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1970-71 New York Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 40-44, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Lou Carnesecca (40-44)

PTS/G: 111.0 (10th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 111.6 (2nd of 11)

SRS: -0.86 (6th of 11) Pace: 107.3 (11th of 11)

Off Rtg: 103.0 (8th of 11) Def Rtg: 103.5 (3rd of 11) Net Rtg: -0.6 (5th of 11)

Expected W-L: 40-44 (5th of 11)

Arena: Island Garden

ABA 1971 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-4) versus Virginia Squires (Series Stats)

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
12	Jim Ard	C	6-8	215	September 19, 1948	us US	R	Cincinnati
24	Rick Barry	SF	6-7	205	March 28, 1944	us US	4	Miami (FL)
3, 15	Bill Bunting	SF	6-8	200	August 26, 1947	us US	1	UNC
4	Jeff Congdon	PG	6-1	180	October 17, 1943	us US	3	BYU
3	Billy DeAngelis	G	6-1	180	October 5, 1946		R	Saint Joseph's
21	Joe DePre	SG	6-3	185	December 19, 1947	us US	R	St. John's
11	Sonny Dove	PF	6-7	198	August 16, 1945	us US	3	St. John's
14	Luther Green	PF	6-7	190	November 13, 1946	us US	1	Long Island University
10, 15	Jim Hayes	SG	6-3	200	February 18, 1948	us US	R	Boston University
40	Les Hunter	PF	6-7	210	August 16, 1942	us US	4	Loyola Chicago
20	Ed Johnson	C	6-8	205	June 17, 1944	us US	2	Tennessee State
3	Manny Leaks	C	6-8	225	November 27, 1945	us US	2	Niagara University
25	Bill Melchionni	PG	6-1	165	October 19, 1944	us US	3	Villanova
5	Billy Paultz	C	6-11	235	July 30, 1948	us US	R	Cameron University, St. John's
23	Levern Tart	SG	6-2	195	June 1, 1942	us US	3	Bradley
20	Ollie Taylor	SG	6-2	194	March 7, 1947	us US	R	San Jacinto College, Houston

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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

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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	Rick Barry	26	59	42.4	10.7	22.8	.469	0.3	1.5	.221	10.4	21.4	.486	.476	7.6	8.6	.890	1.8	5.0	6.8	5.0	3.4	3.5	29.4	MVP-5,AS
2	Bill Melchionni	26	81	40.5	6.9	15.4	.451	0.0	0.3	.091	6.9	15.1	.457	.452	3.7	4.6	.814	0.6	2.3	2.9	8.3	3.7	3.4	17.6	MVP-9,AS
3	Levern Tart	28	27	36.5	7.1	16.8	.424	0.1	0.3	.444	7.0	16.4	.423	.428	3.8	4.9	.767	1.9	2.0	3.9	2.7	3.2	3.1	18.1
4	Manny Leaks	25	40	35.7	6.9	13.8	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	6.9	13.8	.496	.495	3.3	4.5	.726	3.4	6.2	9.6	1.2	2.5	2.7	17.0
5	Billy Paultz	22	83	33.2	6.1	11.7	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	6.1	11.7	.525	.524	2.4	3.2	.747	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.5	3.3	14.7
6	Sonny Dove	25	83	27.5	5.6	12.1	.464	0.0	0.2	.286	5.6	12.0	.467	.466	2.2	3.3	.681	3.2	5.0	8.1	1.1	2.7	3.7	13.5
7	Joe DePre	23	72	23.7	3.5	6.8	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	6.7	.517	.512	1.8	2.4	.767	0.8	1.7	2.4	1.9	1.9	3.6	8.8
8	Ed Johnson	26	26	22.8	3.7	8.4	.445	0.0	0.0		3.7	8.4	.445	.445	2.8	4.2	.673	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.0	2.5	3.1	10.3
9	Les Hunter	28	5	22.0	2.8	7.8	.359	0.0	0.0		2.8	7.8	.359	.359	0.8	1.6	.500	1.2	3.0	4.2	0.4	3.4	2.2	6.4
10	Ollie Taylor	23	80	20.2	3.1	6.2	.506	0.1	0.2	.417	3.1	6.1	.508	.511	2.3	3.5	.675	1.4	2.5	3.8	1.8	2.0	2.9	8.7
11	Bill Bunting	23	39	17.6	1.7	3.9	.430	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.9	.430	.430	1.5	1.8	.870	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.9	1.3	2.4	4.9
12	Jim Ard	22	73	14.1	2.4	5.2	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	5.2	.459	.455	1.1	1.8	.598	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	5.8
13	Jeff Congdon	27	42	13.8	1.5	3.6	.413	0.1	0.3	.308	1.4	3.3	.423	.427	0.8	0.9	.865	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.2	1.2	3.8
14	Jim Hayes	22	47	10.5	1.0	2.3	.422	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.3	.422	.422	1.1	1.4	.776	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	3.1
15	Luther Green	24	26	6.3	1.5	3.4	.455	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	3.2	.476	.455	0.7	1.7	.409	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.1	0.8	0.7	3.8
16	Billy DeAngelis	24	8	5.9	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	.500	.500	0.5	0.8	.667	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	1.3
	Team Totals			48.2	43.3	91.7	.472	0.5	2.0	.224	42.9	89.7	.478	.475	24.0	31.6	.759	15.8	33.1	48.9	22.3	21.2	26.2	111.0

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	Rick Barry	26	6	47.8	11.7	22.5	.519	2.3	4.5	.519	9.3	18.0	.519	.570	8.0	9.8	.814	2.8	8.8	11.7	4.0	5.5	3.8	33.7
2	Bill Melchionni	26	5	41.0	8.8	16.4	.537	0.0	0.0		8.8	16.4	.537	.537	4.8	5.2	.923	0.2	1.2	1.4	8.2	3.6	3.2	22.4
3	Billy Paultz	22	6	39.8	7.5	12.7	.592	0.2	0.2	1.000	7.3	12.5	.587	.599	5.0	6.7	.750	2.8	12.2	15.0	3.0	4.2	4.8	20.2
4	Manny Leaks	25	6	34.0	5.8	11.5	.507	0.0	0.0		5.8	11.5	.507	.507	1.0	2.0	.500	2.0	5.8	7.8	0.5	1.7	2.7	12.7
5	Joe DePre	23	6	28.5	4.8	9.2	.527	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	9.0	.537	.527	2.5	3.2	.789	1.7	1.3	3.0	2.2	2.7	5.3	12.2
6	Ollie Taylor	23	6	21.3	2.5	5.2	.484	0.2	0.3	.500	2.3	4.8	.483	.500	3.7	4.8	.759	1.2	1.3	2.5	2.2	1.7	3.0	8.8
7	Jeff Congdon	27	4	19.0	2.0	5.3	.381	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	5.0	.400	.381	1.3	1.3	1.000	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.5	5.3
8	Jim Ard	22	6	16.3	2.7	4.8	.552	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.8	.552	.552	2.5	3.7	.682	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.5	1.0	2.5	7.8
9	Sonny Dove	25	5	6.4	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	.500	0.2	0.8	.250	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	2.0	2.2
	Team Totals			48.0	44.5	85.3	.521	2.7	5.3	.500	41.8	80.0	.523	.537	27.7	36.0	.769			48.8	22.8		26.0	119.3

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	Bill Melchionni	26	81		3284	561	1244	.451	2	22	.091	559	1222	.457	.452	301	370	.814	49	188	237	672			300	273	1425
2	Billy Paultz	22	83		2758	510	973	.524	0	2	.000	510	971	.525	.524	201	269	.747	239	701	940	160			206	274	1221
3	Rick Barry	26	59		2502	632	1348	.469	19	86	.221	613	1262	.486	.476	451	507	.890	105	296	401	294			202	205	1734
4	Sonny Dove	25	83		2280	467	1006	.464	4	14	.286	463	992	.467	.466	186	273	.681	264	412	676	88			224	304	1124
5	Joe DePre	23	72		1707	250	488	.512	0	4	.000	250	484	.517	.512	132	172	.767	55	120	175	138			137	262	632
6	Ollie Taylor	23	80		1617	251	496	.506	5	12	.417	246	484	.508	.511	187	277	.675	111	196	307	146			162	231	694
7	Manny Leaks	25	40		1427	274	553	.495	0	1	.000	274	552	.496	.495	130	179	.726	136	249	385	49			100	108	678
8	Jim Ard	22	73		1027	174	382	.455	0	3	.000	174	379	.459	.455	79	132	.598	112	225	337	40			108	119	427
9	Levern Tart	28	27		985	192	453	.424	4	9	.444	188	444	.423	.428	102	133	.767	52	54	106	73			87	84	490
10	Bill Bunting	23	39		687	65	151	.430	0	0		65	151	.430	.430	60	69	.870	64	78	142	34			51	94	190
11	Ed Johnson	26	26		592	97	218	.445	0	0		97	218	.445	.445	74	110	.673	83	139	222	26			66	80	268
12	Jeff Congdon	27	42		579	62	150	.413	4	13	.308	58	137	.423	.427	32	37	.865	10	44	54	97			51	50	160
13	Jim Hayes	22	47		494	46	109	.422	0	0		46	109	.422	.422	52	67	.776	20	25	45	47			45	73	144
14	Luther Green	24	26		164	40	88	.455	0	4	.000	40	84	.476	.455	18	44	.409	22	33	55	3			21	19	98
15	Les Hunter	28	5		110	14	39	.359	0	0		14	39	.359	.359	4	8	.500	6	15	21	2			17	11	32
16	Billy DeAngelis	24	8		47	3	6	.500	0	0		3	6	.500	.500	4	6	.667	2	4	6	8			5	16	10
			84		20260	3638	7704	.472	38	170	.224	3600	7534	.478	.475	2013	2653	.759	1330	2779	4109	1877			1782	2203	9327

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	Rick Barry	26	6		287	70	135	.519	14	27	.519	56	108	.519	.570	48	59	.814	17	53	70	24			33	23	202
2	Billy Paultz	22	6		239	45	76	.592	1	1	1.000	44	75	.587	.599	30	40	.750	17	73	90	18			25	29	121
3	Bill Melchionni	26	5		205	44	82	.537	0	0		44	82	.537	.537	24	26	.923	1	6	7	41			18	16	112
4	Manny Leaks	25	6		204	35	69	.507	0	0		35	69	.507	.507	6	12	.500	12	35	47	3			10	16	76
5	Joe DePre	23	6		171	29	55	.527	0	1	.000	29	54	.537	.527	15	19	.789	10	8	18	13			16	32	73
6	Ollie Taylor	23	6		128	15	31	.484	1	2	.500	14	29	.483	.500	22	29	.759	7	8	15	13			10	18	53
7	Jim Ard	22	6		98	16	29	.552	0	0		16	29	.552	.552	15	22	.682	11	18	29	3			6	15	47
8	Jeff Congdon	27	4		76	8	21	.381	0	1	.000	8	20	.400	.381	5	5	1.000	2	4	6	11			5	2	21
9	Sonny Dove	25	5		32	5	10	.500	0	0		5	10	.500	.500	1	4	.250	4	7	11	1			1	10	11

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	Bill Melchionni	26	81	3284	13.9	.506	.018	.297			3.5	28.1			17.6	19.8		2.8	1.9	4.8	.070
2	Billy Paultz	22	83	2758	17.2	.559	.002	.276			16.6	8.1			15.9	17.9		5.0	2.1	7.0	.122
3	Rick Barry	26	59	2502	22.6	.552	.064	.376			7.8	18.2			11.4	27.0		6.6	1.4	8.1	.155
4	Sonny Dove	25	83	2280	13.9	.499	.014	.271			14.5	5.6			16.6	22.5		1.5	1.5	3.0	.063
5	Joe DePre	23	72	1707	9.2	.561	.008	.352			5.0	10.8			19.6	15.6		2.7	0.7	3.4	.095
6	Ollie Taylor	23	80	1617	12.6	.562	.024	.558			9.3	12.2			20.8	18.3		2.9	0.9	3.9	.115
7	Manny Leaks	25	40	1427	16.3	.537	.002	.324			13.2	4.9			13.7	19.5		2.1	0.9	3.0	.099
8	Jim Ard	22	73	1027	11.8	.485	.008	.346			16.0	5.3			19.7	20.3		0.3	0.7	1.0	.046
9	Levern Tart	28	27	985	11.5	.479	.020	.294			5.3	10.5			14.5	23.1		0.2	0.4	0.6	.029
10	Bill Bunting	23	39	687	8.3	.524	.000	.457			10.1	6.2			21.9	12.9		0.5	0.4	0.9	.060
11	Ed Johnson	26	26	592	14.2	.503	.000	.505			18.3	6.0			19.9	21.4		0.4	0.5	0.9	.071
12	Jeff Congdon	27	42	579	8.4	.481	.087	.247			4.6	21.2			23.5	14.3		0.1	0.3	0.4	.037
13	Jim Hayes	22	47	494	6.0	.520	.000	.615			4.4	11.8			24.5	14.1		0.4	0.2	0.6	.057
14	Luther Green	24	26	164	13.4	.456	.045	.500			16.4	2.8			16.4	29.8		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.002
15	Les Hunter	28	5	110	-0.9	.376	.000	.205			9.3	2.4			28.6	20.6		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.074
16	Billy DeAngelis	24	8	47	3.1	.579	.000	1.000			6.2	20.4			36.7	11.0		0.1	0.0	0.1	.084

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	Rick Barry	26	6	287	23.3	.627	.200	.437				12.2			17.0			1.3	-0.4	0.9	.158
2	Billy Paultz	22	6	239	18.2	.646	.013	.526				10.2			21.1			0.9	-0.4	0.5	.093
3	Bill Melchionni	26	5	205	19.9	.599	.000	.317				28.1			16.2			0.6	-0.2	0.4	.100
4	Manny Leaks	25	6	204	9.7	.512	.000	.174				1.9			11.9			0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.013
5	Joe DePre	23	6	171	9.9	.576	.018	.345				10.0			20.2			0.4	-0.1	0.2	.057
6	Ollie Taylor	23	6	128	13.3	.606	.065	.935				12.5			18.6			0.3	-0.1	0.2	.071
7	Jim Ard	22	6	98	17.5	.608	.000	.759				4.0			13.4			0.3	-0.1	0.2	.074
8	Jeff Congdon	27	4	76	8.3	.453	.048	.238				17.6			17.7			0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.058
9	Sonny Dove	25	5	32	6.9	.468	.000	.400				4.1			7.8			0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.070

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