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Here is the New Jersey Nets 1970–71 season roster and regular season player statistics.

Note: The team was still known as the New York Nets during the 1970–71 ABA season. They played their home games at Island Garden in Hempstead, New York.

Team Roster – 1970–71 New York Nets

# Player Pos Height Weight Birthdate College
10 Bill Melchionni G 6’1″ 180 lb Oct 19, 1944 Villanova
11 Ollie Taylor G 6’2″ 194 lb Mar 7, 1947 Houston
12 Steve Chubin G 6’2″ 185 lb Apr 8, 1944 Utah
14 John Roche G 6’1″ 170 lb Sep 26, 1949 South Carolina
15 Walt Simon F 6’6″ 200 lb Dec 1, 1939 Benedict College
20 Rick Barry F 6’7″ 205 lb Mar 28, 1944 Miami (FL)
21 Levern Tart G 6’2″ 195 lb Jun 1, 1942 Bradley
22 Jim Ard C 6’8″ 215 lb Sep 19, 1948 Cincinnati
23 John Baum F 6’5″ 200 lb Jun 17, 1946 Temple
24 Bob Verga G 6’1″ 180 lb Sep 7, 1945 Duke
25 Ed Johnson C 6’8″ 220 lb Jun 17, 1944 Tennessee State
30 Luther Rackley C 6’10” 220 lb Oct 11, 1946 Xavier (OH)

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Rick Barry SF 26 59 59 42.4 29.4 6.8 5.0 1.8 3.5 3.4 22.8 10.7 .469 1.5 0.3 .221 8.6 7.6 .890
Levern Tart SG 28 27 27 36.5 18.1 3.9 2.7 1.9 3.2 3.1 16.8 7.1 .424 0.3 0.1 .444 4.9 3.8 .767
Manny Leaks C 25 40 40 35.7 17.0 9.6 1.2 3.4 2.7 2.5 13.8 6.9 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 4.5 3.3 .726
Bill Melchionni PG 26 81 81 40.5 17.6 2.9 8.3 0.6 3.7 3.7 15.4 6.9 .451 0.3 0.0 .091 4.6 3.7 .814
Billy Paultz C 22 83 83 33.2 14.7 11.3 1.9 2.9 3.3 2.5 11.7 6.1 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 2.4 .747
Sonny Dove PF 25 83 83 27.5 13.5 8.1 1.1 3.2 3.7 2.7 12.1 5.6 .464 0.2 0.0 .286 3.3 2.2 .681
Ed Johnson C 26 26 26 22.8 10.3 8.5 1.0 3.2 3.1 2.5 8.4 3.7 .445 0.0 0.0   4.2 2.8 .673
Joe DePre SG 23 72 72 23.7 8.8 2.4 1.9 0.8 3.6 1.9 6.8 3.5 .512 0.1 0.0 .000 2.4 1.8 .767
Ollie Taylor SG 23 80 80 20.2 8.7 3.8 1.8 1.4 2.9 2.0 6.2 3.1 .506 0.2 0.1 .417 3.5 2.3 .675
Les Hunter PF 28 5 5 22.0 6.4 4.2 0.4 1.2 2.2 3.4 7.8 2.8 .359 0.0 0.0   1.6 0.8 .500
Jim Ard C 22 73 73 14.1 5.8 4.6 0.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 5.2 2.4 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 1.1 .598
Jeff Congdon PG 27 42 42 13.8 3.8 1.3 2.3 0.2 1.2 1.2 3.6 1.5 .413 0.3 0.1 .308 0.9 0.8 .865
Luther Green PF 24 26 26 6.3 3.8 2.1 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 3.4 1.5 .455 0.2 0.0 .000 1.7 0.7 .409
Jim Hayes SG 22 47 47 10.5 3.1 1.0 1.0 0.4 1.6 1.0 2.3 1.0 .422 0.0 0.0   1.4 1.1 .776
Bill Bunting SF 23 39 39 17.6 4.9 3.6 0.9 1.6 2.4 1.3 3.9 1.7 .430 0.0 0.0   1.8 1.5 .870
Billy DeAngelis   24 8 8 5.9 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.3 2.0 0.6 0.8 0.4 .500 0.0 0.0   0.8 0.5 .667
Totals     84 84 241.2 111.0 48.9 22.3 15.8 26.2 21.2 91.7 43.3 .472 2.0 0.5 .224 31.6 24.0 .759

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Rick Barry SF 26 6 6 47.8 33.7 11.7 4.0 2.8 3.8 5.5 22.5 11.7 .519 4.5 2.3 .519 9.8 8.0 .814
Bill Melchionni PG 26 5 5 41.0 22.4 1.4 8.2 0.2 3.2 3.6 16.4 8.8 .537 0.0 0.0   5.2 4.8 .923
Billy Paultz C 22 6 6 39.8 20.2 15.0 3.0 2.8 4.8 4.2 12.7 7.5 .592 0.2 0.2 1.000 6.7 5.0 .750
Manny Leaks C 25 6 6 34.0 12.7 7.8 0.5 2.0 2.7 1.7 11.5 5.8 .507 0.0 0.0   2.0 1.0 .500
Joe DePre SG 23 6 6 28.5 12.2 3.0 2.2 1.7 5.3 2.7 9.2 4.8 .527 0.2 0.0 .000 3.2 2.5 .789
Ollie Taylor SG 23 6 6 21.3 8.8 2.5 2.2 1.2 3.0 1.7 5.2 2.5 .484 0.3 0.2 .500 4.8 3.7 .759
Jim Ard C 22 6 6 16.3 7.8 4.8 0.5 1.8 2.5 1.0 4.8 2.7 .552 0.0 0.0   3.7 2.5 .682
Jeff Congdon PG 27 4 4 19.0 5.3 1.5 2.8 0.5 0.5 1.3 5.3 2.0 .381 0.3 0.0 .000 1.3 1.3 1.000
Sonny Dove PF 25 5 5 6.4 2.2 2.2 0.2 0.8 2.0 0.2 2.0 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0   0.8 0.2 .250
Totals     6 6 240.0 119.3 48.8 21.2 15.8 26.8 2.5 84.7 44.5 .526 5.3 2.7 .500 36.0 27.7 .769

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Rick Barry SF 26 59 — 42.4 24.9 5.8 4.2 2.9 — 2.9 19.4 9.1 .469 1.2 0.3 .221 7.3 6.5 .890
Luther Green PF 24 26 — 6.3 21.5 12.1 0.7 4.6 — 4.2 19.3 8.8 .455 0.9 0.0 .000 9.7 4.0 .409
Levern Tart SG 28 27 — 36.5 17.9 3.9 2.7 3.2 — 3.1 16.6 7.0 .424 0.3 0.1 .444 4.9 3.7 .767
Sonny Dove PF 25 83 — 27.5 17.7 10.7 1.4 3.5 — 4.8 15.9 7.4 .464 0.2 0.1 .286 4.3 2.9 .681
Manny Leaks C 25 40 — 35.7 17.1 9.7 1.2 2.5 — 2.7 14.0 6.9 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 4.5 3.3 .726
Billy Paultz C 22 83 — 33.2 15.9 12.3 2.1 2.7 — 3.6 12.7 6.7 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 2.6 .747
Bill Melchionni PG 26 81 — 40.6 15.6 2.6 7.4 3.3 — 3.0 13.6 6.1 .451 0.2 0.0 .091 4.1 3.3 .814
Ollie Taylor SG 23 80 — 20.2 15.5 6.8 3.3 3.6 — 5.1 11.0 5.6 .506 0.3 0.1 .417 6.2 4.2 .675
Ed Johnson C 26 26 — 22.8 16.3 13.5 1.6 4.0 — 4.9 13.3 5.9 .445 0.0 0.0 — 6.7 4.5 .673
Jim Ard C 22 73 — 14.1 15.0 11.8 1.4 3.8 — 4.2 13.4 6.1 .455 0.1 0.0 — 4.6 2.8 .598
Joe DePre SG 23 72 — 23.7 13.3 3.7 2.9 2.9 — 5.5 10.3 5.3 .512 0.1 0.0 .000 3.6 2.8 .767
Jim Hayes SG 22 47 — 10.5 10.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 — 5.3 7.9 3.4 .422 0.0 0.0 — 4.9 3.8 .776
Les Hunter PF 28 5 — 22.0 10.5 6.9 0.7 5.6 — 3.6 12.8 4.6 .359 0.0 0.0 — 2.6 1.3 .500
Bill Bunting SF 23 39 — 17.6 10.0 7.4 1.8 2.7 — 4.9 7.9 3.4 .430 0.0 0.0 — 3.6 3.1 .870
Jeff Congdon PG 27 42 — 13.8 9.9 3.4 6.0 3.2 — 3.1 9.3 3.9 .413 0.8 0.2 .308 2.3 2.0 .865
Billy DeAngelis — 24 8 — 5.9 7.7 4.6 6.1 3.8 — 12.3 4.6 2.3 .500 0.0 0.0 — 4.6 3.1 .667

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Rick Barry SF 26 6 — 47.8 25.3 8.8 3.0 6.6 — 4.1 16.9 8.8 .519 3.4 1.8 .519 7.4 6.0 .814
Bill Melchionni PG 26 5 — 41.0 19.7 1.2 7.2 1.1 — 3.2 14.4 7.7 .537 0.0 0.0 — 4.6 4.2 .923
Billy Paultz C 22 6 — 39.8 18.2 13.6 2.7 11.0 — 3.8 11.4 6.8 .592 0.2 0.2 1.000 6.0 4.5 .750
Jim Ard C 22 6 — 16.3 17.3 10.7 1.1 6.6 — 2.2 10.7 5.9 .552 0.0 0.0 — 8.1 5.5 .682
Joe DePre SG 23 6 — 28.5 15.4 3.8 2.7 1.7 — 3.4 11.6 6.1 .527 0.2 0.0 .000 4.0 3.2 .789
Ollie Taylor SG 23 6 — 21.3 14.9 4.2 3.7 2.3 — 2.8 8.7 4.2 .484 0.6 0.3 .500 8.2 6.2 .759
Manny Leaks C 25 6 — 34.0 13.4 8.3 0.5 6.2 — 1.8 12.2 6.2 .507 0.0 0.0 — 2.1 1.1 .500
Sonny Dove PF 25 5 — 6.4 12.4 12.4 1.1 7.9 — 1.1 11.3 5.6 .500 0.0 0.0 — 4.5 1.1 .250
Jeff Congdon PG 27 4 — 19.0 9.9 2.8 5.2 1.9 — 2.4 9.9 3.8 .381 0.5 0.0 .000 2.4 2.4 1.000

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Rick Barry SF 26 59 — 2502 1734 401 294 105 202 205 1348 632 .469 86 19 .221 507 451 .890
Bill Melchionni PG 26 81 — 3284 1425 237 672 49 188 300 1244 561 .451 22 2 .091 370 301 .814
Billy Paultz C 22 83 — 2758 1221 940 160 239 701 206 973 510 .524 2 0 .000 269 201 .747
Sonny Dove PF 25 83 — 2280 1124 676 88 264 412 224 1006 467 .464 14 4 .286 273 186 .681
Ollie Taylor SG 23 80 — 1617 694 307 146 111 196 162 496 251 .506 12 5 .417 277 187 .675
Manny Leaks C 25 40 — 1427 678 385 49 136 249 100 553 274 .495 1 0 .000 179 130 .726
Joe DePre SG 23 72 — 1707 632 175 138 55 120 137 488 250 .512 4 0 .000 172 132 .767
Levern Tart SG 28 27 — 985 490 106 73 52 54 87 453 192 .424 9 4 .444 133 102 .767
Jim Ard C 22 73 — 1027 427 337 40 112 225 108 382 174 .455 3 0 .000 132 79 .598
Ed Johnson C 26 26 — 592 268 222 26 83 139 66 218 97 .445 0 0 — 110 74 .673
Bill Bunting SF 23 39 — 687 190 142 34 64 78 51 151 65 .430 0 0 — 69 60 .870
Jeff Congdon PG 27 42 — 579 160 54 97 10 44 51 150 62 .413 13 4 .308 37 32 .865
Jim Hayes SG 22 47 — 494 144 45 47 20 25 45 109 46 .422 0 0 — 67 52 .776
Luther Green PF 24 26 — 164 98 55 3 22 33 21 88 40 .455 4 0 .000 44 18 .409
Les Hunter PF 28 5 — 110 32 21 2 6 15 17 39 14 .359 0 0 — 8 4 .500
Billy DeAngelis — 24 8 — 47 10 6 8 2 4 5 6 3 .500 0 0 — 6 4 .667
Totals — — 84 — 20260 9327 4109 1877 1330 2779 1782 7704 3638 .472 170 38 .224 2653 2013 .759

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Rick Barry SF 26 6 — 287 202 70 24 17 53 33 135 70 .519 27 14 .519 59 48 .814
Billy Paultz C 22 6 — 239 121 90 18 17 73 25 76 45 .592 1 1 1.000 40 30 .750
Bill Melchionni PG 26 5 — 205 112 7 41 1 6 18 82 44 .537 0 0 — 26 24 .923
Manny Leaks C 25 6 — 204 76 47 3 12 35 10 69 35 .507 0 0 — 12 6 .500
Joe DePre SG 23 6 — 171 73 18 13 10 8 16 55 29 .527 1 0 .000 19 15 .789
Ollie Taylor SG 23 6 — 128 53 15 13 7 8 10 31 15 .484 2 1 .500 29 22 .759
Jim Ard C 22 6 — 98 47 29 3 11 18 6 29 16 .552 0 0 — 22 15 .682
Jeff Congdon PG 27 4 — 76 21 6 11 2 4 5 21 8 .381 1 0 .000 5 5 1.000
Sonny Dove PF 25 5 — 32 11 11 1 4 7 1 10 5 .500 0 0 — 4 1 .250
Totals — — 6 — 1440 716 293 127 81 212 124 508 267 .526 32 16 .500 216 166 .769