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Here is the 1979–80 New Jersey Nets roster and regular season player statistics:

New Jersey Nets 1979–80 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birth Date Age College/From
30 Bernard King SF 6’7″ 205 lbs Dec 4, 1956 23 Tennessee
10 John Williamson SG 6’2″ 185 lbs Nov 10, 1951 28 New Mexico State
20 Eddie Jordan PG 6’1″ 170 lbs Jan 29, 1955 25 Rutgers
21 George Johnson C 6’11” 205 lbs Dec 18, 1948 31 Dillard
23 Tim Bassett PF 6’8″ 225 lbs Apr 1, 1951 28 Georgia
24 Jan van Breda Kolff SF 6’7″ 195 lbs Dec 5, 1951 28 Vanderbilt
44 Winford Boynes SG 6’6″ 185 lbs May 17, 1957 22 USF (San Francisco)
25 Cliff Robinson PF 6’9″ 225 lbs Mar 13, 1960 20 USC
52 Mike Newlin SG 6’4″ 200 lbs Jan 2, 1949 31 Utah
50 Mike Gminski C 6’11” 250 lbs Aug 3, 1959 20 Duke
31 Foots Walker PG 6’0″ 170 lbs May 21, 1951 28 West Georgia
32 Calvin Natt SF 6’6″ 220 lbs Jan 8, 1957 23 Northeast Louisiana
11 Al Skinner SG 6’5″ 190 lbs Jun 16, 1952 27 UMass

Roster may include midseason changes. Ages are based on the 1979–80 season.

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Mike Newlin SG 31 78   32.2 20.9 3.4 4.0 1.5 0.1 3.0 17.0 7.8 .460 1.9 0.6 .296 5.3 4.7 .884
Calvin Natt SF 23 53   38.6 19.7 9.7 2.1 1.5 0.4 2.5 16.6 7.9 .479 0.1 0.0 .200 5.3 3.8 .711
John Williamson SG 28 28   27.5 17.7 1.9 3.1 0.9 0.3 1.5 16.5 7.4 .447 0.7 0.3 .421 3.1 2.7 .864
Maurice Lucas PF 27 22   32.2 15.2 9.6 3.8 0.9 1.2 3.2 11.9 5.8 .490 0.2 0.0 .000 4.6 3.6 .775
Cliff Robinson PF 19 70   23.7 13.6 7.2 1.4 0.9 0.5 2.0 11.9 5.6 .469 0.1 0.0 .250 3.5 2.4 .694
Eddie Jordan PG 25 82 82 32.4 13.3 3.3 6.8 2.7 0.3 3.1 12.4 5.3 .430 0.6 0.1 .250 3.1 2.5 .779
Roger Phegley SG 23 28   19.3 11.7 2.5 1.1 0.5 0.1 1.8 9.3 4.5 .485 0.1 0.1 .500 3.0 2.6 .880
Rich Kelley C 26 57   25.7 10.0 7.0 2.2 0.9 1.4 2.7 7.0 3.3 .466 0.1 0.0 .000 4.4 3.5 .788
Winford Boynes SG 22 64   17.2 8.5 2.1 1.5 0.9 0.3 1.5 7.3 3.5 .473 0.1 0.0 .000 2.1 1.6 .765
George Johnson C 31 81   26.2 7.2 7.4 2.1 0.7 3.2 2.5 6.7 3.1 .457 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 1.1 .706
Jan van Breda Kolff SF 28 82   29.3 6.8 5.2 3.0 1.2 0.9 1.9 5.6 2.6 .463 0.2 0.1 .350 1.9 1.6 .839
Bob Elliott PF 24 54   13.4 5.7 3.4 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.6 4.2 1.9 .443 0.1 0.0 .250 2.8 1.9 .684
Robert Smith PG 24 59   12.5 5.2 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.9 4.3 1.9 .445 0.4 0.1 .308 1.5 1.3 .862
Ralph Simpson SG 30 8   10.1 5.1 1.4 1.8 1.1 0.0 1.5 5.9 2.3 .383 0.3 0.0 .000 1.3 0.6 .500
Phil Jackson PF 34 16   12.1 4.1 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.6 2.9 1.8 .630 0.1 0.0 .000 0.6 0.4 .700
Tim Bassett PF 28 7   13.1 3.4 2.6 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.6 3.1 1.1 .364 0.0 0.0   1.7 1.1 .667
Totals     82 82 241.5 108.3 45.9 25.5 10.6 7.1 20.8 91.5 42.1 .461 3.6 1.0 .285 29.3 23.0 .782

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Mike Newlin SG 31 78   32.2 23.4 3.8 4.5 1.6 0.1 3.3 19.1 8.8 .460 2.2 0.6 .296 6.0 5.3 .884
John Williamson SG 28 28   27.5 23.2 2.5 4.1 1.2 0.4 2.0 21.5 9.6 .447 0.9 0.4 .421 4.1 3.5 .864
Roger Phegley SG 23 28   19.3 21.8 4.7 2.1 1.0 0.3 3.3 17.3 8.4 .485 0.3 0.1 .500 5.5 4.9 .880
Cliff Robinson PF 19 70   23.7 20.6 11.0 2.1 1.3 0.7 3.0 18.1 8.5 .469 0.1 0.0 .250 5.2 3.6 .694
Calvin Natt SF 23 53   38.6 18.3 9.0 2.0 1.4 0.4 2.3 15.5 7.4 .479 0.1 0.0 .200 4.9 3.5 .711
Ralph Simpson SG 30 8   10.1 18.2 4.9 6.2 4.0 0.0 5.3 20.9 8.0 .383 0.9 0.0 .000 4.4 2.2 .500
Winford Boynes SG 22 64   17.2 17.8 4.3 3.1 1.9 0.6 3.1 15.3 7.2 .473 0.1 0.0 .000 4.4 3.4 .765
Maurice Lucas PF 27 22   32.2 17.0 10.8 4.2 1.0 1.4 3.6 13.3 6.5 .490 0.2 0.0 .000 5.2 4.0 .775
Bob Elliott PF 24 54   13.4 15.3 9.2 2.6 1.4 0.7 4.4 11.4 5.0 .443 0.2 0.0 .250 7.6 5.2 .684
Robert Smith PG 24 59   12.5 15.1 3.7 4.2 1.1 0.2 2.5 12.4 5.5 .445 1.3 0.4 .308 4.3 3.7 .862
Eddie Jordan PG 25 82 82 32.4 14.7 3.7 7.5 3.0 0.4 3.5 13.8 5.9 .430 0.7 0.2 .250 3.5 2.7 .779
Rich Kelley C 26 57   25.7 14.0 9.7 3.1 1.2 1.9 3.7 9.8 4.6 .466 0.1 0.0 .000 6.1 4.8 .788
Phil Jackson PF 34 16   12.1 12.1 4.5 2.2 0.9 0.7 1.7 8.5 5.4 .630 0.4 0.0 .000 1.9 1.3 .700
George Johnson C 31 81   26.2 9.9 10.2 2.9 0.9 4.4 3.4 9.2 4.2 .457 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 1.5 .706
Tim Bassett PF 28 7   13.1 9.4 7.0 1.6 2.0 0.0 1.6 8.6 3.1 .364 0.0 0.0   4.7 3.1 .667
Jan van Breda Kolff SF 28 82   29.3 8.4 6.4 3.7 1.5 1.1 2.4 6.9 3.2 .463 0.3 0.1 .350 2.3 2.0 .839
Totals                                        

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Mike Newlin SG 31 78   2510 1634 264 314 115 4 231 1329 611 .460 152 45 .296 415 367 .884
Eddie Jordan PG 25 82 82 2657 1087 270 557 223 27 258 1017 437 .430 48 12 .250 258 201 .779
Calvin Natt SF 23 53   2046 1042 513 112 78 22 133 879 421 .479 5 1 .200 280 199 .711
Cliff Robinson PF 19 70   1661 951 506 98 61 34 137 833 391 .469 4 1 .250 242 168 .694
George Johnson C 31 81   2119 585 602 173 53 258 199 543 248 .457 1 0 .000 126 89 .706
Rich Kelley C 26 57   1466 569 397 128 50 79 152 399 186 .466 3 0 .000 250 197 .788
Jan van Breda Kolff SF 28 82   2399 561 429 247 100 76 158 458 212 .463 20 7 .350 155 130 .839
Winford Boynes SG 22 64   1102 546 133 95 59 19 96 467 221 .473 4 0 .000 136 104 .765
John Williamson SG 28 28   771 496 54 87 26 9 43 461 206 .447 19 8 .421 88 76 .864
Maurice Lucas PF 27 22   708 335 212 83 19 27 70 261 128 .490 4 0 .000 102 79 .775
Roger Phegley SG 23 28   541 327 70 32 15 4 49 260 126 .485 4 2 .500 83 73 .880
Robert Smith PG 24 59   736 309 76 85 22 4 52 254 113 .445 26 8 .308 87 75 .862
Bob Elliott PF 24 54   722 307 185 53 29 14 88 228 101 .443 4 1 .250 152 104 .684
Phil Jackson PF 34 16   194 65 24 12 5 4 9 46 29 .630 2 0 .000 10 7 .700
Ralph Simpson SG 30 8   81 41 11 14 9 0 12 47 18 .383 2 0 .000 10 5 .500
Tim Bassett PF 28 7   92 24 18 4 5 0 4 22 8 .364 0 0   12 8 .667
Totals     82 82 19805 8879 3764 2094 869 581 1691 7504 3456 .461 298 85 .285 2406 1882 .782