1974–75 Phoenix Suns season

1974–75 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	John MacLeod
General manager	Jerry Colangelo
Owner(s)	Richard Bloch
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	32–50 (.390)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	KTAR

The 1974–75 Phoenix Suns season was the seventh season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns' roster averaged 2.8 years of professional experience, and included four one-year players in addition to three rookies. Coming off a 30–52 season, the Suns only improved by two games, finishing 32–50 under second-year head coach John MacLeod. All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Coming off an All-Star season, guard/forward Charlie Scott led the Suns in both points and assists with averages of 24.3 and 4.5 a game. For Scott, it was the third and final NBA All-Star Game selection of his career. 31-year-old Dick Van Arsdale, the only player remaining from the Suns' inaugural season roster, was second in scoring with a 16.1 average. Fourth-year forward Curtis Perry enjoyed his first season with Phoenix, posting career-highs in both points and rebounds, averaging 13.4 points and a team-high 11.9 rebounds per game.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1974 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	John Shumate	Forward	United States	Notre Dame
2	31	Fred Saunders	Forward	United States	Syracuse
3	40	George Gervin	Guard	United States	Eastern Michigan
3	49	Earl Williams	Center	United States	Winston-Salem State
4	58	Randy Allen	Guard	United States	Indiana (PA)
5	76	Ralph Bobik	Guard	United States	Creighton
6	94	Collis Temple	Forward	United States	Louisiana State
7	112	Clyde Dickey	Guard	United States	Boise State
8	130	Tom Holland	Forward	United States	Oklahoma
9	148	Ted Evans	Forward	United States	Oklahoma
10	165	Mark Wasley	Forward	United States	Arizona State

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y-M-D)	From
6.0 !C	21	USA !	Awtrey, Dennis	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1948-02-22	Santa Clara
5.5 !F/C	40	USA !	Bantom, Mike	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1951-12-03	Saint Joseph's
2.5 !G/F	14	USA !	Erickson, Keith	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1944-04-19	UCLA
1.5 !G	32	USA !	Hawthorne, Nate	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1950-01-15	Southern Illinois
1.5 !G	24	USA !	Jackson, Greg	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1952-08-02	Guilford
1.5 !G	25	USA !	Melchionni, Gary	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1951-01-19	Duke
2.5 !G/F	45	USA !	Owens, Jim	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1950-05-01	Arizona State
4.0 !F	18	USA !	Perry, Curtis	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1948-09-13	Missouri State
4.0 !F	30	USA !	Saunders, Fred	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1951-06-13	Syracuse
1.5 !G	33	USA !	Scott, Charlie	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1948-12-15	North Carolina
5.5 !F/C	34	USA !	Shumate, John (IN)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1952-04-06	Notre Dame
2.5 !G/F	5	USA !	Van Arsdale, Dick	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1943-02-22	Indiana
5.5 !F/C	55	USA !	Williams, Earl	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1951-03-24	Winston-Salem State

Head coach

John MacLeod (Bellarmine)

Assistant coach(es)

Dennis Price (Oklahoma)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Golden State Warriors	48	34	.585	–	31–10	17–24	19–11
x-Seattle SuperSonics	43	39	.524	5	24–16	19–23	18–12
Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	10	29–13	9–31	16–14
Phoenix Suns	32	50	.390	16	22–19	10–31	12–18
Los Angeles Lakers	30	52	.366	18	21–20	9–32	10–20

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Golden State Warriors	48	34	.585	–
2	y-Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	1
3	x-Kansas City–Omaha Kings	44	38	.537	4
4	x-Seattle SuperSonics	43	39	.524	5
5	x-Detroit Pistons	40	42	.488	8

6	Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	10
6	Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	10
8	Phoenix Suns	32	50	.390	16
9	Los Angeles Lakers	30	52	.366	18

Record vs. opponents

1974–75 NBA records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	KCO	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–4	1–3	0–4	3–4	2–2	1–3	2–5	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5	0–4	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	3–5
Boston	4–0	—	5–4	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	4–0	7–2	5–3	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–2
Buffalo	3–1	4–5	—	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–3	4–0	5–3	6–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2
Chicago	4–0	1–3	3–1	—	2–2	4–5	3–1	2–2	4–5	3–1	3–5	4–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–3
Cleveland	4–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	—	2–2	2–2	4–4	2–2	2–2	1–3	6–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5
Detroit	2–2	1–3	2–2	5–4	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	2–6	3–1	3–6	4–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3
Golden State	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	—	2–2	2–2	5–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–3	5–3	4–3	1–3
Houston	5–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	4–4	2–2	2–2	—	4–0	2–2	3–1	5–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–5
Kansas City-Omaha	2–2	2–2	3–1	5–4	2–2	6–2	2–2	0–4	—	3–1	6–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3
Los Angeles	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–5	2–2	1–3	—	4–0	3–1	0–4	3–1	4–4	2–5	2–6	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	3–1	5–3	3–1	6–3	1–3	1–3	3–6	0–4	—	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4
New Orleans	5–3	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–6	0–4	2–2	3–5	2–2	1–3	1–3	—	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–7
New York	4–0	2–7	3–5	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–3	2–2	—	4–5	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3
Philadelphia	2–2	3–5	3–6	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	5–4	—	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3
Phoenix	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5	2–2	1–3	4–4	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	—	1–6	4–3	1–3
Portland	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–5	2–2	1–3	5–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	6–1	—	2–6	1–3
Seattle	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–2	3–4	3–1	3–1	6–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–4	6–2	—	1–3
Washington	5–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	5–3	3–1	3–1	5–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	7–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	—

Game log

1974–75 game log
Total: 32–50 (Home: 22–19; Road: 10–31)

October: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)

November: 6–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–6)

December: 6–6 (Home: 6–3; Road: 0–3)

January: 5–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–5)

February: 8–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–4)

March: 3–15 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–10)

April: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)

1974–75 season schedule

Awards and honors

All-Star

Charlie Scott was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game, which was played in Phoenix for the first time. Scott finished third in voting among Western Conference guards with 40,736 votes. It was his third consecutive All-Star selection.
Other Suns players who received All-Star votes were Keith Erickson (23,171), Curtis Perry (22,574), and Dick Van Arsdale (19,395).

Season

Mike Bantom finished 14th in MVP voting.

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Awtrey, Dennis !Dennis Awtrey	82	73	34.6	.470	.677	8.6	4.2	.7	.6	9.9
Bantom, Mike !Mike Bantom	82	50	27.3	.461	.714	6.7	1.9	.8	.6	12.5
Calhoun, Corky !Corky Calhoun*	13	0	8.3	.375	.933^	2.5	0.3	.5	.2	2.9
Erickson, Keith !Keith Erickson	49	24	30.0	.425	.833^	5.0	3.5	1.0	.2	12.3
Hawthorne, Nate !Nate Hawthorne	50	2	12.4	.411	.649	1.8	0.8	.6	.4	5.9
Jackson, Greg !Greg Jackson	44	18	17.6	.416	.581	1.5	2.1	.5	.2	4.0
Melchionni, Gary !Gary Melchionni	68	29	22.5	.430	.809	2.8	2.3	.7	.2	8.5
Owens, JimJim Owens	41	5	10.5	.386	.750	1.0	1.2	.4	.0	3.0
Perry, Curtis !Curtis Perry	79	78	34.0	.477	.719	11.9	2.4	1.4	1.0	13.4
Saunders, Fred !Fred Saunders	69	12	15.3	.433	.695	3.7	1.2	.6	.2	6.1
Scott, Charlie !Charlie Scott	69	60	37.6	.441	.781	4.0	4.5	1.6	.3	24.3
Van Arsdale, Dick !Dick Van Arsdale	70	50	34.6	.470	.832	2.7	2.8	1.2	.2	16.1
Williams, Earl !Earl Williams	79	9	13.2	.414	.437	5.8	1.2	.4	.4	4.7

* – Stats with the Suns.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Transactions

Trades

September 6, 1974	To Washington Bullets---- Clem Haskins	To Phoenix Suns---- Dave Stallworth 1975 second-round draft pick ( Allen Murphy)
September 16, 1974	To New Orleans Jazz---- Neal Walk 1975 second-round draft pick ( Clyde Mayes)	To Phoenix Suns---- Dennis Awtrey Nate Hawthorne Curtis Perry 1976 first-round draft pick ( Adrian Dantley)
November 27, 1974	To Los Angeles Lakers---- Corky Calhoun	To Phoenix Suns---- 1976 second-round draft pick ( Jacky Dorsey) 1977 third-round draft pick ( Mike Bratz)

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
January 2, 1975	Greg Jackson	Undisclosed	New York Knicks

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
May 20, 1974	Lamar Green	Expansion Draft	New Orleans Jazz
July 31, 1974	Bob Christian	Waived	New York Knicks
September 24, 1974	Bill Chamberlain	Waived	n/a
October 10, 1974	Dave Stallworth	Waived	New York Knicks

References

Standings on Basketball Reference

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

1974–75 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Buffalo New York Philadelphia

Central	Atlanta Cleveland Houston New Orleans Washington

Western

Midwest	Chicago Detroit Kansas City-Omaha Milwaukee

Pacific	Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland Seattle

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