1994–95 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 New Jersey Nets 1995 30 52 Atlantic 5 11 Butch Beard Willis Reed Brendan Byrne Arena WWOR-TVSportsChannel New York WQEW Did not qualify NJN The 1994–95 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 28th season in the National Basketball Association, and 19th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Brooklyn Nets Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BRK/ August 8, 2026 Season summary Off-season The Nets had the 14th overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and selected Nigerian center Yinka Dare out of George Washington University. Basketball: Nets Choose Dare, a Big Man with Little Experience  The New York Times  June 30, 1994  https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/30/sports/basketball-nets-choose-dare-a-big-man-with-little-experience.html December 5, 2025 Wise Mike  Dare Gets a Good Deal from Nets  The New York Times  August 18, 1994  https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/18/sports/dare-gets-a-good-deal-from-nets.html December 5, 2025 1994 NBA Draft Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1994.html December 5, 2025 During the off-season, the team re-signed free agent Sleepy Floyd, Pro Basketball: Floyd Returns to the Nets The New York Times October 7, 1994 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/07/sports/pro-basketball-floyd-returns-to-the-nets.html June 27, 2022 Wise Mike Basketball: Nets' Floyd Looking for Just a Few More Minutes The New York Times October 19, 1994 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/19/sports/basketball-nets-floyd-looking-for-just-a-few-more-minutes.html December 31, 2021 signed Sean Higgins, Wise Mike Pro Basketball: It's Payback Time for Nets' Higgins The New York Times October 23, 1994 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/23/sports/pro-basketball-it-s-payback-time-for-nets-higgins.html November 10, 2022 and undrafted rookie point guard Chris Childs, Eastern Conference The Washington Post November 4, 1994 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/11/04/eastern-conference/6a9f6bcb-fb82-4243-8284-36f7dc0be7ea/ September 22, 2022 and hired Butch Beard as their new head coach. Pro Basketball: Beard to Replace Daly as Nets Coach The New York Times June 28, 1994 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/28/sports/pro-basketball-beard-to-replace-daly-as-nets-coach.html November 8, 2022 Pro Basketball: Beard Quietly Takes Over Nets' Helm The New York Times June 29, 1994 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/29/sports/pro-basketball-beard-quietly-takes-over-nets-helm.html November 19, 2022 Staff and Wire Reports Nets Hire Howard's Beard, 47 Los Angeles Times June 29, 1994 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-29-sp-9787-story.html October 13, 2023 Regular season Under Beard, the Nets lost five of their first six games of the regular season, but then won five of their next seven games, leading to a 6–7 start to the season. However, after holding a 12–15 record as of December 21, 1994, the team struggled losing eight of their next nine games, and played below .500 in winning percentage for the entire season, holding a 19–31 record at the All-Star break. NBA Games Played on February 9, 1995 Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/?month=2&day=9&year=1995 January 3, 2023 The team dealt with injuries as Derrick Coleman missed 26 games due to assorted aches and pains, and a wrist injury, Diamos Jason Pro Basketball: Coleman Is Set to Give Nets a Needed Lift The New York Times February 21, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/21/sports/pro-basketball-coleman-is-set-to-give-nets-a-needed-lift.html September 30, 2022 Wise Mike Basketball: Add Insult to Injury: Coleman Is Hurt The New York Times March 31, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/31/sports/basketball-add-insult-to-injury-coleman-is-hurt.html July 1, 2022 Basketball: Nets Are Reeling Once Again The New York Times April 1, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/01/sports/basketball-nets-are-reeling-once-again.html December 3, 2022 while Kevin Edwards only played just 14 games before sitting out the remainder of the season due to a partly torn Achilles tendon, Wise Mike Pro Basketball: Edwards's Injury Has Nets Waiting The New York Times November 29, 1994 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/29/sports/pro-basketball-edwards-s-injury-has-nets-waiting.html September 30, 2022 Pro Basketball: Higgins Back for the Nets The New York Times January 20, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/20/sports/pro-basketball-higgins-back-for-the-nets.html July 1, 2022 Benoit Benjamin missed 21 games due to a lower back injury, Sports People: N.B.A.; Benjamin's Lower-Back Trouble Presents a Problem for the Nets The New York Times March 8, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/08/sports/sports-people-nba-benjamin-s-lower-back-trouble-presents-a-problem-for-the-nets.html December 3, 2022 Wise Mike Pro Basketball: 76ers Give the Nets Their Ticket for the Lottery The New York Times April 16, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/16/sports/pro-basketball-76ers-give-the-nets-their-ticket-for-the-lottery.html December 3, 2022 and Dare only played just one game due to knee injuries. Pro Basketball: Dare May Need Knee Surgery The New York Times January 23, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/23/sports/pro-basketball-dare-may-need-knee-surgery.html September 30, 2022 Willis George Pro Basketball: Bickering Ends, But Will Nets Be Better? The New York Times November 3, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/03/sports/pro-basketball-bickering-ends-but-will-nets-be-better.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm March 10, 2017 Both Coleman and Kenny Anderson had a public feud with Beard, Wise Mike Pro Basketball: Beard Asks for Some New Nets Next Year The New York Times April 4, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/04/sports/pro-basketball-beard-asks-for-some-new-nets-next-year.html July 1, 2022 Araton Harvey On Pro Basketball: A Tuneup? The Nets Need an Overhaul The New York Times April 12, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/12/sports/on-pro-basketball-a-tuneup-the-nets-need-an-overhaul.html April 7, 2023 as the Nets lost 15 of their final 19 games of the season, and finished in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with a disappointing 30–52 record, missing the NBA playoffs. 1994–95 New Jersey Nets Schedule and Results Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/1995_games.html July 1, 2021 Coleman averaged 20.5 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, while Anderson averaged 17.6 points, 9.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Armen Gilliam provided the team with 14.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, and finished in ninth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting. NBA Sixth Man Voting The Albany Herald May 9, 1995 2D https://books.google.com/books?id=metEAAAAIBAJ&dq=1995+nba+sixth+man+votes+mason+curry+person+mcmillan+scott&pg=PA13&article_id=6096,1659317 May 15, 2025 1994–95 NBA Awards Voting Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/awards_1995.html May 15, 2025 In addition, Edwards contributed 14.0 points and 1.4 steals per game, while Chris Morris provided with 13.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and led the Nets with 106 three-point field goals, Benjamin averaged 11.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, and second-year forward P.J. Brown contributed 8.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. Off the bench, second-year guard Rex Walters contributed 6.5 points per game, while Childs provided with 5.8 points and 4.1 assists per game, Jayson Williams averaged 4.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and Floyd contributed 4.1 points and 2.6 assists per game, but struggled as he shot just .335 in field-goal percentage. 1994–95 New Jersey Nets Roster and Stats Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/1995.html July 1, 2021 The Nets finished twelfth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 684,102 at the Brendan Byrne Arena during the regular season. 1994–95 NBA Season Summary Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1995.html January 22, 2026 Aftermath Following the season, Morris signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz, Ex-Net Chris Morris Joins Jazz Deseret News October 6, 1995 https://www.deseret.com/1995/10/6/19197087/ex-net-chris-morris-joins-jazz?_amp=true January 29, 2023 Wise Mike Pro Basketball: Morris Finds the Grass Indeed Is Greener The New York Times October 20, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/20/sports/pro-basketball-morris-finds-the-grass-indeed-is-greener.html September 22, 2022 Rock Brad Jazz Bet Morris Air Will Fly Right Deseret News October 20, 1995 https://www.deseret.com/platform/amp/1995/10/20/19199758/jazz-bet-morris-air-will-fly-right October 13, 2021 while Benjamin was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies expansion team, Wise Mike Pro Basketball: Anthony Is No. 2 of the Secaucus 27 The New York Times June 25, 1995 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/25/sports/pro-basketball-anthony-is-no-2-of-the-secaucus-27.html October 5, 2022 Heisler Mark Armstrong Becomes Top Expansion Pick: NBA: Raptors Take Guard from Bulls. Massenburg Also Headed to Toronto, While Lakers Lose Harvey to Vancouver Los Angeles Times June 25, 1995 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-25-sp-17060-story.html December 20, 2022 1995 NBA Expansion Draft Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1995_expansion.html July 8, 2023 and Floyd retired. Draft picks 1994 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 14 Yinka Dare C George Washington Roster New Jersey Nets 1994–95 #0C479D #FFFFFF #EC0044 #FFFFFF 7 Kenny Anderson basketball G 6 0 168 1970-10-09 Georgia Tech 00 Benoit Benjamin C 7 0 250 1964-11-22 Creighton yes 42 P. J. Brown F 6 11 225 1969-10-14 Louisiana Tech 1 Chris Childs basketball G 6 3 195 1970-11-20 Boise State 44 Derrick Coleman F 6 10 230 1967-06-21 Syracuse 11 Yinka Dare C 7 0 265 1972-10-10 George Washington yes 21 Kevin Edwards G 6 3 190 1965-10-30 DePaul yes 12 Sleepy Floyd G 6 3 170 1960-03-06 Georgetown 43 Armen Gilliam F 6 9 230 1964-05-28 UNLV 9 Sean Higgins basketball F 6 9 205 1968-12-30 Michigan 4 Rick Mahorn F 6 10 240 1958-09-21 Hampton 34 Chris Morris basketball F 6 8 210 1966-01-20 Auburn 33 Dwayne Schintzius C 7 1 260 1968-10-14 Florida 2 Rex Walters G 6 4 190 1970-03-12 Kansas 55 Jayson Williams F 6 9 240 1968-02-22 St. John's Butch Beard Jerry Eaves Paul Silas John Wetzel https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/1995.html Regular season Season standings NJN NJN z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season New Jersey Nets 1995 #0C479D #FFFFFF Total: 30–52 (Home: 20–21; Road: 10–31) New Jersey Nets November yes #EC0044 #FFFFFF 4 2 2 7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | November 4, 19948:30p.m. EST | @ Houston | L 86–90 | Coleman (20) | Coleman (15) | Anderson (8) | The Summit16,611 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | November 12, 19947:30p.m. EST | Houston | L 84–100 | Anderson (26) | Coleman (14) | Anderson (8) | Brendan Byrne Arena20,049 | 1–5 New Jersey Nets December #EC0044 #FFFFFF 4 5 2 5 New Jersey Nets January #EC0044 #FFFFFF 2 2 3 8 New Jersey Nets February #EC0044 #FFFFFF 5 3 0 3 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" New Jersey Nets March #EC0044 #FFFFFF 2 5 3 4 New Jersey Nets April #EC0044 #FFFFFF 3 4 0 4 NJN 1995 Player statistics Season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGDerrick Coleman565437.6.424.233.76710.63.30.61.720.5Kenny Anderson727037.3.399.330.8413.59.41.40.217.6Armen Gilliam823030.1.503.000.7707.51.20.81.114.8Kevin Edwards141433.3.448.400.9522.61.91.40.414.0Chris Morris714930.0.410.334.7285.72.11.20.713.4Benoit Benjamin615726.2.510.7607.20.60.41.011.1P.J. Brown806330.8.446.167.6716.11.70.91.78.1Rex Walters803017.9.439.362.7691.21.50.50.26.5Chris Childs531119.3.380.328.7531.34.10.80.15.8Jayson Williams75613.1.461.000.5335.70.50.30.44.8Sean Higgins57712.9.385.295.8751.40.50.20.24.7Sleepy Floyd48117.3.335.284.6981.12.60.30.14.1Rick Mahorn58710.9.523.333.7962.80.40.20.23.4Dwayne Schintzius43117.4.380.5451.90.30.10.42.0Yinka Dare103.0.0001.00.00.00.00.0 Player statistics citation: References See also 1994–95 NBA season New Jersey Nets season Category:New Jersey Nets seasons New Jersey Nets New Jersey Nets Category:20th century in East Rutherford, New Jersey Category:Meadowlands Sports Complex