1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season

1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season
First NBA season
Head coach	Scotty Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Butch Van Breda Kolff
Arena	Loyola Field House Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record	23–59 (.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 first 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 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.5 !G	17	USA !	Bibby, Henry	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1949-11-24	UCLA
4.0 !F	33	USA !	Boyd, Ken	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1952-03-25	Boston
4.0 !F	12	USA !	Coleman, E. C.	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1950-09-25	Houston Baptist
5.5 !F/C	31	USA !	Counts, Mel	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1941-10-16	Oregon State
1.5 !G	25	USA !	Fryer, Bernie	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1949-12-25	Brigham Young
4.0 !F	23	USA !	James, Aaron	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1952-10-05	Grambling State University
1.5 !G	44	USA !	Maravich, Pete	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1947-06-22	LSU
5.5 !F/C	34	USA !	Moore, Otto	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1946-08-27	University of Texas-Pan American
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Nelson, Louie	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1951-05-28	Washington
5.5 !F/C	30	USA !	Roberson, Rick	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	1947-07-07	Cincinnati
2.5 !G/F	15	USA !	Stallworth, Bud	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1950-01-18	Kansas
2.5 !G/F	22	USA !	Williams, Nate	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1950-05-02	Utah State

Head coach

Scotty Robertson

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

Record vs. opponents

1974-75 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	KCO	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–4	1–3	0–4	3–4	2–2	1–3	2–5	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5	0–4	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	3–5
Boston	4–0	—	5–4	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	4–0	7–2	5–3	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–2
Buffalo	3–1	4–5	—	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–3	4–0	5–3	6–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2
Chicago	4–0	1–3	3–1	—	2–2	4–5	3–1	2–2	4–5	3–1	3–5	4–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–3
Cleveland	4–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	—	2–2	2–2	4–4	2–2	2–2	1–3	6–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5
Detroit	2–2	1–3	2–2	5–4	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	2–6	3–1	3–6	4–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3
Golden State	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	—	2–2	2–2	5–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–3	5–3	4–3	1–3
Houston	5–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	4–4	2–2	2–2	—	4–0	2–2	3–1	5–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–5
Kansas City-Omaha	2–2	2–2	3–1	5–4	2–2	6–2	2–2	0–4	—	3–1	6–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3
Los Angeles	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–5	2–2	1–3	—	4–0	3–1	0–4	3–1	4–4	2–5	2–6	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	3–1	5–3	3–1	6–3	1–3	1–3	3–6	0–4	—	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4
New Orleans	5–3	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–6	0–4	2–2	3–5	2–2	1–3	1–3	—	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–7
New York	4–0	2–7	3–5	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–3	2–2	—	4–5	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3
Philadelphia	2–2	3–5	3–6	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	5–4	—	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3
Phoenix	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5	2–2	1–3	4–4	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	—	1–6	4–3	1–3
Portland	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–5	2–2	1–3	5–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	6–1	—	2–6	1–3
Seattle	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–2	3–4	3–1	3–1	6–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–4	6–2	—	1–3
Washington	5–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	5–3	3–1	3–1	5–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	7–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	—

Game log

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

October: 0–7 (Home: 0–3; Road: 0–4)

November: 2–13 (Home: 2–6; Road: 0–7)

December: 1–10 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–9)

January: 2–12 (Home: 2–5; Road: 0–7)

February: 10–5 (Home: 8–2; Road: 2–3)

March: 8–9 (Home: 7–3; Road: 1–6)

April: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)

1974–75 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
Adelman, Rick !Rick Adelman	28	21.89	.421	.695	1.96	2.46	1.68	0.21	6.25
Barnett, Jim !Jim Barnett	45	27.51	.448	.830	2.84	3.04	0.78	0.36	13.02
Bellamy, Walt !Walt Bellamy	1	14.00	1.000	1.000	5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00
Bibby, Henry !Henry Bibby	28	18.71	.416	.731	1.79	2.71	0.89	0.00	8.93
Block, John !John Block	4	14.25	.310	.900	4.50	1.75	1.00	0.25	6.75
Boyd, Ken !Ken Boyd	6	4.17	.538	.455	0.83	0.33	0.50	0.00	3.17
Coleman, E.C. !E.C. Coleman	77	28.26	.445	.699	7.13	1.36	1.06	0.48	8.08
Counts, Mel !Mel Counts	75	18.95	.438	.761	5.88	2.43	0.65	0.57	6.93
Fryer, Bernie !Bernie Fryer	31	13.94	.443	.767	1.48	1.68	0.71	0.00	4.10
Green, Lamar !Lamar Green	15	18.67	.343	.450	7.27	1.07	0.27	0.33	3.80
James, Aaron !Aaron James	76	22.78	.477	.778	4.82	0.87	0.54	0.20	11.67
Johnson, Ollie !Ollie Johnson	43	26.95	.465	.805	4.12	1.86	0.98	0.47	7.91
Kimball, Toby !Toby Kimball	3	30.00	.304	.857	8.67	1.33	0.67	0.00	6.67
Lantz, Stu !Stu Lantz	19	18.58	.339	.887	1.26	1.58	0.63	0.11	6.58
Lee, Russ !Russ Lee	15	9.27	.382	.500	2.07	0.47	0.73	0.20	4.33
Maravich, Pete !Pete Maravich	79	36.11	.419	.811	5.34	6.18	1.52	0.23	21.52
Moore, Otto !Otto Moore	40	26.38	.453	.672	8.20	2.05	0.53	0.98	6.98
Nelson, Louie !Louie Nelson	72	26.36	.452	.768	2.72	2.47	0.90	0.08	11.19
Roberson, Rick !Rick Roberson	16	21.19	.444	.575	7.38	1.44	0.44	0.50	7.44
Stallworth, Bud !Bud Stallworth	73	22.85	.420	.687	3.37	0.63	0.81	0.15	9.88
Walk, Neal !Neal Walk	37	23.00	.420	.800	7.08	2.73	0.81	0.54	9.89
Williams, Nate !Nate Williams	35	23.26	.517	.824	4.51	1.91	1.26	0.17	14.34

Source: Basketball-Reference.com^[3]

References

Jazz on Basketball Reference

1974–75 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Buffalo New York Philadelphia

Central	Atlanta Cleveland Houston New Orleans Washington

Western

Midwest	Chicago Detroit Kansas City-Omaha Milwaukee

Pacific	Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland Seattle

New Orleans / Utah Jazz seasons

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

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