1977–78 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 New Jersey Nets 1978 24 58 Atlantic 5 11 Kevin Loughery Rutgers Athletic Center WOR-TVCablevision Sports 3 WMCA Did not qualify NJN New York Nets The 1977–78 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 11th in franchise history, their second in the NBA,1977–78 New Jersey Nets and their first in New Jersey, following their relocation from nearby Long Island. Draft picks 1977 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 7 Bernard King SF Tennessee 4 67 Bob Elmore Wichita State 5 89 Gerald Cunningham Kentucky State 6 111 Mark Crow Duke 7 132 Scott Conant Newberry College 8 152 Ralph Drollinger C UCLA This would become the only NBA draft that the Nets would participate in under the New York Nets name. Following this draft's conclusion, the team would move to nearby New Jersey and play there up until 2012, where they would move to Brooklyn to become the Brooklyn Nets since then. Roster New Jersey Nets 1977–78 #003DA6 #FFFFFF #EC0044 #FFFFFF 21 Tim Bassett PF 6 8 225 1951-04-01 Georgia 35 Kim Hughes basketball C 6 11 220 1952-06-04 Wisconsin 52 George Johnson George T. Johnson C 6 11 205 1948-12-18 Dillard 15 Eddie Jordan basketball PG 6 1 170 1955-01-29 Rutgers 22 Bernard King SF 6 7 205 1956-12-04 Tennessee 11 Louie Nelson SG 6 3 190 1951-05-28 Washington 54 Howard Porter basketball SF 6 8 220 1948-08-31 Villanova 1 Kevin Porter basketball, born 1950 PG 6 0 170 1950-04-17 St. Francis (PA) 20 Jan van Breda Kolff Jan van Breda Kolff SF 6 7 195 1951-12-16 Vanderbilt 42 Wilson Washington PF 6 9 227 1955-08-03 Old Dominion 23 John Williamson basketball, born 1951 SG 6 2 185 1951-11-10 New Mexico State Kevin Loughery Rod Thorn https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/1978.html Regular season Season standings NJN NJN z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Awards and records Bernard King, NBA All-Rookie First Team 1st Team References New Jersey Nets Category:New Jersey Nets seasons New Jersey Nets New Jersey Nets Category:Piscataway, New Jersey