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1972-73 New York Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 30-54, Finished 4th in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Lou Carnesecca (30-54)

Executive: Roy Boe

PTS/G: 103.6 (10th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 110.1 (4th of 10)

SRS: -5.80 (9th of 10) Pace: 104.5 (10th of 10)

Off Rtg: 98.8 (9th of 10) Def Rtg: 105.0 (8th of 10) Net Rtg: -6.2 (10th of 10)

Expected W-L: 25-59 (10th of 10)

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

ABA 1973 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-4) versus Carolina Cougars (Series Stats)

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
11	Jim Ard	C	6-8	215	September 19, 1948	us US	2	Cincinnati
20	Johnny Baum	SF	6-5	200	June 17, 1946	us US	3	Peirce College, Temple
43	Art Becker	PF	6-7	205	January 12, 1942	us US	5	Arizona State
3	George Bruns	PG	6-0	160	August 30, 1946	us US	R	Manhattan College
40	George Carter	SF	6-4	210	January 10, 1944	us US	4	St. Bonaventure
22	Jim Chones	PF	6-11	220	November 30, 1949	us US	R	Marquette
21	Joe DePre	SG	6-3	185	December 19, 1947	us US	2	St. John's
44	Gary Gregor	SF	6-7	225	August 13, 1945	us US	4	South Carolina
30	Bob Lackey	SG	6-5	200	April 4, 1949	us US	R	Casper College, Marquette
21	Brian Mahoney	SG	6-3	175	December 17, 1948		R	Manhattan College
25	Bill Melchionni	PG	6-1	165	October 19, 1944	us US	5	Villanova
5	Billy Paultz	C	6-11	235	July 30, 1948	us US	2	Cameron University, St. John's
13	John Roche	SG	6-3	170	September 26, 1949	us US	1	South Carolina
14	Brian Taylor	PG	6-2	185	June 9, 1951	us US	R	Princeton
32	Trooper Washington	PF	6-7	215	April 21, 1944	us US	5	Cheyney (PA)

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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	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	George Carter	29	SF	83	35.9	6.9	15.0	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	14.9	.459	.456	5.3	6.4	.832	2.5	3.7	6.2	2.1		3.1	3.7	19.0
2	Billy Paultz	24	C	81	34.6	6.6	12.7	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	6.6	12.7	.519	.518	3.5	5.0	.709	3.4	9.1	12.5	2.3	2.6	2.6	3.2	16.7	AS
3	John Roche	23	SG	77	34.0	5.2	11.8	.444	0.4	1.3	.330	4.8	10.5	.459	.463	3.4	4.5	.764	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.5		2.7	2.2	14.4
4	Brian Taylor	21	PG	63	32.3	6.3	12.2	.515	0.1	0.4	.160	6.2	11.8	.527	.518	2.7	3.6	.743	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.8		2.2	3.5	15.3	ROY-1
5	Bill Melchionni	28	PG	61	30.3	4.8	10.6	.450	0.1	0.2	.400	4.7	10.3	.452	.455	2.7	3.2	.840	0.3	1.8	2.1	7.4		3.0	2.5	12.3	AS
6	Trooper Washington	28	PF	76	26.7	3.0	5.6	.539	0.0	0.0		3.0	5.6	.539	.539	0.8	1.3	.624	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.7		2.4	3.2	6.9
7	Jim Chones	23	PF	82	26.3	4.8	9.4	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	9.4	.514	.514	1.7	2.9	.592	1.7	5.4	7.1	1.2		2.6	3.5	11.4	ROY-5
8	George Bruns	26	PG	13	18.2	2.4	5.1	.470	0.2	0.3	.500	2.2	4.8	.468	.485	1.7	2.1	.815	0.1	0.5	0.6	2.8		1.5	2.0	6.6
9	Bob Lackey	23	SG	68	17.4	2.3	5.2	.431	0.0	0.1	.400	2.2	5.1	.431	.434	1.5	2.5	.593	0.9	1.5	2.4	2.0		1.8	2.5	6.0
10	Gary Gregor	27	SF	40	14.9	2.5	5.1	.485	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.5	5.1	.483	.488	0.8	1.0	.821	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.8		1.0	2.1	5.8
11	Johnny Baum	26	SF	75	14.3	2.9	5.8	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	5.8	.507	.505	1.4	1.9	.748	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.4		1.0	1.3	7.3
12	Joe DePre	25	SG	1	12.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0		2.0	5.0	.400	.400	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0		0.0	1.0	4.0
13	Jim Ard	24	C	42	10.1	1.3	3.3	.379	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	3.2	.390	.379	0.8	1.2	.680	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.3		0.7	1.2	3.3
14	Brian Mahoney	24	SG	19	9.5	0.9	3.0	.298	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.9	.309	.298	1.3	2.1	.600	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.6		0.9	1.8	3.1
15	Art Becker	31	PF	8	5.8	1.1	2.0	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.9	.600	.563	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.1		0.1	0.4	2.9
	Team Totals				48.1	40.5	84.2	.481	0.6	2.1	.282	39.9	82.1	.486	.484	22.0	29.9	.737	13.8	31.8	45.6	22.6		20.2	25.1	103.6

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	George Carter	29	SF	5	43.6	7.2	14.4	.500	0.0	0.0		7.2	14.4	.500	.500	6.8	8.0	.850	3.2	5.8	9.0	2.6	4.2	5.4	21.2
2	Johnny Baum	26	SF	5	38.2	8.2	15.6	.526	0.0	0.0		8.2	15.6	.526	.526	2.4	3.4	.706	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.8	1.6	4.0	18.8
3	Bill Melchionni	28	PG	5	34.8	4.8	8.6	.558	0.2	0.6	.333	4.6	8.0	.575	.570	3.4	4.2	.810	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.2	4.0	5.0	13.2
4	Billy Paultz	24	C	5	34.4	6.8	11.2	.607	0.0	0.0		6.8	11.2	.607	.607	5.4	8.6	.628	2.4	8.6	11.0	2.0	2.8	3.4	19.0
5	Brian Taylor	21	PG	5	33.2	5.6	11.6	.483	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	11.4	.491	.483	2.4	3.0	.800	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.2	2.0	2.8	13.6
6	John Roche	23	SG	4	20.8	4.0	8.3	.485	0.5	1.5	.333	3.5	6.8	.519	.515	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.5	1.8	1.8	10.3
7	Trooper Washington	28	PF	4	17.0	1.5	2.8	.545	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.8	.545	.545	0.8	1.0	.750	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.8	0.5	2.0	3.8
8	Jim Chones	23	PF	5	14.8	1.6	4.6	.348	0.0	0.0		1.6	4.6	.348	.348	0.8	1.6	.500	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.0	1.0	1.6	4.0
9	Gary Gregor	27	SF	1	12.0	1.0	6.0	.167	0.0	0.0		1.0	6.0	.167	.167	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0
10	Bob Lackey	23	SG	5	12.0	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.2	.667	.500	0.8	2.2	.364	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.0	1.4	2.0	2.4
11	George Bruns	26	PG	2	3.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5
	Team Totals				49.0	39.6	77.8	.509	0.6	2.4	.250	39.0	75.4	.517	.513	24.6	35.0	.703			41.0	18.6	3.2	28.4	104.4

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	George Carter	29	83		2976	569	1249	.456	0	9	.000	569	1240	.459	.456	440	529	.832	205	310	515	173			255	308	1578
2	Billy Paultz	24	81		2800	532	1027	.518	0	2	.000	532	1025	.519	.518	287	405	.709	279	736	1015	189		214	213	259	1351
3	John Roche	23	77		2615	404	909	.444	34	103	.330	370	806	.459	.463	265	347	.764	33	113	146	348			207	170	1107
4	Jim Chones	23	82		2153	395	769	.514	0	1	.000	395	768	.514	.514	142	240	.592	143	443	586	95			213	291	932
5	Brian Taylor	21	63		2038	395	767	.515	4	25	.160	391	742	.527	.518	168	226	.743	77	126	203	175			137	219	962
6	Trooper Washington	28	76		2027	229	425	.539	0	0		229	425	.539	.539	63	101	.624	174	379	553	203			183	242	521
7	Bill Melchionni	28	61		1849	291	646	.450	6	15	.400	285	631	.452	.455	163	194	.840	19	108	127	453			184	155	751
8	Bob Lackey	23	68		1185	153	355	.431	2	5	.400	151	350	.431	.434	99	167	.593	60	100	160	136			120	170	407
9	Johnny Baum	26	75		1071	221	438	.505	0	2	.000	221	436	.507	.505	107	143	.748	75	126	201	31			76	99	549
10	Gary Gregor	27	40		595	99	204	.485	1	1	1.000	98	203	.483	.488	32	39	.821	40	110	150	31			41	84	231
11	Jim Ard	24	42		426	53	140	.379	0	4	.000	53	136	.390	.379	34	50	.680	48	100	148	14			29	50	140
12	George Bruns	26	13		236	31	66	.470	2	4	.500	29	62	.468	.485	22	27	.815	1	7	8	36			20	26	86
13	Brian Mahoney	24	19		181	17	57	.298	0	2	.000	17	55	.309	.298	24	40	.600	4	10	14	12			17	35	58
14	Art Becker	31	8		46	9	16	.563	0	1	.000	9	15	.600	.563	5	5	1.000	1	5	6	1			1	3	23
15	Joe DePre	25	1		12	2	5	.400	0	0		2	5	.400	.400	0	0		2	0	2	2			0	1	4
			84		20210	3400	7073	.481	49	174	.282	3351	6899	.486	.484	1851	2513	.737	1161	2673	3834	1899			1696	2112	8700

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	George Carter	29	5		218	36	72	.500	0	0		36	72	.500	.500	34	40	.850	16	29	45	13			21	27	106
2	Johnny Baum	26	5		191	41	78	.526	0	0		41	78	.526	.526	12	17	.706	10	11	21	4			8	20	94
3	Bill Melchionni	28	5		174	24	43	.558	1	3	.333	23	40	.575	.570	17	21	.810	0	10	10	31			20	25	66
4	Billy Paultz	24	5		172	34	56	.607	0	0		34	56	.607	.607	27	43	.628	12	43	55	10			14	17	95
5	Brian Taylor	21	5		166	28	58	.483	0	1	.000	28	57	.491	.483	12	15	.800	3	13	16	11			10	14	68
6	John Roche	23	4		83	16	33	.485	2	6	.333	14	27	.519	.515	7	12	.583	0	1	1	10			7	7	41
7	Jim Chones	23	5		74	8	23	.348	0	0		8	23	.348	.348	4	8	.500	4	23	27	5			5	8	20
8	Trooper Washington	28	4		68	6	11	.545	0	0		6	11	.545	.545	3	4	.750	4	14	18	3			2	8	15
9	Bob Lackey	23	5		60	4	8	.500	0	2	.000	4	6	.667	.500	4	11	.364	3	5	8	5			7	10	12
10	Gary Gregor	27	1		12	1	6	.167	0	0		1	6	.167	.167	2	2	1.000	1	3	4	0			0	3	4
11	George Bruns	26	2		7	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	1	2	.500	0	0	0	1			2	3	1

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	George Carter	29	83	2976	14.7	.532	.007	.424	7.2	10.3	8.8	8.9			14.7	23.9		4.0	0.3	4.2	.068
2	Billy Paultz	24	81	2800	21.7	.560	.002	.394	10.5	25.9	18.4	10.4		4.2	15.0	20.7		5.2	0.4	5.6	.095
3	John Roche	23	77	2615	11.8	.521	.113	.382	1.3	4.3	2.8	19.4			16.3	19.9		2.3	0.2	2.5	.045
4	Jim Chones	23	82	2153	11.8	.533	.001	.312	7.0	20.3	13.8	6.7			19.6	20.7		2.4	0.2	2.6	.058
5	Brian Taylor	21	63	2038	13.6	.555	.033	.295	4.0	6.1	5.1	13.3			13.7	20.2		3.5	0.1	3.6	.085
6	Trooper Washington	28	76	2027	10.3	.555	.000	.238	9.0	18.4	13.9	13.8			28.0	13.2		1.9	0.2	2.2	.051
7	Bill Melchionni	28	61	1849	13.8	.513	.023	.300	1.1	5.8	3.5	35.8			20.1	20.3		1.3	0.2	1.5	.039
8	Bob Lackey	23	68	1185	7.2	.475	.014	.470	5.3	8.3	6.9	16.1			21.9	18.9		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.005
9	Johnny Baum	26	75	1071	14.8	.548	.005	.326	7.4	11.6	9.5	4.6			13.2	22.0		1.8	0.1	1.9	.083
10	Gary Gregor	27	40	595	11.7	.522	.005	.191	7.1	18.2	12.8	7.7			15.6	18.0		0.5	0.1	0.5	.042
11	Jim Ard	24	42	426	10.1	.432	.029	.357	11.8	23.1	17.7	4.6			15.2	18.4		-0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.050
12	George Bruns	26	13	236	9.9	.552	.061	.409	0.4	2.9	1.7	21.5			20.4	17.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	.066
13	Brian Mahoney	24	19	181	0.3	.389	.035	.702	2.3	5.4	3.9	8.9			18.6	20.7		-0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.106
14	Art Becker	31	8	46	17.8	.632	.063	.313	2.3	10.7	6.6	3.4			5.2	17.1		0.2	0.0	0.2	.162
15	Joe DePre	25	1	12	15.6	.400	.000	.000	17.5	0.0	8.5	24.7			0.0	17.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.091

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	George Carter	29	5	218	16.8	.592	.000	.556			11.8	9.3			19.0	22.1		0.6	-0.3	0.4	.078
2	Johnny Baum	26	5	191	15.5	.550	.000	.218			6.3	3.5			8.6	21.3		0.4	-0.1	0.2	.059
3	Bill Melchionni	28	5	174	12.5	.632	.070	.488			3.3	26.6			27.7	18.1		0.5	-0.2	0.3	.083
4	Billy Paultz	24	5	172	23.4	.634	.000	.768			18.2	9.5			15.7	22.5		0.7	-0.3	0.4	.118
5	Brian Taylor	21	5	166	12.3	.526	.017	.259			5.5	10.4			13.4	19.6		0.2	-0.1	0.1	.017
6	John Roche	23	4	83	13.6	.536	.182	.364			0.7	19.6			15.5	23.8		0.1	-0.1	0.1	.046
7	Jim Chones	23	5	74	8.2	.377	.000	.348			20.8	9.7			15.9	18.6		-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.178
8	Trooper Washington	28	4	68	11.2	.588	.000	.364			15.1	6.1			13.6	9.5		0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.004
9	Bob Lackey	23	5	60	1.4	.467	.250	1.375			7.6	11.2			35.3	14.4		0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.051
10	Gary Gregor	27	1	12	2.7	.291	.000	.333			19.0	0.0			0.0	25.0		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.356
11	George Bruns	26	2	7	-21.2	.266	.000	2.000			0.0	17.7			51.5	24.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.186

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