Last Updated on January 16, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

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Here is the New Jersey Nets 1975–76 roster and regular season player statistics:

Note: The team was still officially the New York Nets during the 1975–76 ABA season — their final ABA season. They won the ABA Championship, and Julius Erving won both the MVP and Finals MVP.

Team Roster – 1975–76 New York Nets

# Player Pos Height Weight Birthdate College
6 Kim Hughes C 6’11” 220 lb Jan 12, 1952 Wisconsin
10 Bill Melchionni G 6’1″ 180 lb Oct 19, 1944 Villanova
11 Mike Gale G 6’4″ 185 lb Jul 18, 1950 Elizabeth City State
12 Dave Wohl G 6’2″ 185 lb Nov 2, 1949 Penn
20 Julius Erving F 6’7″ 210 lb Feb 22, 1950 UMass
21 Brian Taylor G 6’2″ 185 lb Jun 9, 1951 Princeton
22 Tim Bassett F/C 6’8″ 225 lb Apr 1, 1951 Georgia
24 Billy Paultz C 6’11” 200 lb Mar 30, 1948 Saint John’s
25 Al Skinner G 6’3″ 190 lb Jun 16, 1952 UMass
30 Jim Edger G/F 6’5″ 210 lb Jul 15, 1951 American International
33 John Williamson G 6’2″ 185 lb Nov 10, 1951 New Mexico State
44 Rich Jones F 6’6″ 205 lb Dec 27, 1946 Illinois Wesleyan

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%
Julius Erving SF 25 84 84 38.6 29.3 11.0 5.0 2.5 1.9 3.7 22.3 11.3 .507 1.2 0.4 .330 7.9 6.3 .801
Brian Taylor PG 24 54 54 32.1 16.7 3.0 3.8 2.3 0.4 2.8 13.4 6.6 .489 1.4 0.6 .421 3.8 3.0 .792
John Williamson SG 24 76 76 29.7 16.2 2.5 2.5 1.0 0.4 2.4 15.2 6.8 .450 0.6 0.1 .190 3.1 2.5 .806
Rich Jones PF 29 83 83 29.2 13.2 5.2 1.6 1.0 0.3 1.9 13.9 5.3 .382 0.8 0.2 .224 3.1 2.4 .762
Ted McClain SG 29 30 30 23.2 11.3 2.4 3.5 1.9 0.3 2.8 10.1 4.3 .422 0.3 0.1 .200 3.4 2.7 .812
Al Skinner SG 23 83 83 25.1 10.4 3.7 3.4 1.1 0.6 2.0 8.5 4.0 .470 0.1 0.0 .250 2.9 2.4 .842
Kim Hughes C 23 84 84 25.7 8.2 9.2 0.7 1.2 1.4 1.2 6.7 3.6 .530 0.0 0.0 — 2.4 1.1 .455
Swen Nater C 26 43 43 23.6 8.7 10.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 2.2 7.7 3.7 .485 0.1 0.0 .000 1.8 1.3 .718
Tim Bassett PF 24 84 84 21.3 4.8 6.3 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.2 4.7 2.1 .437 0.1 0.0 .167 1.2 0.7 .592
Bill Melchionni PG 31 67 67 17.8 5.8 1.3 4.0 0.8 0.1 1.4 5.3 2.2 .416 0.3 0.1 .391 1.4 1.2 .849
Jim Eakins C 29 34 34 13.6 6.2 3.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.0 4.2 2.1 .503 0.0 0.0 — 2.3 2.0 .848
Chuck Terry SF 25 66 66 14.7 3.3 2.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.3 3.7 1.5 .390 0.3 0.1 .286 0.4 0.3 .759
George Bucci SG 22 33 33 7.2 3.9 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.7 3.8 1.5 .403 0.1 0.0 .000 1.2 0.8 .683
Billy Schaeffer SF 24 20 20 6.0 3.6 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 3.9 1.6 .403 0.5 0.1 .222 0.5 0.4 .889
Totals — — 84 — 242.7 111.8 50.5 21.6 10.9 6.2 18.2 97.0 44.7 .460 4.4 1.3 .298 27.8 21.1 .761

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 25 13 13 42.4 34.7 12.6 4.9 1.9 2.0 3.0 23.1 12.3 .533 1.1 0.3 .286 12.2 9.8 .804
John Williamson SG 24 10 10 36.0 22.2 2.4 2.6 1.0 0.3 2.9 18.9 9.4 .497 0.6 0.2 .333 4.6 3.2 .696
Brian Taylor PG 24 13 13 36.5 15.8 2.6 3.5 2.0 0.2 2.4 16.4 6.2 .380 2.3 0.7 .300 3.5 2.6 .739
Rich Jones PF 29 12 12 35.1 13.7 7.3 2.3 1.8 0.7 2.4 16.1 6.0 .373 1.3 0.2 .133 2.3 1.5 .667
Al Skinner SG 23 13 13 22.1 9.8 3.7 2.2 1.6 0.2 1.9 7.8 3.4 .436 0.1 0.1 1.000 3.8 3.0 .780
Jim Eakins C 29 13 13 21.6 6.8 6.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.5 4.3 2.3 .536 0.0 0.0 — 2.8 2.2 .806
Tim Bassett PF 24 13 13 24.0 6.3 7.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 6.2 2.8 .457 0.1 0.0 .000 0.8 0.6 .727
Kim Hughes C 23 12 12 22.2 5.0 6.0 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.8 4.8 2.4 .509 0.0 0.0 — 0.4 0.2 .400
George Bucci SG 22 2 2 4.5 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 1.5 .429 0.5 0.5 1.000 1.0 0.5 .500
Ted McClain SG 29 8 8 12.0 3.3 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.1 1.3 4.6 1.3 .270 0.1 0.0 .000 1.3 0.8 .600
Bill Melchionni PG 31 6 6 6.0 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.5 2.3 0.7 .286 0.7 0.0 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000
Chuck Terry SF 25 4 4 5.8 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.8 0.0 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 —
Totals — — 13 — 240.0 111.2 47.5 17.9 10.2 5.4 16.2 96.5 43.4 .449 5.8 1.5 .253 30.2 22.9 .758

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%
Julius Erving SF 25 84 84 38.6 27.3 10.3 4.7 2.3 1.8 3.4 20.8 10.5 .507 1.1 0.4 .330 7.3 5.9 .801
Billy Schaeffer SF 24 20 20 6.0 23.3 6.7 2.7 1.8 0.6 2.1 20.6 9.4 .403 2.7 0.6 .222 2.7 2.4 .889
John Williamson SG 24 76 76 29.7 19.7 3.0 3.0 1.2 0.5 3.0 18.4 8.3 .450 0.7 0.1 .190 3.7 3.0 .806
George Bucci SG 22 33 33 7.2 19.4 5.6 2.3 1.8 0.5 3.3 18.8 7.6 .403 0.6 0.0 .000 6.2 4.3 .683
Brian Taylor PG 24 54 54 32.1 18.8 3.4 4.2 2.6 0.5 3.2 15.0 7.4 .489 1.6 0.7 .421 4.3 3.4 .792
Ted McClain SG 29 30 30 23.2 17.6 3.8 5.5 2.9 0.5 4.4 15.7 6.6 .422 0.5 0.1 .200 5.2 4.2 .812
Jim Eakins C 29 34 34 13.6 16.4 9.3 1.4 0.5 1.6 2.6 11.1 5.6 .503 0.0 0.0 — 6.1 5.2 .848
Rich Jones PF 29 83 83 29.2 16.3 6.3 1.9 1.2 0.3 2.4 17.1 6.5 .382 1.0 0.2 .224 3.9 3.0 .762
Al Skinner SG 23 83 83 25.1 15.0 5.3 4.8 1.6 0.9 2.9 12.1 5.7 .470 0.1 0.0 .250 4.2 3.5 .842
Swen Nater C 26 43 43 23.6 13.3 15.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 3.3 11.7 5.7 .485 0.1 0.0 .000 2.8 2.0 .718
Bill Melchionni PG 31 67 67 17.8 11.7 2.7 8.0 1.6 0.2 2.9 10.8 4.5 .416 0.7 0.3 .391 2.8 2.4 .849
Kim Hughes C 23 84 84 25.7 11.5 12.9 0.9 1.6 2.0 1.7 9.4 5.0 .530 0.0 0.0 — 3.4 1.5 .455
Chuck Terry SF 25 66 66 14.7 8.2 5.3 1.4 1.3 0.2 0.8 9.1 3.6 .390 0.8 0.2 .286 1.1 0.8 .759
Tim Bassett PF 24 84 84 21.3 8.1 10.7 1.3 0.9 0.8 2.0 8.0 3.5 .437 0.1 0.0 .167 2.0 1.2 .592

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%
Julius Erving SF 25 13 13 42.4 29.5 10.7 4.2 1.6 1.7 2.5 19.6 10.5 .533 0.9 0.3 .286 10.3 8.3 .804
John Williamson SG 24 10 10 36.0 22.2 2.4 2.6 1.0 0.3 2.9 18.9 9.4 .497 0.6 0.2 .333 4.6 3.2 .696
Al Skinner SG 23 13 13 22.1 16.1 6.0 3.5 2.6 0.3 3.1 12.7 5.5 .436 0.1 0.1 1.000 6.3 4.9 .780
George Bucci SG 22 2 2 4.5 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.0 12.0 .429 4.0 4.0 1.000 8.0 4.0 .500
Brian Taylor PG 24 13 13 36.5 15.5 2.6 3.5 2.0 0.2 2.3 16.1 6.1 .380 2.3 0.7 .300 3.5 2.6 .739
Rich Jones PF 29 12 12 35.1 14.0 7.4 2.3 1.8 0.7 2.5 16.5 6.2 .373 1.3 0.2 .133 2.3 1.5 .667
Jim Eakins C 29 13 13 21.6 11.4 10.0 1.4 0.8 0.9 2.4 7.2 3.8 .536 0.0 0.0 — 4.6 3.7 .806
Bill Melchionni PG 31 6 6 6.0 10.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 0.0 3.0 14.0 4.0 .286 4.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.0 1.000
Ted McClain SG 29 8 8 12.0 9.7 4.1 2.6 1.9 0.4 3.7 13.9 3.7 .270 0.4 0.0 .000 3.7 2.3 .600
Tim Bassett PF 24 13 13 24.0 9.5 10.7 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.3 9.3 4.3 .457 0.1 0.0 .000 1.3 0.9 .727
Kim Hughes C 23 12 12 22.2 8.1 9.7 1.2 1.4 1.8 1.2 7.7 3.9 .509 0.0 0.0 — 0.7 0.3 .400
Chuck Terry SF 25 4 4 5.8 0.0 3.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 7.8 11.0 0.0 .000 3.1 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 —
Totals — — 13 13 28.5 17.5 6.5 2.8 1.3 0.7 2.5 14.2 7.0 .439 1.2 0.5 .356 4.2 3.0 .735

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 25 84 84 3244 2462 925 423 207 160 307 1873 949 .507 103 34 .330 662 530 .801
John Williamson SG 24 76 76 2255 1233 190 188 76 33 185 1153 519 .450 42 8 .190 232 187 .806
Rich Jones PF 29 83 83 2427 1096 428 131 81 21 159 1153 441 .382 67 15 .224 261 199 .762
Al Skinner SG 23 83 83 2082 865 307 280 91 50 169 702 330 .470 8 2 .250 241 203 .842
Brian Taylor PG 24 54 54 1733 904 162 204 125 22 153 724 354 .489 76 32 .421 207 164 .792
Kim Hughes C 23 84 84 2162 692 775 55 98 120 102 566 300 .530 0 0 — 202 92 .455
Ted McClain SG 29 30 30 696 340 73 106 57 10 85 303 128 .422 10 2 .200 101 82 .812
Jim Eakins C 29 34 34 463 211 120 18 7 20 33 143 72 .503 0 0 — 79 67 .848
Swen Nater C 26 43 43 1016 376 441 19 18 26 94 330 160 .485 3 0 .000 78 56 .718
Tim Bassett PF 24 84 84 1790 405 531 65 47 41 97 396 173 .437 6 1 .167 98 58 .592
Bill Melchionni PG 31 67 67 1191 386 88 266 52 8 95 358 149 .416 23 9 .391 93 79 .849
George Bucci SG 22 33 33 237 128 37 15 12 3 22 124 50 .403 4 0 .000 41 28 .683
Billy Schaeffer SF 24 20 20 119 72 22 9 6 2 7 77 31 .403 9 2 .222 9 8 .889
Chuck Terry SF 25 66 66 970 220 144 38 36 6 21 246 96 .390 21 6 .286 29 22 .759
Totals — — 84 — 20385 9390 4243 1817 913 522 1529 8148 3752 .460 372 111 .298 2333 1775 .761

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Julius Erving SF 25 13 13 551 451 164 64 25 26 39 300 160 .533 14 4 .286 158 127 .804
John Williamson SG 24 10 10 360 222 24 26 10 3 29 189 94 .497 6 2 .333 46 32 .696
Brian Taylor PG 24 13 13 475 205 34 46 26 3 31 213 81 .380 30 9 .300 46 34 .739
Rich Jones PF 29 12 12 421 164 87 27 21 8 29 193 72 .373 15 2 .133 27 18 .667
Al Skinner SG 23 13 13 287 128 48 28 21 2 25 101 44 .436 1 1 1.000 50 39 .780
Jim Eakins C 29 13 13 281 89 78 11 6 7 19 56 30 .536 0 0 — 36 29 .806
Tim Bassett PF 24 13 13 312 82 93 9 6 7 11 81 37 .457 1 0 .000 11 8 .727
Kim Hughes C 23 12 12 266 60 72 9 10 13 9 57 29 .509 0 0 — 5 2 .400
Ted McClain SG 29 8 8 96 26 11 7 5 1 10 37 10 .270 1 0 1.000 10 6 .600
Bill Melchionni PG 31 6 6 36 10 5 5 2 0 3 14 4 .286 4 0 .000 2 2 1.000
George Bucci SG 22 2 2 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 .429 1 1 1.000 2 1 .500
Chuck Terry SF 25 4 4 23 0 2 1 0 0 5 7 0.000 2 0 .000 0 0 —  
Totals — — 13 — 3117 1445 618 233 132 70 210 1255 564 .449 75 19 .253 393 298 .758