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The 1989–90 New Jersey Nets struggled to generate consistent offence, relying on Dennis Hopson as their leading scorer while Sam Bowie and Roy Hinson provided frontcourt production. Rookie point guard Mookie Blaylock emerged as the team’s primary playmaker and defensive catalyst, and Bowie anchored the rebounding. Despite balanced individual contributions, inefficient scoring and a low-powered offence prevented the Nets from competing consistently. 

Roster

NO. PLAYER NAME POS HT WT BIRTH DATE COLLEGE
2 Dennis Hopson SG 6-5 200 April 22, 1965 Ohio State
7 Pete Myers SG 6-6 180 September 15, 1963 Little Rock
10 Mookie Blaylock PG 6-0 180 March 20, 1967 Midland College, Oklahoma
11 Joe Barry Carroll C 7-0 225 July 24, 1958 Purdue
12 Rick Carlisle SG 6-5 210 October 27, 1959 University of Maine, Virginia
14 Jaren Jackson SG 6-4 190 October 27, 1967 Georgetown
15 Lester Conner PG 6-4 180 September 17, 1959 Oregon State
21 Stanley Brundy SF 6-6 210 November 13, 1967 DePaul
22 Leon Wood SG 6-3 185 March 25, 1962 Arizona, Cal State Fullerton
23 Roy Hinson PF 6-9 210 May 2, 1961 Rutgers University
24 Derrick Gervin PF 6-8 200 March 28, 1963 Texas-San Antonio
24 Jay Taylor SG 6-3 190 October 3, 1967 Eastern Illinois University
31 Sam Bowie C 7-1 235 March 17, 1961 Kentucky
33 Charles Shackleford C 6-11 245 April 22, 1966 NC State
34 Chris Morris SF 6-8 210 January 20, 1966 Auburn
42 Anthony Mason PF 6-8 250 December 14, 1966 Tennessee State
44 Jack Haley PF 6-10 240 January 27, 1964 UCLA
45 Purvis Short SF 6-7 210 July 2, 1957 Jackson State University
52 Chris Dudley PF 6-11 235 February 22, 1965 Yale

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Dennis Hopson SG 24 79 64 32.3 15.8 3.5 1.9 1.3 0.6 2.1 13.8 6.0 .434 1.3 0.4 .317 4.3 3.4 .792
Roy Hinson PF 28 25 19 31.7 15.0 6.9 0.9 0.6 1.1 2.1 11.4 5.8 .507 0.0 0.0 – 4.0 3.4 .869
Chris Morris SF 24 80 76 30.6 14.8 5.3 1.8 1.6 1.0 2.3 13.3 5.6 .422 2.4 0.8 .316 4.0 2.9 .722
Sam Bowie C 28 68 54 32.5 14.7 10.1 1.3 0.6 1.8 1.8 12.3 5.1 .416 0.5 0.1 .323 5.6 4.3 .776
Purvis Short SF 32 82 24 27.0 13.1 3.0 1.8 0.8 0.2 1.5 11.6 5.3 .455 0.4 0.1 .286 2.9 2.4 .835
Derrick Gervin PF 26 21 0 16.1 12.0 3.1 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.6 9.4 4.4 .472 0.1 0.0 .000 4.2 3.1 .730
Mookie Blaylock PG 22 50 17 25.3 10.1 2.8 4.2 1.6 0.3 2.2 11.4 4.2 .371 1.6 0.4 .225 1.6 1.3 .778
Stan Stutz SF 24 80 76 30.6 8.4 5.3 1.8 1.6 1.0 2.3 13.3 5.6 .422 2.4 0.8 .316 4.0 2.9 .722
Joe Barry Carroll C 31 46 20 21.8 8.8 5.4 0.9 0.4 1.2 1.4 8.8 3.5 .393 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 1.8 .794
Charles Shackleford C 23 70 37 22.2 8.2 6.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.7 7.6 3.5 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 1.1 .687
Lester Conner PG 30 82 61 28.7 7.9 3.2 4.7 2.1 0.1 1.7 7.0 2.9 .414 0.2 0.0 .154 2.6 2.1 .804
Pete Myers SG 26 28 2 19.4 7.1 2.4 3.6 0.7 0.3 2.1 6.4 2.6 .411 0.2 0.0 .000 2.5 1.8 .725
Chris Dudley PF 24 27 8 24.9 6.1 8.1 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.3 5.6 2.5 .441 0.0 0.0 – 3.9 1.2 .305
Jack Haley PF 26 56 26 18.3 6.0 5.0 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.2 5.8 2.3 .394 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 1.4 .661
Jay Taylor SG 22 17 0 6.7 3.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.6 3.1 1.2 .404 0.8 0.2 .231 0.5 0.4 .667
Jaren Jackson SG 22 28 0 5.7 2.4 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.6 2.5 0.9 .362 0.1 0.0 .000 0.8 0.6 .810
Stanley Brundy SF 22 16 0 8.0 2.3 1.6 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 1.9 0.9 .500 0.0 0.0 – 1.1 0.4 .389
Leon Wood SG 27 28 2 7.1 1.8 0.4 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.8 0.6 .327 0.8 0.1 .190 0.6 0.5 .875
Anthony Mason PF 23 21 0 5.1 1.8 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.9 0.7 .350 0.0 0.0 – 0.7 0.4 .600
Rick Carlisle SG 30 5 0 4.2 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.4 0.2 .143 0.6 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 –
Totals – – 82 82 240.3 100.1 45.0 18.0 9.4 5.9 16.6 90.4 38.5 .426 6.2 1.7 .277 28.7 21.4 .746

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Derrick Gervin PF 26 21 0 16.1 26.7 6.9 0.8 2.1 0.7 1.3 20.9 9.9 .472 0.3 0.0 .000 9.5 6.9 .730
Dennis Hopson SG 24 79 64 32.3 17.7 3.9 2.1 1.4 0.7 2.4 15.4 6.7 .434 1.4 0.5 .317 4.8 3.8 .792
Chris Morris SF 24 80 76 30.6 17.4 6.2 2.1 1.9 1.2 2.7 15.7 6.6 .422 2.8 0.9 .316 4.6 3.4 .722
Purvis Short SF 32 82 24 27.0 17.4 4.0 2.4 1.1 0.3 1.9 15.5 7.0 .455 0.6 0.2 .286 3.9 3.2 .835
Roy Hinson PF 28 25 19 31.7 17.1 7.8 1.0 0.6 1.2 2.4 13.0 6.6 .507 0.0 0.0 – 4.5 3.9 .869
Sam Bowie C 28 68 54 32.5 16.3 11.3 1.5 0.6 2.0 2.0 13.6 5.7 .416 0.5 0.2 .323 6.2 4.8 .776
Jay Taylor SG 22 17 0 6.7 16.1 3.5 1.6 1.6 0.9 3.2 16.4 6.6 .404 4.1 0.9 .231 2.8 1.9 .667
Jaren Jackson SG 22 28 0 5.7 15.1 5.4 2.9 2.9 0.2 4.1 15.5 5.6 .362 0.7 0.0 .000 4.7 3.8 .810
Joe Barry Carroll C 31 46 20 21.8 14.5 9.0 1.5 0.7 2.0 2.3 14.6 5.7 .393 0.1 0.0 .000 6.0 2.9 .794
Mookie Blaylock PG 22 50 17 25.3 14.3 4.0 6.0 2.3 0.4 3.2 16.2 6.0 .371 2.3 0.5 .225 2.3 1.8 .778
Charles Shackleford C 23 70 37 22.2 13.2 11.1 1.3 0.9 0.8 2.7 12.4 5.7 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 1.8 .687
Pete Myers SG 26 28 2 19.4 13.1 4.5 6.6 1.3 0.6 3.8 11.9 4.9 .411 0.4 0.0 .000 4.6 3.3 .725
Anthony Mason PF 23 21 0 5.1 12.3 11.3 2.3 0.7 0.7 3.7 13.3 4.7 .350 0.0 0.0 – 7.7 3.7 .600
Jack Haley PF 26 56 26 18.3 11.8 9.9 0.8 0.6 0.4 2.3 11.5 4.5 .394 0.0 0.0 .000 6.1 3.8 .661
Stanley Brundy SF 22 16 0 8.0 10.4 7.3 0.8 1.7 1.4 1.7 8.4 4.2 .500 0.0 0.0 – 3.1 4.2 .389
Lester Conner PG 30 82 61 28.7 9.9 4.1 5.9 2.6 0.1 2.1 8.8 3.6 .414 0.2 0.0 .154 2.7 2.6 .804
Leon Wood SG 27 28 2 7.1 9.0 2.2 8.5 1.1 0.0 1.4 8.8 2.9 .327 3.8 0.7 .190 2.9 2.5 .875
Rick Carlisle SG 30 5 0 21.0 3.4 0.0 8.6 1.7 1.7 6.9 12.0 1.7 .143 5.1 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 –
Totals – – 82 82 240.3 100.1 45.0 18.0 9.4 5.9 16.6 90.4 38.5 .426 6.2 1.7 .277 28.7 21.4 .746

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Dennis Hopson SG 24 79 64 2551 1251 279 151 100 51 168 1093 474 .434 101 32 .317 342 271 .792
Chris Morris SF 24 80 76 2449 1187 422 143 130 79 185 1065 449 .422 193 61 .316 316 228 .722
Purvis Short SF 32 82 24 2213 1072 248 145 66 20 119 950 432 .455 35 10 .286 237 198 .835
Sam Bowie C 28 68 54 2207 998 690 91 38 121 125 834 347 .416 31 10 .323 379 294 .776
Lester Conner PG 30 82 61 2355 648 265 385 172 8 138 573 237 .414 13 2 .154 214 172 .804
Charles Shackleford C 23 70 37 1557 573 479 56 40 35 116 535 247 .462 1 0 .000 115 79 .687
Mookie Blaylock PG 22 50 17 1267 505 140 210 82 14 111 571 212 .371 80 18 .225 81 63 .778
Joe Barry Carroll C 31 46 20 1002 403 250 43 19 56 64 405 159 .393 2 0 .000 107 85 .794
Roy Hinson PF 28 25 19 793 376 172 22 14 27 52 286 145 .507 0 0 – 99 86 .869
Jack Haley PF 26 56 26 1026 336 282 22 18 11 65 327 129 .394 1 0 .000 118 78 .661
Derrick Gervin PF 26 21 0 339 251 65 8 20 7 12 197 93 .472 3 0 .000 89 65 .730
Pete Myers SG 26 28 2 543 198 68 100 20 9 58 180 74 .411 6 0 .000 69 50 .725
Jaren Jackson SG 22 28 0 160 67 24 13 13 1 18 69 25 .362 3 0 .000 21 17 .810
Jay Taylor SG 22 17 0 114 51 11 5 5 3 10 52 21 .404 13 3 .231 9 6 .667
Leon Wood SG 27 28 2 200 50 12 47 6 0 8 49 16 .327 21 4 .190 16 14 .875
Anthony Mason PF 23 21 0 108 37 11 7 2 2 11 40 14 .350 0 0 – 23 9 .600
Stanley Brundy SF 22 16 0 128 37 26 3 6 5 6 30 15 .500 0 0 – 18 7 .389
Rick Carlisle SG 30 5 0 21 2 0 5 1 1 4 7 1 .143 3 0 .000 0 0 –
Totals – – 82 82 19705 8208 3687 1475 774 481 1306 7415 3157 .426 506 140 .277 2350 1754 .746

HeatingUp Impact Index: Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Sam Bowie Primary Interior Anchor 32.5 High 14.7 10.1 1.3 2.4 14.25 Starting center; primary rebounder and rim protector, anchoring interior defense and finishing plays inside.   
Dennis Hopson Primary Scoring Wing 32.3 High 15.8 3.5 1.9 1.9 11.55 Team’s leading scorer; slashing SG with transition scoring and perimeter creation responsibilities.   
Roy Hinson Secondary Scoring Big 31.7 High 15.0 6.9 0.9 1.7 12.25 Efficient scoring PF/C; strong finisher with interior scoring efficiency in limited games.   
Chris Morris Two-Way Wing 30.6 High 14.8 5.3 1.8 2.6 12.25 Versatile forward; perimeter defense, athletic slashing, and secondary scoring.   
Purvis Short Bench Scoring Specialist 27.0 Mid-High 13.1 3.0 1.8 1.0 9.45 Veteran scorer providing instant offense off the bench; known for turnaround jumper.   
Mookie Blaylock Developing Playmaking Guard 25.3 Mid-High 10.1 2.8 4.2 1.9 9.50 Rookie guard with strong defensive instincts; early signs of elite perimeter defense.   
Lester Conner Defensive Playmaker PG 28.7 Mid 7.9 3.2 4.7 2.2 9.00 Defensive-minded point guard; elite steal rates and ball pressure.   
Charles Shackleford Interior Role Big 22.2 Mid 8.2 6.8 0.8 1.1 8.45 Physical interior presence; rebounding and paint defense emphasis.   
Joe Barry Carroll Veteran Center Scorer 21.8 Mid 8.8 5.4 0.9 1.6 8.35 Experienced big; post scoring and secondary rim protection.   
Derrick Gervin Scoring Energy Forward 16.1 Mid 12.0 3.1 0.4 1.3 8.40 High-energy forward; efficient scoring in limited minutes.   
Pete Myers Secondary Ball-Handler 19.4 Mid 7.1 2.4 3.6 1.0 7.05 Combo guard providing secondary playmaking and perimeter defense.   
Jack Haley Rebounding Role Big 18.3 Low-Mid 6.0 5.0 0.4 0.5 5.95 Physical PF; screens, rebounds, and interior defense focus.   
Chris Dudley Defensive Big / Rebounder 24.9 Low 6.1 8.1 0.7 1.9 8.40 Rebounding specialist; rim protection and interior defense.   
Ralph Kaplowitz Reserve Forward — Low — — — — — Not on this roster season; no participation data.   
Stanley Brundy End-of-Bench Wing 8.0 Low 2.3 1.6 0.2 0.7 2.40 Limited minutes; developmental depth role.   
Leon Wood Reserve Guard 7.1 Low 1.8 0.4 1.7 0.2 2.05 Spot minutes as backup guard; ball movement role.   
Jay Taylor Developmental Shooter 6.7 Low 3.0 0.6 0.3 0.5 2.20 Limited rotation wing; spacing and spot shooting.   
Jaren Jackson Bench Guard 5.7 Low 2.4 0.9 0.5 0.5 2.15 End-of-bench guard; defensive effort in short stints.   
Anthony Mason Developmental Forward 5.1 Low 1.8 1.6 0.3 0.2 1.95 Rookie forward; early career minutes focused on physical development.   
Rick Carlisle Emergency Guard 4.2 Minimal 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.4 0.90 Very limited appearances; later notable NBA coach.