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1974-75 New York Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 58-26, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Kevin Loughery (58-26)

Executive: Dave DeBusschere

PTS/G: 111.0 (4th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 103.4 (3rd of 10)

SRS: 6.58 (2nd of 10) Pace: 103.4 (5th of 10)

Off Rtg: 106.3 (4th of 10) Def Rtg: 98.9 (2nd of 10) Net Rtg: +7.3 (1st of 10)

Expected W-L: 61-23 (1st of 10)

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

ABA 1975 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Tiebreaker (0-1) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-4) versus Spirits of St. Louis (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
32	Julius Erving	SF	6-7	210	February 22, 1950	us US	3	UMass
12	Mike Gale	PG	6-4	185	July 18, 1950	us US	3	Elizabeth City State University
35	Larry Kenon	PF	6-9	205	December 13, 1952	us US	1	Amarillo College, Memphis
4	Wendell Ladner	SF	6-5	220	October 6, 1948	us US	4	Southern Miss
22	Ed Manning	SF	6-7	210	January 2, 1944	us US	7	Jackson State University
25	Bill Melchionni	PG	6-1	165	October 19, 1944	us US	7	Villanova
5	Billy Paultz	C	6-11	235	July 30, 1948	us US	4	Cameron University, St. John's
15	Billy Schaeffer	SF	6-5	200	December 11, 1951	us US	1	St. John's
30	Al Skinner	SG	6-3	190	June 16, 1952	us US	R	UMass
40	Willie Sojourner	C	6-8	225	September 10, 1948	us US	3	Weber State
14	Brian Taylor	PG	6-2	185	June 9, 1951	us US	2	Princeton
23	John Williamson	SG	6-2	185	November 10, 1951	us US	1	New Mexico State

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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

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	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Julius Erving	24	SF	84	40.5	10.9	21.5	.506	0.3	1.0	.333	10.5	20.5	.515	.514	5.8	7.2	.799	3.4	7.5	10.9	5.5	2.2	1.9	3.6	3.0	27.9	MVP-1,AS
2	Larry Kenon	22	PF	84	37.7	8.0	15.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.500	8.0	15.8	.509	.510	2.6	3.4	.770	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.5	1.3	0.4	2.5	2.7	18.7	AS
3	Billy Paultz	26	C	80	35.3	6.6	13.5	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	6.6	13.5	.487	.485	2.7	3.6	.748	2.2	7.5	9.7	2.2	0.7	1.7	1.9	3.4	15.8	AS
4	Brian Taylor	23	PG	79	33.1	6.0	11.6	.513	0.1	0.6	.217	5.8	11.1	.529	.518	1.9	2.5	.765	1.1	1.8	2.9	3.6	2.8	0.3	1.9	2.7	14.0	AS
5	John Williamson	23	SG	75	25.0	4.9	10.2	.482	0.0	0.2	.231	4.9	10.1	.486	.484	1.6	2.0	.837	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.5	11.5
6	Mike Gale	24	PG	72	22.6	3.2	6.8	.463	0.1	0.3	.304	3.1	6.5	.471	.471	1.0	1.3	.791	1.3	1.9	3.3	2.3	1.2	0.7	1.5	1.8	7.4
7	Bill Melchionni	30	PG	77	18.0	2.6	5.4	.487	0.1	0.4	.296	2.5	5.0	.500	.496	0.8	1.0	.795	0.2	0.8	1.0	4.2	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.4	6.1
8	Wendell Ladner	26	SF	25	17.4	1.8	6.9	.260	0.3	1.4	.194	1.5	5.5	.277	.280	0.2	0.4	.600	0.8	1.9	2.7	1.6	1.3	0.0	0.9	2.7	4.1
9	Al Skinner	22	SG	51	15.2	2.5	5.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.333	2.5	5.2	.490	.491	1.4	1.8	.766	0.8	1.5	2.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.2	6.5
10	Ed Manning	31	SF	70	14.2	1.5	3.5	.424	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	3.4	.427	.424	0.5	0.6	.833	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.4
11	Willie Sojourner	26	C	79	12.9	2.0	4.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	4.1	.480	.480	0.6	0.9	.700	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.4	4.6
12	Billy Schaeffer	23	SF	27	10.4	2.3	4.9	.466	0.1	0.3	.286	2.2	4.6	.476	.473	0.6	0.9	.600	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	5.1
	Team Totals				48.5	46.2	94.6	.488	0.8	3.0	.274	45.4	91.6	.495	.493	17.9	23.0	.778	14.5	33.0	47.5	23.9	10.9	6.1	16.7	23.2	111.0

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	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Julius Erving	24	SF	5	42.2	11.0	24.2	.455	0.0	1.6	.000	11.0	22.6	.487	.455	5.4	6.4	.844	2.4	7.4	9.8	5.6	1.0	1.8	3.8	3.6	27.4
2	Larry Kenon	22	PF	5	39.8	9.4	17.6	.534	0.0	0.0		9.4	17.6	.534	.534	2.6	3.4	.765	4.2	8.6	12.8	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.8	3.4	21.4
3	Brian Taylor	23	PG	5	37.2	2.6	7.2	.361	0.2	0.6	.333	2.4	6.6	.364	.375	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.8	1.4	0.2	1.6	4.2	6.2
4	Billy Paultz	26	C	5	35.6	5.8	11.8	.492	0.0	0.0		5.8	11.8	.492	.492	2.4	3.0	.800	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.2	0.2	3.2	2.2	3.6	14.0
5	Mike Gale	24	PG	3	24.3	3.0	6.3	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.3	5.0	.467	.526	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.3	2.3	7.7
6	John Williamson	23	SG	5	23.6	5.2	8.6	.605	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	8.4	.619	.605	1.6	2.6	.615	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	0.2	0.6	2.0	4.2	12.0
7	Bill Melchionni	30	PG	5	21.6	2.8	7.8	.359	0.2	1.2	.167	2.6	6.6	.394	.372	1.0	1.4	.714	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.8
8	Willie Sojourner	26	C	5	13.0	2.4	4.4	.545	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.4	.545	.545	0.6	1.0	.600	1.6	1.0	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.0	2.6	5.4
9	Wendell Ladner	26	SF	3	11.7	1.7	7.7	.217	1.0	2.3	.429	0.7	5.3	.125	.283	0.0	0.0		1.3	0.3	1.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	3.3	4.3
10	Al Skinner	22	SG	1	9.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	.500	3.0	4.0	.750	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0
11	Ed Manning	31	SF	3	6.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	2.0	.333	.286	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.7
	Team Totals				48.0	42.3	90.7	.467	1.7	6.2	.270	40.7	84.5	.481	.476	15.5	20.7	.750	9.0	39.8	41.3	21.2	1.8	1.0	16.0	25.5	101.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	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	Julius Erving	24	SF	84	3402	9.7	19.1	.506	0.3	0.9	.333	9.4	18.2	.515	.514	5.1	6.4	.799	3.0	6.7	9.7	4.9	2.0	1.7	3.2	2.7	24.8	MVP-1,AS
2	Larry Kenon	22	PF	84	3165	7.7	15.1	.509	0.0	0.0	.500	7.7	15.1	.509	.510	2.5	3.2	.770	3.2	7.1	10.2	1.4	1.2	0.3	2.3	2.6	17.9	AS
3	Billy Paultz	26	C	80	2826	6.7	13.8	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	6.7	13.7	.487	.485	2.7	3.6	.748	2.2	7.6	9.8	2.3	0.8	1.7	1.9	3.5	16.1	AS
4	Brian Taylor	23	PG	79	2611	6.5	12.7	.513	0.1	0.6	.217	6.4	12.1	.529	.518	2.1	2.7	.765	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.9	3.0	0.4	2.1	3.0	15.2	AS
5	John Williamson	23	SG	75	1872	7.1	14.8	.482	0.1	0.2	.231	7.1	14.5	.486	.484	2.4	2.8	.837	1.0	1.9	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.4	2.8	3.6	16.7
6	Mike Gale	24	PG	72	1624	5.1	10.9	.463	0.2	0.5	.304	4.9	10.4	.471	.471	1.6	2.0	.791	2.2	3.1	5.2	3.7	2.0	1.0	2.5	2.9	11.9
7	Bill Melchionni	30	PG	77	1384	5.2	10.7	.487	0.2	0.7	.296	5.0	10.0	.500	.496	1.6	2.0	.795	0.3	1.6	2.0	8.3	1.8	0.2	2.8	2.7	12.3
8	Willie Sojourner	26	C	79	1020	5.5	11.4	.478	0.0	0.1	.333	5.4	11.3	.480	.480	1.7	2.5	.700	3.3	6.4	9.7	1.5	0.6	2.3	2.2	6.7	12.7
9	Ed Manning	31	SF	70	992	3.7	8.8	.424	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	8.7	.427	.424	1.3	1.5	.833	2.1	5.6	7.7	2.1	1.5	0.3	2.1	5.2	8.7
10	Al Skinner	22	SG	51	773	6.1	12.4	.489	0.0	0.1	.333	6.0	12.2	.490	.491	3.4	4.4	.766	2.0	3.6	5.6	5.6	1.4	0.6	3.2	5.2	15.5
11	Wendell Ladner	26	SF	25	436	3.7	14.3	.260	0.6	3.0	.194	3.1	11.3	.277	.280	0.5	0.8	.600	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.2	2.6	0.1	1.9	5.6	8.5
12	Billy Schaeffer	23	SF	27	280	7.8	16.8	.466	0.3	0.9	.286	7.6	15.9	.476	.473	1.9	3.2	.600	1.9	2.8	4.8	2.6	1.2	0.3	2.3	4.6	17.9

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	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	Julius Erving	24	SF	5	211	9.4	20.6	.455	0.0	1.4	.000	9.4	19.3	.487	.455	4.6	5.5	.844	2.0	6.3	8.4	4.8	0.9	1.5	3.2	3.1	23.4
2	Larry Kenon	22	PF	5	199	8.5	15.9	.534	0.0	0.0		8.5	15.9	.534	.534	2.4	3.1	.765	3.8	7.8	11.6	0.9	1.8	0.0	3.4	3.1	19.4
3	Brian Taylor	23	PG	5	186	2.5	7.0	.361	0.2	0.6	.333	2.3	6.4	.364	.375	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.7	1.4	0.2	1.5	4.1	6.0
4	Billy Paultz	26	C	5	178	5.9	11.9	.492	0.0	0.0		5.9	11.9	.492	.492	2.4	3.0	.800	2.0	7.1	9.1	2.2	0.2	3.2	2.2	3.6	14.2
5	John Williamson	23	SG	5	118	7.9	13.1	.605	0.0	0.3	.000	7.9	12.8	.619	.605	2.4	4.0	.615	0.9	2.1	3.1	3.1	0.3	0.9	3.1	6.4	18.3
6	Bill Melchionni	30	PG	5	108	4.7	13.0	.359	0.3	2.0	.167	4.3	11.0	.394	.372	1.7	2.3	.714	1.0	3.0	4.0	10.7	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	11.3
7	Mike Gale	24	PG	3	73	4.4	9.4	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	3.5	7.4	.467	.526	1.5	3.0	.500	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.0	0.5	3.5	11.3
8	Willie Sojourner	26	C	5	65	6.6	12.2	.545	0.0	0.0		6.6	12.2	.545	.545	1.7	2.8	.600	4.4	2.8	7.2	1.1	0.0	5.0	2.8	7.2	15.0
9	Wendell Ladner	26	SF	3	35	5.1	23.7	.217	3.1	7.2	.429	2.1	16.5	.125	.283	0.0	0.0		4.1	1.0	5.1	0.0	4.1	0.0	1.0	10.3	13.4
10	Ed Manning	31	SF	3	18	4.0	14.0	.286	0.0	2.0	.000	4.0	12.0	.333	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	10.0
11	Al Skinner	22	SG	1	9	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	0.0		4.0	8.0	.500	.500	12.0	16.0	.750	4.0	4.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	20.0

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	Julius Erving	24	84	3402	26.2	.565	.048	.337	8.6	18.4	13.6	19.9	2.5	2.6	12.7	27.9		10.2	7.4	17.6	.248		6.2	2.3	8.5	9.0
2	Larry Kenon	22	84	3165	17.0	.541	.002	.213	9.1	19.5	14.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	12.4	20.9		4.3	5.7	10.0	.152		0.6	-0.5	0.1	1.6
3	Billy Paultz	26	80	2826	16.3	.523	.003	.265	6.4	21.0	13.8	8.3	1.0	2.7	11.0	19.2		3.6	5.4	9.0	.152		0.1	0.9	0.9	2.1
4	Brian Taylor	23	79	2611	16.0	.549	.050	.213	3.4	5.6	4.5	14.0	3.9	0.6	13.1	17.7		3.6	4.7	8.3	.153		-0.2	2.9	2.6	3.0
5	John Williamson	23	75	1872	12.6	.520	.017	.191	2.8	5.2	4.0	14.0	1.5	0.7	15.1	21.0		1.0	2.2	3.3	.083		-1.5	-0.4	-2.0	0.0
6	Mike Gale	24	72	1624	12.7	.503	.047	.185	6.2	8.5	7.4	12.5	2.5	1.6	17.3	15.8		0.7	2.7	3.4	.100		-0.6	1.6	1.1	1.2
7	Bill Melchionni	30	77	1384	13.9	.528	.065	.189	0.9	4.5	2.7	28.7	2.3	0.3	19.2	16.0		1.5	1.8	3.3	.114		0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7
8	Willie Sojourner	26	79	1020	11.9	.507	.009	.216	9.5	17.6	13.7	5.2	0.7	3.5	15.1	16.4		0.5	1.8	2.4	.111		-3.3	0.7	-2.6	-0.2
9	Ed Manning	31	70	992	8.1	.461	.008	.173	6.2	15.3	10.8	6.9	1.9	0.5	17.9	12.8		-0.2	1.7	1.5	.071		-3.8	1.0	-2.8	-0.2
10	Al Skinner	22	51	773	14.7	.542	.011	.353	5.6	10.0	7.9	20.0	1.7	0.9	18.1	19.4		0.9	1.1	2.1	.130		-0.4	0.7	0.3	0.5
11	Wendell Ladner	26	25	436	4.5	.290	.208	.058	5.0	10.7	7.9	10.5	3.4	0.1	11.5	18.4		-1.2	0.8	-0.4	-0.039		-7.1	1.0	-6.1	-0.5
12	Billy Schaeffer	23	27	280	12.6	.489	.053	.191	5.5	7.8	6.7	9.7	1.5	0.4	11.3	22.9		0.1	0.4	0.5	.080		-2.1	-0.7	-2.7	0.0

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	Julius Erving	24	5	211	20.1	.507	.066	.264	5.6	18.5	11.8	21.2	1.1	2.4	12.3	29.9		0.1	0.3	0.4	.094		2.5	0.1	2.6	0.2
2	Larry Kenon	22	5	199	17.7	.560	.000	.193	10.3	22.8	16.4	3.9	2.4	0.0	16.6	23.6		0.1	0.3	0.4	.096		-0.2	-1.1	-1.3	0.0
3	Brian Taylor	23	5	186	4.3	.410	.083	.111	2.1	4.5	3.3	9.2	1.8	0.3	17.5	10.1		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.005		-6.2	0.1	-6.1	-0.2
4	Billy Paultz	26	5	178	14.8	.534	.000	.254	5.5	20.8	12.9	8.5	0.3	5.0	14.4	17.6		0.1	0.2	0.3	.090		-1.3	1.0	-0.3	0.1
5	John Williamson	23	5	118	12.9	.616	.023	.302	2.5	6.3	4.3	12.7	0.4	1.4	17.0	20.4		0.1	0.1	0.2	.078		-2.2	-1.0	-3.3	0.0
6	Bill Melchionni	30	5	108	12.3	.404	.154	.179	2.7	8.8	5.6	39.1	0.4	0.5	12.5	18.2		0.0	0.1	0.1	.031		-0.7	-2.4	-3.1	0.0
7	Mike Gale	24	3	73	16.2	.531	.211	.316	1.3	5.8	3.5	12.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	12.7		0.1	0.1	0.2	.151		1.4	5.3	6.7	0.2
8	Willie Sojourner	26	5	65	14.0	.558	.000	.227	12.1	8.1	10.2	4.4	0.0	7.7	17.1	18.4		0.0	0.1	0.1	.080		-3.5	0.8	-2.7	0.0
9	Wendell Ladner	26	3	35	2.3	.283	.304	.000	11.2	3.0	7.3	0.0	5.4	0.0	4.2	28.1		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.140		-9.8	-1.0	-10.8	-0.1
10	Ed Manning	31	3	18	1.3	.336	.143	.143	0.0	5.9	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.077		-7.6	-4.2	-11.8	0.0
11	Al Skinner	22	1	9	14.9	.665	.000	2.000	10.9	11.7	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.0	21.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	.137		-1.1	-2.3	-3.4	0.0

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