New Orleans Jazz 1978-79 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the New Orleans Jazz in the 1978-79 NBA Regular Season and the 1979 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The New Orleans Jazz used 15 players in the 1978-79 Regular Season.

Rich Kelley is the player from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 80.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1979, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 26-56 (.317), 11th in Eastern Conference
Playoffs: DNQ

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
53	Rich Kelley Center / Forward 7-0 born Mar. 23, 1953 drafted 7th in 1975 (by the Jazz)	80 games 15.7 pts 12.8 reb 3.6 ast
33	Jim McElroy Guard 6-3 born Oct. 4, 1953 drafted 38th in 1975 (by the Jazz)	79 games 16.9 pts 2.7 reb 5.7 ast
30	Paul Griffin Forward / Center 6-9 born Jan. 20, 1954 drafted 74th in 1976 (by the Jazz)	77 games 3.9 pts 5.1 reb 1.8 ast
25	Gail Goodrich Guard 6-1 born Apr. 23, 1943 drafted with a territorial pick in 1965 (by the Lakers)	74 games 12.7 pts 2.5 reb 4.8 ast
23	Aaron James Forward 6-8 born Oct. 5, 1952 drafted 28th in 1974 (by the Jazz)	73 games 10.0 pts 3.4 reb 1.1 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
11	James Hardy Forward / Center 6-8 born Dec. 1, 1956 drafted 11th in 1978 (by the Jazz)	68 games 6.7 pts 4.6 reb 1.0 ast
14	Tommie Green Guard 6-2 born Apr. 8, 1956 drafted 35th in 1978 (by the Jazz)	59 games 3.9 pts 1.2 reb 2.4 ast
7	Pete Maravich Guard 6-5 born Jun. 22, 1947 drafted 3rd in 1970 (by the Hawks)	49 games 22.6 pts 2.5 reb 5.0 ast
21	Truck Robinson Forward / Center 6-7 born Oct. 4, 1951 drafted 22nd in 1974 (by the Bullets)	43 games 24.2 pts 13.4 reb 1.7 ast
12	Marty Byrnes Forward 6-7 born Apr. 30, 1956 drafted 19th in 1978 (by the Suns)	36 games 5.3 pts 2.6 reb 1.2 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
50	Joe Meriweather Center / Forward 6-10 born Oct. 26, 1953 drafted 11th in 1975 (by the Rockets)	36 games 6.1 pts 5.1 reb 0.9 ast
24	Spencer Haywood Forward / Center 6-8 born Apr. 22, 1949 drafted 30th in 1971 (by the Braves)	34 games 24.0 pts 9.6 reb 2.1 ast
34	Ira Terrell Forward / Center 6-8 born Jun. 19, 1954 drafted 45th in 1976 (by the Suns)	31 games 4.9 pts 3.5 reb 0.8 ast
18	Ron Lee Guard 6-4 born Nov. 2, 1952 drafted 10th in 1976 (by the Suns)	17 games 6.7 pts 3.2 reb 4.3 ast
18	Gus Bailey Guard / Forward 6-5 born Feb. 18, 1951 drafted 23rd in 1974 (by the Rockets)	2 games 2.0 pts 1.0 reb 1.0 ast