1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season

1974–75 Utah Jazz season
First NBA season
Head coach Scotty Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Butch Van Breda Kolff
Arena Loyola Field House
Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record 2359 (.280)
Place Division: 5th (Central)
Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television WGNO
Radio WWL

The 1974/75 season was the Jazz 1st season in the NBA. The Jazz averaged 101.5 points per game (ranked 10th in NBA) while allowing an average of 109.3 points per game (ranked 18th in NBA).

Draft picks

Main article: 1974 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
2 28 Aaron James PF  United States Grambling State
3 46 Bruce King  United States University of Texas-Pan American
4 64 Ray Price  United States University of Washington
5 82 Ed Searcy SF  United States St. John's
6 100 Lawrence McCray  United States Florida State University
7 118 Joel Copeland  United States Old Dominion University
8 136 Jay Piccola  United States Roanoke College
9 154 Ken Boyd F  United States Boston University
10 171 Walt McGary  United States University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Roster

New Orleans Jazz 1974-75 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (Y-M-D) From
G 21 United States Adelman, Rick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-06-16 Loyola Marymount
G/F 25 United States Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1944-07-07 Oregon
C 8 United States Bellamy, Walt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1939-07-24 Indiana
G 17 United States Bibby, Henry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1949-11-24 UCLA
F/C 34 United States Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1944-04-16 Southern California
F 33 United States Boyd, Ken 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1952-03-25 Boston University
F 12 United States Coleman, E. C. 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1950-09-25 Houston Baptist
F/C 31 United States Counts, Mel 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1941-10-16 Oregon State
G 25 United States Fryer, Bernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1949-12-25 Brigham Young
F/C 16 United States Green, Lamar 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1947-03-22 Morehead State
F 23 United States James, Aaron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1952-10-05 Grambling State University
F 35 United States Johnson, Ollie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1949-05-11 Temple
F/C 7 United States Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1942-09-07 Connecticut
G 22 United States Lantz, Stu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-07-13 University of Nebraska
G/F 11 United States Lee, Russ 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1950-01-27 Marshall
G 44 United States Maravich, Pete 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1947-06-22 LSU
F/C 34 United States Moore, Otto 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1946-08-27 University of Texas-Pan American
G 14 United States Nelson, Louie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1951-05-28 Washington
F/C 30 United States Roberson, Rick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1947-07-07 Cincinnati
G/F 15 United States Stallworth, Bud 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1950-01-18 Kansas
C 41 United States Walk, Neal 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-07-29 Florida
G/F 22 United States Williams, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1950-05-02 Utah State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

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Regular season

Season standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Washington Bullets 60 22 .732 36–5 24–17 22–8
x-Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 19 29–12 12–29 16–14
Cleveland Cavaliers 40 42 .488 20 29–12 11–30 17–13
Atlanta Hawks 31 51 .378 29 22–19 9–32 11–19
New Orleans Jazz 23 59 .280 37 20–21 3–38 9–21
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics 60 22 .732
2 y-Washington Bullets 60 22 .732
3 x-Buffalo Braves 49 33 .598 11
4 x-Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 19
5 x-New York Knicks 40 42 .488 20
6 Cleveland Cavaliers 40 42 .488 20
7 Philadelphia 76ers 34 48 .415 26
8 Atlanta Hawks 31 51 .378 29
9 New Orleans Jazz 23 59 .280 37

Game log

1974–75 game log
Total: 23–59 (Home: 20–21; Road: 3–38)
1974–75 season schedule

Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rick Adelman 28 21.89 .421 .695 1.96 2.46 1.68 0.21 6.25
Jim Barnett 45 27.51 .448 .830 2.84 3.04 0.78 0.36 13.02
Walt Bellamy 1 14.00 1.000 1.000 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00
Henry Bibby 28 18.71 .416 .731 1.79 2.71 0.89 0.00 8.93
John Block 4 14.25 .310 .900 4.50 1.75 1.00 0.25 6.75
Ken Boyd 6 4.17 .538 .455 0.83 0.33 0.50 0.00 3.17
E.C. Coleman 77 28.26 .445 .699 7.13 1.36 1.06 0.48 8.08
Mel Counts 75 18.95 .438 .761 5.88 2.43 0.65 0.57 6.93
Bernie Fryer 31 13.94 .443 .767 1.48 1.68 0.71 0.00 4.10
Lamar Green 15 18.67 .343 .450 7.27 1.07 0.27 0.33 3.80
Aaron James 76 22.78 .477 .778 4.82 0.87 0.54 0.20 11.67
Ollie Johnson 43 26.95 .465 .805 4.12 1.86 0.98 0.47 7.91
Toby Kimball 3 30.00 .304 .857 8.67 1.33 0.67 0.00 6.67
Stu Lantz 19 18.58 .339 .887 1.26 1.58 0.63 0.11 6.58
Russ Lee 15 9.27 .382 .500 2.07 0.47 0.73 0.20 4.33
Pete Maravich 79 36.11 .419 .811 5.34 6.18 1.52 0.23 21.52
Otto Moore 40 26.38 .453 .672 8.20 2.05 0.53 0.98 6.98
Louie Nelson 72 26.36 .452 .768 2.72 2.47 0.90 0.08 11.19
Rick Roberson 16 21.19 .444 .575 7.38 1.44 0.44 0.50 7.44
Bud Stallworth 73 22.85 .420 .687 3.37 0.63 0.81 0.15 9.88
Neal Walk 37 23.00 .420 .800 7.08 2.73 0.81 0.54 9.89
Nate Williams 35 23.26 .517 .824 4.51 1.91 1.26 0.17 14.34

Source: Basketball-Reference.com[3]

References

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