2008–09 New York Knicks season

2008–09 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Mike D'Antoni
General manager	Donnie Walsh
Owner(s)	Cablevision
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	32–50 (.390)
Place	Division: 5th (Atlantic) Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	MSG Network, MSG Plus
Radio	WEPN

The 2008–09 New York Knicks season was the 63rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

Patrick Ewing was selected for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in early September.^[1] Ewing headlined a class that included fellow legends Hakeem Olajuwon, former Knicks coach Pat Riley, Adrian Dantley, Cathy Rush, Dick Vitale and Bill Davidson.^[1]
June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 1: Start of free agency period.
November 21: Mardy Collins and Zach Randolph traded to Los Angeles Clippers for Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley.^[2] Traded Jamal Crawford to Golden State Warriors for Al Harrington.^[3]
February 19: Traded Jerome James, Anthony Roberson and Tim Thomas to Chicago Bulls for Larry Hughes.^[4] Traded Malik Rose to Oklahoma City Thunder for Chris Wilcox.^[5]
February 25: Waived Stephon Marbury.

Draft picks

Main article: 2008 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	6	Gallinari, DaniloDanilo Gallinari	Forward	Italy	Olimpia Milano (Italy) 1988

^[6]

Roster

New York Knicks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
2.5 !G/F	21	USA !	Chandler, Wilson	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	DePaul
1.5 !G	5	USA !	Crawford, Joe	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Kentucky
6.0 !C	34	USA !	Curry, Eddy	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	Thornwood HS (IL)
1.5 !G	1	USA !	Duhon, Chris	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Duke
3.0 !SF	8	ITA !	Gallinari, Danilo	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Italy
5.5 !F/C	7	USA !	Harrington, Al	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	St. Patrick HS (NJ)
2.0 !SG	0	USA !	Hughes, Larry	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Saint Louis
5.5 !F/C	31	USA !	Hunter, Chris	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Michigan
5.5 !F/C	20	USA !	Jeffries, Jared	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Indiana
5.5 !F/C	42	USA !	Lee, David	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Florida
1.5 !G	32	USA !	Mobley, Cuttino	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Rhode Island
2.5 !G/F	23	USA !	Richardson, Quentin	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	DePaul
1.5 !G	4	USA !	Robinson, Nate	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Washington
6.0 !C	18	SEN !	Sene, Mouhamed	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Senegal
5.5 !F/C	9	USA !	Wilcox, Chris	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Maryland

Head coach

Mike D'Antoni (Marshall)

Assistant coach(es)

Herb Williams (Ohio State)
Phil Weber (North Carolina State)
Dan D'Antoni (Marshall)
Kenny Atkinson (Richmond)
Greg Brittenham (Nebraska-Kearney)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	—	35–6	27–14	15–1
x-Philadelphia 76ers	41	41	.500	21	24–17	17–24	6–10
New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	28	19–22	15–26	8–8
Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	29	18–23	15–26	6–10
New York Knicks	32	50	.390	30	20–21	12–29	5–11

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Cleveland Cavaliers	66	16	.805	—
2	y-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	4
3	y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	7
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	47	35	.573	19
5	x-Miami Heat	43	39	.524	23
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	41	41	.500	25
7	x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	25
8	x-Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	27

9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	30
10	Charlotte Bobcats	35	47	.427	31
11	New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32
12	Milwaukee Bucks	34	48	.415	32
13	Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	33
14	New York Knicks	32	50	.390	34
15	Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	47

Game log

2008–09 game log

October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

November: 7–7 (Home: 5–3; Road: 2–4)

December: 4–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 3–6)

January: 9–7 (Home: 7–2; Road: 2–5)

February: 3–10 (Home: 3–5; Road: 0–5)

March: 5–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 3–6)

April: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)

2008–09 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Source:	^[7]

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Chandler, Wilson !Wilson Chandler	82	70	33.4	.431	.328	.795	5.4	2.1	0.87	0.91	14.4
Collins, Mardy !Mardy Collins†	9	0	8.3	.348	.000	.444	0.9	1.1	0.22	0.00	2.2
Crawford, Jamal !Jamal Crawford†	11	11	35.6	.432	.455	.761	1.5	4.4	0.82	0.00	19.6
Crawford, Joe !Joe Crawford	2	0	11.5	.300	.250	1.000	2.0	0.5	0.50	0.00	4.5
Curry, Eddy !Eddy Curry	3	0	4.0	1.000	.000	.333	1.3	0.0	0.00	0.00	1.7
Duhon, Chris !Chris Duhon	79	78	36.8	.422	.391	.856	3.1	7.2	0.91	0.09	11.1
Gallinari, Danilo !Danilo Gallinari	28	2	14.7	.448	.444	.963	2.0	0.5	0.50	0.14	6.1
Harrington, Al !Al Harrington†	68	51	35.0	.446	.362	.804	6.3	1.4	1.19	0.32	20.7
Hughes, Larry !Larry Hughes†	25	14	27.5	.390	.385	.794	2.6	2.4	1.44	0.20	11.2
James, Jerome !Jerome James	2	0	5.0	.375	.000	.000	1.5	0.0	0.50	0.50	3.0
Jeffries, Jared !Jared Jeffries	56	36	23.4	.440	.083	.611	4.1	1.4	0.84	0.59	5.3
Lee, David !David Lee	81	74	34.9	.549	.000	.755	11.7	2.1	0.99	0.27	16.0
Nichols, Demetris !Demetris Nichols†	2	0	4.5	.400	.000	.500	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.50	2.5
Randolph, Zach !Zach Randolph†	11	11	35.3	.434	.292	.821	12.5	1.4	1.18	0.27	20.5
Richardson, Quentin !Quentin Richardson	72	51	26.3	.393	.365	.761	4.4	1.6	0.65	0.10	10.2
Roberson, Anthony !Anthony Roberson†	23	0	11.0	.379	.338	1.000	0.7	0.8	0.43	0.04	4.7
Robinson, Nate !Nate Robinson	74	11	29.9	.437	.326	.841	3.9	4.1	1.28	0.08	17.2
Rose, Malik !Malik Rose†	18	0	8.9	.268	.000	.727	1.7	0.6	0.06	0.06	1.7
Samb, Cheikh !Cheikh Samb†	2	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Sene, Mouhamed !Mouhamed Sene†	1	0	6.0	.500	.000	1.000	5.0	0.0	0.00	1.00	3.0
Sims, Courtney !Courtney Sims†	1	0	11.0	.500	.000	.000	4.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	6.0
Thomas, Tim !Tim Thomas†	36	1	21.5	.461	.421	.806	3.1	1.3	0.61	0.28	9.6
Wilcox, Chris !Chris Wilcox†	25	0	13.2	.529	.000	.509	3.3	0.6	0.32	0.20	5.4

†Statistics with the New York Knicks

Transactions

Trades

July 28, 2008	To Denver Nuggets Renaldo Balkman	To New York Knicks Taurean Green Bobby Jones 2010 second round draft pick
August 29, 2008	To Houston Rockets Frédéric Weis	To New York Knicks Patrick Ewing, Jr.
November 21, 2008	To Golden State Warriors Jamal Crawford	To New York Knicks Al Harrington
November 21, 2008	To Los Angeles Clippers Zach Randolph Mardy Collins	To New York Knicks Tim Thomas Cuttino Mobley
February 19, 2009	To Chicago Bulls Jerome James Anthony Roberson Tim Thomas	To New York Knicks Larry Hughes
February 19, 2009	To Oklahoma City Thunder Malik Rose	To New York Knicks Chris Wilcox

Free agents

Additions

Player	Date signed	Former team
Chris Duhon	July 4	Chicago Bulls
Anthony Roberson	July 16	TTNet Beykoz
Cheikh Samb	March 2	Los Angeles Clippers
Mouhamed Sene	April 9	Oklahoma City Thunder

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Stephon Marbury	February 27	Boston Celtics

References

1 2 Knicks: Tickets
↑ "Clippers Acquire Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins From Knicks". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
↑ Hu, Janny (November 22, 2008). "No small miracle – Crawford deal good for all sides". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
↑ "Sources: Knicks trade for Bulls' Hughes". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
↑ "Source: Knicks swap Rose for Wilcox". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
↑ http://www.nba.com/draft2008/
↑ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.

New York Knicks

Founded in 1946 Based in New York City

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Arenas	Madison Square Garden III 69th Regiment Armory Madison Square Garden IV

General Managers	Podesta Boryla Donovan Holzman Donovan DeBusschere Stirling Bianchi Checketts Grunfeld Layden Thomas Walsh Grunwald Mills

D-League affiliate	Westchester Knicks

Administration	The Madison Square Garden Company (Owner) James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) Steve Mills (GM) Phil Jackson (President) Jeff Hornacek (Head Coach)

Retired numbers	10 12 15 (McGuire) 15 (Monroe) 18 19 22 24 33 613

Hall of Fame members	Walt Bellamy Bill Bradley Hubie Brown Larry Brown Nathaniel Clifton Dave DeBusschere Patrick Ewing Walt Frazier Harry Gallatin Tom Gola Richie Guerin Spencer Haywood Red Holzman Bernard King Jerry Lucas Slater Martin Bob McAdoo Dick McGuire Earl Monroe Dikembe Mutombo Don Nelson Rick Pitino Willis Reed Pat Riley Lenny Wilkens Phil Jackson

NBA Championships (2)	1970 1973

Eastern Conference Championships (8)	1951 1952 1953 1970 1972 1973 1994 1999

Rivalries	Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers Miami Heat

Culture and lore	Dancing Harry Eddie Spike Lee Disputed foul against Scottie Pippen Diedrich Knickerbocker Knicks–Nuggets brawl Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? Mike Walczewski George Kalinsky John Starks' 2-for-18 in Game 7 of the 1994 Finals Linsanity

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2008–09 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

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