We're hiring! Join our team as a Senior Test Engineer. Apply here.

1978-79 San Diego Clippers Roster and Stats

Record: 43-39, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Gene Shue (43-39)

Executive: Irv Kaze

PTS/G: 113.1 (6th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 114.9 (22nd of 22)

SRS: -1.76 (15th of 22) Pace: 106.3 (11th of 22)

Off Rtg: 106.2 (4th of 22) Def Rtg: 107.9 (22nd of 22) Net Rtg: -1.7 (15th of 22)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (15th of 22)

Arena: San Diego Sports Arena

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
32	Bob Bigelow	SF	6-7	215	December 26, 1953	us US	3	Penn
24	World B. Free	PG	6-2	185	December 9, 1953	us US	3	Guilford College
44	Kevin Kunnert	C	7-0	230	November 11, 1951	us US	5	Iowa
45	Scott Lloyd	C	6-10	230	December 19, 1952	us US	2	Arizona State
31	Swen Nater	C	6-11	240	January 14, 1950	nl NL	5	Cypress College, UCLA
11	Connie Norman	SG	6-3	175	September 24, 1953	us US	2	Arizona
40	John Olive	SF	6-7	210	March 1, 1955	us US	R	Villanova
22	Stan Pietkiewicz	SG	6-5	200	July 14, 1956	us US	R	Auburn
9	Randy Smith	SG	6-3	180	December 12, 1948	us US	7	Buffalo State
14	Brian Taylor	PG	6-2	185	June 9, 1951	us US	6	Princeton
42	Kermit Washington	PF	6-8	230	September 17, 1951	us US	5	American University
12	Nick Weatherspoon	SF	6-7	195	July 20, 1950	us US	5	Illinois
33	Jerome Whitehead	C	6-10	220	September 30, 1956	us US	R	Marquette
21	Sidney Wicks	PF	6-8	225	September 19, 1949	us US	7	Santa Monica College, UCLA
20	Freeman Williams	SG	6-4	190	May 15, 1956	us US	R	Portland State

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	World B. Free	25	PG	78		37.9	10.2	21.2	.481	8.4	11.1	.756	1.6	2.2	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	3.8	3.2	28.8	MVP-6,NBA2
2	Randy Smith	30	SG	82	82	37.9	8.5	18.6	.455	3.6	4.4	.813	1.2	2.4	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.1	3.1	2.2	20.5
3	Kermit Washington	27	PF	82		33.7	4.3	7.6	.562	2.8	4.0	.688	3.6	6.1	9.8	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	3.9	11.3
4	Nick Weatherspoon	28	SF	82		32.2	5.8	12.2	.480	2.1	2.9	.739	2.2	3.4	5.5	1.6	1.0	0.5	2.2	3.5	13.8
5	Sidney Wicks	29	PF	79		25.6	3.9	8.6	.462	1.9	2.9	.650	2.0	3.1	5.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	2.3	3.5	9.8
6	Swen Nater	29	C	79		25.4	4.5	7.9	.569	1.7	2.1	.800	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.8	0.5	0.4	2.2	3.1	10.7
7	Kevin Kunnert	27	C	81		20.8	2.9	6.2	.467	0.7	1.0	.659	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.4	0.6	1.5	1.7	3.8	6.5
8	Freeman Williams	22	SG	72		16.6	4.7	9.5	.490	1.1	1.4	.776	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.2	10.4
9	Connie Norman	25	SG	22		14.7	3.2	7.5	.430	0.9	1.0	.826	0.6	0.9	1.5	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.6	7.3
10	Bob Bigelow	25	SF	29		14.2	1.2	3.1	.400	0.4	0.7	.619	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	2.9
11	Brian Taylor	27	PG	20		10.6	1.5	4.2	.361	0.8	0.9	.889	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.2	0.0	0.9	1.7	3.8
12	Stan Pietkiewicz	22	SG	4		8.0	0.3	2.0	.125	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.0
13	Scott Lloyd	26	C	5		6.2	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	1.2	0.0
14	John Olive	23	SF	34		5.6	0.4	1.2	.325	0.5	0.7	.783	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.3
15	Jerome Whitehead	22	C	31		4.9	0.5	1.1	.441	0.3	0.6	.444	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.2
	Team Totals			82	82	240.6	45.4	94.0	.483	22.4	30.1	.743	17.0	29.4	46.4	18.8	8.6	4.8	19.8	25.9	113.1

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Randy Smith	30	SG	82	82	3111	8.0	17.6	.455	3.4	4.2	.813	1.2	2.2	3.4	4.6	2.0	0.1	3.0	2.0	19.4
2	World B. Free	25	PG	78		2954	9.7	20.1	.481	8.0	10.5	.756	1.5	2.1	3.7	4.1	1.4	0.4	3.6	3.1	27.3	MVP-6,NBA2
3	Kermit Washington	27	PF	82		2764	4.6	8.1	.562	3.0	4.3	.688	3.9	6.6	10.4	1.6	1.1	1.6	2.4	4.1	12.1
4	Nick Weatherspoon	28	SF	82		2642	6.5	13.6	.480	2.4	3.2	.739	2.4	3.7	6.2	1.8	1.1	0.5	2.5	3.9	15.5
5	Sidney Wicks	29	PF	79		2022	5.6	12.0	.462	2.6	4.0	.650	2.8	4.4	7.2	2.2	1.2	0.6	3.2	4.9	13.7
6	Swen Nater	29	C	79		2006	6.4	11.3	.569	2.4	3.0	.800	3.9	8.7	12.6	2.5	0.7	0.5	3.1	4.4	15.2
7	Kevin Kunnert	27	C	81		1684	5.0	10.7	.467	1.2	1.8	.659	4.3	7.8	12.2	2.4	1.0	2.5	3.0	6.6	11.2
8	Freeman Williams	22	SG	72		1195	10.1	20.6	.490	2.3	3.0	.776	1.4	1.5	3.0	2.5	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	22.5
9	Bob Bigelow	25	SF	29		413	3.1	7.8	.400	1.1	1.8	.619	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	3.2	7.4
10	Connie Norman	25	SG	22		323	7.9	18.4	.430	2.1	2.6	.826	1.4	2.1	3.6	2.7	1.1	0.3	2.5	3.9	17.9
11	Brian Taylor	27	PG	20		212	5.1	14.1	.361	2.7	3.1	.889	2.2	2.2	4.4	3.4	4.1	0.0	2.9	5.8	12.9
12	John Olive	23	SF	34		189	2.5	7.6	.325	3.4	4.4	.783	0.6	3.0	3.6	0.6	0.8	0.0	2.5	6.1	8.4
13	Jerome Whitehead	22	C	31		152	3.6	8.1	.441	1.9	4.3	.444	3.8	8.1	11.8	1.7	0.7	0.9	2.6	6.9	9.0
14	Stan Pietkiewicz	22	SG	4		32	1.1	9.0	.125	2.3	2.3	1.000	0.0	6.8	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.0	1.1	5.6	4.5
15	Scott Lloyd	26	C	5		31	0.0	2.3	.000	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.3	3.5	0.0	1.2	0.0	9.3	7.0	0.0