# Temporada 1979-80 de los New Jersey Nets

La temporada 1979-80 fue la cuarta de los New Jersey Nets en la NBA, tras la fusión de la liga con la ABA, donde había jugado nueve temporadas, y la tercera en su nueva ubicación en Nueva Jersey. La temporada regular acabó con 34 victorias y 48 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 | 8 | Calvin Natt | Alero | Estados Unidos | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 1 | 11 | Cliff Robinson | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Southern California |
| 5 | 95 | Jim Abromaitis | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Connecticut |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Boston Celtics | 61 | 21 | .744 | – | 35–6 | 26–15 | 17–7 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 59 | 23 | .720 | 2 | 36–5 | 23–18 | 19–5 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 22 | 24–17 | 15–26 | 9–15 |
| New York Knicks | 39 | 43 | .476 | 22 | 25–16 | 14–27 | 8–16 |
| New Jersey Nets | 34 | 48 | .415 | 27 | 22–19 | 12–29 | 7–17 |

## 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 | Calvin Natt | 23 | 53 | 38.6 | 7.9 | 16.6 | .479 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .200 | 3.8 | 5.3 | .711 | 3.3 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 19.7 |
| 2 | Eddie Jordan | 25 | 82 | 32.4 | 5.3 | 12.4 | .430 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .250 | 2.5 | 3.1 | .779 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 13.3 |
| 3 | Maurice Lucas | 27 | 22 | 32.2 | 5.8 | 11.9 | .490 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 3.6 | 4.6 | .775 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 15.2 |
| 4 | Mike Newlin | 31 | 78 | 32.2 | 7.8 | 17.0 | .460 | 0.6 | 1.9 | .296 | 4.7 | 5.3 | .884 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 20.9 |
| 5 | Jan van Breda Kolff | 28 | 82 | 29.3 | 2.6 | 5.6 | .463 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .350 | 1.6 | 1.9 | .839 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 6.8 |
| 6 | John Williamson | 28 | 28 | 27.5 | 7.4 | 16.5 | .447 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .421 | 2.7 | 3.1 | .864 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 17.7 |
| 7 | George Johnson | 31 | 81 | 26.2 | 3.1 | 6.7 | .457 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .706 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 7.2 |
| 8 | Rich Kelley | 26 | 57 | 25.7 | 3.3 | 7.0 | .466 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 3.5 | 4.4 | .788 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 10.0 |
| 9 | Cliff Robinson | 19 | 70 | 23.7 | 5.6 | 11.9 | .469 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 2.4 | 3.5 | .694 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 13.6 |
| 10 | Roger Phegley | 23 | 28 | 19.3 | 4.5 | 9.3 | .485 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .500 | 2.6 | 3.0 | .880 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 11.7 |
| 11 | Winford Boynes | 22 | 64 | 17.2 | 3.5 | 7.3 | .473 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.6 | 2.1 | .765 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 8.5 |
| 12 | Bob Elliott | 24 | 54 | 13.4 | 1.9 | 4.2 | .443 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 1.9 | 2.8 | .684 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 5.7 |
| 13 | Tim Bassett | 28 | 7 | 13.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | .364 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.1 | 1.7 | .667 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| 14 | Robert Smith | 24 | 59 | 12.5 | 1.9 | 4.3 | .445 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .308 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .862 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 5.2 |
| 15 | Phil Jackson | 34 | 16 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | .630 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .700 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 4.1 |
| 16 | Ralph Simpson | 30 | 8 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 5.9 | .383 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.6 | 1.3 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 5.1 |