# Temporada 1987-88 de los New Jersey Nets

La temporada 1987-88 fue la duodécima de los New Jersey Nets en la NBA, tras la fusión de la liga con la ABA, donde había jugado nueve temporadas, y la undécima en su ubicación en Nueva Jersey. La temporada regular acabó con 19 victorias y 63 derrotas, ocupando el undécimo y último puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 3 | Dennis Hopson | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Ohio State |
| 3 | 48 | Jamie Waller | Alero | Estados Unidos | Virginia Union |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Boston Celtics | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 36–5 | 21–20 | 19–5 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 38 | 44 | .463 | 19 | 25–16 | 13–28 | 13–11 |
| x-New York Knicks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 19 | 29–12 | 9–32 | 10–14 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 21 | 27–14 | 9–32 | 12–12 |
| New Jersey Nets | 19 | 63 | .232 | 38 | 16–25 | 3–38 | 6–18 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Buck Williams | 27 | 70 | 70 | 37.7 | 6.7 | 11.9 | .560 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 4.9 | 7.4 | .668 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 11.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 18.3 |
| 2 | Roy Hinson | 26 | 48 | 47 | 36.4 | 6.9 | 13.7 | .502 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.8 | 4.7 | .806 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 17.6 |
| 3 | Mike Gminski | 28 | 34 | 34 | 35.1 | 6.3 | 13.9 | .454 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 4.2 | 4.9 | .861 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 16.9 |
| 4 | John Bagley | 27 | 82 | 74 | 33.8 | 4.8 | 10.9 | .439 | 0.6 | 2.0 | .292 | 1.8 | 2.2 | .822 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 5 | Orlando Woolridge | 28 | 19 | 12 | 32.7 | 5.8 | 13.0 | .445 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 4.8 | 6.8 | .708 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 16.4 |
| 6 | Tim McCormick | 25 | 47 | 38 | 32.2 | 5.9 | 10.9 | .543 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.3 | 3.4 | .667 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 14.1 |
| 7 | Otis Birdsong | 32 | 67 | 59 | 28.1 | 5.0 | 11.0 | .458 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .360 | 0.7 | 1.4 | .511 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 10.9 |
| 8 | Ben Coleman | 26 | 27 | 10 | 24.3 | 4.3 | 8.9 | .483 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.4 | 3.1 | .774 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 11.0 |
| 9 | Dudley Bradley | 30 | 63 | 15 | 22.7 | 2.5 | 5.8 | .429 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .366 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .763 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 6.7 |
| 10 | Dennis Hopson | 22 | 61 | 19 | 22.4 | 3.6 | 9.0 | .404 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .267 | 2.1 | 2.9 | .740 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 9.6 |
| 11 | Pearl Washington | 24 | 68 | 10 | 20.3 | 3.6 | 8.0 | .448 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .224 | 1.9 | 2.8 | .698 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 9.3 |
| 12 | Adrian Branch | 24 | 20 | 3 | 15.4 | 2.8 | 6.7 | .418 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .200 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .870 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 6.7 |
| 13 | Dallas Comegys | 23 | 75 | 17 | 15.0 | 2.1 | 4.8 | .430 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .707 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 5.6 |
| 14 | Mike O'Koren | 29 | 4 | 0 | 13.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | .563 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 15 | Kevin McKenna | 29 | 31 | 2 | 12.7 | 1.4 | 3.5 | .394 | 0.5 | 1.6 | .320 | 0.8 | 0.8 | .960 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| 16 | Duane Washington | 23 | 15 | 0 | 10.4 | 1.2 | 2.8 | .429 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .500 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .800 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 17 | Jamie Waller | 23 | 9 | 0 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 4.4 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 1.1 | 2.0 | .556 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 4.7 |
| 18 | Johnny Moore | 29 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ricky Wilson | 23 | 6 | 0 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | .636 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.8 | .545 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 20 | Chris Engler | 28 | 54 | 0 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | .409 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.6 | 0.6 | .886 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Buck Williams | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |