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1979-80 San Diego Clippers Roster and Stats

Record: 35-47, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Gene Shue (35-47)

Executive: Irv Kaze

PTS/G: 107.6 (16th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 111.7 (16th of 22)

SRS: -3.97 (18th of 22) Pace: 101.4 (17th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.7 (9th of 22) Def Rtg: 109.8 (21st of 22) Net Rtg: -4.1 (18th of 22)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (18th of 22)

Arena: San Diego Sports Arena

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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
27	Marvin Barnes	PF	6-8	210	July 27, 1952	us	5	Providence
23	Joe Bryant	PF	6-9	185	October 19, 1954	us	4	La Salle
30	Bob Carrington	SG	6-6	195	July 3, 1953	us	1	Boston College
24	World B. Free	SG	6-2	185	December 9, 1953	us	4	Guilford College
4	Steve Malovic	PF	6-10	230	July 21, 1956	us	R	USC, San Diego State
31	Swen Nater	C	6-11	240	January 14, 1950	nl	6	Cypress College, UCLA
40	John Olive	SF	6-7	210	March 1, 1955	us	1	Villanova
22	Stan Pietkiewicz	PG	6-5	200	July 14, 1956	us	1	Auburn
7	Bingo Smith	SF	6-5	195	February 26, 1946	us	10	Tulsa
14	Brian Taylor	PG	6-2	185	June 9, 1951	us	7	Princeton
32	Bill Walton	C	6-11	210	November 5, 1952	us	4	UCLA
12	Nick Weatherspoon	SF	6-7	195	July 20, 1950	us	6	Illinois
33	Jerome Whitehead	C	6-10	220	September 30, 1956	us	1	Marquette
21	Sidney Wicks	PF	6-8	225	September 19, 1949	us	8	UCLA
20	Freeman Williams	SG	6-4	190	May 15, 1956	us	1	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%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	World B. Free	26	68	38.0	10.8	22.9	.474	0.1	0.4	.360	10.7	22.5	.476	.477	8.4	11.2	.753	1.9	1.6	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	3.4	2.9	30.2
2	Swen Nater	30	81	35.3	5.5	9.9	.554	0.0	0.0	.000	5.5	9.8	.556	.554	2.4	3.4	.718	4.3	10.7	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	3.2	3.2	13.4
3	Brian Taylor	28	78	35.3	5.4	11.5	.467	1.2	3.1	.377	4.2	8.4	.500	.517	1.7	2.1	.802	1.0	1.4	2.4	4.3	1.9	0.3	1.8	3.2	13.5
4	Sidney Wicks	30	71	30.2	3.0	7.0	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	7.0	.424	.423	1.2	2.1	.546	1.9	3.8	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.7	2.4	3.4	7.1
5	Joe Bryant	25	81	28.7	3.6	8.4	.431	0.1	0.4	.147	3.6	8.0	.446	.435	2.0	2.7	.742	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.8	1.3	0.5	2.1	3.2	9.3
6	Bingo Smith	33	70	28.4	5.0	11.7	.430	0.3	1.1	.289	4.7	10.6	.444	.443	1.3	1.5	.869	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.0	2.7	11.7
7	Freeman Williams	23	82	25.8	7.9	16.4	.480	0.5	1.6	.328	7.4	14.8	.496	.496	2.4	2.9	.815	1.3	1.1	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.8	18.6
8	Bill Walton	27	14	24.1	5.8	11.5	.503	0.0	0.0		5.8	11.5	.503	.503	2.3	3.9	.593	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	13.9
9	Nick Weatherspoon	29	57	19.7	2.9	6.6	.434	0.0	0.0		2.9	6.6	.434	.434	1.1	1.6	.692	1.5	2.2	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.4	6.9
10	John Olive	24	1	15.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
11	Marvin Barnes	27	20	14.4	1.2	3.0	.400	0.0	0.0		1.2	3.0	.400	.400	0.8	1.6	.500	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.6	3.2
12	Bob Carrington	26	10	13.4	1.5	3.7	.405	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	3.5	.429	.405	0.6	0.8	.750	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	3.6
13	Jerome Whitehead	23	18	12.5	1.5	2.5	.600	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.5	.600	.600	0.3	1.0	.278	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.8	3.3
14	Stan Pietkiewicz	23	50	11.5	1.8	3.6	.508	0.2	0.7	.250	1.6	2.9	.573	.534	0.7	0.9	.804	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.0	4.6
15	Steve Malovic	23	28	9.9	0.8	1.5	.548	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.5	.548	.548	0.3	0.3	.778	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.3	1.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Swen Nater	30	81	2860	443	799	.554	0	2	.000	443	797	.556	.554	196	273	.718	352	864	1216	233	45	37	257	259	1082
2	Brian Taylor	28	78	2754	418	895	.467	90	239	.377	328	656	.500	.517	130	162	.802	76	112	188	335	147	25	141	246	1056
3	World B. Free	26	68	2585	737	1556	.474	9	25	.360	728	1531	.476	.477	572	760	.753	129	109	238	283	81	32	228	195	2055
4	Joe Bryant	25	81	2328	294	682	.431	5	34	.147	289	648	.446	.435	161	217	.742	171	345	516	144	102	39	170	258	754
5	Sidney Wicks	30	71	2146	210	496	.423	0	1	.000	210	495	.424	.423	83	152	.546	138	271	409	213	76	52	167	241	503
6	Freeman Williams	23	82	2118	645	1343	.480	42	128	.328	603	1215	.496	.496	194	238	.815	103	89	192	166	72	9	171	145	1526
7	Bingo Smith	33	70	1988	352	819	.430	22	76	.289	330	743	.444	.443	93	107	.869	92	153	245	93	59	15	72	188	819
8	Nick Weatherspoon	29	57	1124	164	378	.434	0	0		164	378	.434	.434	63	91	.692	83	125	208	54	34	17	86	136	391
9	Stan Pietkiewicz	23	50	577	91	179	.508	9	36	.250	82	143	.573	.534	37	46	.804	26	19	45	94	25	4	51	52	228
10	Bill Walton	27	14	337	81	161	.503	0	0		81	161	.503	.503	32	54	.593	28	98	126	34	8	38	37	37	194
11	Marvin Barnes	27	20	287	24	60	.400	0	0		24	60	.400	.400	16	32	.500	34	43	77	18	5	12	18	52	64
12	Steve Malovic	23	28	277	23	42	.548	0	0		23	42	.548	.548	7	9	.778	27	31	58	12	5	1	14	35	53
13	Jerome Whitehead	23	18	225	27	45	.600	0	0		27	45	.600	.600	5	18	.278	29	41	70	6	1	6	8	32	59
14	Bob Carrington	26	10	134	15	37	.405	0	2	.000	15	35	.429	.405	6	8	.750	6	7	13	3	4	1	5	18	36
15	John Olive	24	1	15	0	2	.000	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
			82	19755	3524	7494	.470	177	543	.326	3347	6951	.482	.482	1595	2167	.736	1294	2308	3602	1688	664	288	1443	1896	8820

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	Swen Nater	30	81	2860	17.2	.589	.003	.342	12.9	33.8	23.0	11.1	0.7	0.7	21.9	16.4	4.0	2.9	6.8	.115	0.9	-0.9	0.0	1.5
2	Brian Taylor	28	78	2754	13.9	.546	.267	.181	2.9	4.6	3.7	16.4	2.5	0.5	12.7	16.1	4.6	1.0	5.6	.098	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.7
3	World B. Free	26	68	2585	22.7	.544	.016	.488	5.2	4.7	5.0	18.0	1.5	0.7	10.8	32.7	7.7	0.3	8.0	.148	4.9	-1.9	3.1	3.3
4	Joe Bryant	25	81	2328	11.1	.485	.050	.318	7.7	16.6	12.0	8.1	2.1	0.9	17.9	16.3	0.1	1.7	1.8	.038	-2.3	-0.2	-2.5	-0.3
5	Sidney Wicks	30	71	2146	8.5	.447	.002	.306	6.7	14.1	10.3	12.5	1.7	1.3	22.9	13.6	-1.3	1.2	-0.1	-0.001	-2.9	0.1	-2.8	-0.4
6	Freeman Williams	23	82	2118	19.4	.527	.095	.177	5.1	4.7	4.9	13.3	1.6	0.2	10.6	30.5	3.8	0.2	4.1	.092	2.8	-2.3	0.5	1.3
7	Bingo Smith	33	70	1988	11.4	.473	.093	.131	4.8	8.6	6.7	6.5	1.4	0.4	7.7	18.9	1.5	0.5	2.0	.048	-1.6	-1.6	-3.2	-0.6
8	Nick Weatherspoon	29	57	1124	9.3	.468	.000	.241	7.7	12.4	10.0	6.4	1.4	0.8	17.1	17.9	-0.4	0.5	0.1	.002	-3.4	-1.4	-4.8	-0.8
9	Stan Pietkiewicz	23	50	577	14.3	.572	.201	.257	4.7	3.7	4.2	22.2	2.1	0.4	20.4	17.3	0.8	0.1	1.0	.080	0.5	-1.1	-0.6	0.2
10	Bill Walton	27	14	337	22.2	.525	.000	.335	8.7	32.5	20.2	15.5	1.1	6.1	16.7	26.3	0.2	0.5	0.8	.108	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.5
11	Marvin Barnes	27	20	287	8.2	.432	.000	.533	12.4	16.8	14.5	7.8	0.8	2.3	19.5	12.8	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.019	-3.8	-0.5	-4.3	-0.2
12	Steve Malovic	23	28	277	7.9	.577	.000	.214	10.2	12.5	11.3	5.4	0.9	0.2	23.3	8.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	.049	-2.5	-0.9	-3.4	-0.1
13	Jerome Whitehead	23	18	225	11.6	.557	.000	.400	13.5	20.4	16.8	3.5	0.2	1.4	13.1	10.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	.087	-1.6	-1.3	-2.9	-0.1
14	Bob Carrington	26	10	134	5.9	.444	.054	.216	4.7	5.8	5.2	2.9	1.4	0.4	11.0	13.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	.001	-4.0	-0.7	-4.6	-0.1
15	John Olive	24	1	15	-11.5	.000	.000	.000	0.0	7.5	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	10.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.303	-5.1	-0.4	-5.5	-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.