THE NEW YORK KNICKS

THE KNICKERBOCKERS

• LEO GOTTLIEB LED THE TEAM WITH 14 POINTS WITH PLAYING THE FIRST EVER NBA GAME.

• THE TEAM MADE HISTORY SIGNING SWEETWATER CLIFTON TO MAKE HIM ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICANS TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

CARL BRAUNNBA CHAMPION

5 TIME ALL STAR

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

YEARS• WILLIS REED LED THE TEAM TO TWO NBA

TITLES AND WAS NAMED MVP IN BOTH FINALS AVERAGING A DOUBLE- DOUBLE.

• WALT FRAZIER LED THE TEAM IN ASSIST WITH SMOOTH BALL HANDLING.

• THE TEAM ACQUIRED CENTER DAVE DEBUSSCHERE.

THE TEAM HIRED COACH RED HOLZMAN WHO AND HELPED THE TEAM GO ABOVE THE 500 MARK AND LED THE TO 2 NBA TITLES.

THE BIG THREE.THE KNICKS WON TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS 1970 AND 1973.

WILLIS REED2 TIME NBA CHAMPION

2 TIME NBA FINALS MVP

7 TIME NBA ALL STAR

NBA MVP NBA ALL STAR GAME MVP

ALL NBA FIRST TEAM

4 TIME ALL NBA SECOND TEAM

WALT FRAZIER2 TIME CHAMPION

7 TIME ALL STAR

NBA ALL STAR GAME MVP

4 TIME ALL NBA FIRST TEAM

2 TIME ALL NBA SECOND TEAM

JERRY LUCASNBA CHAMPION

7 TIME ALL STAR

3 TIME ALL NBA FIRST TEAM

NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

POST CHAMPIONSHIP STRUGGLE

• RED HOLZMAN RETIRED.

• WILLIS REED RETIRED.

• THERE RECORD WAS 50-32.

• BERNARD KING WAS THE KNICKS LEADER, CAPTAIN AND LEADING SCORER IN THE 80’S.

BERNARD KING4 TIME ALL STAR

2 TIME ALL NBA FIRST TEAM

ALL NBA SECOND TEAM

ALL NBA THIRD TEAM

NBA SCORING CHAMPIONSHIP

PATRICK EWING 11 TIME ALL STAR

ALL NBA FIRST TEAM

6 TIME ALL NBA SECOND TEAM

NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.

NEW YORK KNICKS ALL TIME LEADING SCORER

CARMELO ANTHONY

8 TIME NBA ALL STAR

NBA SCORING CHAMP

2 TIME ALL NBA SECOND TEAM

4 TIME ALL NBA THIRD TEAM