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Franchise history
The Knicks are one of just 2 teams of the original National Basketball Association located in its unique city (the other being the Boston Celtics). The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League merged in 1949 to form the NBA.
The Early Years
The Knicks' 1st game was against the Toronto Huskies at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, where the Knicks won by the score of 68-66. For the duration of the first decade of the NBA's existence, the Knicks made the NBA Finals in 3 directly years (1951-1953), and they were respected by baketball players and fans. For the remainder of the 1950's, the Knicks would field decent, if not spectacular teams, and made the playoffs in 1955, 1956.
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The Lean Years
From 1960 to 1966, the Knicks fell on hard times, and they ended last in the NBA's Eastern Division every year. Some of the largest losses in Knicks history occurred for the duration of this time. One such game occurred on November 15, 1960, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers by a score of 162-100. One more notable loss occurred on March 3, 1962, as the Philadelphia Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain scored a NBA-record 100 points in opposition to the Knicks, and the Warriors won the game 169-147.
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The Championship Years
For the duration of the Knicks' slide into ineffectuality, there were signs of better things to come. In 1964, the Knicks drafted Willis Reed, who went on to become 1965's NBA Rookie of the Year. In 1967, right after the Knicks made it to the playoffs for the 1st time since 1959, the Knicks hired Red Holzman as their head coach.After that season, the team acquired Dave DeBusschere from the Detroit Pistons, and the team went 54-28. In the ensuing playoffs, the team made it past the 1st round of the playoffs for the 1st time while 1953, sweeping the Baltimore Bullets in 3games, before falling to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern dissection finals.
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The Knicks' victory continued for after that few years. Later than losing to the Bullets in the 1971 Eastern convention finals, the team, aided by the acquisitions of Jerry Lucas and Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, returned to the Finals in 1972. In instance the Knicks fell to the Lakers in 5games. After that year, the results were inverted, as the Knicks defeated the Lakers in 5 games to win their next NBA title. The team had one additional impressive season in 1973-74, as they reached the Eastern convention finals, where they fell in 5 games to the Celtics. It was later than this season that Reed announced his retirement, and the team's fortunes took turn for the inferior.
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The Knicks After The Championship Years
In the 1974-75 season, the Knicks posted a 40-42 record, their 1st losing record in 8 seasons. On the other hand, the record qualified them for a playoff spot, even if the Knicks lost to the Houston Rockets in the 1st round. Later than two added seasons with losing records, Holtzman was replaced behind the bench by Reed. After that season, later than the team got off to a 6-8 start, Holtzman was rehired as the team's coach. The team did not fare any better that season, finishing with a 31-51 record, their worst in thirteen years. After improving to a 39-43 record in the 1979-1980 season, the Knicks posted 50-32 record in the 1980-1981 season. In the ensuing playoffs, the Chicago Bulls swept them in two games. Holtzman retired the following season as one of the winningest coaches in NBA history. Ironically, the team's record for that year was a dismal 33-49.
Hubie Brown replaced Holtzman as coach of the Knicks, and in his first season, the team went 44-38 and make it to the second round of the playoffs, where they were swept by the eventual champion Philadelphia 76ers. The next season, the team, aided by new acquisition Bernard King, improved to a 47-35 record and returned to the playoffs. The team beat the Detroit Pistons in the first round with an overtime win in the fifth and deciding game, before losing in second round once again, this time in seven games to the Celtics. The team's fortunes again turned for the worse the next season, as they lost their last twelve games to finish with a 24-58 record. The first of these losses occured on March 23, 1985, where King injured his knee and spent the next 24 months in rehabilitation. Some figured that his career would end from this injury, but he proved them wrong and resumed his career near the end of the 1986-87 season.
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The Patrick Ewing Era
As a result of the Knicks' dismal performance in the 1984-85 season, the team was entered into the first-ever NBA Draft Lottery. The team ended up winning the number one pick in that year's NBA Draft, selecting star center Patrick Ewing of Georgetown University. To this day, there are some who believe that the lottery was fixed, as each of the seven non-playoff teams in the lottery were given an equal chance of receiving the first pick, and the prevailing theory is that the Knicks won based on the fact that they play in the biggest media market in the United States.
In Ewing's first season with the Knicks, he led all rookies in scoring (20 ppg) and rebounds {9 rpg), and he won the NBA Rookie of the Year award. The team wouldn't fare as well, though, as they posted a 23-59 record in his first season, and a 24-58 record in his second season. The team's luck changed in the 1987-88 season with the hiring of Rick Pitino as head coach, and selection of point guard Mark Jackson in the draft. Combined with Ewing's consistently stellar play, the Knicks made the playoffs with a record of 38-44, where they lost to the Celtics in the first round. The team would do even better the next season, as they posted a 52-30 record, which was good enough for their first division title in nearly twenty years. In the playoffs, they defeated the 76ers in the first round before losing to the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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Before the 1989-90 season began, a couple of major changes occured. Pitino left the Knicks to coach the University of Kentucky's basektball team, while the team traded backup center Bill Cartwright for power forward Charles Oakley. With new head coach Stu Jackson, the Knicks went 47-32 and defeated the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, winning the final three games after losing the first two. They went on to lose to the eventual NBA champion Detroit Pistons in the next round. In the 1990-91 season, the team, who hired John MacCleoud as head coach early that season, had a 39-43 record and were swept by the eventual NBA champion Bulls.
Sensing that the team needed a better coach in order to become a champsionship contender, new Knicks president Dave Checketts hired Pat Riley prior to the 1991-92 season. Riley, who coached the Lakers to four NBA titles during the 1980's, taught the Knicks hard, physical defense, and immediatley gave them a boost. That season, the team, which now included fan favorite John Starks, posted a 51-31 record, good enough for a first place tie in the Atlantic Division. After defeating the Pistons in the first round of the playoffs, the team battled with the Bulls for seven games, before once again letting the Bulls get the best of them. The 1992-93 season proved to be even more successful, as the Knicks won the Atlantic Division with a 60-22 record. The team made it to the Eastern Conference finals, where once again they met the Bulls. After taking a two games-to-none lead, the Knicks lost the next four games.
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Post-Ewing Era Decline
Despite the loss of Ewing, the Knicks remained successful in the regular season, as they posted a 48-32 record. In the playoffs, however, they fell in five games to the Toronto Raptors, failing to get past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in a decade. Soon, the Knicks began suffering through a steep decline. After starting the season 10-9, the team was stunned on December 8, 2001 by the sudden resignation of Van Gundy. The team, which hired Don Chaney as their new head coach, ended up with a 30-52 record, and for the first time since the 1986-87 season, they did not qualify for the playoffs.
After posting a 37-45 record in the 2002-03 season and a 15-24 start to the 2003-04 season, the Knicks underwent a massive overhaul. Isiah Thomas was named the Knicks' president on December 22, 2003, and eventually replaced Chaney with Lenny Wilkens behind the bench. At the same time, Thomas orchaestrated several trades, including one that brought star point guard Stephon Marbury to the team. The team qualifed for the playoffs that year with a 39-43 record, but were swept by the Nets in the first round. The Knicks fared worse in the 2004-05 season, as they ended up with a 33-49 record. Wilkens resigned during the season, and Herb Williams served as interim coach for the rest of the season. During the offseason, the team signed Larry Brown to a five-year contract worth about $50 million, hoping he would lead the Knicks back to the playoffs.
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The Knicks Today
The Knicks' payroll is currently the highest in the league at over $100 million, but the team has been among the worst in the NBA. The hiring of Hall-of-Fame player Thomas to replace as general manager the unpopular Scott Layden was seen as a chance for redemption, but Thomas's tenure has not lived up to expectations. To his credit, he has traded aging veterans and expiring contracts for talented players, such as star point guard Stephon Marbury, talented guard Jamal Crawford, athletic swingman Quentin Richardson, and talented inside scorer Eddy Curry. However, Thomas has also accepted many questionable players in trades: Penny Hardaway, an oft-injured swingman with a massive contract; Jerome Williams, an excellent and hardworking defender but also saddled with a large contract; Malik Rose, a backup forward with a large, long-term contract; Maurice Taylor, a disappointing power forward with a huge contract; and Tim Thomas, an athletic player but known as a career underachiever who has an enormous contract as well. Furthermore, Thomas signed center Jerome James to a 5-year $30 million contract, a move widely considered wasteful and foolish since James has career averages of 4.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, and has never averaged more than 5.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Thomas's trades have also been questioned for the number of draft picks and young players given up, as two 1st round picks and two promising young players were given up for Marbury, and talented forward Mike Sweetney and several draft picks were traded for Curry. In addition, the talents Thomas has added are also somewhat questionable. Marbury has a reputation as being both selfish and a locker room pest, while Richardson and Crawford have until now not lived up to their potential. Curry both has not lived up to his full potential and has a heart ailment that could be life-threatening.




