1979–80 San Diego Clippers season

1979–80 San Diego Clippers season
Head coach	Gene Shue
Arena	San Diego Sports Arena
Results
Record	35–47 (.427)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KFMB-TV
Radio	KFMB

The 1979–80 NBA season was the Clippers' 10th season in the NBA and their 2nd season in the city of San Diego.

Draft picks

Main article: 1979 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
3	55	Tom Channel	Guard	United States	Boston University
4	77	Lionel Garrett	Forward	United States	Southern
5	99	Greg Joyner	Forward	United States	Middle Tennessee State
6	119	Bob Bender	Guard	United States	Duke
7	139	Jene Grey	Forward	United States	LeMoyne
8	158	Renaldo Lawrence	Guard	United States	Appalachian State
9	176	Mike Dodd	Guard	United States	San Diego State
10	194	Greg Hunter	Forward	United States	Loyola Marymount

Roster

San Diego Clippers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From F 27 Barnes, Marvin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Providence F 23 Bryant, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Penn G 24 Free, Lloyd 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Guilford G 43 Lee, Greg  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) UCLA C 31 Nater, Swen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA F 22 Pietkiewicz, Stan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Auburn G 7 Smith, Bingo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Tulsa G 14 Taylor, Brian 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Princeton C 32 Walton, Bill 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA F 12 Weatherspoon, Nick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Illinois F 21 Wicks, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA G 20 Williams, Freeman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Portland State	Head coach Gene Shue Assistant coach(es) Bob Weiss Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Roster Notes

• This is Marvin Barnes' second tour of duty with the franchise. He previously played for the Buffalo Braves back in 1977–1978.

Regular season

Game log

1979-80 Regular Season Game Log (35–47) (Home: 24–17; Road: 11–30)
October (4–7) (Home: 4–4; Road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record Report 1 October 12 Lakers L 102–103 Lloyd Free (46) Nick Weatherspoon (9) Lloyd Free (5) San Diego Sports Arena 8,503 0–1 [1] 2 October 14 SuperSonics W 98–93 Lloyd Free (35) Swen Nater (16) Tied (4) San Diego Sports Arena 7,242 1–1 [2] 3 October 16 @ Trail Blazers L 94–98 Lloyd Free (24) Swen Nater (16) Lloyd Free (4) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 1–2 [3] 4 October 18 Bulls W 111–107 Lloyd Free (32) Swen Nater (14) Brian Taylor (7) San Diego Sports Arena 6,844 2–2 [4] 5 October 19 @ SuperSonics L 98–106 Lloyd Free (41) Swen Nater (18) Tied (4) Kingdome 16,614 2–3 [5] 6 October 22 @ Jazz L 109–110 Lloyd Free (33) Swen Nater (13) World B. Free (4) Salt Palace 6,122 2–4 [6] 7 October 23 Nuggets W 132–127 Lloyd Free (32) Swen Nater (12) Tied (7) San Diego Sports Arena 6,660 3–4 [7] 8 October 25 Bucks L 115–118 Lloyd Free (30) Swen Nater (15) Tied (5) San Diego Sports Arena 6,617 3–5 [8] 9 October 27 SuperSonics W 110–105 Lloyd Free (33) Nick Weatherspoon (9) Lloyd Free (9) San Diego Sports Arena 7,224 4–5 [9] 10 October 28 Kings L 101–106 Joe Bryant (23) Swen Nater (13) Lloyd Free (5) San Diego Sports Arena 7,081 4–6 [10] 11 October 31 Spurs L 123–130 Lloyd Free (35) Swen Nater (21) Lloyd Free (6) San Diego Sports Arena 7,044 4–7 [11]
November (6–8) (Home: 5–3; Road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record Report 12 November 2 Trail Blazers L 102–123 Freeman Williams (29) Swen Nater (12) Brian Taylor (4) San Diego Sports Arena 7,319 4–8 [12] 13 November 3 Jazz W 126–109 Lloyd Free (28) Swen Nater (19) Swen Nater (10) San Diego Sports Arena 6,428 5–8 [13] 14 November 6 @ Lakers L 112–127 Lloyd Free (29) Swen Nater (15) Joe Bryant (7) The Forum 12,817 5–9 [14] 15 November 7 @ Suns W 114–102 Lloyd Free (45) Swen Nater (13) Lloyd Free (5) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,097 6–9 [15] 16 November 9 @ Bulls L 92–107 Freeman Williams (26) Swen Nater (16) Lloyd Free (7) Chicago Stadium 8,014 6–10 [16] 17 November 10 @ Bucks L 104–133 Freeman Williams (33) Swen Nater (15) Tied (6) MECCA Arena 10,938 6–11 [17] 18 November 13 Lakers L 91–137 Swen Nater (15) Swen Nater (10) Brian Taylor (7) San Diego Sports Arena 9,068 6–12 [18] 19 November 16 Pacers W 105–97 Freeman Williams (35) Swen Nater (15) Brian Taylor (6) San Diego Sports Arena 7,221 7–12 [19] 20 November 18 Bucks W 112–96 Brian Taylor (23) Swen Nater (21) Brian Taylor (9) San Diego Sports Arena 6,342 8–12 [20] 21 November 20 Suns W 117–110 Brian Taylor (28) Swen Nater (15) Lloyd Free (6) San Diego Sports Arena 6,992 9–12 [21] 22 November 21 @ Nuggets L 84–105 Lloyd Free (27) Tied (11) Joe Bryant (5) McNichols Sports Arena 5,922 9–13 [22] 23 November 23 Kings L 91–107 Lloyd Free (32) Swen Nater (14) Lloyd Free (3) San Diego Sports Arena 6,940 9–14 [23] 24 November 27 Bulls W 128–103 Lloyd Free (23) Swen Nater (16) Tied (7) San Diego Sports Arena 8,075 10–14 [24] 25 November 28 @ Warriors W 114–108 Lloyd Free (28) Swen Nater (17) Brian Taylor (9) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 10,726 11–14 [25] 26 November 30 @ 76ers L 101–104 Lloyd Free (29) Swen Nater (16) Brian Taylor (7) The Spectrum 10,726 11–15 [26]
December (9–6) (Home: 5–2; Road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record Report 27 December 1 @ Hawks L 96–106 Lloyd Free (35) Joe Bryant (12) Joe Bryant (5) Omni Coliseum 9,373 11–16 [27] 28 December 4 @ Cavaliers L 112–115 Lloyd Free (28) Swen Nater (15) Freeman Williams (5) Richfield Coliseum 7,155 11–17 [28] 29 December 6 Warriors W 105–103 Lloyd Free (30) Swen Nater (11) Brian Taylor (6) San Diego Sports Arena 8,664 12–17 [29] 30 December 7 @ Lakers W 116–108 Lloyd Free (42) Swen Nater (27) Tied (4) The Forum 12,222 13–17 [30] 31 December 9 @ Trail Blazers W 98–96 Lloyd Free (25) Swen Nater (16) Lloyd Free (6) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 14–17 [31] 32 December 12 Rockets L 107–118 Lloyd Free (29) Swen Nater (17) Tied (3) San Diego Sports Arena 6,756 14–18 [32] 33 December 14 Nuggets W 112–108 Lloyd Free (37) Swen Nater (32) Lloyd Free (7) San Diego Sports Arena 6,684 15–18 [33] 34 December 16 Pistons W 113–124 Lloyd Free (49) Swen Nater (15) Tied (5) San Diego Sports Arena 7,571 16–18 [34] 35 December 18 @ Kings L 96–110 Lloyd Free (25) Swen Nater (8) Tied (3) Municipal Auditorium 6,935 16–19 [35] 36 December 20 Knicks W 128–118 Lloyd Free (32) Swen Nater (17) Sidney Wicks (6) San Diego Sports Arena 6,843 17–19 [36] 37 December 21 @ Jazz W 110–98 Freeman Williams (28) Joe Bryant (9) Sidney Wicks (7) Salt Palace 5,141 18–19 [37] 38 December 23 Jazz W 124–118 OT Lloyd Free (41) Swen Nater (22) Lloyd Free (8) San Diego Sports Arena 6,548 19–19 [38] 39 December 26 @ SuperSonics L 104–124 Brian Taylor (28) Swen Nater (10) Sidney Wicks (10) Kingdome 24,958 19–20 [39] 40 December 27 Celtics L 97–118 Lloyd Free (28) Swen Nater (15) Freeman Williams (3) San Diego Sports Arena 13,841 19–21 [40] 41 December 29 @ Bullets W 93–90 Freeman Williams (24) Swen Nater (17) Tied (3) Capital Centre 15,989 20–21 [41]
January (8–8) (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record Report 42 January 2 @ Nets W 103–97 Lloyd Free (31) Swen Nater (23) Freeman Williams (7) Rutgers Athletic Center 5,204 21–21 [42] 43 January 3 @ Knicks L 114–107 Lloyd Free (30) Freeman Williams (8) Tied (4) Madison Square Garden 11,375 21–22 [43] 44 January 4 @ Bulls L 118–121 Lloyd Free (38) Swen Nater (11) Brian Taylor (9) Chicago Stadium 10,538 21–23 [44] 45 January 6 SuperSonics W 105–103 Lloyd Free (34) Swen Nater (17) Tied (7) San Diego Sports Arena 7,622 22–23 [45] 46 January 8 @ Kings W 124–116 Lloyd Free (33) Swen Nater (26) Tied (4) Municipal Auditorium 7,387 23–23 [46] 47 January 9 @ Bucks W 111–107 Lloyd Free (33) Swen Nater (14) Lloyd Free (7) MECCA Arena 10,938 24–23 [47] 48 January 11 Warriors W 116–112 Lloyd Free (39) Swen Nater (16) Brian Taylor (5) San Diego Sports Arena 8,165 25–23 [48] 49 January 12 Jazz W 119–102 Lloyd Free (32) Swen Nater (28) Lloyd Free (7) San Diego Sports Arena 9,287 26–23 [49] 50 January 16 Hawks W 111–108 Lloyd Free (33) Swen Nater (16) Tied (4) San Diego Sports Arena 11,266 27–23 [50] 51 January 18 @ Warriors L 91–92 Lloyd Free (32) Swen Nater (17) Brian Taylor (7) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,741 27–24 [51] 52 January 19 @ Suns L 123–137 Freeman Williams (51) Nick Weatherspoon (8) Stan Pietkiewicz (8) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,660 27–25 [52] 53 January 22 @ Spurs L 109–129 Freeman Williams (21) Sidney Wicks (11) Sidney Wicks (8) HemisFair Arena 10,049 27–26 [53] 54 January 23 @ Rockets L 110–111 2OT Lloyd Free (33) Swen Nater (23) Lloyd Free (9) The Summit 7,159 27–27 [54] 55 January 25 @ Pacers L 117–139 Lloyd Free (27) Swen Nater (16) Lloyd Free (7) Market Square Arena 8,794 27–28 [55] 56 January 27 @ Celtics L 108–131 Lloyd Free (35) Swen Nater (11) Tied (4) Boston Garden 15,320 27–29 [56] 57 January 29 Suns W 133–121 Lloyd Free (32) Swen Nater (21) Swen Nater (8) San Diego Sports Arena 11,428 28–29 [57]
February (3–8) (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record Report 58 February 6 @ Warriors L 117–92 Freeman Williams (29) Swen Nater (11) Stan Pietkiewicz (5) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,380 28–30 [58] 59 February 8 Trail Blazers W 118–104 Freeman Williams (29) Joe Bryant (12) Tied (7) San Diego Sports Arena 12,715 29–30 [59] 60 February 9 @ Nuggets L 104–123 Freeman Williams (33) Swen Nater (18) Stan Pietkiewicz (7) McNichols Sports Arena 14,662 29–31 [60] 61 February 13 Bullets L 103–108 Lloyd Free (28) Swen Nater (15) Brian Taylor (8) San Diego Sports Arena 9,472 29–32 [61] 62 February 17 Kings L 107–108 Lloyd Free (24) Swen Nater (10) Brian Taylor (6) San Diego Sports Arena 9,114 29–33 [62] 63 February 19 Nets L 113–123 Freeman Williams (24) Swen Nater (10) Brian Taylor (6) San Diego Sports Arena 11,709 29–34 [63] 64 February 21 76ers W 104–99 Lloyd Free (24) Swen Nater (16) Tied (3) San Diego Sports Arena 13,472 30–34 [64] 65 February 24 @ Bulls L 102–110 Lloyd Free (35) Swen Nater (10) Bill Walton (6) Chicago Stadium 7,257 30–35 [65] 66 February 26 @ Bucks L 88–122 Lloyd Free (21) Swen Nater (15) Lloyd Free (4) MECCA Arena 10,938 30–36 [66] 67 February 27 @ Pistons W 129–113 Lloyd Free (42) Bill Walton (13) Tied (7) Pontiac Silverdome 5,229 31–36 [67] 68 February 29 @ Kings L 93–98 Lloyd Free (34) Tied (13) Lloyd Free (4) Checkerdome 10,561 31–37 [68]
March (4–10) (Home: 3–5; Road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record Report 69 March 2 Bucks L 98–101 Lloyd Free (22) Swen Nater (14) Swen Nater (3) San Diego Sports Arena 13,841 31–38 [69] 70 March 4 Cavaliers W 116–105 Lloyd Free (24) Swen Nater (19) Tied (5) San Diego Sports Arena 9,024 32–38 [70] 71 March 8 @ Jazz W 113–98 Lloyd Free (38) Bill Walton (15) Tied (4) Salt Palace 9,462 33–38 [71] 72 March 9 Warriors L 107–125 Lloyd Free (26) Swen Nater (13) Swen Nater (8) San Diego Sports Arena 7,560 33–39 [72] 73 March 11 Lakers L 106–123 Lloyd Free (32) Swen Nater (16) Tied (4) San Diego Sports Arena 13,841 33–40 [73] 74 March 13 Nuggets W 116–102 Lloyd Free (26) Swen Nater (22) Brian Taylor (8) San Diego Sports Arena 6,798 34–40 [74] 75 March 15 Suns W 120–109 Lloyd Free (44) Swen Nater (16) Tied (6) San Diego Sports Arena 10,635 35–40 [75] 76 March 16 @ Nuggets L 107–127 Lloyd Free (29) Swen Nater (18) Lloyd Free (4) McNichols Sports Arena 12,497 35–41 [76] 77 March 18 Bulls L 101–115 Swen Nater (24) Swen Nater (10) Brian Taylor (7) San Diego Sports Arena 8,731 35–42 [77] 78 March 21 @ SuperSonics L 104–107 Freeman Williams (21) Swen Nater (9) Tied (7) Kingdome 22,695 35–43 [78] 79 March 23 @ Trail Blazers L 91–98 Freeman Williams (25) Swen Nater (13) Swen Nater (9) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 35–44 [79] 80 March 27 Trail Blazers L 93–96 Swen Nater (24) Swen Nater (19) Swen Nater (5) San Diego Sports Arena 10,863 35–45 [80] 81 March 28 @ Lakers L 88–126 Freeman Williams (20) Swen Nater (23) Sidney Wicks (10) The Forum 17,505 35–46 [81] 82 March 30 @ Suns L 104–122 Freeman Williams (24) Swen Nater (19) Tied (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,807 35–47 [82]

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	60	22	.732	–	37–4	23–18	19–11
x-Seattle SuperSonics	56	26	.683	4	33–8	23–18	18–12
x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	5	37–5	18–22	19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	22	26–15	12–29	13–17
San Diego Clippers	35	47	.427	25	24–17	11–30	13–17
Golden State Warriors	24	58	.293	36	15–26	9–32	8–22

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	60	22	.732	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	11
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	56	26	.683	4
4	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	5
5	x-Kansas City Kings	47	35	.573	13
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	22
7	San Diego Clippers	35	47	.427	25
8	Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	30
9	Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	30
10	Utah Jazz	24	58	.293	36
11	Golden State Warriors	24	58	.293	36

Notes

• z, y – division champions
• x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1979-80 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–4	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3
Boston	4–2	–	2–0	4–2	2–0	6–0	2–0	6–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	5–1	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
Chicago	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	3–3	0–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	0–2
Cleveland	2–4	2–4	0–2	–	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–4	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Denver	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	–	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–6	1–5	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–1	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–1
Detroit	0–6	0–6	1–1	0–6	1–1	–	1–1	1–5	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4
Golden State	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	3–3	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–5	0–6	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	0–2	3–3	0–6	3–3	0–2
Houston	4–2	0–6	1–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	–	4–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4
Indiana	2–4	2–4	2–0	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–4	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–4	4–2	1–5	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Kansas City	2–0	1–1	3–3	0–2	6–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	–	2–4	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–5	1–1	5–1	3–3	6–0	2–0
Los Angeles	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	–	3–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–4	2–0	5–1	4–2	6–0	1–1
Milwaukee	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	3–3	–	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	4–2	1–1
New Jersey	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	4–2	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	2–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
New York	2–4	1–5	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	–	0–6	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	2–4	3–3	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	–	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	6–0	1–1	2–4	4–2	6–0	2–0
Portland	0–2	0–2	3–3	2–0	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	4–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–6	–	1–1	4–2	1–5	3–3	1–1
San Antonio	1–5	2–4	2–0	2–4	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	2–4	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
San Diego	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	0–2	–	3–3	5–1	1–1
Seattle	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	6–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	5–1	1–1	3–3	–	5–1	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	4–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	0–6	0–6	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	–	0–2
Washington	3–3	2–4	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	3–3	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point 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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Lloyd Free	68	-	38.0	.474	.360	.753	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	30.2
Swen Nater	81	-	35.3	.554†	.000	.718	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	13.4
Brian Taylor	78	-	35.3	.467	.377	.802	2.4	4.3	1.9	0.3	13.5
Sidney Wicks	71	-	30.2	.423	.000	.546	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.7	7.1
Joe Bryant	81	-	28.7	.431	.147	.742	6.4	1.8	1.3	0.5	9.3
Bingo Smith	70	-	28.4	.430	.289	.869	3.5	1.3	0.8	0.2	11.7
Freeman Williams	82	-	25.8	.480	.328	.815	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	18.6
Bill Walton	14	-	24.1	.503	.000	.593	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	13.9
Nick Weatherspoon	57	-	19.7	.434	NA	.692	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	6.9
John Olive	1	-	15.0	.000	NA	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marvin Barnes	20	-	14.4	.400	NA	.500	3.9	0.9	0.3	0.6	3.2
Bob Carrington	10	-	13.4	.405	.000	.750	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	3.6
Jerome Whitehead	18	-	12.5	.600†	NA	.278	3.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	3.3
Stan Pietkiewicz	50	-	11.5	.508	.250	.804	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.1	4.6
Steve Malovic	28	-	9.9	.548	NA	.778	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.9

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

• Lloyd Free selected as a reserve guard for the Western Conference All-Stars. Free would be the first and only San Diego Clipper All-Star.

Records

• Swen Nater sets a franchise record of total rebounds in a single season with 1,216. This record will not be broken until 35 years later by DeAndre Jordan with 1,226 rebounds.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1979–80 season.

Trades

May 13, 1979	To San Diego Clippers The right to sign Bill Walton as a veteran free agent	To Portland Trail Blazers Kermit Washington, Kevin Kunnert, & a 1980 first round draft pick as compensation.
September 21, 1979	To San Diego Clippers A 1980 first round draft pick	To Cleveland Cavaliers Randy Smith
October 6, 1979	To San Diego Clippers Joe Bryant	To Philadelphia 76ers 1986 first round draft pick
October 27, 1979	To San Diego Clippers Bingo Smith	To Cleveland Cavaliers 1980 third round draft pick
November 21, 1979	To San Diego Clippers Steve Malovic	To Washington Bullets 1982 second round draft pick

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Bob Carrington	June 15	Tucson Gunners (WBA)
Bill Walton	September 18	Portland Trail Blazers
Greg Lee	September 25	TuS Bayer 04 Leverkusen (BBL)
Marvin Barnes	September 30 waived, October 10 signed as free agent, January 30	Boston Celtics

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Bob Bigelow	free agency, July 1	Retired
Bob Carrington	waived, November 19	Retired
John Olive	waived, November 26	Alberta Dusters (CBA)
Jerome Whitehead	waived, December 4	Utah Jazz
Steve Malovic	waived, February 19	Detroit Pistons