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1989–90 New Jersey Nets season

The 1989–90 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 23rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 14th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[1] The Nets received the twelfth overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft, and selected point guard Mookie Blaylock from the University of Oklahoma.[2][3][4] During the off-season, the team acquired Sam Bowie from the Portland Trail Blazers on draft day,[5][6][7] signed free agent Purvis Short, and also hired Bill Fitch as their new head coach. In December, the Nets signed free agent Jack Haley.

1989–90 New Jersey Nets season
Head coachBill Fitch
ArenaBrendan Byrne Arena
Results
Record17–65 (.207)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Atlantic)
Conference: 13th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionWWOR-TV
SportsChannel New York
RadioWNEW
< 1988–89 1990–91 >

Under Fitch and with the addition of Bowie, Short and Blaylock, the Nets got off to a 3–2 start to the regular season, but then posted a nine-game losing streak afterwards. The team continued to struggle posting a 14-game losing streak between January and February, and holding a 12–35 record at the All-Star break.[8] At mid-season, the team traded Joe Barry Carroll to the Denver Nuggets, acquired Chris Dudley from the Cleveland Cavaliers, and signed free agent, and undrafted rookie power forward Derrick Gervin.[9][10] The Nets posted an 11-game losing streak in March, and lost their final seven games of the season, finishing in last place in the Atlantic Division with a league-worst 17–65 record.[11]

Dennis Hopson averaged 15.8 points and 1.3 steals per game, while Roy Hinson averaged 15.0 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, but only played just 25 games due to injury, and second-year star Chris Morris provided the team with 14.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. In addition, Bowie provided with 14.7 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, but only shot .416 in field-goal percentage, while Short contributed 13.1 points per game, Gervin averaged 12.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in 21 games, and Blaylock contributed 10.1 points, 4.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game, but only appeared in just 50 games also due to injury. Meanwhile, second-year center Charles Shackleford averaged 8.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, Lester Conner provided with 7.9 points, 4.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game, Dudley contributed 6.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in 27 games after the trade, and Haley averaged 6.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.[12]

The Nets finished 25th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 473,760 at the Brendan Byrne Arena during the regular season, which was the third-lowest in the league.[12][13] Following the season, Hopson was traded to the Chicago Bulls,[14][15] and Short retired.

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
112Mookie BlaylockPG United StatesOklahoma
232Stanley BrundyF United StatesDePaul

Roster

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1989–90 New Jersey Nets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
G 10 Mookie Blaylock 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1967-03-20 Oklahoma
C 31 Sam Bowie 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961-03-17 Kentucky
F 21 Stanley Brundy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1967-11-13 DePaul
G 15 Lester Conner 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1959-09-17 Oregon State
C 22 Chris Dudley 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1965-02-22 Yale
F 24 Derrick Gervin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1963-03-28 Texas–San Antonio
F/C 44 Jack Haley 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1964-01-27 UCLA
F 23 Roy Hinson Injured 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1961-05-02 Rutgers
G/F 2 Dennis Hopson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1965-04-22 Ohio State
F/C 42 Anthony Mason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1966-12-14 Tennessee State
G/F 34 Chris Morris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966-01-20 Auburn
G 7 Pete Myers 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1963-09-15 Little Rock
F/C 33 Charles Shackleford 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966-04-22 NC State
G/F 45 Purvis Short 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1957-07-02 Jackson State
G 5 Leon Wood 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962-03-25 Cal State Fullerton
Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

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Season standings

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Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Philadelphia 76ers 5329.646–34–719–2219–7
x-Boston Celtics 5230.634130–1122–1919–7
x-New York Knicks 4537.549829–1216–2517–9
Washington Bullets 3151.3782220–2111–3010–16
Miami Heat 1864.2203511–307–344–22
New Jersey Nets 1765.2073613–284–379–17
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Detroit Pistons5923.720–
2 y-Philadelphia 76ers5329.6466
3 x-Chicago Bulls5527.6714
4 x-Boston Celtics5230.6347
5 x-New York Knicks4537.54914
6 x-Milwaukee Bucks4438.53715
7 x-Cleveland Cavaliers4240.51217
8 x-Indiana Pacers4240.51217
9 Atlanta Hawks4141.50018
10 Washington Bullets3151.37828
11 Miami Heat1864.22041
12 Orlando Magic1864.22041
13 New Jersey Nets1765.20742

Game log

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Regular season

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1989–90 game log
Total: 17–65 (Home: 13–28; Road: 4–37)
November: 3–11 (home: 1–4; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 November 3, 1989 @ Miami W 110–90 Hopson (19) Shackleford (16) Blaylock,
Conner (5)		 Miami Arena
15,008		 1–0
2 November 4, 1989 @ Orlando W 111–106 Hopson (24) Shackleford (12) Blaylock (5) Orlando Arena
15,077		 2–0
3 November 7, 1989 Miami L 77–83 Hopson (17) Shackleford (14) Conner (3) Brendan Byrne Arena
11,999		 2–1
4 November 9, 1989 @ New York L 105–107 Morris (21) Hopson (9) Blaylock,
Morris (6)		 Madison Square Garden
13,482		 2–2
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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
December: 5–9 (home: 3–5; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
15 December 1, 1989 Miami W 101–77 Shackleford (19) Bowie (16) Blaylock (3) Brendan Byrne Arena
10,240		 4–11
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17
18
19
20
21
22 December 19, 1989 @ Miami W 100–98 Hopson (20) Bowie (6) Conner,
Morris (5)		 Miami Arena
15,008		 7–15
23
24
25 December 23, 1989 @ New York L 85–94 Hinson,
Morris (22)		 Carroll (10) Conner (6) Madison Square Garden
17,047		 7–18
26
27 December 28, 1989 New York L 104–106 Hopson (21) Hinson (12) Blaylock (6) Brendan Byrne Arena
20,049		 8–19
28
January: 4–11 (home: 4–3; road: 0–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38 January 19, 1990 @ Orlando L 105–120 Carroll (22) Carroll (11) Conner (6) Orlando Arena
15,077		 12–26
39
40 January 25, 1990 Orlando L 112–117 Shackleford (22) Bowie (11) Conner (6) Brendan Byrne Arena
8,356		 12–28
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42
43
February: 1–11 (home: 1–5; road: 0–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
44
45
46
47
All-Star Break
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
March: 3–13 (home: 3–5; road: 0–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
56
57
58
59
60
61 March 10, 1990 @ New York L 91–110 Gervin (24) Haley (11) Myers,
Shackleford (5)		 Madison Square Garden
18,212		 15–46
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63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70 March 28, 1990 New York W 106–101 Morris (24) Morris (15) Conner,
Myers (6)		 Brendan Byrne Arena
18,438		 16–54
71
April: 1–10 (home: 1–6; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
72
73
74
75 April 8, 1990 Miami W 102–101 Morris (23) Bowie,
Morris (11)		 Wood (3) Brendan Byrne Arena
7,821		 17–58
76
77
78
79
80
81
82 April 22, 1990 Orlando L 102–110 Short (23) Dudley (20) Conner (5) Brendan Byrne Arena
12,248		 17–65
1989–90 schedule

Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mookie Blaylock 501725.3.371.225.7782.84.21.6.310.1
Sam Bowie 685432.5.416.323.77610.11.3.61.814.7
Stanley Brundy 1608.0.500.3891.6.2.4.32.3
Rick Carlisle 504.2.143.000.01.0.2.2.4
Joe Barry Carroll† 462021.8.393.000.7945.4.9.41.28.8
Lester Conner 826128.7.414.154.8043.24.72.1.17.9
Chris Dudley† 27824.9.441.3058.1.7.81.16.1
Derrick Gervin 21016.1.472.000.7303.1.41.0.312.0
Jack Haley† 562618.3.394.000.6615.0.4.3.26.0
Roy Hinson 251931.7.507.8696.9.9.61.115.0
Dennis Hopson 796432.3.434.317.7923.51.91.3.615.8
Jaren Jackson 2805.7.362.000.810.9.5.5.02.4
Anthony Mason 2105.1.350.6001.6.3.1.11.8
Chris Morris 807630.6.422.316.7225.31.81.61.014.8
Pete Myers† 28219.4.411.000.7252.43.6.7.37.1
Charles Shackleford 703722.2.462.000.6876.8.8.6.58.2
Purvis Short 822427.0.455.286.8353.01.8.8.213.1
Jay Taylor 1706.7.404.231.667.6.3.3.23.0
Leon Wood 2827.1.327.190.875.41.7.2.01.8
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Nets only.

Player statistics citation:[12]

References

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  1. ↑ 1989–90 New Jersey Nets
  2. ↑ Goldaper, Sam (June 28, 1989). "Kings Take Ellison First in N.B.A. Draft; Clippers Pick Ferry". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  3. ↑ McManis, Sam (June 28, 1989). "THE NBA DRAFT: The Other Teams: Sacramento's Secret Is Out: It's Ellison". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  4. ↑ "1989 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  5. ↑ Brown, Clifton (June 25, 1989). "PRO-BASKETBALL; Nets Get Bowie for Buck Williams". The New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Trail Blazers Trade Bowie, No. 12 Pick in Draft to Nets for Buck Williams". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. June 25, 1989. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Blazers Trade Bowie, No. 12 Pick for Williams". Deseret News. Associated Press. June 25, 1989. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "NBA Games Played on February 8, 1990". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  9. ↑ Goldaper, Sam (February 22, 1990). "Knicks Trade Strickland to Spurs for Cheeks". The New York Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  10. ↑ "NBA WEDNESDAY'S TRADES: Cheeks Dealt for Strickland; Carroll to Nuggets". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. February 22, 1990. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  11. ↑ "1989–90 New Jersey Nets Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  12. 1 2 3 "1989–90 New Jersey Nets Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  13. ↑ "1989–90 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ Brown, Clifton (June 27, 1990). "Nets Continue to Deal, Trading Hopson to Bulls". The New York Times. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  15. ↑ "2 Dennis Hopson". Chicago Tribune. November 2, 1990. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
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