New York Knicks 1977-78 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the New York Knicks in the 1977-78 NBA Regular Season and the 1978 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The New York Knicks used 12 players in the 1977-78 Regular Season and 11 in the 1978 Playoffs.

Lonnie Shelton is the player from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 82.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1978, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 43-39 (.524), 5th in Eastern Conference
Playoffs: 2-4 (.333), Lost East Conf Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
8	Lonnie Shelton Forward / Center 6-8 born Oct. 19, 1955 drafted 25th in 1976 (by the Knicks)	82 games 14.9 pts 7.1 reb 2.4 ast	6 games 11.0 pts 7.3 reb 2.8 ast
5	Jim McMillian Forward 6-5 born Mar. 11, 1948 drafted 13th in 1970 (by the Lakers)	81 games 8.5 pts 3.6 reb 2.5 ast	6 games 8.8 pts 3.5 reb 1.8 ast
13	Ray Williams Guard 6-3 born Oct. 14, 1954 drafted 10th in 1977 (by the Knicks)	81 games 9.3 pts 2.6 reb 4.5 ast	6 games 17.5 pts 2.5 reb 5.2 ast
43	Toby Knight Forward 6-9 born May. 3, 1955 drafted 32nd in 1977 (by the Knicks)	80 games 6.3 pts 4.0 reb 0.5 ast	6 games 2.7 pts 3.2 reb 0.2 ast
9	Butch Beard Guard 6-3 born May. 4, 1947 drafted 10th in 1969 (by the Hawks)	79 games 9.4 pts 3.3 reb 4.3 ast	6 games 9.0 pts 3.5 reb 4.5 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
35	Jim Cleamons Guard 6-3 born Sep. 13, 1949 drafted 13th in 1971 (by the Lakers)	79 games 6.5 pts 2.7 reb 3.6 ast	6 games 5.7 pts 2.2 reb 3.8 ast
11	Bob McAdoo Center / Forward 6-9 born Sep. 25, 1951 drafted 2nd in 1972 (by the Braves)	79 games 26.5 pts 12.8 reb 3.8 ast	6 games 23.8 pts 9.7 reb 3.8 ast
15	Earl Monroe Guard 6-3 born Nov. 21, 1944 drafted 2nd in 1967 (by the Bullets)	76 games 17.8 pts 2.4 reb 4.8 ast	6 games 9.8 pts 0.8 reb 2.8 ast
44	Glen Gondrezick Forward / Guard 6-6 born Aug. 30, 1955 drafted 26th in 1977 (by the Knicks)	72 games 4.8 pts 3.5 reb 1.2 ast	6 games 4.2 pts 2.8 reb 1.0 ast
42	Spencer Haywood Forward / Center 6-8 born Apr. 22, 1949 drafted 30th in 1971 (by the Braves)	67 games 13.7 pts 6.6 reb 1.9 ast	6 games 16.2 pts 7.0 reb 2.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
18	Phil Jackson Forward / Center 6-8 born Sep. 17, 1945 drafted 17th in 1967 (by the Knicks)	63 games 2.4 pts 1.7 reb 0.7 ast	6 games 2.0 pts 1.7 reb 0.5 ast
14	Ticky Burden Guard 6-2 born Feb. 28, 1953 drafted 26th in 1975 (by the Knicks)	2 games 1.0 pts 0.0 reb 0.5 ast