New Jersey Nets Regular Season Rosters

2005-2006 New Jersey Nets Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
15 Vince Carter SF 6-6 220 7 North Carolina 1998 Rnd 1 Pick 5 United States
35 Jason Collins C 7-0 255 4 Stanford 2001 Rnd 1 Pick 18 United States
41 Ben Handlogten PF 6-10 240 3 Western Michigan 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
44 Marc Jackson C 6-10 270 5 Temple 1997 Rnd 2 Pick 9 United States
24 Richard Jefferson SF 6-7 233 4 Arizona 2001 Rnd 1 Pick 13 United States
43 Linton Johnson F 6-8 205 2 Tulane 2002 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
5 Jason Kidd PG 6-4 210 11 California 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 2 United States
12 Nenad Krstic C 6-10 255 1 KK Partizan (Serbia) 2002 Rnd 1 Pick 24 Serbia
0 Jeff McInnis G 6-4 190 8 North Carolina 1996 Rnd 2 Pick 8 United States
31 Lamond Murray SF 6-7 236 11 California 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 7 United States
7 Bostjan Nachbar F 6-10 220 3 Universo De'Longhi Treviso (Italy) 2002 Rnd 1 Pick 15 Slovenia
34 Scott Padgett F 6-9 240 6 Kentucky 1999 Rnd 1 Pick 28 United States
10 Zoran Planinic GF 6-7 210 2 Khimki (Russia) 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 22 Croatia
30 Cliff Robinson PF 6-10 225 16 UConn 1989 Rnd 2 Pick 9 United States
41 John Thomas FC 6-9 265 4 Minnesota 1997 Rnd 1 Pick 25 United States
11 Jacque Vaughn G 6-1 190 8 Kansas 1997 Rnd 1 Pick 27 United States
21 Antoine Wright GF 6-7 210 0 Texas A&M 2005 Rnd 1 Pick 15 United States
2 Derrick Zimmerman G 6-3 195 2 Mississippi State 2003 Rnd 2 Pick 11 United States

2005-2006 New Jersey Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Kidd V. Carter R. Jefferson J. Collins N. Krstic
Rotation J. Vaughn   L. Murray C. Robinson  
Rotation       J. Thomas  
Lim PT Z. Planinic A. Wright B. Nachbar S. Padgett  
Lim PT D. Zimmerman        
Lim PT J. McInnis        

2005-2006 Atlantic Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1New Jersey Nets49-33-
2Philadelphia Sixers38-4411
3Boston Celtics33-4916
4Toronto Raptors27-5522
5New York Knicks23-5926

2005-2006 New Jersey Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Vince Carter Player Of The Month (Dec 05)
Vince Carter Player Of The Week (12/26/05)
Jason Kidd All-NBA Defensive First Team (2006)
Vince Carter Eastern All-Star Coaches Selection (2006)
Nenad Krstic Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2006)

2005-2006 New Jersey Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Vince Carter 79 36.8 24.2 5.8 4.3 1.2 0.7 2.7
Richard Jefferson 78 39.2 19.5 6.8 3.8 0.8 0.2 2.2
Nenad Krstic 80 30.9 13.5 6.4 1.1 0.4 0.8 1.7
Jason Kidd 80 37.2 13.3 7.2 8.4 1.9 0.4 2.4
Cliff Robinson 80 23.3 6.9 3.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.8
Jacque Vaughn 80 15.4 3.4 1.1 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.7
Jason Collins 71 26.7 3.6 4.8 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.9
Scott Padgett 62 11.6 3.4 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.3
Lamond Murray 57 10.1 3.4 2.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4
Zoran Planinic 55 10.8 3.5 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.8
Marc Jackson 37 11.7 4.6 2.4 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.8
Jeff McInnis 28 17.4 5.3 1.8 1.9 0.4 0.1 1.0
Antoine Wright 39 9.5 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5
Bostjan Nachbar 11 8.8 2.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.4
Linton Johnson 9 4.0 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4
Derrick Zimmerman 2 15.9 2.0 2.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 2.0
John Thomas 2 18.0 1.0 5.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0

2005-2006 New Jersey Nets Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Nenad Krstic was selected as the #24 pick in the First Round of the 2002 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets. Nenad Krstic signed a multi-year contract with the New Jersey Nets on July 27, 2004.

Zoran Planinic was selected as the #22 pick in the First Round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets. Zoran Planinic signed a multi-year contract with the New Jersey Nets on July 11, 2003.

Antoine Wright was selected as the #15 pick in the First Round of the 2005 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets. Antoine Wright signed a multi-year contract with the New Jersey Nets on July 22, 2005.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Jason Collins, the #18 pick in the First Round of the 2001 NBA Draft, were acquired by the New Jersey Nets from the Houston Rockets on June 27, 2001. Jason Collins signed a multi-year contract with the New Jersey Nets on July 13, 2001. Jason Collins signed a multi-year extension with the New Jersey Nets on October 30, 2004.

Draft Rights to Richard Jefferson, the #13 pick in the First Round of the 2001 NBA Draft, were acquired by the New Jersey Nets from the Houston Rockets on June 27, 2001. Richard Jefferson signed a multi-year contract with the New Jersey Nets on July 13, 2001. Richard Jefferson signed a multi-year extension with the New Jersey Nets on August 13, 2004.

Acquired via Trade

Vince Carter was acquired in a trade by the New Jersey Nets from the Toronto Raptors on December 17, 2004.

Bostjan Nachbar was acquired in a trade by the New Jersey Nets from the New Orleans Pelicans on February 23, 2006.

Cliff Robinson was acquired in a trade by the New Jersey Nets from the Golden State Warriors on February 14, 2005. Cliff Robinson re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets on August 4, 2005.

Acquired via Free Agency

Jason Kidd signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets on July 24, 2003.

Jeff McInnis signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets on August 11, 2005.

Lamond Murray signed a contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets on September 8, 2005.

Scott Padgett signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets on September 8, 2005.

John Thomas signed a contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets on April 18, 2006.

Jacque Vaughn signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets on July 29, 2004.

Derrick Zimmerman signed a contract as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets on April 18, 2006.

2005-2006 New Jersey Nets Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Tom Barrise Assistant Coach 2003-2004 Advance Scout (Brooklyn Nets, 1997 to 2003)
Bill Cartwright Assistant Coach 2004-2005 Head Coach (Chicago Bulls, 2001 to 2004)
Jim Sann Assistant Coach, Coaching Associate 2005-2006 Assistant Coach (Houston Rockets, 2004 to 2005)
Rich Dalatri Strength and Conditioning Coach 1997-1998 Assistant Coach (Cleveland Cavaliers, 1992 to 1997)