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1985-86 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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23-59, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Hubie Brown (23-59)

Points Per Game: 98.7 (23rd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.3 (1st of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 26-56 (22nd of 23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 592,486 (6th of 23)

SRS: -4.82 (22nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.6 (22nd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 99.5 (23rd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.2 (5th of 23)

1985-86 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 6 Rutgers University
1 Ken Bannister F-C 6-9 235 April 1, 1960 1 Saint Augustine's College
7 Butch Carter G 6-5 180 June 11, 1958 5 Indiana University
25 Bill Cartwright C 7-1 245 July 30, 1957 5 University of San Francisco
35 Fred Cofield G 6-3 190 January 4, 1962 R Eastern Michigan University
42 Pat Cummings F-C 6-9 230 July 11, 1956 6 University of Cincinnati
33 Patrick Ewing C-F 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 R Georgetown University
3 Ken Green F 6-8 215 September 19, 1959 R University of Texas-Pan American
18 Ernie Grunfeld G-F 6-6 210 April 24, 1955 8 University of Tennessee
14 Chris McNealy F 6-7 210 July 15, 1961 R San Jose State University
55 Louis Orr F 6-8 175 May 7, 1958 5 Syracuse University
2 Rory Sparrow G 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 5 Villanova University
23 Bob Thornton F-C 6-10 225 July 10, 1962 R University of California, Irvine
6 Trent Tucker G 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 3 University of Minnesota
4 Darrell Walker G 6-4 180 March 9, 1961 2 University of Arkansas
21 Gerald Wilkins G-F 6-6 185 September 11, 1963 R University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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 19805 3239 7034 .460 82 239 .343 1534 2237 .686 1081 2170 3251 1877 714 308 1438 2213 8094 98.7
Opponent 82 19805 3192 6672 .478 68 274 .248 2102 2744 .766 1166 2587 3753 2007 701 444 1629 2018 8554 104.3

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 Gerald Wilkins 22 81 53 2025 437 934 .468 7 25 .280 132 237 .557 92 116 208 161 68 9 157 155 1013
2 Patrick Ewing 23 50 50 1771 386 814 .474 0 5 .000 226 306 .739 124 327 451 102 54 103 172 191 998
3 Louis Orr 27 74 64 2237 330 741 .445 0 4 .000 218 278 .784 123 189 312 179 61 26 118 177 878
4 Darrell Walker 24 81 35 2023 324 753 .430 0 10 .000 190 277 .686 100 120 220 337 146 36 192 216 838
5 Trent Tucker 26 77 23 1788 349 740 .472 41 91 .451 79 100 .790 70 99 169 192 65 8 70 167 818
6 Rory Sparrow 27 74 74 2344 345 723 .477 5 20 .250 101 127 .795 50 120 170 472 85 14 154 182 796
7 Ken Bannister 25 70 15 1405 235 479 .491 0 1 .000 131 249 .526 89 233 322 42 42 24 129 208 601
8 James Bailey 28 48 36 1245 202 443 .456 0 4 .000 129 167 .772 102 232 334 50 33 40 99 207 533
9 Pat Cummings 29 31 30 1007 195 408 .478 0 2 .000 97 139 .698 92 188 280 47 27 12 87 136 487
10 Ernie Grunfeld 30 76 0 1402 148 355 .417 26 61 .426 90 108 .833 42 164 206 119 39 13 50 192 412
11 Bob Thornton 23 71 23 1323 125 274 .456 0 0 86 162 .531 113 177 290 43 30 7 83 209 336
12 Chris McNealy 24 30 6 627 70 144 .486 0 0 31 47 .660 62 141 203 41 38 12 35 88 171
13 Fred Cofield 24 45 1 469 75 184 .408 3 15 .200 12 20 .600 6 40 46 82 20 3 49 65 165
14 Ken Green 26 7 0 72 13 27 .481 0 0 5 9 .556 12 15 27 2 4 0 1 8 31
15 Bill Cartwright 28 2 0 36 3 7 .429 0 0 6 10 .600 2 8 10 5 1 1 6 6 12
16 Butch Carter 27 5 0 31 2 8 .250 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 2 1 3 3 1 0 6 6 5

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 Patrick Ewing 23 50 50 35.4 7.7 16.3 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.1 .739 2.5 6.5 9.0 2.0 1.1 2.1 3.4 3.8 20.0
2 Pat Cummings 29 31 30 32.5 6.3 13.2 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.5 .698 3.0 6.1 9.0 1.5 0.9 0.4 2.8 4.4 15.7
3 Gerald Wilkins 22 81 53 25.0 5.4 11.5 .468 0.1 0.3 .280 1.6 2.9 .557 1.1 1.4 2.6 2.0 0.8 0.1 1.9 1.9 12.5
4 Louis Orr 27 74 64 30.2 4.5 10.0 .445 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.8 .784 1.7 2.6 4.2 2.4 0.8 0.4 1.6 2.4 11.9
5 James Bailey 28 48 36 25.9 4.2 9.2 .456 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.5 .772 2.1 4.8 7.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 2.1 4.3 11.1
6 Rory Sparrow 27 74 74 31.7 4.7 9.8 .477 0.1 0.3 .250 1.4 1.7 .795 0.7 1.6 2.3 6.4 1.1 0.2 2.1 2.5 10.8
7 Trent Tucker 26 77 23 23.2 4.5 9.6 .472 0.5 1.2 .451 1.0 1.3 .790 0.9 1.3 2.2 2.5 0.8 0.1 0.9 2.2 10.6
8 Darrell Walker 24 81 35 25.0 4.0 9.3 .430 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.4 .686 1.2 1.5 2.7 4.2 1.8 0.4 2.4 2.7 10.3
9 Ken Bannister 25 70 15 20.1 3.4 6.8 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 3.6 .526 1.3 3.3 4.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.8 3.0 8.6
10 Bill Cartwright 28 2 0 18.0 1.5 3.5 .429 0.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 .600 1.0 4.0 5.0 2.5 0.5 0.5 3.0 3.0 6.0
11 Chris McNealy 24 30 6 20.9 2.3 4.8 .486 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 .660 2.1 4.7 6.8 1.4 1.3 0.4 1.2 2.9 5.7
12 Ernie Grunfeld 30 76 0 18.4 1.9 4.7 .417 0.3 0.8 .426 1.2 1.4 .833 0.6 2.2 2.7 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 2.5 5.4
13 Bob Thornton 23 71 23 18.6 1.8 3.9 .456 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.3 .531 1.6 2.5 4.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 1.2 2.9 4.7
14 Ken Green 26 7 0 10.3 1.9 3.9 .481 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 .556 1.7 2.1 3.9 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 1.1 4.4
15 Fred Cofield 24 45 1 10.4 1.7 4.1 .408 0.1 0.3 .200 0.3 0.4 .600 0.1 0.9 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.4 3.7
16 Butch Carter 27 5 0 6.2 0.4 1.6 .250 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.2 1.2 1.0

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 Patrick Ewing 23 50 50 1771 7.8 16.5 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 6.2 .739 2.5 6.6 9.2 2.1 1.1 2.1 3.5 3.9 20.3
2 Gerald Wilkins 22 81 53 2025 7.8 16.6 .468 0.1 0.4 .280 2.3 4.2 .557 1.6 2.1 3.7 2.9 1.2 0.2 2.8 2.8 18.0
3 Pat Cummings 29 31 30 1007 7.0 14.6 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 5.0 .698 3.3 6.7 10.0 1.7 1.0 0.4 3.1 4.9 17.4
4 Trent Tucker 26 77 23 1788 7.0 14.9 .472 0.8 1.8 .451 1.6 2.0 .790 1.4 2.0 3.4 3.9 1.3 0.2 1.4 3.4 16.5
5 Ken Green 26 7 0 72 6.5 13.5 .481 0.0 0.0 2.5 4.5 .556 6.0 7.5 13.5 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 4.0 15.5
6 James Bailey 28 48 36 1245 5.8 12.8 .456 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.8 .772 2.9 6.7 9.7 1.4 1.0 1.2 2.9 6.0 15.4
7 Ken Bannister 25 70 15 1405 6.0 12.3 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 6.4 .526 2.3 6.0 8.3 1.1 1.1 0.6 3.3 5.3 15.4
8 Darrell Walker 24 81 35 2023 5.8 13.4 .430 0.0 0.2 .000 3.4 4.9 .686 1.8 2.1 3.9 6.0 2.6 0.6 3.4 3.8 14.9
9 Louis Orr 27 74 64 2237 5.3 11.9 .445 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.5 .784 2.0 3.0 5.0 2.9 1.0 0.4 1.9 2.8 14.1
10 Fred Cofield 24 45 1 469 5.8 14.1 .408 0.2 1.2 .200 0.9 1.5 .600 0.5 3.1 3.5 6.3 1.5 0.2 3.8 5.0 12.7
11 Rory Sparrow 27 74 74 2344 5.3 11.1 .477 0.1 0.3 .250 1.6 2.0 .795 0.8 1.8 2.6 7.2 1.3 0.2 2.4 2.8 12.2
12 Bill Cartwright 28 2 0 36 3.0 7.0 .429 0.0 0.0 6.0 10.0 .600 2.0 8.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 12.0
13 Ernie Grunfeld 30 76 0 1402 3.8 9.1 .417 0.7 1.6 .426 2.3 2.8 .833 1.1 4.2 5.3 3.1 1.0 0.3 1.3 4.9 10.6
14 Chris McNealy 24 30 6 627 4.0 8.3 .486 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.7 .660 3.6 8.1 11.7 2.4 2.2 0.7 2.0 5.1 9.8
15 Bob Thornton 23 71 23 1323 3.4 7.5 .456 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.4 .531 3.1 4.8 7.9 1.2 0.8 0.2 2.3 5.7 9.1
16 Butch Carter 27 5 0 31 2.3 9.3 .250 0.0 1.2 .000 1.2 1.2 1.000 2.3 1.2 3.5 3.5 1.2 0.0 7.0 7.0 5.8

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 Trent Tucker 26 77 1788 14.6 .522 .499 4.2 6.6 5.3 17.2 1.8 0.3 8.2 20.0 109 108 2.3 1.7 4.0
2 Louis Orr 27 74 2237 12.4 .509 .445 5.9 10.0 7.9 11.9 1.3 0.7 12.0 18.4 105 107 1.5 2.3 3.7
3 Rory Sparrow 27 74 2344 13.0 .511 .481 2.3 6.1 4.1 30.0 1.8 0.4 16.5 16.7 105 108 1.5 2.2 3.7
4 Patrick Ewing 23 50 1771 17.4 .526 .474 7.6 21.9 14.4 9.6 1.5 3.6 15.3 26.5 99 101 0.0 3.1 3.1
5 Ernie Grunfeld 30 76 1402 9.8 .512 .454 3.2 13.9 8.3 11.9 1.4 0.6 11.0 13.5 108 106 1.0 1.6 2.7
6 Darrell Walker 24 81 2023 14.0 .479 .430 5.3 7.0 6.2 25.3 3.5 1.1 18.0 22.1 96 103 -0.9 3.0 2.1
7 James Bailey 28 48 1245 12.6 .516 .456 8.8 22.1 15.2 6.1 1.3 2.0 16.1 20.7 98 103 0.0 2.0 1.9
8 Chris McNealy 24 30 627 13.7 .519 .486 10.7 26.7 18.3 9.3 3.0 1.2 17.5 13.3 104 98 0.3 1.3 1.6
9 Pat Cummings 29 31 1007 14.0 .519 .478 9.9 22.2 15.7 7.5 1.3 0.7 15.6 23.1 98 103 0.0 1.5 1.5
10 Bob Thornton 23 71 1323 6.9 .487 .456 9.2 15.9 12.4 4.5 1.1 0.3 19.4 13.6 93 106 -0.6 1.6 0.9
11 Ken Bannister 25 70 1405 10.4 .511 .491 6.8 19.7 13.0 4.6 1.5 1.1 18.0 21.4 91 104 -1.3 2.0 0.7
12 Gerald Wilkins 22 81 2025 12.2 .488 .472 4.9 6.8 5.8 13.2 1.6 0.3 13.1 24.7 95 108 -1.2 1.9 0.7
13 Ken Green 26 7 72 19.3 .501 .481 18.0 24.7 21.2 4.4 2.7 0.0 3.1 18.6 116 100 0.1 0.1 0.3
14 Bill Cartwright 28 2 36 8.9 .526 .429 6.0 26.4 15.7 18.9 1.4 1.7 34.5 20.2 83 101 -0.1 0.1 0.0
15 Butch Carter 27 5 31 -5.4 .296 .250 7.0 3.8 5.5 12.8 1.6 0.0 41.6 19.5 51 109 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
16 Fred Cofield 24 45 469 7.9 .428 .416 1.4 10.1 5.5 26.6 2.1 0.4 20.3 21.6 84 106 -0.9 0.6 -0.4

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Patrick Ewing $1,250,000
2 Bill Cartwright $925,000
3 Bernard King $874,000
4 Pat Cummings $612,500
5 Rory Sparrow $500,000
6 James Bailey $500,000
7 Marvin Webster $450,000
8 Louis Orr $425,000
9 Trent Tucker $300,000
10 Ernie Grunfeld $275,000
11 Darrell Walker $265,000
12 Ken Green $245,633
13 Ken Bannister $105,000
14 Bob Thornton $70,000
15 Fred Cofield $70,000
16 Gerald Wilkins $70,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)