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1984-85 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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24-58, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Hubie Brown (24-58)

Points Per Game: 105.2 (22nd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.8 (12th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 29-53 (20th of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 457,317 (11th of 23)

SRS: -4.09 (19th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.5 (20th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 104.9 (18th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.6 (19th of 23)

1984-85 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 James Bailey F-C 6-9 220 May 21, 1957 5 Rutgers University
1 Ken Bannister F-C 6-9 235 April 1, 1960 R Saint Augustine's College
7 Butch Carter G 6-5 180 June 11, 1958 4 Indiana University
8 Ron Cavenall C 7-1 230 April 30, 1959 R Texas Southern University
42 Pat Cummings F-C 6-9 230 July 11, 1956 5 University of Cincinnati
18 Ernie Grunfeld G-F 6-6 210 April 24, 1955 7 University of Tennessee
30 Bernard King F 6-7 205 December 4, 1956 7 University of Tennessee
55 Louis Orr F 6-8 175 May 7, 1958 4 Syracuse University
21 Truck Robinson F-C 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 10 Tennessee State University
2 Rory Sparrow G 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 4 Villanova University
6 Trent Tucker G 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 2 University of Minnesota
4 Darrell Walker G 6-4 180 March 9, 1961 1 University of Arkansas
21 Eddie Lee Wilkins F-C 6-10 220 May 7, 1962 R Gardner-Webb University

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 19830 3435 7101 .484 51 198 .258 1706 2350 .726 1116 2102 3218 1999 754 267 1458 2398 8627 105.2
Opponent 82 19830 3329 6732 .495 67 229 .293 2282 3006 .759 1219 2401 3620 2143 667 446 1589 2038 9007 109.8

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 28 55 55 2063 691 1303 .530 1 10 .100 426 552 .772 114 203 317 204 71 15 204 191 1809
2 Darrell Walker 23 82 66 2489 430 989 .435 0 17 .000 243 347 .700 128 150 278 408 167 21 204 244 1103
3 Louis Orr 26 79 31 2452 372 766 .486 1 10 .100 262 334 .784 171 220 391 134 100 27 138 195 1007
4 Pat Cummings 28 63 63 2069 410 797 .514 0 4 .000 177 227 .780 139 379 518 109 50 17 166 247 997
5 Rory Sparrow 26 79 41 2292 326 662 .492 7 31 .226 122 141 .865 38 131 169 557 81 9 150 200 781
6 Trent Tucker 25 77 46 1819 293 606 .483 29 72 .403 38 48 .792 74 114 188 199 75 15 64 195 653
7 Butch Carter 26 69 11 1279 214 476 .450 11 43 .256 109 134 .813 36 59 95 167 57 5 109 151 548
8 Ken Bannister 24 75 50 1404 209 445 .470 0 0 91 192 .474 108 222 330 39 38 40 141 279 509
9 Ernie Grunfeld 29 69 0 1061 188 384 .490 2 8 .250 77 104 .740 41 110 151 105 50 7 40 129 455
10 James Bailey 27 74 28 1297 156 349 .447 0 1 .000 73 108 .676 122 222 344 39 30 50 100 286 385
11 Eddie Lee Wilkins 22 54 16 917 116 233 .498 0 2 .000 66 122 .541 86 176 262 16 21 16 64 155 298
12 Ron Cavenall 25 53 2 653 28 86 .326 0 0 22 39 .564 53 113 166 19 12 42 45 123 78
13 Truck Robinson 33 2 1 35 2 5 .400 0 0 0 2 .000 6 3 9 3 2 3 5 3 4

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 28 55 55 37.5 12.6 23.7 .530 0.0 0.2 .100 7.7 10.0 .772 2.1 3.7 5.8 3.7 1.3 0.3 3.7 3.5 32.9
2 Pat Cummings 28 63 63 32.8 6.5 12.7 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.6 .780 2.2 6.0 8.2 1.7 0.8 0.3 2.6 3.9 15.8
3 Darrell Walker 23 82 66 30.4 5.2 12.1 .435 0.0 0.2 .000 3.0 4.2 .700 1.6 1.8 3.4 5.0 2.0 0.3 2.5 3.0 13.5
4 Louis Orr 26 79 31 31.0 4.7 9.7 .486 0.0 0.1 .100 3.3 4.2 .784 2.2 2.8 4.9 1.7 1.3 0.3 1.7 2.5 12.7
5 Rory Sparrow 26 79 41 29.0 4.1 8.4 .492 0.1 0.4 .226 1.5 1.8 .865 0.5 1.7 2.1 7.1 1.0 0.1 1.9 2.5 9.9
6 Trent Tucker 25 77 46 23.6 3.8 7.9 .483 0.4 0.9 .403 0.5 0.6 .792 1.0 1.5 2.4 2.6 1.0 0.2 0.8 2.5 8.5
7 Butch Carter 26 69 11 18.5 3.1 6.9 .450 0.2 0.6 .256 1.6 1.9 .813 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.4 0.8 0.1 1.6 2.2 7.9
8 Ken Bannister 24 75 50 18.7 2.8 5.9 .470 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.6 .474 1.4 3.0 4.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.9 3.7 6.8
9 Ernie Grunfeld 29 69 0 15.4 2.7 5.6 .490 0.0 0.1 .250 1.1 1.5 .740 0.6 1.6 2.2 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.9 6.6
10 Eddie Lee Wilkins 22 54 16 17.0 2.1 4.3 .498 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.3 .541 1.6 3.3 4.9 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.2 2.9 5.5
11 James Bailey 27 74 28 17.5 2.1 4.7 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.5 .676 1.6 3.0 4.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.4 3.9 5.2
12 Truck Robinson 33 2 1 17.5 1.0 2.5 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 3.0 1.5 4.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 1.5 2.0
13 Ron Cavenall 25 53 2 12.3 0.5 1.6 .326 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .564 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.8 2.3 1.5

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 28 55 55 2063 12.1 22.7 .530 0.0 0.2 .100 7.4 9.6 .772 2.0 3.5 5.5 3.6 1.2 0.3 3.6 3.3 31.6
2 Pat Cummings 28 63 63 2069 7.1 13.9 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 3.9 .780 2.4 6.6 9.0 1.9 0.9 0.3 2.9 4.3 17.3
3 Darrell Walker 23 82 66 2489 6.2 14.3 .435 0.0 0.2 .000 3.5 5.0 .700 1.9 2.2 4.0 5.9 2.4 0.3 3.0 3.5 16.0
4 Butch Carter 26 69 11 1279 6.0 13.4 .450 0.3 1.2 .256 3.1 3.8 .813 1.0 1.7 2.7 4.7 1.6 0.1 3.1 4.3 15.4
5 Ernie Grunfeld 29 69 0 1061 6.4 13.0 .490 0.1 0.3 .250 2.6 3.5 .740 1.4 3.7 5.1 3.6 1.7 0.2 1.4 4.4 15.4
6 Louis Orr 26 79 31 2452 5.5 11.2 .486 0.0 0.1 .100 3.8 4.9 .784 2.5 3.2 5.7 2.0 1.5 0.4 2.0 2.9 14.8
7 Ken Bannister 24 75 50 1404 5.4 11.4 .470 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.9 .474 2.8 5.7 8.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.6 7.2 13.1
8 Trent Tucker 25 77 46 1819 5.8 12.0 .483 0.6 1.4 .403 0.8 0.9 .792 1.5 2.3 3.7 3.9 1.5 0.3 1.3 3.9 12.9
9 Rory Sparrow 26 79 41 2292 5.1 10.4 .492 0.1 0.5 .226 1.9 2.2 .865 0.6 2.1 2.7 8.7 1.3 0.1 2.4 3.1 12.3
10 Eddie Lee Wilkins 22 54 16 917 4.6 9.1 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 4.8 .541 3.4 6.9 10.3 0.6 0.8 0.6 2.5 6.1 11.7
11 James Bailey 27 74 28 1297 4.3 9.7 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.0 .676 3.4 6.2 9.5 1.1 0.8 1.4 2.8 7.9 10.7
12 Ron Cavenall 25 53 2 653 1.5 4.7 .326 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.2 .564 2.9 6.2 9.2 1.0 0.7 2.3 2.5 6.8 4.3
13 Truck Robinson 33 2 1 35 2.1 5.1 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 .000 6.2 3.1 9.3 3.1 2.1 3.1 5.1 3.1 4.1

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 28 55 2063 25.2 .585 .531 6.2 11.8 8.9 18.6 1.7 0.4 11.7 35.1 113 111 5.7 1.5 7.1
2 Louis Orr 26 79 2452 13.8 .552 .486 7.9 10.7 9.2 7.6 2.0 0.7 13.1 17.7 110 110 2.9 1.9 4.8
3 Rory Sparrow 26 79 2292 14.3 .539 .498 1.9 6.8 4.3 33.6 1.7 0.2 17.2 15.8 112 112 3.1 1.2 4.3
4 Trent Tucker 25 77 1819 12.6 .521 .507 4.6 7.5 6.0 15.5 2.0 0.5 9.3 15.7 111 111 2.1 1.2 3.3
5 Pat Cummings 28 63 2069 14.3 .556 .514 7.6 21.9 14.5 7.9 1.2 0.5 15.6 21.2 104 108 1.3 2.0 3.3
6 Darrell Walker 23 82 2489 14.7 .483 .435 5.8 7.2 6.5 23.6 3.2 0.5 15.2 22.4 101 109 0.5 2.3 2.8
7 Ernie Grunfeld 29 69 1061 14.7 .529 .492 4.4 12.4 8.3 14.4 2.3 0.4 8.5 18.3 112 109 1.5 0.9 2.4
8 Butch Carter 26 69 1279 11.5 .512 .461 3.2 5.5 4.3 18.7 2.2 0.2 16.9 20.8 100 111 0.1 0.8 0.9
9 Eddie Lee Wilkins 22 54 917 9.5 .520 .498 10.6 22.9 16.6 2.4 1.1 1.1 18.3 15.8 97 108 -0.2 1.0 0.8
10 James Bailey 27 74 1297 7.9 .485 .447 10.6 20.4 15.4 4.0 1.1 2.4 20.1 15.8 93 107 -0.8 1.4 0.6
11 Truck Robinson 33 2 35 7.3 .340 .400 19.3 10.2 14.9 10.6 2.8 5.2 46.0 12.9 69 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Ron Cavenall 25 53 653 4.1 .378 .326 9.2 20.7 14.7 3.5 0.9 3.9 30.4 9.4 76 107 -1.0 0.7 -0.2
13 Ken Bannister 24 75 1404 7.3 .481 .470 8.7 18.9 13.6 3.9 1.3 1.7 21.0 19.7 86 108 -2.2 1.4 -0.8

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bernard King $874,000
2 Pat Cummings $800,000
3 Bill Cartwright $600,000
4 Truck Robinson $540,000
5 Rory Sparrow $500,000
6 Marvin Webster $450,000
7 James Bailey $425,000
8 Louis Orr $325,000
9 Trent Tucker $273,000
10 Ernie Grunfeld $250,000
11 Darrell Walker $230,000
12 Butch Carter $160,000
13 Ron Cavenall $65,000
14 Ken Bannister $65,000
15 Eddie Lee Wilkins $65,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)