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New York Knicks 1978-79 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the New York Knicks in the 1978-79 NBA Regular Season and the 1979 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The New York Knicks used 16 players in the 1978-79 Regular Season.

Toby Knight 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 1979, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 31-51 (.378), 7th in Eastern Conference
Playoffs: DNQ

1979 New York Knicks Roster

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
43
  • Forward
  • 6-9
  • born May. 3, 1955
  • drafted 32nd in 1977 (by the Knicks)

82 games

16.6 pts
6.7 reb
1.5 ast

13
  • Guard
  • 6-3
  • born Oct. 14, 1954
  • drafted 10th in 1977 (by the Knicks)

81 games

17.3 pts
3.6 reb
6.2 ast

35
  • Guard
  • 6-3
  • born Sep. 13, 1949
  • drafted 13th in 1971 (by the Lakers)

79 games

9.5 pts
2.8 reb
4.8 ast

34
  • Guard
  • 6-2
  • born Sep. 10, 1955
  • drafted 23rd in 1977 (by the Bulls)

75 games

7.8 pts
1.1 reb
1.8 ast

44
  • Forward / Guard
  • 6-6
  • born Aug. 30, 1955
  • drafted 26th in 1977 (by the Knicks)

75 games

5.0 pts
5.7 reb
1.4 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
20
  • Guard / Forward
  • 6-5
  • born Apr. 11, 1955
  • drafted 4th in 1978 (by the Knicks)

72 games

6.5 pts
3.2 reb
3.0 ast

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

64 games

12.3 pts
1.2 reb
3.0 ast

40
  • Center
  • 7-1
  • born Apr. 13, 1952
  • drafted 3rd in 1975 (by the Hawks)

60 games

11.3 pts
10.9 reb
2.9 ast

52
  • Forward
  • 6-7
  • born Aug. 7, 1955
  • drafted 32nd in 1978 (by the Knicks)

58 games

3.2 pts
2.9 reb
0.6 ast

50
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-10
  • born Oct. 26, 1953
  • drafted 11th in 1975 (by the Rockets)

41 games

9.5 pts
5.5 reb
1.2 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
11
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-9
  • born Sep. 25, 1951
  • drafted 2nd in 1972 (by the Braves)

40 games

26.9 pts
9.5 reb
3.2 ast

42
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-8
  • born Apr. 22, 1949
  • drafted 30th in 1971 (by the Braves)

34 games

17.8 pts
6.1 reb
1.6 ast

6
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-11
  • born Mar. 11, 1955
  • drafted 53rd in 1976 (by the Hawks)

22 games

4.6 pts
3.8 reb
0.4 ast

30
  • Forward
  • 6-6
  • born May. 15, 1956
  • drafted 34th in 1978 (by the Knicks)

12 games

2.3 pts
1.4 reb
0.3 ast

9
  • Guard
  • 6-3
  • born May. 4, 1947
  • drafted 10th in 1969 (by the Hawks)

7 games

3.1 pts
1.4 reb
2.7 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
14
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-9
  • born Jan. 14, 1951
  • drafted 7th in 1973 (by the Kings)

5 games

2.4 pts
2.2 reb
0.4 ast