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1983-84 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Hubie Brown (47-35)

Points Per Game: 106.9 (17th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.0 (3rd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 495,944 (8th of 23)

SRS: 3.79 (3rd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.0 (18th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.0 (13th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.1 (1st of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Detroit Pistons

1983-84 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 Bill Cartwright C 7-1 245 July 30, 1957 4 University of San Francisco
44 Len Elmore C-F 6-9 220 March 28, 1952 9 University of Maryland
45 Eric Fernsten C-F 6-10 205 November 1, 1953 5 University of San Francisco
18 Ernie Grunfeld G-F 6-6 210 April 24, 1955 6 University of Tennessee
30 Bernard King F 6-7 205 December 4, 1956 6 University of Tennessee
41 Rudy Macklin F-G 6-7 205 February 19, 1958 2 Louisiana State University
55 Louis Orr F 6-8 175 May 7, 1958 3 Syracuse University
21 Truck Robinson F-C 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 9 Tennessee State University
2 Rory Sparrow G 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 3 Villanova University
6 Trent Tucker G 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 1 University of Minnesota
4 Darrell Walker G 6-4 180 March 9, 1961 R University of Arkansas
40 Marvin Webster C 7-1 225 April 13, 1952 8 Morgan State University
13 Ray Williams G 6-3 188 October 14, 1954 6 University of Minnesota

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19855 3386 6837 .495 47 165 .285 1944 2510 .775 1088 2230 3318 2041 803 360 1587 2281 8763 106.9
Opponent 82 19855 3260 6687 .488 52 189 .275 1876 2474 .758 1045 2171 3216 2049 721 397 1683 2197 8448 103.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bernard King 27 77 76 2667 795 1391 .572 0 4 .000 437 561 .779 123 271 394 164 75 17 197 273 2027
2 Bill Cartwright 26 77 77 2487 453 808 .561 0 1 .000 404 502 .805 195 454 649 107 44 97 200 262 1310
3 Ray Williams 29 76 63 2230 418 939 .445 25 81 .309 263 318 .827 67 200 267 449 162 26 219 274 1124
4 Rory Sparrow 25 79 74 2436 350 738 .474 10 39 .256 108 131 .824 48 141 189 539 100 8 210 230 818
5 Truck Robinson 32 65 63 2135 284 581 .489 0 0 133 206 .646 171 374 545 94 43 27 160 217 701
6 Louis Orr 25 78 20 1640 262 572 .458 0 0 173 211 .820 101 127 228 61 66 17 95 142 697
7 Darrell Walker 22 82 0 1324 216 518 .417 4 15 .267 208 263 .791 74 93 167 284 127 15 194 202 644
8 Trent Tucker 24 63 21 1228 225 450 .500 6 16 .375 25 33 .758 43 87 130 138 63 8 54 124 481
9 Ernie Grunfeld 28 76 6 1119 166 362 .459 2 9 .222 64 83 .771 24 97 121 108 43 7 71 151 398
10 Marvin Webster 31 76 5 1290 112 239 .469 0 0 66 117 .564 146 220 366 53 34 100 85 187 290
11 Len Elmore 31 65 5 832 64 157 .408 0 0 27 38 .711 62 103 165 30 29 30 46 153 155
12 Eric Fernsten 30 32 0 402 29 52 .558 0 0 25 34 .735 29 57 86 11 16 8 19 49 83
13 Rudy Macklin 25 8 0 65 12 30 .400 0 0 11 13 .846 5 6 11 3 1 0 6 17 35

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bernard King 27 77 76 34.6 10.3 18.1 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 5.7 7.3 .779 1.6 3.5 5.1 2.1 1.0 0.2 2.6 3.5 26.3
2 Bill Cartwright 26 77 77 32.3 5.9 10.5 .561 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 6.5 .805 2.5 5.9 8.4 1.4 0.6 1.3 2.6 3.4 17.0
3 Ray Williams 29 76 63 29.3 5.5 12.4 .445 0.3 1.1 .309 3.5 4.2 .827 0.9 2.6 3.5 5.9 2.1 0.3 2.9 3.6 14.8
4 Truck Robinson 32 65 63 32.8 4.4 8.9 .489 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.2 .646 2.6 5.8 8.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 2.5 3.3 10.8
5 Rory Sparrow 25 79 74 30.8 4.4 9.3 .474 0.1 0.5 .256 1.4 1.7 .824 0.6 1.8 2.4 6.8 1.3 0.1 2.7 2.9 10.4
6 Louis Orr 25 78 20 21.0 3.4 7.3 .458 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.7 .820 1.3 1.6 2.9 0.8 0.8 0.2 1.2 1.8 8.9
7 Darrell Walker 22 82 0 16.1 2.6 6.3 .417 0.0 0.2 .267 2.5 3.2 .791 0.9 1.1 2.0 3.5 1.5 0.2 2.4 2.5 7.9
8 Trent Tucker 24 63 21 19.5 3.6 7.1 .500 0.1 0.3 .375 0.4 0.5 .758 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.2 1.0 0.1 0.9 2.0 7.6
9 Ernie Grunfeld 28 76 6 14.7 2.2 4.8 .459 0.0 0.1 .222 0.8 1.1 .771 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.9 2.0 5.2
10 Rudy Macklin 25 8 0 8.1 1.5 3.8 .400 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.6 .846 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.8 2.1 4.4
11 Marvin Webster 31 76 5 17.0 1.5 3.1 .469 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.5 .564 1.9 2.9 4.8 0.7 0.4 1.3 1.1 2.5 3.8
12 Eric Fernsten 30 32 0 12.6 0.9 1.6 .558 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .735 0.9 1.8 2.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.5 2.6
13 Len Elmore 31 65 5 12.8 1.0 2.4 .408 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .711 1.0 1.6 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 2.4 2.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bernard King 27 77 76 2667 10.7 18.8 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 5.9 7.6 .779 1.7 3.7 5.3 2.2 1.0 0.2 2.7 3.7 27.4
2 Rudy Macklin 25 8 0 65 6.6 16.6 .400 0.0 0.0 6.1 7.2 .846 2.8 3.3 6.1 1.7 0.6 0.0 3.3 9.4 19.4
3 Bill Cartwright 26 77 77 2487 6.6 11.7 .561 0.0 0.0 .000 5.8 7.3 .805 2.8 6.6 9.4 1.5 0.6 1.4 2.9 3.8 19.0
4 Ray Williams 29 76 63 2230 6.7 15.2 .445 0.4 1.3 .309 4.2 5.1 .827 1.1 3.2 4.3 7.2 2.6 0.4 3.5 4.4 18.1
5 Darrell Walker 22 82 0 1324 5.9 14.1 .417 0.1 0.4 .267 5.7 7.2 .791 2.0 2.5 4.5 7.7 3.5 0.4 5.3 5.5 17.5
6 Louis Orr 25 78 20 1640 5.8 12.6 .458 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.6 .820 2.2 2.8 5.0 1.3 1.4 0.4 2.1 3.1 15.3
7 Trent Tucker 24 63 21 1228 6.6 13.2 .500 0.2 0.5 .375 0.7 1.0 .758 1.3 2.6 3.8 4.0 1.8 0.2 1.6 3.6 14.1
8 Ernie Grunfeld 28 76 6 1119 5.3 11.6 .459 0.1 0.3 .222 2.1 2.7 .771 0.8 3.1 3.9 3.5 1.4 0.2 2.3 4.9 12.8
9 Rory Sparrow 25 79 74 2436 5.2 10.9 .474 0.1 0.6 .256 1.6 1.9 .824 0.7 2.1 2.8 8.0 1.5 0.1 3.1 3.4 12.1
10 Truck Robinson 32 65 63 2135 4.8 9.8 .489 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.5 .646 2.9 6.3 9.2 1.6 0.7 0.5 2.7 3.7 11.8
11 Marvin Webster 31 76 5 1290 3.1 6.7 .469 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.3 .564 4.1 6.1 10.2 1.5 0.9 2.8 2.4 5.2 8.1
12 Eric Fernsten 30 32 0 402 2.6 4.7 .558 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.0 .735 2.6 5.1 7.7 1.0 1.4 0.7 1.7 4.4 7.4
13 Len Elmore 31 65 5 832 2.8 6.8 .408 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.6 .711 2.7 4.5 7.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.0 6.6 6.7

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bernard King 27 77 2667 22.7 .619 .572 5.6 12.3 9.0 11.1 1.4 0.4 10.7 28.7 119 105 8.6 3.5 12.1
2 Bill Cartwright 26 77 2487 18.5 .637 .561 9.6 22.1 15.9 6.4 0.9 2.4 16.3 20.6 118 102 5.6 4.2 9.8
3 Ray Williams 29 76 2230 17.4 .521 .458 3.7 10.9 7.3 30.3 3.5 0.7 16.9 24.3 105 101 2.1 4.1 6.2
4 Rory Sparrow 25 79 2436 12.4 .514 .481 2.4 7.0 4.7 31.2 2.0 0.2 20.9 17.2 103 106 1.1 3.1 4.2
5 Louis Orr 25 78 1640 12.4 .524 .458 7.5 9.4 8.4 5.4 2.0 0.6 12.5 19.3 106 105 1.3 2.3 3.5
6 Truck Robinson 32 65 2135 10.4 .522 .489 9.8 21.2 15.5 6.1 1.0 0.8 19.2 16.2 98 103 -0.1 3.3 3.2
7 Trent Tucker 24 63 1228 13.6 .518 .507 4.3 8.6 6.4 16.8 2.5 0.4 10.4 17.6 109 104 1.2 1.8 3.0
8 Marvin Webster 31 76 1290 10.7 .499 .469 13.8 20.7 17.2 5.4 1.3 4.7 22.6 12.1 98 100 -0.1 2.5 2.5
9 Darrell Walker 22 82 1324 15.9 .508 .421 6.8 8.5 7.7 31.1 4.6 0.7 23.4 26.1 97 99 -0.4 2.7 2.3
10 Ernie Grunfeld 28 76 1119 9.6 .499 .461 2.6 10.5 6.6 13.7 1.9 0.4 15.1 17.5 99 105 0.0 1.6 1.6
11 Eric Fernsten 30 32 402 9.6 .620 .558 8.8 17.2 13.0 3.5 1.9 1.2 22.1 8.9 113 102 0.3 0.7 1.0
12 Len Elmore 31 65 832 6.1 .446 .408 9.1 15.0 12.1 4.6 1.7 2.2 20.9 11.0 91 102 -0.5 1.4 0.9
13 Rudy Macklin 25 8 65 9.0 .490 .400 9.4 11.2 10.3 6.9 0.7 0.0 14.4 26.7 99 107 0.0 0.1 0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Bernard King 27 12 477 162 282 0 1 93 123 28 74 36 14 6 31 48 417 .574 .000 .756 39.8 34.8 6.2 3.0
2 Bill Cartwright 26 12 398 70 126 0 0 69 80 27 99 5 2 14 26 44 209 .556 .863 33.2 17.4 8.3 0.4
3 Rory Sparrow 25 12 389 54 121 2 6 24 30 10 26 86 12 1 30 41 134 .446 .333 .800 32.4 11.2 2.2 7.2
4 Ray Williams 29 11 310 46 130 2 12 29 39 8 39 88 17 1 41 39 123 .354 .167 .744 28.2 11.2 3.5 8.0
5 Trent Tucker 24 12 254 42 84 1 5 6 10 6 18 27 11 3 12 32 91 .500 .200 .600 21.2 7.6 1.5 2.3
6 Truck Robinson 32 12 362 38 74 0 0 9 15 31 97 7 7 9 27 41 85 .514 .600 30.2 7.1 8.1 0.6
7 Darrell Walker 22 12 195 27 73 0 0 28 46 20 35 20 24 2 32 29 82 .370 .609 16.3 6.8 2.9 1.7
8 Louis Orr 25 12 229 29 70 0 0 15 19 22 50 6 4 1 10 32 73 .414 .789 19.1 6.1 4.2 0.5
9 Marvin Webster 31 12 204 14 29 0 0 9 15 24 56 3 4 17 2 32 37 .483 .600 17.0 3.1 4.7 0.3
10 Ernie Grunfeld 28 11 84 11 23 0 0 4 4 1 9 6 2 0 4 12 26 .478 1.000 7.6 2.4 0.8 0.5
11 Eric Fernsten 30 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bernard King 27 12 477 27.6 .620 .574 6.7 10.8 8.8 14.8 1.4 0.7 8.4 31.9 125 113 2.1 0.3 2.3
2 Bill Cartwright 26 12 398 17.5 .648 .556 7.7 20.3 14.0 1.9 0.2 2.0 13.9 19.5 122 111 1.0 0.3 1.3
3 Marvin Webster 31 12 204 11.6 .520 .483 13.4 17.6 15.5 1.9 1.0 4.7 5.3 7.6 127 109 0.3 0.2 0.5
4 Rory Sparrow 25 12 389 12.0 .499 .455 2.9 4.6 3.8 31.1 1.5 0.1 18.3 17.5 105 115 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Trent Tucker 24 12 254 11.1 .515 .506 2.7 5.3 4.0 15.5 2.1 0.7 12.0 16.4 106 113 0.1 0.1 0.3
6 Louis Orr 25 12 229 8.8 .466 .414 10.9 13.7 12.3 3.6 0.8 0.2 11.3 16.0 102 113 0.1 0.1 0.2
7 Truck Robinson 32 12 362 8.1 .527 .514 9.7 20.4 15.1 2.6 0.9 1.4 25.1 12.3 92 110 -0.2 0.3 0.1
8 Ernie Grunfeld 28 11 84 8.0 .525 .478 1.4 10.7 6.0 9.9 1.2 0.0 13.9 14.2 104 114 0.0 0.0 0.1
9 Eric Fernsten 30 2 3 14.7 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.7 106 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Ray Williams 29 11 310 11.6 .418 .362 2.9 11.2 7.1 40.4 2.7 0.2 21.8 25.2 90 111 -0.5 0.3 -0.2
11 Darrell Walker 22 12 195 10.9 .440 .370 11.7 8.6 10.1 14.4 6.0 0.6 25.6 26.6 82 104 -0.6 0.3 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bernard King *$779,200
2 Bill Cartwright *$525,000
3 Marvin Webster *$487,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)