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1983-84 New Jersey Nets Roster and Statistics

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45-37, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Stan Albeck (45-37)

Points Per Game: 110.0 (13th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 108.9 (10th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (8th of 23)

Arena: Brendan Byrne Arena ▪ Attendance: 512,441 (7th of 23)

SRS: 1.27 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.0 (8th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.1 (16th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.0 (5th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers

1983-84 New Jersey Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Otis Birdsong G 6-3 190 December 9, 1955 6 University of Houston
12 Darwin Cook G 6-3 184 August 6, 1958 3 University of Portland
53 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 8
42 Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 August 3, 1959 3 Duke University
33 Reggie Johnson F-C 6-9 205 June 25, 1957 3 University of Tennessee
11 Mark Jones G 6-1 175 April 10, 1961 R St. Bonaventure University
55 Albert King F-G 6-6 190 December 17, 1959 2 University of Maryland
23 Bruce Kuczenski F 6-10 230 February 3, 1961 R University of Connecticut
31 Mike O'Koren F-G 6-7 207 February 7, 1958 3 University of North Carolina
14 Kelvin Ransey G 6-1 170 May 3, 1958 3 Ohio State University
20 Micheal Ray Richardson G-F 6-5 189 April 11, 1955 5 University of Montana
1 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 9 State University of West Georgia
52 Buck Williams F-C 6-8 215 March 8, 1960 2 University of Maryland
34 Bill Willoughby F-C 6-8 205 May 20, 1957 7

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19805 3614 7258 .498 49 232 .211 1742 2488 .700 1221 2313 3534 2148 814 499 1608 2243 9019 110.0
Opponent 82 19805 3422 6974 .491 48 181 .265 2037 2675 .761 1097 2307 3404 1913 781 416 1674 2161 8929 108.9

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Otis Birdsong 28 69 57 2168 583 1147 .508 5 20 .250 194 319 .608 74 96 170 266 86 17 170 180 1365
2 Darryl Dawkins 27 81 80 2417 507 855 .593 2 5 .400 341 464 .735 159 382 541 123 60 136 231 386 1357
3 Buck Williams 23 81 81 3003 495 926 .535 0 4 .000 284 498 .570 355 645 1000 130 81 125 237 298 1274
4 Albert King 24 79 53 2103 465 946 .492 3 22 .136 232 295 .786 125 263 388 203 91 33 208 258 1165
5 Kelvin Ransey 25 80 50 1937 304 700 .434 7 32 .219 145 183 .792 28 99 127 483 91 6 141 182 760
6 Darwin Cook 25 82 31 1870 304 687 .443 11 46 .239 95 126 .754 51 105 156 356 164 36 142 184 714
7 Mike Gminski 24 82 2 1655 237 462 .513 0 3 .000 147 184 .799 161 272 433 92 37 70 120 162 621
8 Micheal Ray Richardson 28 48 25 1285 243 528 .460 14 58 .241 76 108 .704 56 116 172 214 103 20 118 156 576
9 Mike O'Koren 25 73 25 1191 186 385 .483 5 28 .179 53 87 .609 71 104 175 95 34 11 75 148 430
10 Reggie Johnson 26 72 4 818 127 256 .496 0 1 .000 92 126 .730 53 85 138 40 24 18 59 141 346
11 Bill Willoughby 26 67 2 936 124 258 .481 0 7 .000 55 63 .873 75 118 193 56 23 24 53 106 303
12 Foots Walker 32 34 0 378 32 90 .356 2 5 .400 24 27 .889 8 23 31 81 20 3 31 37 90
13 Bruce Kuczenski 22 7 0 28 4 12 .333 0 0 3 6 .500 3 5 8 4 0 0 2 3 11
14 Mark Jones 22 6 0 16 3 6 .500 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 2 7

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Otis Birdsong 28 69 57 31.4 8.4 16.6 .508 0.1 0.3 .250 2.8 4.6 .608 1.1 1.4 2.5 3.9 1.2 0.2 2.5 2.6 19.8
2 Darryl Dawkins 27 81 80 29.8 6.3 10.6 .593 0.0 0.1 .400 4.2 5.7 .735 2.0 4.7 6.7 1.5 0.7 1.7 2.9 4.8 16.8
3 Buck Williams 23 81 81 37.1 6.1 11.4 .535 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 6.1 .570 4.4 8.0 12.3 1.6 1.0 1.5 2.9 3.7 15.7
4 Albert King 24 79 53 26.6 5.9 12.0 .492 0.0 0.3 .136 2.9 3.7 .786 1.6 3.3 4.9 2.6 1.2 0.4 2.6 3.3 14.7
5 Micheal Ray Richardson 28 48 25 26.8 5.1 11.0 .460 0.3 1.2 .241 1.6 2.3 .704 1.2 2.4 3.6 4.5 2.1 0.4 2.5 3.3 12.0
6 Kelvin Ransey 25 80 50 24.2 3.8 8.8 .434 0.1 0.4 .219 1.8 2.3 .792 0.4 1.2 1.6 6.0 1.1 0.1 1.8 2.3 9.5
7 Darwin Cook 25 82 31 22.8 3.7 8.4 .443 0.1 0.6 .239 1.2 1.5 .754 0.6 1.3 1.9 4.3 2.0 0.4 1.7 2.2 8.7
8 Mike Gminski 24 82 2 20.2 2.9 5.6 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.2 .799 2.0 3.3 5.3 1.1 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.0 7.6
9 Mike O'Koren 25 73 25 16.3 2.5 5.3 .483 0.1 0.4 .179 0.7 1.2 .609 1.0 1.4 2.4 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 2.0 5.9
10 Reggie Johnson 26 72 4 11.4 1.8 3.6 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .730 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.8 2.0 4.8
11 Bill Willoughby 26 67 2 14.0 1.9 3.9 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 0.9 .873 1.1 1.8 2.9 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.6 4.5
12 Foots Walker 32 34 0 11.1 0.9 2.6 .356 0.1 0.1 .400 0.7 0.8 .889 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.4 0.6 0.1 0.9 1.1 2.6
13 Bruce Kuczenski 22 7 0 4.0 0.6 1.7 .333 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 .500 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 1.6
14 Mark Jones 22 6 0 2.7 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.3 .500 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.2

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Otis Birdsong 28 69 57 2168 9.7 19.0 .508 0.1 0.3 .250 3.2 5.3 .608 1.2 1.6 2.8 4.4 1.4 0.3 2.8 3.0 22.7
2 Darryl Dawkins 27 81 80 2417 7.6 12.7 .593 0.0 0.1 .400 5.1 6.9 .735 2.4 5.7 8.1 1.8 0.9 2.0 3.4 5.7 20.2
3 Albert King 24 79 53 2103 8.0 16.2 .492 0.1 0.4 .136 4.0 5.0 .786 2.1 4.5 6.6 3.5 1.6 0.6 3.6 4.4 19.9
4 Micheal Ray Richardson 28 48 25 1285 6.8 14.8 .460 0.4 1.6 .241 2.1 3.0 .704 1.6 3.2 4.8 6.0 2.9 0.6 3.3 4.4 16.1
5 Mark Jones 22 6 0 16 6.8 13.5 .500 0.0 2.3 .000 2.3 4.5 .500 4.5 0.0 4.5 11.3 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 15.8
6 Buck Williams 23 81 81 3003 5.9 11.1 .535 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 6.0 .570 4.3 7.7 12.0 1.6 1.0 1.5 2.8 3.6 15.3
7 Reggie Johnson 26 72 4 818 5.6 11.3 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 4.0 5.5 .730 2.3 3.7 6.1 1.8 1.1 0.8 2.6 6.2 15.2
8 Bruce Kuczenski 22 7 0 28 5.1 15.4 .333 0.0 0.0 3.9 7.7 .500 3.9 6.4 10.3 5.1 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.9 14.1
9 Kelvin Ransey 25 80 50 1937 5.6 13.0 .434 0.1 0.6 .219 2.7 3.4 .792 0.5 1.8 2.4 9.0 1.7 0.1 2.6 3.4 14.1
10 Darwin Cook 25 82 31 1870 5.9 13.2 .443 0.2 0.9 .239 1.8 2.4 .754 1.0 2.0 3.0 6.9 3.2 0.7 2.7 3.5 13.7
11 Mike Gminski 24 82 2 1655 5.2 10.0 .513 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 4.0 .799 3.5 5.9 9.4 2.0 0.8 1.5 2.6 3.5 13.5
12 Mike O'Koren 25 73 25 1191 5.6 11.6 .483 0.2 0.8 .179 1.6 2.6 .609 2.1 3.1 5.3 2.9 1.0 0.3 2.3 4.5 13.0
13 Bill Willoughby 26 67 2 936 4.8 9.9 .481 0.0 0.3 .000 2.1 2.4 .873 2.9 4.5 7.4 2.2 0.9 0.9 2.0 4.1 11.7
14 Foots Walker 32 34 0 378 3.0 8.6 .356 0.2 0.5 .400 2.3 2.6 .889 0.8 2.2 3.0 7.7 1.9 0.3 3.0 3.5 8.6

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Darryl Dawkins 27 81 2417 17.6 .641 .594 7.4 18.4 12.8 7.2 1.2 3.3 17.9 21.2 113 104 4.3 3.6 7.9 0.156
2 Buck Williams 23 81 3003 15.8 .556 .535 13.3 24.9 19.0 5.8 1.3 2.4 17.1 18.3 106 103 2.4 4.9 7.3 0.117
3 Otis Birdsong 28 69 2168 16.8 .530 .510 3.8 5.1 4.5 19.1 1.8 0.5 11.7 26.7 106 108 2.4 2.1 4.5 0.100
4 Albert King 24 79 2103 15.6 .541 .493 6.7 14.5 10.5 14.0 2.0 0.9 16.2 24.3 104 105 1.5 2.8 4.3 0.099
5 Mike Gminski 24 82 1655 14.1 .572 .513 10.9 19.1 14.9 7.2 1.0 2.5 18.1 15.9 110 105 1.7 2.3 4.0 0.116
6 Kelvin Ransey 25 80 1937 14.0 .487 .439 1.6 5.9 3.7 33.0 2.2 0.2 15.3 18.9 107 107 1.8 2.0 3.8 0.095
7 Darwin Cook 25 82 1870 14.5 .481 .451 3.1 6.5 4.8 25.4 4.1 1.1 16.1 18.8 102 103 0.6 3.0 3.6 0.092
8 Micheal Ray Richardson 28 48 1285 15.1 .500 .473 4.9 10.5 7.6 23.0 3.7 0.9 17.0 21.5 101 103 0.3 2.1 2.4 0.090
9 Bill Willoughby 26 67 936 11.2 .530 .481 9.0 14.6 11.8 7.7 1.1 1.5 15.6 14.4 107 106 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.092
10 Reggie Johnson 26 72 818 11.3 .555 .496 7.3 12.1 9.6 6.5 1.4 1.3 15.9 18.0 107 107 0.7 1.0 1.6 0.094
11 Mike O'Koren 25 73 1191 10.0 .508 .490 6.7 10.1 8.4 10.5 1.3 0.5 15.1 16.6 102 108 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.062
12 Foots Walker 32 34 378 9.4 .442 .367 2.4 7.1 4.7 25.9 2.5 0.5 23.3 14.0 96 106 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.043
13 Bruce Kuczenski 22 7 28 9.4 .376 .333 12.0 20.7 16.3 18.6 0.0 0.0 12.0 23.6 91 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.012
14 Mark Jones 22 6 16 14.7 .509 .500 14.0 0.0 7.1 43.1 0.0 0.0 22.5 22.1 106 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.070

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Darryl Dawkins 27 11 340 66 118 0 3 70 83 22 68 13 5 10 32 52 202 .559 .000 .843 30.9 18.4 6.2 1.2
2 Micheal Ray Richardson 28 11 443 69 169 6 22 41 56 20 54 79 34 4 30 40 185 .408 .273 .732 40.3 16.8 4.9 7.2
3 Buck Williams 23 11 473 63 130 0 0 45 81 57 155 16 15 17 29 44 171 .485 .556 43.0 15.5 14.1 1.5
4 Otis Birdsong 28 11 387 71 171 0 1 25 48 7 26 41 20 1 22 38 167 .415 .000 .521 35.2 15.2 2.4 3.7
5 Albert King 24 11 295 53 128 0 2 32 46 25 58 25 10 4 23 32 138 .414 .000 .696 26.8 12.5 5.3 2.3
6 Mike Gminski 24 11 223 29 50 0 0 36 52 22 55 6 7 15 9 17 94 .580 .692 20.3 8.5 5.0 0.5
7 Darwin Cook 25 11 185 30 82 4 13 17 24 8 18 31 15 0 21 26 81 .366 .308 .708 16.8 7.4 1.6 2.8
8 Mike O'Koren 25 11 216 25 59 0 1 5 6 18 35 21 3 4 12 37 55 .424 .000 .833 19.6 5.0 3.2 1.9
9 Kelvin Ransey 25 5 44 6 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 0 1 5 6 13 .429 1.000 8.8 2.6 0.2 2.0
10 Reggie Johnson 26 7 17 0 4 0 0 5 6 1 5 0 0 1 4 2 5 .000 .833 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.0
11 Bill Willoughby 26 3 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .333 4.3 0.7 1.0 0.0
12 Foots Walker 32 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Darryl Dawkins 27 11 340 17.8 .654 .559 6.8 16.7 11.3 6.5 0.7 1.9 17.2 22.3 118 104 0.8 0.6 1.3 0.190
2 Micheal Ray Richardson 28 11 443 15.9 .478 .426 4.7 9.4 6.9 28.5 3.7 0.6 13.4 20.5 105 100 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.127
3 Buck Williams 23 11 473 14.7 .516 .485 12.6 25.5 18.5 5.2 1.5 2.4 14.9 16.7 105 99 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.125
4 Mike Gminski 24 11 223 19.3 .645 .580 10.3 18.2 14.0 4.1 1.5 4.4 11.0 14.9 129 100 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.224
5 Albert King 24 11 295 12.8 .465 .414 8.9 13.8 11.1 14.1 1.7 0.9 13.4 23.6 98 103 -0.1 0.5 0.4 0.069
6 Otis Birdsong 28 11 387 10.1 .435 .415 1.9 6.0 3.8 17.7 2.5 0.2 10.3 22.5 94 104 -0.3 0.6 0.3 0.040
7 Mike O'Koren 25 11 216 7.4 .446 .424 8.7 9.7 9.2 14.6 0.7 1.2 16.3 13.9 98 106 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.056
8 Darwin Cook 25 11 185 11.0 .438 .390 4.5 6.7 5.5 27.0 3.9 0.0 18.5 25.0 90 101 -0.3 0.4 0.1 0.023
9 Kelvin Ransey 25 5 44 5.9 .464 .464 0.0 2.8 1.3 35.2 0.0 1.5 26.3 17.6 89 109 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.014
10 Foots Walker 32 2 4 -8.1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 0 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.176
11 Bill Willoughby 26 3 13 5.9 .333 .333 24.2 0.0 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 112 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.073
12 Reggie Johnson 26 7 17 -2.2 .377 .000 6.2 29.0 16.6 0.0 0.0 3.9 37.6 25.4 57 101 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.215