New York Knicks 1971-72 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the New York Knicks in the 1971-72 NBA Regular Season and the 1972 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The New York Knicks used 17 players in the 1971-72 Regular Season and 12 in the 1972 Playoffs.

Dave DeBusschere and Phil Jackson are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 80.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1972, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 48-34 (.585), 2nd in Eastern Conference
Playoffs: 9-7 (.563), Lost NBA Finals

1972 New York Knicks Roster

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
22
  • Forward / Guard
  • 6-6
  • born Oct. 16, 1940
  • drafted with a territorial pick in 1962 (by the Pistons)

80 games

15.4 pts
11.3 reb
3.6 ast

16 games

16.6 pts
12.1 reb
2.3 ast

18
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-8
  • born Sep. 17, 1945
  • drafted 17th in 1967 (by the Knicks)

80 games

7.2 pts
4.1 reb
0.9 ast

16 games

9.8 pts
5.1 reb
0.9 ast

12
  • Guard / Forward
  • 6-4
  • born Oct. 2, 1936
  • drafted 4th in 1959 (by the Nationals)

79 games

12.2 pts
1.9 reb
2.5 ast

12 games

4.3 pts
0.7 reb
0.8 ast

24
  • Forward / Guard
  • 6-5
  • born Jul. 28, 1943
  • drafted with a territorial pick in 1965 (by the Knicks)

78 games

15.1 pts
3.2 reb
4.0 ast

16 games

16.2 pts
2.9 reb
3.4 ast

7
  • Guard
  • 6-0
  • born May. 13, 1948
  • drafted 16th in 1971 (by the Knicks)

78 games

4.6 pts
2.4 reb
1.3 ast

16 games

4.1 pts
2.7 reb
1.3 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
10
  • Guard
  • 6-4
  • born Mar. 29, 1945
  • drafted 5th in 1967 (by the Knicks)

77 games

23.2 pts
6.7 reb
5.8 ast

16 games

24.3 pts
7.0 reb
6.1 ast

32
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-8
  • born Mar. 30, 1940
  • drafted with a territorial pick in 1962 (by the Royals)

77 games

16.7 pts
13.1 reb
4.1 ast

16 games

18.6 pts
10.8 reb
5.3 ast

23 / 43
  • Center
  • 6-10
  • born Jun. 11, 1946
  • drafted 37th in 1969 (by the Royals)

62 games

3.8 pts
3.0 reb
0.3 ast

11 games

0.7 pts
0.6 reb
0.1 ast

15 / 33
  • Guard
  • 6-3
  • born Nov. 21, 1944
  • drafted 2nd in 1967 (by the Bullets)

60 games

11.4 pts
1.5 reb
2.2 ast

16 games

12.3 pts
2.8 reb
2.9 ast

42
  • Guard / Forward
  • 6-4
  • born Jul. 5, 1940
  • drafted 4th in 1963 (by the Pistons)

42 games

1.5 pts
0.4 reb
0.4 ast

9 games

0.4 pts
0.9 reb
0.1 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
26
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-9
  • born Oct. 3, 1948
  • drafted 40th in 1969 (by the Knicks)

40 games

2.6 pts
1.8 reb
0.3 ast

9 games

1.0 pts
0.8 reb
0.1 ast

16
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-8
  • born Jun. 14, 1946
  • drafted 7th in 1968 (by the Bucks)

28 games

1.4 pts
1.8 reb
0.3 ast

7 games

0.9 pts
0.7 reb
0.0 ast

9
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-7
  • born Dec. 20, 1941
  • drafted 3rd in 1965 (by the Knicks)

14 games

6.8 pts
2.5 reb
1.8 ast

19
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-9
  • born Jun. 25, 1942
  • drafted 8th in 1964 (by the Knicks)

11 games

13.4 pts
8.7 reb
2.0 ast

34
  • Center
  • 7-1
  • born Mar. 7, 1947
  • drafted 136th in 1970 (by the Knicks)

10 games

1.5 pts
1.5 reb
0.3 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
5
  • Guard
  • 6-3
  • born Sep. 11, 1948
  • drafted 17th in 1970 (by the Knicks)

6 games

3.2 pts
1.0 reb
1.0 ast

6
  • Guard / Forward
  • 6-4
  • born Jul. 9, 1945
  • drafted 128th in 1967 (by the Knicks)

4 games

2.0 pts
0.3 reb
0.5 ast