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1959 NBA Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Bob PettitC19.6
  2. 2Bill RussellC17.4
  3. 3Richie GuerinG14.7
  4. 4Elgin BaylorF14.5
  5. 5Johnny KerrC14.5
  6. 6Bob CousyG14.1
  7. 7Cliff HaganF13.1
  8. 8Larry CostelloG12.7
  9. 9Dolph SchayesF12.3
  10. 10Tom GolaG12.1
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Elgin BaylorSF180.1
  2. 2Hal GreerSG/PG178.1
  3. 3Guy RodgersPG124.8
  4. 4Wayne EmbryC100.9
  5. 5K. C. JonesPG69.7
  6. 6Bucky BockhornSG57.7
  7. 7Connie DierkingC57.2
  8. 8Dave GambeeSF52.6

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Vern MikkelsenPF104.1
  2. 2Ed MacauleyC/PF103.9
  3. 3Neil JohnstonC91
  4. 4George DempseyPG23.6
  5. 5Dick FarleySG/SF14.2
  6. 6Joe HolupPF10.7
  7. 7Lou TsioropoulosSF8.9
  8. 8Tom MarshallSF/SG7.6