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1969-70 New York Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 39-45, Finished 4th in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: York Larese (39-45)

PTS/G: 108.9 (9th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 109.8 (3rd of 11)

SRS: -1.02 (9th of 11) Pace: 107.2 (8th of 11)

Off Rtg: 100.7 (9th of 11) Def Rtg: 101.5 (3rd of 11) Net Rtg: -0.8 (9th of 11)

Expected W-L: 40-44 (9th of 11)

Arena: Island Garden

ABA 1970 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-4) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
12	Bob Arnzen	SF	6-5	205	November 3, 1947	us US	R	Notre Dame
45	Bob Christian	C	6-10	255	May 11, 1946		R	Grambling State University
9	Steve Chubin	SG	6-2	200	February 8, 1944	us US	2	Rhode Island
11	Sonny Dove	PF	6-7	198	August 16, 1945	us US	2	St. John's
21, 33	Billy Evans	PG	6-0	170	March 3, 1947		R	Boston College
11	Jack Gillespie	F	6-6	215	October 1, 1947		R	Montana State
14, 27	Luther Green	PF	6-7	190	November 13, 1946	us US	R	Long Island University
10	Dennis Grey	C	6-8	215	August 26, 1947	us US	1	California Western Uiversity
40	Les Hunter	PF	6-7	210	August 16, 1942	us US	3	Loyola Chicago
20	Ed Johnson	C	6-8	205	June 17, 1944	us US	1	Tennessee State
15	Barry Kramer	SF	6-4	200	November 10, 1942	us US	1	NYU
32	George Lehmann	PG	6-0	180	May 1, 1942	us US	2	Campbell
27	Bob McIntyre	SF	6-6	215	January 23, 1944		1	St. John's
3, 25	Bill Melchionni	PG	6-1	165	October 19, 1944	us US	2	Villanova
4	Walt Simon	SF	6-6	200	December 1, 1939	us US	2	Benedict College
10, 21	John Smith	C	7-0	235	May 24, 1944	us US	1	University of Southern Colorado
23, 30	Levern Tart	SG	6-2	195	June 1, 1942	us US	2	Bradley
5	Ron Taylor	C	7-1	265	November 21, 1947	us US	R	USC

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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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Team Misc

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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	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Levern Tart	27	80	40.1	9.5	19.1	.495	0.1	0.4	.314	9.3	18.7	.499	.498	5.2	6.6	.783	3.2	3.7	6.8	3.3	3.1	3.4	24.2	MVP-14,AS
2	Bill Melchionni	25	80	39.5	6.0	12.9	.465	0.1	0.4	.179	5.9	12.5	.473	.467	3.2	3.9	.820	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.7	2.3	3.5	15.2	MVP-8
3	Les Hunter	27	79	36.2	6.2	14.2	.433	0.1	0.5	.146	6.1	13.7	.444	.436	4.0	5.5	.734	3.0	5.6	8.5	2.7	3.8	4.2	16.4
4	Ed Johnson	25	74	33.6	5.5	11.5	.478	0.0	0.0	.500	5.5	11.4	.478	.478	3.1	5.5	.559	4.4	7.4	11.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	14.0
5	Walt Simon	30	81	33.3	5.6	12.7	.441	0.0	0.2	.050	5.6	12.5	.449	.441	3.1	4.2	.749	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.6	2.4	3.7	14.3
6	Sonny Dove	24	80	28.6	5.7	12.3	.462	0.0	0.2	.154	5.7	12.2	.466	.463	3.0	4.7	.633	3.0	3.8	6.8	1.3	2.5	3.7	14.4
7	Steve Chubin	25	11	21.1	3.6	10.7	.339	0.2	0.5	.333	3.5	10.2	.339	.347	3.4	3.8	.881	2.0	1.2	3.2	2.4	2.7	2.6	10.8
8	Dennis Grey	22	4	18.5	1.5	6.0	.250	0.0	0.0		1.5	6.0	.250	.250	1.5	3.0	.500	2.8	3.5	6.3	0.0	0.8	3.8	4.5
9	George Lehmann	27	46	14.8	2.4	6.5	.370	0.9	2.7	.325	1.5	3.8	.402	.438	1.8	2.0	.862	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.3	1.6	1.7	7.5
10	Jack Gillespie	22	2	13.5	0.0	2.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.5	.000	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0
11	Bob McIntyre	26	7	13.4	1.7	4.6	.375	0.1	0.4	.333	1.6	4.1	.379	.391	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.7	0.9	1.1	3.6
12	Luther Green	23	59	12.5	1.9	5.1	.376	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	5.1	.380	.376	0.9	1.6	.567	1.6	2.8	4.5	0.5	0.9	2.0	4.8
13	Ron Taylor	22	72	12.1	2.1	4.4	.481	0.0	0.0		2.1	4.4	.481	.481	0.8	1.3	.557	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.7	2.9	5.0
14	Billy Evans	22	53	11.4	0.6	1.6	.368	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.6	.376	.368	0.7	1.3	.543	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	0.9	1.7	1.9
15	John Smith	25	16	10.3	0.6	2.5	.225	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	2.4	.231	.225	0.3	0.4	.714	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.2	0.8	1.9	1.4
16	Barry Kramer	27	7	8.0	1.4	4.4	.323	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	4.3	.333	.323	1.0	1.1	.875	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.4	1.6	1.4	3.9
17	Bob Arnzen	22	13	7.5	1.5	3.7	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	3.6	.404	.396	0.2	0.5	.333	0.9	0.8	1.7	0.4	0.6	0.8	3.1
18	Bob Christian	23	1	4.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0		1.0	3.0	.333	.333	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0
	Team Totals			48.4	42.2	93.5	.451	0.8	3.4	.248	41.3	90.1	.459	.456	23.7	33.6	.704	19.2	30.3	49.5	21.0	20.4	28.3	108.9

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Melchionni	25	7	45.1	6.9	14.9	.462	0.1	0.4	.333	6.7	14.4	.465	.466	4.4	5.4	.816	3.1	4.7	18.3
2	Levern Tart	27	7	44.7	10.0	20.4	.490	0.3	0.9	.333	9.7	19.6	.496	.497	6.4	7.4	.865	4.3	5.1	26.7
3	Sonny Dove	24	7	40.1	6.9	13.9	.495	0.1	0.6	.250	6.7	13.3	.505	.500	3.7	5.6	.667	10.1	1.3	17.6
4	Les Hunter	27	7	33.3	6.4	14.3	.450	0.4	1.4	.300	6.0	12.9	.467	.465	2.9	4.1	.690	6.0	1.6	16.1
5	Walt Simon	30	7	31.7	5.6	11.1	.500	0.0	0.9	.000	5.6	10.3	.542	.500	3.3	4.0	.821	7.6	3.0	14.4
6	Ed Johnson	25	7	30.9	4.6	9.9	.464	0.0	0.0		4.6	9.9	.464	.464	4.3	7.4	.577	9.6	0.7	13.4
7	Luther Green	23	7	11.7	1.6	4.1	.379	0.1	0.3	.500	1.4	3.9	.370	.397	1.4	2.1	.667	4.0	0.4	4.7
8	John Smith	25	2	5.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0
9	Billy Evans	22	6	4.5	0.2	0.3	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000	.500	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	0.0	0.5
10	Ron Taylor	22	2	2.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals			48.7	42.0	89.9	.467	1.1	4.7	.242	40.9	85.1	.480	.474	26.6	36.7	.724	45.7		111.7

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	Levern Tart	27	80		3210	756	1528	.495	11	35	.314	745	1493	.499	.498	412	526	.783	252	294	546	264			248	268	1935
2	Bill Melchionni	25	80		3157	479	1030	.465	5	28	.179	474	1002	.473	.467	255	311	.820	66	164	230	457			186	282	1218
3	Les Hunter	27	79		2859	486	1122	.433	6	41	.146	480	1081	.444	.436	317	432	.734	234	439	673	215			297	335	1295
4	Walt Simon	30	81		2696	454	1030	.441	1	20	.050	453	1010	.449	.441	253	338	.749	152	322	474	294			197	296	1162
5	Ed Johnson	25	74		2486	405	848	.478	1	2	.500	404	846	.478	.478	226	404	.559	328	551	879	88			218	305	1037
6	Sonny Dove	24	80		2284	456	987	.462	2	13	.154	454	974	.466	.463	240	379	.633	236	307	543	107			201	295	1154
7	Ron Taylor	22	72		873	153	318	.481	0	0		153	318	.481	.481	54	97	.557	119	167	286	64			120	207	360
8	Luther Green	23	59		739	114	303	.376	0	3	.000	114	300	.380	.376	55	97	.567	96	167	263	27			54	117	283
9	George Lehmann	27	46		679	111	300	.370	41	126	.325	70	174	.402	.438	81	94	.862	18	21	39	104			73	80	344
10	Billy Evans	22	53		602	32	87	.368	0	2	.000	32	85	.376	.368	38	70	.543	17	22	39	100			47	89	102
11	Steve Chubin	25	11		232	40	118	.339	2	6	.333	38	112	.339	.347	37	42	.881	22	13	35	26			30	29	119
12	John Smith	25	16		165	9	40	.225	0	1	.000	9	39	.231	.225	5	7	.714	27	33	60	3			13	30	23
13	Bob Arnzen	22	13		98	19	48	.396	0	1	.000	19	47	.404	.396	2	6	.333	12	10	22	5			8	11	40
14	Bob McIntyre	26	7		94	12	32	.375	1	3	.333	11	29	.379	.391	0	1	.000	9	11	20	5			6	8	25
15	Dennis Grey	22	4		74	6	24	.250	0	0		6	24	.250	.250	6	12	.500	11	14	25	0			3	15	18
16	Barry Kramer	27	7		56	10	31	.323	0	1	.000	10	30	.333	.323	7	8	.875	7	6	13	3			11	10	27
17	Jack Gillespie	22	2		27	0	5	.000	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	2	2	1.000	2	5	7	0			0	3	2
18	Bob Christian	23	1		4	1	3	.333	0	0		1	3	.333	.333	0	0		1	1	2	0			2	1	2
			84		20335	3543	7854	.451	70	282	.248	3473	7572	.459	.456	1990	2826	.704	1609	2547	4156	1762			1714	2381	9146

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	Bill Melchionni	25	7		316	48	104	.462	1	3	.333	47	101	.465	.466	31	38	.816			22	33					128
2	Levern Tart	27	7		313	70	143	.490	2	6	.333	68	137	.496	.497	45	52	.865			30	36					187
3	Sonny Dove	24	7		281	48	97	.495	1	4	.250	47	93	.505	.500	26	39	.667			71	9					123
4	Les Hunter	27	7		233	45	100	.450	3	10	.300	42	90	.467	.465	20	29	.690			42	11					113
5	Walt Simon	30	7		222	39	78	.500	0	6	.000	39	72	.542	.500	23	28	.821			53	21					101
6	Ed Johnson	25	7		216	32	69	.464	0	0		32	69	.464	.464	30	52	.577			67	5					94
7	Luther Green	23	7		82	11	29	.379	1	2	.500	10	27	.370	.397	10	15	.667			28	3					33
8	Billy Evans	22	6		27	1	2	.500	0	1	.000	1	1	1.000	.500	1	3	.333			3	0					3
9	John Smith	25	2		10	0	3	.000	0	1	.000	0	2	.000	.000	0	0				2	0					0
10	Ron Taylor	22	2		5	0	4	.000	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	0	1	.000			2	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	Levern Tart	27	80	3210	20.7	.550	.023	.344			8.2	12.9			12.4	23.5		8.1	2.9	10.9	.164
2	Bill Melchionni	25	80	3157	13.5	.522	.027	.302			3.5	20.1			13.7	16.1		3.8	2.6	6.5	.098
3	Les Hunter	27	79	2859	13.1	.493	.037	.385			11.3	10.7			18.5	21.2		2.0	3.0	4.9	.083
4	Walt Simon	30	81	2696	14.0	.493	.019	.328			8.4	15.5			14.3	19.2		1.8	2.7	4.5	.080
5	Ed Johnson	25	74	2486	14.7	.505	.002	.476			17.0	5.0			17.5	18.8		2.1	3.0	5.1	.099
6	Sonny Dove	24	80	2284	14.7	.500	.013	.384			11.4	7.0			14.8	22.3		2.1	2.2	4.3	.090
7	Ron Taylor	22	72	873	10.3	.499	.000	.305			15.7	10.5			25.0	20.7		0.7	1.1	1.7	.096
8	Luther Green	23	59	739	10.7	.409	.010	.320			17.1	5.1			13.5	20.3		-1.1	0.9	-0.2	-0.014
9	George Lehmann	27	46	679	12.8	.504	.420	.313			2.8	21.6			17.6	23.0		0.8	0.6	1.3	.094
10	Billy Evans	22	53	602	4.1	.433	.023	.805			3.1	20.3			28.5	10.3		-0.1	0.5	0.4	.032
11	Steve Chubin	25	11	232	10.8	.436	.051	.356			7.2	16.0			18.0	27.0		-0.2	0.2	0.0	.000
12	John Smith	25	16	165	1.8	.267	.025	.175			17.5	2.2			23.2	12.8		-0.5	0.2	-0.3	-0.081
13	Bob Arnzen	22	13	98	9.0	.395	.021	.125			10.8	7.5			13.6	22.5		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.054
14	Bob McIntyre	26	7	94	6.9	.385	.094	.031			10.2	7.2			15.6	15.4		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.030
15	Dennis Grey	22	4	74	3.7	.307	.000	.500			16.2	0.0			9.3	16.4		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.117
16	Barry Kramer	27	7	56	2.9	.391	.032	.258			11.1	7.7			24.2	30.6		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.077
17	Jack Gillespie	22	2	27	0.8	.170	.000	.400			12.4	0.0			0.0	8.2		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.129
18	Bob Christian	23	1	4	-13.8	.333	.000	.000			24.0	0.0			40.0	47.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.199

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	Bill Melchionni	25	7	316	16.6	.530	.029	.365			3.5	14.7						0.4	0.1	0.5	.076
2	Levern Tart	27	7	313	24.2	.564	.042	.364			4.8	18.0						0.8	0.2	1.0	.147
3	Sonny Dove	24	7	281	19.1	.539	.041	.402			12.7	4.6						0.4	0.2	0.5	.092
4	Les Hunter	27	7	233	18.2	.501	.100	.290			9.1	7.1						0.1	0.1	0.3	.053
5	Walt Simon	30	7	222	22.1	.559	.077	.359			12.0	13.8						0.4	0.1	0.6	.121
6	Ed Johnson	25	7	216	19.1	.512	.000	.754			15.6	3.2						0.2	0.1	0.3	.068
7	Luther Green	23	7	82	17.8	.463	.069	.517			17.2	5.0						0.0	0.1	0.0	.017
8	Billy Evans	22	6	27	4.7	.452	.500	1.500			5.6	0.0						0.0	0.0	0.0	.005
9	John Smith	25	2	10	-6.4	.000	.333	.000			10.1	0.0						-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.360
10	Ron Taylor	22	2	5	-23.5	.000	.000	.250			20.1	0.0						-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-1.092

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