Willis Reed
All-Time Best Knicks Draft Picks
The Knickerbockers have landed some of the all-time NBA greats in the draft. So which are the best choices in the history of the franchise? Here’s my take: 1. Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier, No. 5, 1967 First of all, Clyde will be the first to tell you he was the best Knicks player of all time, […]
Best Knicks Rookie Seasons
At first, it seemed like a no-brainer. Who had the greatest rookie season in Knicks history? Easy. Uncontested dunk easy: Patrick Ewing. [Tune In To MSG & MSG GO For ‘Rookie Week’ Programming] And then I did the one thing my wife and kids have warned me about for years: I started thinking. Ewing won […]
Best Knicks Draft Picks of All-Time
OK, so the ping pong balls weren’t kind. Instead of getting the 7th pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, the Knicks got the 8th pick. Guess who the Knicks took with the 8th pick in the 1964 draft? Willis Reed. How’d that work out? The league has changed, the draft has changed, the business of the […]
Knicks 1973 Championship: The Ultimate Team
“It was the ultimate team,” said Jerry Lucas, center for the 1973 NBA champion Knicks. “I knew I was with a group of men that maybe was the most unique group of basketball players ever assembled. “We had some warriors on that team,” remembered Willis Reed, the team’s starting center and finals MVP. “We had […]