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1984-85 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 24-58, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Hubie Brown (24-58)

Executive: Dave DeBusschere

PTS/G: 105.2 (22nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 109.8 (12th of 23)

SRS: -4.09 (19th of 23) Pace: 99.5 (20th of 23)

Off Rtg: 104.9 (18th of 23) Def Rtg: 109.6 (19th of 23) Net Rtg: -4.6 (20th of 23)

Expected W-L: 29-53 (20th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +500

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV) Attendance: 457,137 (11th of 23)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

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

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Bernard King	28	55	55	37.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	12.5	23.5	.534	.531	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	6.5	12.6	.517	.514	2.8	3.6	.780	2.2	6.0	8.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	2.6	3.9	15.8
3	Louis Orr	26	79	31	31.0	4.7	9.7	.486	0.0	0.1	.100	4.7	9.6	.491	.486	3.3	4.2	.784	2.2	2.8	4.9	1.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.5	12.7
4	Darrell Walker	23	82	66	30.4	5.2	12.1	.435	0.0	0.2	.000	5.2	11.9	.442	.435	3.0	4.2	.700	1.6	1.8	3.4	5.0	2.0	0.3	2.5	3.0	13.5
5	Rory Sparrow	26	79	41	29.0	4.1	8.4	.492	0.1	0.4	.226	4.0	8.0	.506	.498	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	3.4	6.9	.494	.507	0.5	0.6	.792	1.0	1.5	2.4	2.6	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.5	8.5
7	Ken Bannister	24	75	50	18.7	2.8	5.9	.470	0.0	0.0		2.8	5.9	.470	.470	1.2	2.6	.474	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.9	3.7	6.8
8	Butch Carter	26	69	11	18.5	3.1	6.9	.450	0.2	0.6	.256	2.9	6.3	.469	.461	1.6	1.9	.813	0.5	0.9	1.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	7.9
9	James Bailey	27	74	28	17.5	2.1	4.7	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	4.7	.448	.447	1.0	1.5	.676	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.9	5.2
10	Truck Robinson	33	2	1	17.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.5	.400	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	3.0	1.5	4.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	2.0
11	Eddie Lee Wilkins	22	54	16	17.0	2.1	4.3	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	4.3	.502	.498	1.2	2.3	.541	1.6	3.3	4.9	0.3	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.9	5.5
12	Ernie Grunfeld	29	69	0	15.4	2.7	5.6	.490	0.0	0.1	.250	2.7	5.4	.495	.492	1.1	1.5	.740	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.9	6.6
13	Ron Cavenall	25	53	2	12.3	0.5	1.6	.326	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.6	.326	.326	0.4	0.7	.564	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.5

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Darrell Walker	23	82	2489	14.7	.483	.017	.351	5.8	7.2	6.5	23.6	3.2	0.5	15.2	22.4	0.5	2.3	2.8	.054	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.7
2	Louis Orr	26	79	2452	13.8	.552	.013	.436	7.9	10.7	9.2	7.6	2.0	0.7	13.1	17.7	2.9	1.9	4.8	.093	0.7	-0.4	0.3	1.4
3	Rory Sparrow	26	79	2292	14.3	.539	.047	.213	1.9	6.8	4.3	33.6	1.7	0.2	17.2	15.8	3.1	1.2	4.3	.091	0.8	-0.9	-0.1	1.1
4	Pat Cummings	28	63	2069	14.3	.556	.005	.285	7.6	21.9	14.5	7.9	1.2	0.5	15.6	21.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	.077	-0.5	-1.0	-1.5	0.3
5	Bernard King	28	55	2063	25.2	.585	.008	.424	6.2	11.8	8.9	18.6	1.7	0.4	11.7	35.1	5.7	1.5	7.1	.166	6.1	-1.0	5.1	3.6
6	Trent Tucker	25	77	1819	12.6	.521	.119	.079	4.6	7.5	6.0	15.5	2.0	0.5	9.3	15.7	2.1	1.2	3.3	.086	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0
7	Ken Bannister	24	75	1404	7.3	.481	.000	.431	8.7	18.9	13.6	3.9	1.3	1.7	21.0	19.7	-2.2	1.4	-0.8	-0.028	-6.2	-0.9	-7.1	-1.8
8	James Bailey	27	74	1297	7.9	.485	.003	.309	10.6	20.4	15.4	4.0	1.1	2.4	20.1	15.8	-0.8	1.4	0.6	.021	-5.5	-0.4	-5.8	-1.3
9	Butch Carter	26	69	1279	11.5	.512	.090	.282	3.2	5.5	4.3	18.7	2.2	0.2	16.9	20.8	0.1	0.8	0.9	.032	-1.6	-0.6	-2.2	-0.1
10	Ernie Grunfeld	29	69	1061	14.7	.529	.021	.271	4.4	12.4	8.3	14.4	2.3	0.4	8.5	18.3	1.5	0.9	2.4	.111	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.8
11	Eddie Lee Wilkins	22	54	917	9.5	.520	.009	.524	10.6	22.9	16.6	2.4	1.1	1.1	18.3	15.8	-0.2	1.0	0.8	.043	-4.0	-1.3	-5.3	-0.8
12	Ron Cavenall	25	53	653	4.1	.378	.000	.453	9.2	20.7	14.7	3.5	0.9	3.9	30.4	9.4	-1.0	0.7	-0.2	-0.016	-6.4	0.6	-5.8	-0.6
13	Truck Robinson	33	2	35	7.3	.340	.000	.400	19.3	10.2	14.9	10.6	2.8	5.2	46.0	12.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.082	-3.1	2.4	-0.7	0.0

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.