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1987-88 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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38-44, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 105.5 points per game, Allowed 106.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 40-42)
Coached by Rick Pitino (38-44)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) ▪ Attendance: 586,752 (7th of 23)

SRS: 0.14 (14th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.1 (11th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 105.9 (20th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.4 (7th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Boston Celtics

1987-88 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
3 Rick Carlisle G 6-5 210 October 27, 1959 3 University of Virginia
25 Bill Cartwright C 7-1 245 July 30, 1957 7 University of San Francisco
42 Pat Cummings F-C 6-9 230 July 11, 1956 8 University of Cincinnati
1 Billy Donovan G 5-11 171 May 30, 1965 R Providence College
33 Patrick Ewing C-F 7-0 240 August 5, 1962 2 Georgetown University
44 Sidney Green F-C 6-9 220 January 4, 1961 4 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
7 Gerald Henderson G 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 8 Virginia Commonwealth University
13 Mark Jackson G 6-1 180 April 1, 1965 R St. John's University
14 Chris McNealy F 6-7 210 July 15, 1961 2 San Jose State University
4 Johnny Newman F-G 6-7 190 November 28, 1963 1 University of Richmond
55 Louis Orr F 6-8 175 May 7, 1958 7 Syracuse University
20 Carey Scurry F 6-7 188 December 4, 1962 2 Long Island University
2 Rory Sparrow G 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 7 Villanova University
23 Bob Thornton F-C 6-10 225 July 10, 1962 2 University of California, Irvine
18 Ray Tolbert F 6-9 225 September 10, 1958 3 Indiana University
11 Sedric Toney G 6-2 178 April 13, 1962 1 University of Dayton
6 Trent Tucker G 6-5 193 December 20, 1959 5 University of Minnesota
34 Kenny Walker F 6-8 210 August 18, 1964 1 University of Kentucky
11 Tony White G 6-2 170 February 15, 1965 R University of Tennessee
21 Gerald Wilkins G-F 6-6 185 September 11, 1963 2 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 3363 7232 .465 179 567 .316 1750 2306 .759 1286 2194 3480 2012 789 445 1518 2361 8655 105.5
Opponent 82 19805 3202 6710 .477 114 375 .304 2177 2806 .776 1155 2284 3439 2005 705 447 1631 1969 8695 106.0

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 Patrick Ewing 25 82 82 2546 656 1183 .555 0 3 .000 341 476 .716 245 431 676 125 104 245 287 332 1653
2 Gerald Wilkins 24 81 78 2703 591 1324 .446 39 129 .302 191 243 .786 106 164 270 326 90 22 212 183 1412
3 Mark Jackson 22 82 80 3249 438 1013 .432 32 126 .254 206 266 .774 120 276 396 868 205 6 258 244 1114
4 Bill Cartwright 30 82 4 1676 287 528 .544 0 0 340 426 .798 127 257 384 85 43 43 135 234 914
5 Kenny Walker 23 82 61 2139 344 728 .473 0 1 .000 138 178 .775 192 197 389 86 63 59 83 290 826
6 Johnny Newman 24 77 25 1589 270 620 .435 26 93 .280 207 246 .841 87 72 159 62 72 11 103 204 773
7 Sidney Green 27 82 65 2049 258 585 .441 0 2 .000 126 190 .663 221 421 642 93 65 32 148 318 642
8 Trent Tucker 28 71 4 1248 193 455 .424 69 167 .413 51 71 .718 32 87 119 117 53 6 47 158 506
9 Pat Cummings 31 62 9 946 140 307 .456 0 1 .000 59 80 .738 82 153 235 37 20 10 65 143 339
10 Billy Donovan 22 44 0 364 44 109 .404 0 7 .000 17 21 .810 5 20 25 87 16 1 42 33 105
11 Rick Carlisle 28 26 0 204 29 67 .433 6 17 .353 10 11 .909 6 7 13 32 11 4 22 39 74
12 Chris McNealy 26 19 0 265 23 74 .311 0 0 21 31 .677 24 40 64 23 16 2 17 50 67
13 Sedric Toney 25 21 0 139 21 48 .438 5 14 .357 10 11 .909 3 5 8 24 9 1 12 20 57
14 Ray Tolbert 29 11 0 177 19 41 .463 0 0 9 17 .529 14 21 35 5 5 2 10 25 47
15 Tony White 22 12 0 117 17 46 .370 0 1 .000 9 13 .692 1 2 3 10 1 0 13 14 43
16 Louis Orr 29 29 0 180 16 50 .320 0 1 .000 8 16 .500 13 21 34 9 6 0 14 27 40
17 Bob Thornton 25 7 0 85 6 19 .316 0 0 5 8 .625 5 8 13 4 2 0 8 23 17
18 Gerald Henderson 32 6 2 69 5 14 .357 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 1 9 10 13 2 0 8 14 14
19 Rory Sparrow 29 3 0 52 5 19 .263 0 1 .000 0 0 1 1 2 5 4 0 6 7 10
20 Carey Scurry 25 4 0 8 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 2

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 25 82 82 31.0 8.0 14.4 .555 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 5.8 .716 3.0 5.3 8.2 1.5 1.3 3.0 3.5 4.0 20.2
2 Gerald Wilkins 24 81 78 33.4 7.3 16.3 .446 0.5 1.6 .302 2.4 3.0 .786 1.3 2.0 3.3 4.0 1.1 0.3 2.6 2.3 17.4
3 Mark Jackson 22 82 80 39.6 5.3 12.4 .432 0.4 1.5 .254 2.5 3.2 .774 1.5 3.4 4.8 10.6 2.5 0.1 3.1 3.0 13.6
4 Bill Cartwright 30 82 4 20.4 3.5 6.4 .544 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.2 .798 1.5 3.1 4.7 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.6 2.9 11.1
5 Kenny Walker 23 82 61 26.1 4.2 8.9 .473 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.2 .775 2.3 2.4 4.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.0 3.5 10.1
6 Johnny Newman 24 77 25 20.6 3.5 8.1 .435 0.3 1.2 .280 2.7 3.2 .841 1.1 0.9 2.1 0.8 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.6 10.0
7 Sidney Green 27 82 65 25.0 3.1 7.1 .441 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.3 .663 2.7 5.1 7.8 1.1 0.8 0.4 1.8 3.9 7.8
8 Trent Tucker 28 71 4 17.6 2.7 6.4 .424 1.0 2.4 .413 0.7 1.0 .718 0.5 1.2 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.1 0.7 2.2 7.1
9 Pat Cummings 31 62 9 15.3 2.3 5.0 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .738 1.3 2.5 3.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 2.3 5.5
10 Ray Tolbert 29 11 0 16.1 1.7 3.7 .463 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .529 1.3 1.9 3.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.3 4.3
11 Tony White 22 12 0 9.8 1.4 3.8 .370 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.1 .692 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.0 1.1 1.2 3.6
12 Chris McNealy 26 19 0 13.9 1.2 3.9 .311 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .677 1.3 2.1 3.4 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.9 2.6 3.5
13 Rory Sparrow 29 3 0 17.3 1.7 6.3 .263 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.7 1.3 0.0 2.0 2.3 3.3
14 Rick Carlisle 28 26 0 7.8 1.1 2.6 .433 0.2 0.7 .353 0.4 0.4 .909 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.5 2.8
15 Sedric Toney 25 21 0 6.6 1.0 2.3 .438 0.2 0.7 .357 0.5 0.5 .909 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.0 2.7
16 Billy Donovan 22 44 0 8.3 1.0 2.5 .404 0.0 0.2 .000 0.4 0.5 .810 0.1 0.5 0.6 2.0 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.8 2.4
17 Bob Thornton 25 7 0 12.1 0.9 2.7 .316 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 .625 0.7 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.1 3.3 2.4
18 Gerald Henderson 32 6 2 11.5 0.8 2.3 .357 0.3 0.7 .500 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.2 0.3 0.0 1.3 2.3 2.3
19 Louis Orr 29 29 0 6.2 0.6 1.7 .320 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.6 .500 0.4 0.7 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.9 1.4
20 Carey Scurry 25 4 0 2.0 0.3 0.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.5

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 Patrick Ewing 25 82 82 2546 9.3 16.7 .555 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.7 .716 3.5 6.1 9.6 1.8 1.5 3.5 4.1 4.7 23.4
2 Bill Cartwright 30 82 4 1676 6.2 11.3 .544 0.0 0.0 7.3 9.2 .798 2.7 5.5 8.2 1.8 0.9 0.9 2.9 5.0 19.6
3 Gerald Wilkins 24 81 78 2703 7.9 17.6 .446 0.5 1.7 .302 2.5 3.2 .786 1.4 2.2 3.6 4.3 1.2 0.3 2.8 2.4 18.8
4 Johnny Newman 24 77 25 1589 6.1 14.0 .435 0.6 2.1 .280 4.7 5.6 .841 2.0 1.6 3.6 1.4 1.6 0.2 2.3 4.6 17.5
5 Sedric Toney 25 21 0 139 5.4 12.4 .438 1.3 3.6 .357 2.6 2.8 .909 0.8 1.3 2.1 6.2 2.3 0.3 3.1 5.2 14.8
6 Trent Tucker 28 71 4 1248 5.6 13.1 .424 2.0 4.8 .413 1.5 2.0 .718 0.9 2.5 3.4 3.4 1.5 0.2 1.4 4.6 14.6
7 Kenny Walker 23 82 61 2139 5.8 12.3 .473 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.0 .775 3.2 3.3 6.5 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.4 4.9 13.9
8 Tony White 22 12 0 117 5.2 14.2 .370 0.0 0.3 .000 2.8 4.0 .692 0.3 0.6 0.9 3.1 0.3 0.0 4.0 4.3 13.2
9 Rick Carlisle 28 26 0 204 5.1 11.8 .433 1.1 3.0 .353 1.8 1.9 .909 1.1 1.2 2.3 5.6 1.9 0.7 3.9 6.9 13.1
10 Pat Cummings 31 62 9 946 5.3 11.7 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.0 .738 3.1 5.8 8.9 1.4 0.8 0.4 2.5 5.4 12.9
11 Mark Jackson 22 82 80 3249 4.9 11.2 .432 0.4 1.4 .254 2.3 2.9 .774 1.3 3.1 4.4 9.6 2.3 0.1 2.9 2.7 12.3
12 Sidney Green 27 82 65 2049 4.5 10.3 .441 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.3 .663 3.9 7.4 11.3 1.6 1.1 0.6 2.6 5.6 11.3
13 Billy Donovan 22 44 0 364 4.4 10.8 .404 0.0 0.7 .000 1.7 2.1 .810 0.5 2.0 2.5 8.6 1.6 0.1 4.2 3.3 10.4
14 Ray Tolbert 29 11 0 177 3.9 8.3 .463 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.5 .529 2.8 4.3 7.1 1.0 1.0 0.4 2.0 5.1 9.6
15 Chris McNealy 26 19 0 265 3.1 10.1 .311 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.2 .677 3.3 5.4 8.7 3.1 2.2 0.3 2.3 6.8 9.1
16 Carey Scurry 25 4 0 8 4.5 9.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 13.5 4.5 9.0 4.5 9.0 13.5 9.0
17 Louis Orr 29 29 0 180 3.2 10.0 .320 0.0 0.2 .000 1.6 3.2 .500 2.6 4.2 6.8 1.8 1.2 0.0 2.8 5.4 8.0
18 Gerald Henderson 32 6 2 69 2.6 7.3 .357 1.0 2.1 .500 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.5 4.7 5.2 6.8 1.0 0.0 4.2 7.3 7.3
19 Bob Thornton 25 7 0 85 2.5 8.0 .316 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.4 .625 2.1 3.4 5.5 1.7 0.8 0.0 3.4 9.7 7.2
20 Rory Sparrow 29 3 0 52 3.5 13.2 .263 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.4 3.5 2.8 0.0 4.2 4.8 6.9

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 Patrick Ewing 25 82 2546 21.9 .594 .555 10.7 20.0 15.2 8.3 2.0 6.0 17.1 26.8 108 101 3.4 4.7 8.1
2 Mark Jackson 22 82 3249 15.7 .493 .448 4.1 10.0 7.0 37.4 3.1 0.1 18.6 17.3 109 106 3.5 4.1 7.6
3 Bill Cartwright 30 82 1676 17.8 .639 .544 8.4 18.1 13.1 7.5 1.2 1.6 15.9 20.6 120 106 4.3 2.1 6.4
4 Kenny Walker 23 82 2139 12.3 .512 .473 10.0 10.9 10.4 5.8 1.4 1.7 9.3 16.9 111 108 2.5 2.2 4.7
5 Gerald Wilkins 24 81 2703 13.7 .493 .461 4.4 7.2 5.7 19.1 1.6 0.5 12.9 24.7 102 110 1.1 2.3 3.4
6 Johnny Newman 24 77 1589 12.1 .531 .456 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.7 2.2 0.4 12.4 21.2 108 109 1.6 1.5 3.1
7 Trent Tucker 28 71 1248 11.8 .520 .500 2.8 8.2 5.5 13.5 2.1 0.3 8.8 17.3 113 108 1.6 1.2 2.8
8 Sidney Green 27 82 2049 10.3 .480 .441 12.0 24.3 17.9 6.3 1.5 1.0 18.1 16.2 97 104 -0.4 3.1 2.7
9 Pat Cummings 31 62 946 9.6 .495 .456 9.6 19.1 14.2 5.6 1.0 0.7 16.0 17.5 99 107 0.0 1.1 1.1
10 Sedric Toney 25 21 139 12.8 .539 .490 2.4 4.3 3.3 24.7 3.1 0.4 18.5 18.9 107 107 0.1 0.2 0.3
11 Rick Carlisle 28 26 204 9.0 .515 .478 3.3 4.1 3.6 22.2 2.6 1.2 23.4 18.7 97 108 -0.1 0.2 0.2
12 Chris McNealy 26 19 265 7.7 .382 .311 10.0 17.9 13.8 11.4 2.9 0.5 16.2 16.0 90 103 -0.3 0.4 0.2
13 Ray Tolbert 29 11 177 7.2 .485 .463 8.8 14.0 11.3 3.8 1.4 0.7 17.1 13.4 96 108 0.0 0.2 0.1
14 Gerald Henderson 32 6 69 4.4 .470 .429 1.6 15.4 8.3 24.3 1.4 0.0 35.0 13.5 85 107 -0.1 0.1 0.0
15 Carey Scurry 25 4 8 14.8 .500 .500 13.9 29.6 21.5 17.3 12.1 7.8 50.0 20.3 66 76 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Billy Donovan 22 44 364 8.7 .444 .404 1.5 6.5 3.9 32.8 2.1 0.2 26.2 17.9 90 109 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
17 Bob Thornton 25 7 85 -0.9 .377 .316 6.5 11.1 8.8 6.0 1.1 0.0 26.2 14.6 73 109 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
18 Louis Orr 29 29 180 2.7 .351 .320 8.0 13.8 10.8 6.6 1.6 0.0 19.7 16.0 75 108 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
19 Rory Sparrow 29 3 52 -1.7 .263 .263 2.1 2.3 2.2 12.8 3.7 0.0 24.0 19.5 56 107 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
20 Tony White 22 12 117 1.7 .416 .370 0.9 2.0 1.5 12.1 0.4 0.0 20.1 22.4 79 114 -0.3 0.0 -0.3

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 Gerald Wilkins 24 4 149 33 69 2 4 12 14 1 8 19 4 0 11 12 80 .478 .500 .857 37.3 20.0 2.0 4.8
2 Johnny Newman 24 4 113 31 68 0 9 14 16 8 11 7 6 1 6 16 76 .456 .000 .875 28.3 19.0 2.8 1.8
3 Patrick Ewing 25 4 153 28 57 0 1 19 22 16 51 10 6 13 11 17 75 .491 .000 .864 38.3 18.8 12.8 2.5
4 Mark Jackson 22 4 171 22 60 5 12 8 11 6 19 39 10 0 14 13 57 .367 .417 .727 42.8 14.3 4.8 9.8
5 Bill Cartwright 30 4 76 9 18 0 0 11 15 8 19 6 0 3 8 12 29 .500 .733 19.0 7.3 4.8 1.5
6 Trent Tucker 28 4 71 8 19 6 13 3 4 0 2 4 3 0 1 4 25 .421 .462 .750 17.8 6.3 0.5 1.0
7 Kenny Walker 23 4 80 8 24 0 0 2 2 3 9 5 2 3 1 11 18 .333 1.000 20.0 4.5 2.3 1.3
8 Sidney Green 27 4 93 8 17 0 0 0 0 8 33 7 0 1 9 14 16 .471 23.3 4.0 8.3 1.8
9 Sedric Toney 25 3 15 3 6 3 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 11 .500 .500 1.000 5.0 3.7 0.0 0.7
10 Pat Cummings 31 3 28 2 5 0 0 3 4 2 7 3 0 0 0 11 7 .400 .750 9.3 2.3 2.3 1.0
11 Rick Carlisle 28 2 8 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .000 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
12 Louis Orr 29 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 1.5 0.5 1.0 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 Gerald Wilkins 24 4 149 13.5 .532 .493 0.8 5.6 3.2 22.2 1.4 0.0 12.8 24.6 105 121 0.1 0.0 0.0
2 Johnny Newman 24 4 113 17.0 .506 .456 8.3 3.1 5.7 11.9 2.7 0.6 7.4 30.5 107 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
3 Patrick Ewing 25 4 153 20.7 .562 .491 12.2 27.1 19.6 10.6 2.0 5.6 14.2 21.6 112 110 0.2 0.2 0.4
4 Mark Jackson 22 4 171 12.2 .440 .408 4.1 9.0 6.5 34.1 3.0 0.0 17.8 19.6 98 117 -0.1 0.0 0.0
5 Bill Cartwright 30 4 76 11.7 .589 .500 12.3 17.2 14.7 11.6 0.0 2.6 24.5 18.2 105 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Trent Tucker 28 4 71 11.3 .602 .579 0.0 3.3 1.7 8.2 2.1 0.0 4.6 13.0 127 120 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Kenny Walker 23 4 80 5.8 .362 .333 4.4 8.9 6.6 9.0 1.3 2.5 3.9 13.8 92 118 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Sidney Green 27 4 93 5.8 .471 .471 10.1 31.9 20.9 10.6 0.0 0.7 34.6 11.9 81 116 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
9 Sedric Toney 25 3 15 19.4 .799 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.3 3.4 0.0 22.5 25.2 125 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Pat Cummings 31 3 28 7.5 .518 .400 8.4 21.2 14.7 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 136 119 0.1 0.0 0.1
11 Rick Carlisle 28 2 8 7.2 .250 .250 14.6 14.8 14.7 0.0 6.4 0.0 0.0 21.3 73 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Louis Orr 29 2 3 13.3 .266 .000 39.0 39.5 39.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.7 88 114 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Patrick Ewing $2,750,000
2 Bill Cartwright $1,135,000
3 Pat Cummings $712,000
4 Sidney Green $700,000
5 Kenny Walker $575,000
6 Louis Orr $450,000
7 Gerald Henderson $339,250
8 Trent Tucker $325,000
9 Rory Sparrow $325,000
10 Johnny Newman $275,000
11 Gerald Wilkins $246,666
12 Bob Thornton $125,000
13 Mark Jackson $115,100
14 Rick Carlisle $100,000
15 Sedric Toney $75,000
16 Tony White $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)