive: Harry Weltman

PTS/G: 100.4 (22nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 108.5 (15th of 23)

SRS: -6.98 (21st of 23) Pace: 98.6 (13th of 23)

Off Rtg: 101.4 (22nd of 23) Def Rtg: 109.6 (18th of 23) Net Rtg: -8.2 (22nd of 23)

Expected W-L: 21-61 (22nd of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +10000

Arena: Brendan Byrne Arena Attendance: 476,054 (15th of 23)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
5	John Bagley	PG	6-0	185	April 23, 1960	us US	5	Boston College
10	Otis Birdsong	SG	6-3	190	December 9, 1955	us US	10	Houston
22	Dudley Bradley	SG	6-6	195	March 19, 1957	us US	7	UNC
21	Adrian Branch	SF	6-7	185	November 17, 1963	us US	1	Maryland
40	Ben Coleman	PF	6-9	235	November 14, 1961	us US	1	Minnesota, Maryland
45	Dallas Comegys	PF	6-9	205	August 17, 1964	us US	R	DePaul
50	Chris Engler	C	6-11	245	March 1, 1959	us US	4	Minnesota, Wyoming
42	Mike Gminski	C	6-11	250	August 3, 1959	us US	7	Duke
21	Roy Hinson	SF	6-9	210	May 2, 1961	us US	4	Rutgers University
23	Dennis Hopson	SG	6-5	200	April 22, 1965	us US	R	Ohio State
40	Tim McCormick	C	6-11	240	March 10, 1962	us US	3	Michigan
12	Kevin McKenna	SG	6-5	195	January 8, 1959	us US	5	Creighton
00	Johnny Moore	PG	6-1	175	March 3, 1958	us US	7	Texas
31	Mike O'Koren	SF	6-7	207	February 7, 1958	us US	7	UNC
15	Jamie Waller	SG	6-4	215	November 20, 1964	us US	R	Virginia Union University
14	Duane Washington	SG	6-4	195	August 31, 1964	de DE	R	Middle Tennessee
1	Pearl Washington	PG	6-2	190	January 6, 1964	us US	1	Syracuse
52	Buck Williams	PF	6-8	215	March 8, 1960	us US	6	Maryland
15	Ricky Wilson	PG	6-3	195	July 16, 1964	us US	R	George Mason
0	Orlando Woolridge	SF	6-9	215	December 16, 1959	us US	6	Notre Dame

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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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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	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	Awards
1	Buck Williams	27	PF	70	70	37.7	6.7	11.9	.560	0.0	0.0	1.000	6.6	11.9	.560	.561	4.9	7.4	.668	4.3	7.7	11.9	1.6	1.0	0.6	2.7	3.8	18.3	MVP-14
2	Roy Hinson	26	SF	48	47	36.4	6.9	13.7	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	6.9	13.7	.502	.502	3.8	4.7	.806	2.2	5.0	7.3	1.5	0.9	1.5	2.2	3.9	17.6
3	Mike Gminski	28	C	34	34	35.1	6.3	13.9	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	13.9	.456	.454	4.2	4.9	.861	2.4	7.0	9.4	1.6	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.3	16.9
4	John Bagley	27	PG	82	74	33.8	4.8	10.9	.439	0.6	2.0	.292	4.2	9.0	.471	.465	1.8	2.2	.822	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.8	1.3	0.1	2.5	2.0	12.0
5	Orlando Woolridge	28	SF	19	12	32.7	5.8	13.0	.445	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	12.9	.449	.445	4.8	6.8	.708	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.7	0.7	1.1	2.5	3.8	16.4
6	Tim McCormick	25	C	47	38	32.2	5.9	10.9	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	5.9	10.8	.545	.543	2.3	3.4	.667	2.1	4.8	6.9	2.0	0.4	0.3	1.6	3.4	14.1
7	Otis Birdsong	32	SG	67	59	28.1	5.0	11.0	.458	0.1	0.4	.360	4.9	10.6	.461	.464	0.7	1.4	.511	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	10.9
8	Ben Coleman	26	PF	27	10	24.3	4.3	8.9	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	8.8	.487	.483	2.4	3.1	.774	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	4.1	11.0
9	Dudley Bradley	30	SG	63	15	22.7	2.5	5.8	.429	0.6	1.6	.366	1.9	4.2	.452	.479	1.2	1.5	.763	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.4	1.8	0.7	1.4	2.7	6.7
10	Dennis Hopson	22	SG	61	19	22.4	3.6	9.0	.404	0.2	0.7	.267	3.4	8.3	.417	.415	2.1	2.9	.740	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	9.6
11	Pearl Washington	24	PG	68	10	20.3	3.6	8.0	.448	0.2	0.7	.224	3.4	7.3	.470	.458	1.9	2.8	.698	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.0	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.4	9.3
12	Adrian Branch	24	SF	20	3	15.4	2.8	6.7	.418	0.1	0.3	.200	2.8	6.5	.426	.422	1.0	1.2	.870	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	6.7
13	Dallas Comegys	23	PF	75	17	15.0	2.1	4.8	.430	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	4.8	.431	.430	1.4	2.0	.707	0.7	2.2	2.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.3	5.6
14	Mike O'Koren	29	SF	4	0	13.0	2.3	4.0	.563	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.8	.600	.563	0.0	1.0	.000	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	4.5
15	Kevin McKenna	29	SG	31	2	12.7	1.4	3.5	.394	0.5	1.6	.320	0.9	1.9	.458	.468	0.8	0.8	.960	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	4.1
16	Duane Washington	23	SG	15	0	10.4	1.2	2.8	.429	0.1	0.3	.500	1.1	2.5	.421	.452	1.1	1.3	.800	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.5	3.6
17	Jamie Waller	23	SG	9	0	10.1	1.8	4.4	.400	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	4.2	.421	.400	1.1	2.0	.556	1.0	0.4	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.4	4.7
18	Johnny Moore	29	PG	1	0	10.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
19	Ricky Wilson	23	PG	6	0	7.8	1.2	1.8	.636	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.0	1.7	.600	.682	1.0	1.8	.545	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	3.5
20	Chris Engler	28	C	54	0	7.4	0.7	1.6	.409	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.6	.409	.409	0.6	0.6	.886	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.9
	Team Totals			82	82	24.7	4.0	8.6	.468	0.2	0.6	.301	3.8	8.0	.480	.478	2.1	2.9	.729	1.3	2.8	4.2	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.5	10.3

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	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	Awards
1	John Bagley	27	PG	82	74	2774	5.1	11.6	.439	0.6	2.1	.292	4.5	9.5	.471	.465	1.9	2.3	.822	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.2	1.4	0.1	2.6	2.1	12.7
2	Buck Williams	27	PF	70	70	2637	6.4	11.4	.560	0.0	0.0	1.000	6.3	11.3	.560	.561	4.7	7.1	.668	4.1	7.3	11.4	1.5	0.9	0.6	2.6	3.6	17.5	MVP-14
3	Otis Birdsong	32	SG	67	59	1882	6.4	14.1	.458	0.2	0.5	.360	6.3	13.6	.461	.464	0.9	1.8	.511	1.4	1.8	3.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.7	14.0
4	Roy Hinson	26	SF	48	47	1747	6.8	13.6	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	6.8	13.5	.502	.502	3.8	4.7	.806	2.2	5.0	7.2	1.5	0.9	1.5	2.2	3.8	17.4
5	Tim McCormick	25	C	47	38	1513	6.6	12.1	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	6.6	12.1	.545	.543	2.6	3.9	.667	2.3	5.4	7.7	2.2	0.4	0.4	1.8	3.8	15.8
6	Dudley Bradley	30	SG	63	15	1432	3.9	9.2	.429	0.9	2.5	.366	3.0	6.6	.452	.479	1.9	2.4	.763	0.6	2.5	3.2	3.8	2.9	1.1	2.2	4.3	10.6
7	Pearl Washington	24	PG	68	10	1379	6.4	14.3	.448	0.3	1.3	.224	6.1	13.0	.470	.458	3.4	4.9	.698	1.4	1.7	3.1	5.4	2.4	0.1	3.7	4.3	16.5
8	Dennis Hopson	22	SG	61	19	1365	5.9	14.5	.404	0.3	1.2	.267	5.5	13.3	.417	.415	3.5	4.7	.740	1.7	2.1	3.8	3.1	1.5	0.7	3.1	3.8	15.5
9	Mike Gminski	28	C	34	34	1194	6.5	14.3	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	6.5	14.2	.456	.454	4.3	5.0	.861	2.5	7.2	9.6	1.7	0.8	1.0	2.5	2.4	17.3
10	Dallas Comegys	23	PF	75	17	1122	5.0	11.6	.430	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	11.6	.431	.430	3.4	4.8	.707	1.7	5.3	7.0	2.1	1.2	2.2	3.7	5.6	13.4
11	Ben Coleman	26	PF	27	10	657	6.4	13.2	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	13.0	.487	.483	3.6	4.6	.774	3.2	6.3	9.5	2.1	1.5	0.9	3.9	6.0	16.3
12	Orlando Woolridge	28	SF	19	12	622	6.4	14.3	.445	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	14.2	.449	.445	5.3	7.5	.708	1.8	3.5	5.3	4.1	0.8	1.2	2.8	4.2	18.1
13	Chris Engler	28	C	54	0	399	3.2	7.9	.409	0.0	0.0		3.2	7.9	.409	.409	2.8	3.2	.886	2.9	6.0	8.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	2.6	6.6	9.3
14	Kevin McKenna	29	SG	31	2	393	3.9	10.0	.394	1.5	4.6	.320	2.5	5.4	.458	.468	2.2	2.3	.960	0.4	2.5	2.8	3.7	1.4	0.2	1.7	5.0	11.5
15	Adrian Branch	24	SF	20	3	308	6.5	15.7	.418	0.1	0.6	.200	6.4	15.1	.426	.422	2.3	2.7	.870	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.9	1.9	1.3	3.4	4.8	15.5
16	Duane Washington	23	SG	15	0	156	4.2	9.7	.429	0.5	0.9	.500	3.7	8.8	.421	.452	3.7	4.6	.800	1.2	3.9	5.1	7.8	2.8	0.0	2.1	5.3	12.5
17	Jamie Waller	23	SG	9	0	91	6.3	15.8	.400	0.0	0.8	.000	6.3	15.0	.421	.400	4.0	7.1	.556	3.6	1.6	5.1	1.2	1.6	0.4	4.4	5.1	16.6
18	Mike O'Koren	29	SF	4	0	52	6.2	11.1	.563	0.0	0.7	.000	6.2	10.4	.600	.563	0.0	2.8	.000	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.4	2.1	1.4	0.0	1.4	12.5
19	Ricky Wilson	23	PG	6	0	47	5.4	8.4	.636	0.8	0.8	1.000	4.6	7.7	.600	.682	4.6	8.4	.545	0.8	0.0	0.8	4.6	4.6	0.0	3.1	4.6	16.1
20	Johnny Moore	29	PG	1	0	10	0.0	3.6	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	3.6	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		3.6	3.6	7.2	3.6	0.0	0.0	10.8	0.0	0.0

Players on League Leaderboards

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