Los Angeles Lakers 1978-79 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Los Angeles Lakers 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 Los Angeles Lakers used 13 players in the 1978-79 Regular Season and 11 in the 1979 Playoffs.

Ron Boone, Norm Nixon and Jamaal Wilkes 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 1979, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 47-35 (.573), 5th in Western Conference
Playoffs: 3-5 (.375), Lost West Conf Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
24	Ron Boone Guard / Forward 6-2 born Sep. 6, 1946 drafted 147th in 1968 (by the Suns)	82 games 7.4 pts 1.8 reb 1.9 ast	8 games 11.8 pts 1.9 reb 1.8 ast
10	Norm Nixon Guard 6-2 born Oct. 11, 1955 drafted 22nd in 1977 (by the Lakers)	82 games 17.1 pts 2.8 reb 9.0 ast	8 games 15.4 pts 3.5 reb 11.8 ast
52	Jamaal Wilkes Forward / Guard 6-6 born May. 2, 1953 drafted 11th in 1974 (by the Warriors)	82 games 18.6 pts 7.4 reb 2.8 ast	8 games 18.4 pts 8.5 reb 2.0 ast
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center 7-2 born Apr. 16, 1947 drafted 1st in 1969 (by the Bucks)	80 games 23.8 pts 12.8 reb 5.4 ast	8 games 28.5 pts 12.6 reb 4.8 ast
40	Dave Robisch Center / Forward 6-10 born Dec. 22, 1949 drafted 44th in 1971 (by the Celtics)	80 games 4.8 pts 3.6 reb 1.2 ast	5 games 1.6 pts 2.0 reb 0.4 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
35	Don Ford Forward 6-9 born Dec. 31, 1952 drafted 92nd in 1975 (by the Lakers)	79 games 6.7 pts 3.4 reb 1.3 ast	8 games 4.1 pts 2.8 reb 0.9 ast
23	Lou Hudson Forward / Guard 6-5 born Jul. 11, 1944 drafted 4th in 1966 (by the Hawks)	78 games 9.8 pts 1.8 reb 1.8 ast	6 games 6.3 pts 0.7 reb 1.3 ast
5	Jim Price Guard 6-3 born Nov. 27, 1949 drafted 16th in 1972 (by the Lakers)	75 games 5.3 pts 1.6 reb 2.9 ast	8 games 2.5 pts 1.0 reb 2.3 ast
2	Kenny Carr Forward 6-7 born Aug. 15, 1955 drafted 6th in 1977 (by the Lakers)	72 games 7.4 pts 4.1 reb 0.8 ast	8 games 5.4 pts 2.1 reb 0.5 ast
4	Adrian Dantley Forward / Guard 6-5 born Feb. 28, 1956 drafted 6th in 1976 (by the Braves)	60 games 17.3 pts 5.7 reb 2.3 ast	8 games 17.6 pts 4.1 reb 1.4 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
15	Ron Carter Guard 6-5 born Aug. 31, 1956 drafted 26th in 1978 (by the Lakers)	46 games 3.1 pts 1.0 reb 0.5 ast	2 games 0.0 pts 0.0 reb 0.0 ast
30	Brad Davis Guard 6-3 born Dec. 17, 1955 drafted 15th in 1977 (by the Lakers)	5 games 3.8 pts 0.2 reb 1.8 ast
21	Michael Cooper Guard / Forward 6-5 born Apr. 15, 1956 drafted 60th in 1978 (by the Lakers)	3 games 2.0 pts 0.0 reb 0.0 ast