Buffalo Braves 1977-78 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Buffalo Braves in the 1977-78 NBA Regular Season and the 1978 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Buffalo Braves used 19 players in the 1977-78 Regular Season.

Randy Smith and Randy Smith are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 82.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1978, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 27-55 (.329), 10th in Eastern Conference
Playoffs: DNQ

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
9	Randy Smith Guard / Forward 6-3 born Dec. 12, 1948 drafted 205th in 1970 (by the Pistons)	82 games 24.6 pts 3.8 reb 5.6 ast
24	Wil Jones Forward 6-8 born Feb. 27, 1947 drafted 69th in 1969 (by the Lakers)	79 games 6.8 pts 4.2 reb 1.5 ast
31	Swen Nater Center 6-11 born Jan. 14, 1950 drafted 16th in 1973 (by the Bucks)	78 games 15.5 pts 13.2 reb 2.8 ast
11	Chuck Williams Guard 6-2 born Jun. 6, 1946 drafted 76th in 1968 (by the 76ers)	73 games 7.3 pts 1.9 reb 4.3 ast
14	Mike Glenn Guard 6-2 born Sep. 10, 1955 drafted 23rd in 1977 (by the Bulls)	56 games 7.9 pts 1.4 reb 1.4 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
45	Scott Lloyd Center / Forward 6-10 born Dec. 19, 1952 drafted 24th in 1976 (by the Bucks)	56 games 3.2 pts 2.1 reb 0.6 ast
32	Bill Willoughby Forward / Center 6-8 born May. 20, 1957 drafted 19th in 1975 (by the Hawks)	56 games 6.7 pts 3.9 reb 0.7 ast
25	Billy Knight Guard / Forward 6-6 born Jun. 9, 1952 drafted 21st in 1974 (by the Lakers)	53 games 22.9 pts 7.2 reb 3.0 ast
8	Marvin Barnes Forward / Center 6-8 born Jul. 27, 1952 drafted 2nd in 1974 (by the 76ers)	48 games 11.8 pts 7.3 reb 2.4 ast
44	Jim McDaniels Center / Forward 6-11 born Apr. 2, 1948 drafted 23rd in 1971 (by the Supersonics)	42 games 5.6 pts 4.3 reb 1.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
12	Ted McClain Guard 6-1 born Aug. 30, 1946 drafted 22nd in 1971 (by the Hawks)	41 games 5.2 pts 1.8 reb 3.0 ast
43	Larry McNeill Forward / Center 6-9 born Jan. 31, 1951 drafted 25th in 1973 (by the Kings)	37 games 11.9 pts 5.1 reb 1.2 ast
15	Bird Averitt Guard 6-1 born Jul. 22, 1952	34 games 9.5 pts 1.5 reb 3.8 ast
34	John Shumate Forward / Center 6-9 born Apr. 6, 1952 drafted 4th in 1974 (by the Suns)	18 games 12.4 pts 7.1 reb 3.2 ast
7	Gary Brokaw Guard 6-4 born Jan. 11, 1954 drafted 18th in 1974 (by the Bucks)	13 games 4.2 pts 0.9 reb 1.5 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
22	Gus Gerard Forward / Guard 6-8 born Jul. 27, 1953 drafted 50th in 1975 (by the Trail Blazers)	10 games 4.3 pts 1.4 reb 0.9 ast
40	Eddie Owens Forward 6-7 born Dec. 26, 1953 drafted 31st in 1977 (by the Kings)	8 games 2.6 pts 1.3 reb 0.6 ast
10	Larry Johnson Guard 6-3 born Nov. 28, 1954 drafted 24th in 1977 (by the Braves)	4 games 1.5 pts 1.3 reb 1.8 ast