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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1788471, member: 289"] Naturally, I had to figure out their “net points”: points + rebounds + assists + steals + blocks – missed field goals – missed free throws – turnovers – fouls. I’ll rank them by total net points but also average them per 48 minutes. The youngers guys may still be playing and have a chance to ad to their totals so their rate of production is important, too. But first I have to note when those stats were first kept track of. Some of the early players net points will be off as a result. I’ll put any player for whom complete career numbers aren’t available in any of the above stats in Italics. Here are the years when stats first became official: 1946-47: The NBL kept track of points, field goals made, (but not attempted), free throws made an attempted and fouls. The BAA kept track of both field goals and free throws made and attempted, assists and fouls. 1948-49: The NBL keeps track of assists. 1950-51: The NBA keeps track of rebounds. 1951-52: The NBA keeps track of minutes. 1967-68: The ABA keeps track of turnovers. 1973-74: The NBA keeps track of turnovers for teams but not individuals. They do start keepting track of steals and blocks. 1977-78: The NBA finally keeps track of individual turnovers. So players prior to the Boeheim Era will have totals and averages that are a bit off because of the unavailability of certain numbers. But the majority of “net points” come from points, rebounds and missed shots and we’ve had them since the 1950-51 season. The other numbers often cancel out, so the numbers and resulting rankings aren’t going to be that deceptive. Another factor is games played: The NBA’s schedule has lengthened over the years: 1946-47: NBL 44; BAA 60 1947-48: NBL 60; BAA 48 1948-49: NBL 64; BAA 60 1949-50: NBA 68 1952-53: NBA 70 1953-54: NBA 72 1959-60: NBA 75 1960-61: NBA 80 1966-67: NBA 81 1967-68: NBA 82 ABA 78 1969-70: ABA 84 1998-99: NBA played only 50 games because of a strike. 2011-12: NBA played only 66 games because of a strike. This mostly effects the players from the 40’s and the 50’s, of which there are very few on the list. And the impact isn’t huge. Carmelo Anthony 16,603NP (24.3) [I]Dave Bing 14,798NP (21.7)[/I] Derrick Coleman 12,841NP (24.0) Rony Seikaly 9,183NP (20.6) Danny Schayes 8,177NP (17.9) Sherman Douglas 7,807NP (17.7) Billy Owens 6,762NP (18.4) (If younger fans wonder why older fans have such nostalgia for the late 80’s, we had at least three of Coleman, Seikaly, Douglas and Owens for several years in a row as well as Pearl Washington and then Stevie Thompson) Louis Orr 4,448NP (16.0) Hakim Warrick 3,874NP (17.5) Wesley Johnson 2,777NP (12.5) Michael Carter-Williams 2,486NP (19.2) Etan Thomas 2,485NP (16.8) Dion Waiters 2,181NP (12.8) John Wallace 1,869NP (14.6) Jason Hart 1,500NP (13.6) [I]Ed Miller 1,374NP (17.9)[/I] Rafael Addison 1,372NP (11.6) Pearl Washington 1,236NP (14.7) Marty Byrnes 1,143NP (12.9) Jonny Flynn 1,120NP (14.4) Jerami Grant 903NP (12.6) [I]Fred Saunders 898NP (14.9) Billy Gabor 661NP (8.6)[/I] Lawrence Moten 473NP (12.5) LeRon Ellis 268NP (15.0) Tyler Ennis 260NP (11.7) Donte Greene 192NP (11.4) [I]William (Bill) Smith 151NP (14.8)[/I] Rudy Hackett 114NP (2.8) Chris McCullough 98NP (13.0) Dave Johnson 75NP (7.6) Dennis DuVal 60NP (10.8) Arinze Onuaku 46NP (22.5) (A.O. had 30 points and 29 rebounds in 98 minutes.) Stevie Thompson 25NP (13.2) Leo Rautins 24NP (6.7) Darryl Watkins 24NP (6.8) Damone Brown 22NP (3.0) [I]Frank Reddout 14NP (37.3)[/I] (Frank played 18 minutes and scored 13 points with 9 rebounds. Why wouldn’t you play a guy who could produce such numbers more than that?) James Southerland 10NP (16.0) Rakeem Christmas 4NP (32.0) Demetris Nichols 2NP (1.7) Andy Rautins 1NP (2.0) Kris Joseph 0NP (0.0) Fab Melo 0NP (0.0) [I]Jack Kiley -2NP (-0.2) Lou Spicer -10NP (???- minutes not available)[/I] (Lou played in 4 games, was 0 for 7 from the field, 1 for 2 from the free throw line and committed 3 fouls for the Providence Steam Rollers of the BAA, a team that hasn’t existed for 67 years. But, hey! He played in what became the NBA? That’s more than any of us did!) [/QUOTE]

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