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1971 NBA Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Kareem Abdul-JabbarC21.3
  2. 2Wilt ChamberlainC19.5
  3. 3Jerry LucasF18.6
  4. 4Billy CunninghamF18.4
  5. 5Mel DanielsC17.4
  6. 6Elvin HayesC17.1
  7. 7John HavlicekG17.1
  8. 8Dan IsselC17
  9. 9Zelmo BeatyC16.3
  10. 10Bob LoveF14.9
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Dan IsselC/PF189.7
  2. 2Bob LanierC156.5
  3. 3Sam LaceyC134.2
  4. 4Dave CowensC130.6
  5. 5Nate ArchibaldPG128.7
  6. 6Calvin MurphyPG125.6
  7. 7Rudy TomjanovichPF110.5
  8. 8John JohnsonSF95.3

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Bailey HowellSF/PF149.4
  2. 2Bob BoozerPF100.9
  3. 3Tom MescheryPF94.9
  4. 4Al AttlesPG76.6
  5. 5Connie DierkingC57.2
  6. 6Rod ThornPG/SG42.5
  7. 7Fred HetzelPF/C28.4
  8. 8Jim BarnesC/PF20.5