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1961 NBA Season
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Best Players by VAL
1
Wilt Chamberlain
C
21.8
2
Bob Pettit
C
20.1
3
Oscar Robertson
G
19.7
4
Bill Russell
C
18.5
5
Elgin Baylor
F
18.5
6
Bailey Howell
F
15.3
7
Richie Guerin
G
15.2
8
Cliff Hagan
F
14.1
9
Jack Twyman
F
14.1
10
Willie Naulls
F
13.9
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Arrivals & Departures
Debuts (by career VAL)
1
Oscar Robertson
PG
243.7
2
Jerry West
PG
197
3
Lenny Wilkens
PG
172.5
4
Bob Boozer
PF
100.9
5
Satch Sanders
PF
85.8
6
Don Ohl
SG/PG
83.5
7
Darrall Imhoff
C
81.5
8
Al Attles
PG
76.6
Final season in the corpus
1
Bill Sharman
SG
118.3
2
Jack George
PG/SG
59.3
3
Dick Garmaker
SG/SF
45
4
Ernie Beck
SF/SG
27.1
5
Win Wilfong
SG/SF
19.6
6
Jim Palmer
C
10.4
7
Phil Rollins
PG/SG
5.4
8
Gary Alcorn
C
2.1
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