1980-81 New Jersey Nets Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 24-58
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Kevin Loughery (12-23)
Coach: Bob MacKinnon (12-35)
Location: Piscataway, New Jersey
Attendance: 302,061, Avg. 7,367 in 41 home dates

1980-81 New Jersey Nets Statistics
1980-81 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 24 wins and 58 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Nets netted 8,768 points and allowed 9,262. Mike Newlin tossed in a team-leading 1,688 points for New Jersey, and Cliff Robinson scored 17 or more per game also. Maurice Lucas contributed 575 boards. Mike Newlin dished out 299 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Darwin Cook added 141 steals.

Kevin Loughery and Bob MacKinnon coached the team.

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Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown
Darwin Cook	G	August 6, 1958	6'3"	184	Portland	Los Angeles, CA USA
Bob Elliott	C-F	August 18, 1955	6'8"	225	Arizona	Ann Arbor, MI USA
Mike Gminski	C	August 3, 1959	6'11"	250	Duke	Monroe, CT USA
Edgar Jones	F-C	June 17, 1956	6'10"	225	Nevada-Reno	Fort Rucker, AL USA
Eddie Jordan	G	January 29, 1955	6'1"	170	Rutgers	Washington, DC USA
Maurice Lucas	F-C	February 18, 1952	6'9"	215	Marquette	Pittsburgh, PA USA
Bob McAdoo	C-F	September 25, 1951	6'9"	210	North Carolina	Greensboro, NC USA
Lowes Moore	G	May 5, 1957	6'1"	170	West Virginia	Plymouth, SC USA
Mike Newlin	G-F	January 2, 1949	6'4"	200	Utah	Portland, OR USA
Mike O'Koren	F-G	February 7, 1958	6'7"	207	North Carolina	Jersey City, NJ USA
Cliff Robinson	F	March 13, 1960	6'9"	220	USC	Oakland, CA USA
Rory Sparrow	G	June 12, 1958	6'2"	175	Villanova	Suffolk, VA USA
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	December 16, 1951	6'7"	195	Vanderbilt	Palos Verdes, CA USA
Foots Walker	G	May 21, 1951	6'0"	170	West Georgia	Southampton, NY USA