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FINAL 1967-68 STATISTICS (36-42) NEW JERSEY AMERICANS
1968-69: NEW JERSEY AMERICANS BECOMES NEW YORK NETS
Team Name: New York Nets
Home Court: Commack Arena, Commack, NY
Final Record: 17-61
On July 15, franchise moves to Commack, Long Island, becoming the New York Nets. Bobby Lloyd of Rutgers hits 49 free throws in a row over a 13-game span for a new ABA record.
1968-69 ROSTER
20 Dan Anderson C 6-10 230 2/15/43 Augsburg
32 Tom Bowens F 6-8 220 7/7/40 Grambling
22 Steve Chubin G 6-2 200 2/8/44 Rhode Island
9 Ollie Darden F 6-7 235 7/28/44 Michigan
30 Will Frazier F 6-7 210 8/24/42 Grambling
11 Tom Hoover C 6-9 230 1/23/41 Villanova
24 Tony Jackson G 6-4 200 11/7/42 St. John's
10 Stew Johnson F 6-8 220 8/19/44 Murray State
Rod Knowles C 6-9 215 2/27/46 Davidson
Tony Koski F 6-8 215 6/26/46 Providence
20 Manny Leaks F 6-8 225 11/27/45 Niagara
27 Leary Lentz F 6-6 200 2/23/45 Houston
3 Bob Lloyd G 6-1 184 1/3/46 Rutgers
20 Randy Mahaffey F 6-7 210 9/28/45 Clemson
22 Maurice McHartley G 6-3 185 8/1/42 North Carolina A&T
22 Ron Perry G 6-3 190 12/29/43 Virginia Tech
4 Walt Simon F 6-6 200 12/1/39 Benedict S.C.
33 Willie Somerset G 5-8 170 3/17/42 Duquense
23 Levern Tart G 6-2 195 6/1/42 Bradley
27 Bob Verga G 6-1 190 9/7/45 Duke
11 Hank Whitney F 6-7 230 4/28/39 Iowa State
10 Ken Wilburn F 6-6 195 6/8/44 Central State
33 Willie Worsley G 5-9 175 11/13/45 Texas Western
 
FINAL 1968-69 STATISTICS (17-61) NEW YORK NETS
NAME G MIN FGM FGA FGP 3PM 3PA 3PP FTM FTA FTP REB AST PTS RPG APG PPG
Dan Anderson 25 677 101 233 0.433 0 0 0.000 75 91 0.824 217 34 277 5.8 1.2 8.6
Tom Bowens 76 1550 186 453 0.410 0 3 0.000 83 128 0.648 455 52 455 2.8 1.7 12.8
Steve Chubin 28 828 153 394 0.388 1 17 0.060 138 169 0.816 103 139 445 14.2 2 12.5
Ollie Darden 30 726 133 279 0.476 0 0 0.000 78 110 0.709 214 42 344 8.7 1.4 11.1
Will Frazier 75 1370 217 512 0.423 0 0 0.000 120 194 0.618 416 66 554 3.7 2.5 14.7
Tom Hoover 40 1256 165 354 0.466 0 2 0.000 110 162 0.679 411 106 440 7.1 1.4 11.5
Tony Jackson 3 20 0 3 0.000 0 0 0.000 1 1 1.000 3 0 1 1 0 0.3
Stew Johnson 9 205 28 72 0.388 2 8 0.250 16 17 0.941 44 9 74 4.1 0.3 5
Rod Knowles 1 3 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Koski 5 30 2 7 0.285 0 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 7 4 6 1.4 0.8 1.2
Many Leaks 20 712 96 289 0.332 0 1 0.000 58 81 0.716 283 40 250 5.5 0.9 7.4
Leary Lentz 26 442 48 126 0.380 0 1 0.000 33 43 0.767 107 9 129 6 0.7 6
Bob Lloyd 67 1358 215 541 0.397 12 31 0.390 218 246 0.886 112 136 660 3.7 5 15.9
Randy Mahaffey 48 1594 249 577 0.431 0 2 0.000 164 228 0.719 387 64 662 4.1 3.7 19.3
Maurice McHartley 24 645 107 266 0.402 0 4 0.000 83 107 0.775 76 76 297 1.7 2 9.9
Ron Perry 23 812 165 425 0.388 22 57 0.390 92 131 0.702 95 85 444 3.2 3.2 12.4
Walter Simon 68 2750 570 1296 0.439 6 27 0.220 290 417 0.695 554 234 1436 8.1 3.4 21.1
Willie Somerset 31 1325 263 593 0.440 19 64 0.300 164 200 0.820 135 166 747 4.4 5.4 24.1
Levern Tart 35 920 190 427 0.444 0 1 0.000 133 170 0.782 128 87 513 8.1 1.3 13.8
Bob Verga 24 521 99 273 0.362 5 18 0.280 103 104 0.715 68 41 306 10.3 2.7 11
Hank Whitney 31 643 104 248 0.419 0 0 0.000 60 82 0.731 181 38 268 4.9 1 8.2
Ken Wilburn 4 22 2 8 0.250 0 0 0.000 6 9 0.666 4 2 10 1 0.5 2.5
Willie Worsley 24 460 36 123 0.292 10 30 0.330 63 84 0.750 35 39 145 1.5 1.6 6