# Temporada 1980-81 de los New Jersey Nets

La temporada 1980-81 fue la quinta de los New Jersey Nets en la NBA, tras la fusión de la liga con la ABA, donde había jugado nueve temporadas, y la cuarta en su nueva ubicación en Nueva Jersey. La temporada regular acabó con 24 victorias y 58 derrotas, ocupando el décimo puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 6 | Mike O'Koren | Alero | Estados Unidos | North Carolina |
| 1 | 7 | Mike Gminski | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Duke |
| 3 | 52 | Lowes Moore | Base | Estados Unidos | West Virginia |
| 4 | 75 | Rory Sparrow | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Villanova |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Boston Celtics | 62 | 20 | .756 | – | 35–6 | 27–14 | 19–5 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 62 | 20 | .756 | – | 37–4 | 25–16 | 15–9 |
| x-New York Knicks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 12.0 | 28–13 | 22–19 | 14–10 |
| Washington Bullets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 23.0 | 26–15 | 13–28 | 8–16 |
| New Jersey Nets | 24 | 58 | .293 | 38.0 | 16–25 | 8–33 | 8–16 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Mike Newlin | 32 | 79 | 36.8 | 8.0 | 16.1 | .497 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .333 | 5.2 | 5.9 | .888 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 21.4 |
| 2 | Maurice Lucas | 28 | 68 | 31.8 | 5.9 | 12.3 | .484 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.8 | 3.7 | .752 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 14.7 |
| 3 | Mike O'Koren | 22 | 79 | 31.3 | 4.6 | 9.5 | .486 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .278 | 1.7 | 2.7 | .637 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 11.0 |
| 4 | Cliff Robinson | 20 | 63 | 28.9 | 8.3 | 17.0 | .491 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 2.8 | 3.9 | .718 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 19.5 |
| 5 | Foots Walker | 29 | 41 | 28.6 | 1.8 | 4.1 | .426 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .222 | 2.1 | 2.7 | .793 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 5.7 |
| 6 | Mike Gminski | 21 | 56 | 28.2 | 5.2 | 12.3 | .423 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.8 | 3.6 | .767 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 13.2 |
| 7 | Darwin Cook | 22 | 81 | 24.4 | 4.7 | 10.1 | .468 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .240 | 1.6 | 2.2 | .733 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 11.2 |
| 8 | Lowes Moore | 23 | 71 | 19.8 | 3.0 | 6.7 | .444 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .148 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .750 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Jan van Breda Kolff | 29 | 78 | 18.3 | 1.3 | 3.1 | .408 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .838 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 10 | Bob Elliott | 25 | 73 | 18.1 | 2.9 | 5.7 | .511 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .500 | 1.7 | 2.8 | .599 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 7.5 |
| 11 | Eddie Jordan | 26 | 14 | 17.1 | 2.1 | 5.2 | .411 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .300 | 1.7 | 2.3 | .750 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 6.2 |
| 12 | Edgar Jones | 24 | 60 | 15.8 | 3.2 | 6.0 | .529 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.4 | 3.6 | .670 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 8.7 |
| 13 | Bob McAdoo | 29 | 10 | 15.3 | 3.8 | 7.5 | .507 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .810 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 9.3 |
| 14 | Rory Sparrow | 22 | 15 | 14.1 | 1.5 | 4.2 | .349 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 1.1 | .750 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 3.7 |