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		Exp	College
32	Bob Bigelow	SF	6-7	215	December 26, 1953	us	3	Penn
24	World B. Free	PG	6-2	185	December 9, 1953	us	3	Guilford College
44	Kevin Kunnert	C	7-0	230	November 11, 1951	us	5	Iowa
45	Scott Lloyd	C	6-10	230	December 19, 1952	us	2	Arizona State
31	Swen Nater	C	6-11	240	January 14, 1950	nl	5	Cypress College, UCLA
11	Connie Norman	SG	6-3	175	September 24, 1953	us	2	Arizona
40	John Olive	SF	6-7	210	March 1, 1955	us	R	Villanova
22	Stan Pietkiewicz	SG	6-5	200	July 14, 1956	us	R	Auburn
9	Randy Smith	SG	6-3	180	December 12, 1948	us	7	Buffalo State
14	Brian Taylor	PG	6-2	185	June 9, 1951	us	6	Princeton
42	Kermit Washington	PF	6-8	230	September 17, 1951	us	5	American University
12	Nick Weatherspoon	SF	6-7	195	July 20, 1950	us	5	Illinois
33	Jerome Whitehead	C	6-10	220	September 30, 1956	us	R	Marquette
21	Sidney Wicks	PF	6-8	225	September 19, 1949	us	7	UCLA
20	Freeman Williams	SG	6-4	190	May 15, 1956	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	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	World B. Free	25	78	37.9	10.2	21.2	.481	10.2	21.2	.481	.481	8.4	11.1	.756	1.6	2.2	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	3.8	3.2	28.8
2	Randy Smith	30	82	37.9	8.5	18.6	.455	8.5	18.6	.455	.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	82	33.7	4.3	7.6	.562	4.3	7.6	.562	.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	82	32.2	5.8	12.2	.480	5.8	12.2	.480	.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	79	25.6	3.9	8.6	.462	3.9	8.6	.462	.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	79	25.4	4.5	7.9	.569	4.5	7.9	.569	.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	81	20.8	2.9	6.2	.467	2.9	6.2	.467	.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	72	16.6	4.7	9.5	.490	4.7	9.5	.490	.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	22	14.7	3.2	7.5	.430	3.2	7.5	.430	.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	29	14.2	1.2	3.1	.400	1.2	3.1	.400	.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	20	10.6	1.5	4.2	.361	1.5	4.2	.361	.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	4	8.0	0.3	2.0	.125	0.3	2.0	.125	.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	5	6.2	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.4	.000	.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	34	5.6	0.4	1.2	.325	0.4	1.2	.325	.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	31	4.9	0.5	1.1	.441	0.5	1.1	.441	.441	0.3	0.6	.444	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Randy Smith	30	82	3111	693	1523	.455	693	1523	.455	.455	292	359	.813	102	193	295	395	177	5	255	177	1678
2	World B. Free	25	78	2954	795	1653	.481	795	1653	.481	.481	654	865	.756	127	174	301	340	111	35	297	253	2244
3	Kermit Washington	27	82	2764	350	623	.562	350	623	.562	.562	227	330	.688	296	504	800	125	85	121	185	317	927
4	Nick Weatherspoon	28	82	2642	479	998	.480	479	998	.480	.480	176	238	.739	179	275	454	135	80	37	184	287	1134
5	Sidney Wicks	29	79	2022	312	676	.462	312	676	.462	.462	147	226	.650	159	246	405	126	70	36	180	274	771
6	Swen Nater	29	79	2006	357	627	.569	357	627	.569	.569	132	165	.800	218	483	701	140	38	29	170	244	846
7	Kevin Kunnert	27	81	1684	234	501	.467	234	501	.467	.467	56	85	.659	202	367	569	113	45	118	141	309	524
8	Freeman Williams	22	72	1195	335	683	.490	335	683	.490	.490	76	98	.776	48	50	98	83	42	2	99	88	746
9	Bob Bigelow	25	29	413	36	90	.400	36	90	.400	.400	13	21	.619	15	31	46	25	12	2	18	37	85
10	Connie Norman	25	22	323	71	165	.430	71	165	.430	.430	19	23	.826	13	19	32	24	10	3	22	35	161
11	Brian Taylor	27	20	212	30	83	.361	30	83	.361	.361	16	18	.889	13	13	26	20	24	0	17	34	76
12	John Olive	23	34	189	13	40	.325	13	40	.325	.325	18	23	.783	3	16	19	3	4	0	13	32	44
13	Jerome Whitehead	22	31	152	15	34	.441	15	34	.441	.441	8	18	.444	16	34	50	7	3	4	11	29	38
14	Stan Pietkiewicz	22	4	32	1	8	.125	1	8	.125	.125	2	2	1.000	0	6	6	3	1	0	1	5	4
15	Scott Lloyd	26	5	31	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	.000	0	0		1	2	3	0	1	0	8	6	0
			82	19730	3721	7706	.483	3721	7706	.483	.483	1836	2471	.743	1392	2413	3805	1539	703	392	1623	2127	9278

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Randy Smith	30	82	3111	16.6	.499	.236	3.5	6.6	5.0	17.6	2.6	0.1	13.2	23.6	4.5	1.3	5.8	.089	0.9	-0.8	0.0	1.6
2	World B. Free	25	78	2954	22.1	.552	.523	4.6	6.3	5.4	17.1	1.7	0.6	12.7	29.9	9.4	0.7	10.1	.164	4.4	-1.5	2.9	3.7
3	Kermit Washington	27	82	2764	15.0	.603	.530	11.4	19.4	15.4	5.5	1.4	2.2	19.4	13.1	4.6	2.3	6.9	.120	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.0
4	Nick Weatherspoon	28	82	2642	12.7	.514	.238	7.2	11.1	9.1	6.7	1.4	0.7	14.3	18.5	2.8	1.0	3.7	.068	-0.4	-1.3	-1.7	0.2
5	Sidney Wicks	29	79	2022	11.1	.497	.334	8.4	13.0	10.7	7.9	1.6	0.9	18.8	17.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	.037	-1.6	-0.9	-2.6	-0.3
6	Swen Nater	29	79	2006	16.9	.605	.263	11.5	25.6	18.6	9.1	0.9	0.7	19.5	16.4	3.9	1.6	5.5	.133	1.4	-0.8	0.6	1.3
7	Kevin Kunnert	27	81	1684	12.8	.487	.170	12.7	23.2	18.0	8.3	1.2	3.5	20.8	15.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	.066	-1.9	0.6	-1.3	0.3
8	Freeman Williams	22	72	1195	16.1	.514	.143	4.3	4.5	4.4	10.5	1.6	0.1	12.0	26.2	1.7	0.1	1.8	.072	0.6	-2.2	-1.5	0.1
9	Bob Bigelow	25	29	413	6.0	.428	.233	3.9	8.0	5.9	7.1	1.3	0.2	15.4	10.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	.003	-2.7	-0.6	-3.3	-0.1
10	Connie Norman	25	22	323	11.9	.460	.139	4.3	6.3	5.3	10.3	1.4	0.5	11.2	23.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	.032	-1.8	-1.7	-3.6	-0.1
11	Brian Taylor	27	20	212	11.1	.418	.217	6.5	6.5	6.5	11.8	5.1	0.0	15.8	19.3	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.032	-3.8	1.9	-1.9	0.0
12	John Olive	23	34	189	2.0	.439	.575	1.7	9.0	5.3	1.8	1.0	0.0	20.6	12.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.038	-5.5	-1.0	-6.5	-0.3
13	Jerome Whitehead	22	31	152	8.4	.453	.529	11.2	23.8	17.5	5.5	0.9	1.3	20.8	13.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	.026	-3.6	-0.5	-4.1	-0.1
14	Stan Pietkiewicz	22	4	32	1.6	.225	.250	0.0	20.0	10.0	10.3	1.4	0.0	10.1	11.7	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.060	-4.7	-0.1	-4.7	0.0
15	Scott Lloyd	26	5	31	-13.2	.000	.000	3.4	6.9	5.1	0.0	1.5	0.0	80.0	12.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.363	-6.2	-0.5	-6.6	-0.1

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.