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Here is the New York Knicks 1972–73 Roster and Regular Season Player Statistics:

New York Knicks 1972–73 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birth Date College/From
10 Walt Frazier G 6’4″ 200 lbs March 29, 1945 Southern Illinois
15 Earl Monroe G 6’3″ 185 lbs Nov 21, 1944 Winston-Salem St.
18 Phil Jackson F 6’8″ 220 lbs Sept 17, 1945 North Dakota
19 Willis Reed C 6’10” 235 lbs June 25, 1942 Grambling State
20 Dean Meminger G 6’0″ 175 lbs May 13, 1948 Marquette
22 Dave DeBusschere F 6’6″ 220 lbs Oct 16, 1940 Detroit
23 Jerry Lucas F/C 6’8″ 230 lbs Mar 30, 1940 Ohio State
24 Bill Bradley F 6’5″ 205 lbs July 28, 1943 Princeton
31 Henry Bibby G 6’1″ 185 lbs Nov 24, 1949 UCLA
32 John Gianelli C 6’10” 210 lbs June 10, 1950 Pacific
33 Harthorne Wingo F 6’6″ 210 lbs Sept 9, 1947 Friendship JC
34 Luther Rackley C 6’10” 220 lbs Oct 11, 1946 Xavier
— Dick Barnett G 6’4″ 190 lbs Oct 2, 1936 Tennessee State

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Walt Frazier PG 27 78 78 40.8 21.1 7.3 5.9 2.4 0 2.4 17.8 8.7 .490 0 0 0 4.5 3.7 .817
Dave DeBusschere PF 32 77 77 36.7 16.3 10.2 3.4 2.8 0 2.8 15.9 6.9 .435 0 0 0 3.4 2.5 .746
Bill Bradley SF 29 82 82 36.6 16.1 3.7 4.5 3.3 0 3.3 15.3 7.0 .459 0 0 0 2.4 2.1 .871
Earl Monroe SG 28 75 75 31.6 15.5 3.3 3.8 2.6 0 2.6 13.5 6.6 .488 0 0 0 2.8 2.3 .822
Willis Reed C 30 69 69 27.2 11.0 8.6 1.8 3.0 0 3.0 10.2 4.8 .474 0 0 0 1.8 1.3 .742
Jerry Lucas PF 32 71 71 28.2 9.9 7.2 4.5 2.2 0 2.2 8.6 4.4 .513 0 0 0 1.4 1.1 .800
Phil Jackson PF 27 80 80 17.4 8.1 4.3 1.2 2.7 0 2.7 6.9 3.1 .443 0 0 0 2.4 1.9 .790
Dean Meminger SG 24 80 80 18.2 5.7 2.9 1.7 1.4 0 1.4 4.6 2.4 .515 0 0 0 1.6 1.0 .628
Dick Barnett SG 36 51 51 10.1 3.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0 1.0 4.4 1.7 .389 0 0 0 0.6 0.3 .533
John Gianelli C 22 52 52 9.9 3.5 2.9 0.5 1.4 0 1.4 3.4 1.5 .451 0 0 0 0.6 0.4 .697
Henry Bibby PG 23 55 55 8.6 4.2 1.5 1.2 1.2 0 1.2 3.7 1.4 .380 0 0 0 1.6 1.3 .849
Tom Riker C 22 14 14 4.6 2.5 1.1 0.1 1.1 0 1.1 1.7 0.7 .417 0 0 0 1.7 1.1 .625
Harthorne Wingo PF 25 13 13 4.5 1.5 1.2 0.1 0.7 0 0.7 1.7 0.7 .409 0 0 0 0.5 0.2 .333
Luther Rackley C 26 1 1 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals     82 82 240.6 105.0 47.3 26.7 21.6 0 21.6 94.7 44.2 .467 0 0 0 21.2 16.5 .780

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Walt Frazier PG 27 17 17 45.0 21.9 7.3 6.2 3.1 0 3.1 17.2 8.8 .514 0 0 0 5.5 4.3 .777
Earl Monroe SG 28 16 16 31.5 16.1 3.2 3.2 2.4 0 2.4 13.2 6.9 .526 0 0 0 3.0 2.3 .750
Dave DeBusschere PF 32 17 17 37.2 15.6 10.5 3.4 3.4 0 3.4 15.6 6.9 .442 0 0 0 2.4 1.8 .775
Willis Reed C 30 17 17 28.6 12.5 7.6 1.8 3.8 0 3.8 12.2 5.7 .466 0 0 0 1.2 1.1 .857
Bill Bradley SF 29 17 17 34.5 14.0 3.4 2.6 3.5 0 3.5 13.0 5.8 .448 0 0 0 2.9 2.4 .800
Jerry Lucas PF 32 17 17 21.6 7.5 5.0 2.3 2.8 0 2.8 6.6 3.2 .482 0 0 0 1.4 1.2 .870
Phil Jackson PF 27 17 17 19.9 8.7 4.2 1.4 3.5 0 3.5 7.1 3.5 .500 0 0 0 2.2 1.6 .737
Dean Meminger SG 24 17 17 19.0 4.8 2.2 2.2 1.7 0 1.7 3.3 1.8 .554 0 0 0 2.0 1.1 .559
John Gianelli C 22 7 7 7.9 3.6 1.9 0.1 0.9 0 0.9 2.9 1.6 .550 0 0 0 1.0 0.4 .429
Henry Bibby PG 23 6 6 7.2 3.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 0 0.8 3.0 1.3 .444 0 0 0 1.3 0.7 .500
Harthorne Wingo PF 25 3 3 4.0 3.7 2.3 0.0 0.3 0 0.3 4.3 1.7 .385 0 0 0 0.7 0.3 .500
Dick Barnett SG 36 4 4 4.3 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.3 0 1.3 1.5 0.8 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals     17 17 242.9 103.8 44.5 23.3 24.9 0 24.9 90.7 43.9 .484 0 0 0 21.5 16.1 .748

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Tom Riker C 22 14 14 4.6 19.4 8.9 1.1 8.3 0 8.3 13.3 5.5 .417 0 0 0 13.3 8.3 .625
Walt Frazier PG 27 78 78 40.8 18.7 6.5 5.2 2.1 0 2.1 15.7 7.7 .490 0 0 0 4.0 3.2 .817
Earl Monroe SG 28 75 75 31.6 17.7 3.7 4.4 3.0 0 3.0 15.4 7.5 .488 0 0 0 3.2 2.6 .822
Henry Bibby PG 23 55 55 8.6 17.4 6.2 4.9 5.1 0 5.1 15.5 5.9 .380 0 0 0 6.5 5.5 .849
Phil Jackson PF 27 80 80 17.4 16.6 8.9 2.4 5.6 0 5.6 14.3 6.3 .443 0 0 0 5.0 4.0 .790
Dave DeBusschere PF 32 77 77 36.7 16.0 10.0 3.3 2.7 0 2.7 15.6 6.8 .435 0 0 0 3.3 2.5 .746
Willis Reed C 30 69 69 27.2 14.6 11.3 2.4 3.9 0 3.9 13.5 6.4 .474 0 0 0 2.4 1.8 .742
Dick Barnett SG 36 51 51 10.1 13.4 2.9 3.5 3.6 0 3.6 15.8 6.2 .389 0 0 0 2.1 1.1 .533
Jerry Lucas PF 32 71 71 28.2 12.7 9.2 5.7 2.8 0 2.8 10.9 5.6 .513 0 0 0 1.8 1.4 .800
John Gianelli C 22 52 52 9.9 12.6 10.5 1.7 5.0 0 5.0 12.2 5.5 .451 0 0 0 2.3 1.6 .697
Dean Meminger SG 24 80 80 18.2 11.3 5.7 3.3 2.7 0 2.7 9.0 4.7 .515 0 0 0 3.2 2.0 .628
Harthorne Wingo PF 25 13 13 4.5 12.2 9.8 0.6 5.5 0 5.5 13.4 5.5 .409 0 0 0 3.7 1.2 .333
Luther Rackley C 26 1 1 2.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 36.0 0 36.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Harthorne Wingo PF 25 3 3 12.0 33.0 21.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 39.0 15.0 .385 0 0 0 6.0 3.0 .500
Earl Monroe SG 28 16 16 31.5 18.4 3.6 3.6 2.8 0.0 2.8 15.1 7.9 .526 0 0 0 3.4 2.6 .750
Walt Frazier PG 27 17 17 45.0 17.6 5.8 5.0 2.4 0.0 2.4 13.7 7.1 .514 0 0 0 4.4 3.4 .777
Phil Jackson PF 27 17 17 19.9 15.8 7.7 2.6 6.3 0.0 6.3 12.8 6.4 .500 0 0 0 4.0 3.0 .737
Willis Reed C 30 17 17 28.6 15.7 9.6 2.2 4.8 0.0 4.8 15.4 7.2 .466 0 0 0 1.6 1.3 .857
Dave DeBusschere PF 32 17 17 37.2 15.1 10.2 3.3 3.2 0.0 3.2 15.1 6.7 .442 0 0 0 2.3 1.8 .775
Bill Bradley SF 29 17 17 34.5 14.6 3.5 2.8 3.6 0.0 3.6 13.6 6.1 .448 0 0 0 3.1 2.5 .800
Jerry Lucas PF 32 17 17 21.6 12.5 8.3 3.8 4.6 0.0 4.6 11.0 5.3 .482 0 0 0 2.3 2.0 .870
Dean Meminger SG 24 17 17 19.0 9.0 4.1 4.1 3.2 0.0 3.2 6.2 3.5 .554 0 0 0 3.8 2.1 .559
John Gianelli C 22 7 7 7.9 16.4 8.5 0.7 3.9 0.0 3.9 13.1 7.2 .550 0 0 0 4.6 2.0 .429
Henry Bibby PG 23 6 6 7.2 16.7 1.7 2.5 4.2 0.0 4.2 15.1 6.7 .444 0 0 0 6.7 3.3 .500
Dick Barnett SG 36 4 4 4.3 12.7 0.0 4.2 10.6 0.0 10.6 12.7 6.4 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals                                        

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Walt Frazier PG 27 78 78 3181 1648 570 461 186 0 1 1389 681 .490 0 0 0 350 286 .817
Bill Bradley SF 29 82 82 2998 1319 301 367 273 0 0 1252 575 .459 0 0 0 194 169 .871
Dave DeBusschere PF 32 77 77 2827 1258 787 259 215 0 0 1224 532 .435 0 0 0 260 194 .746
Earl Monroe SG 28 75 75 2370 1163 245 288 195 0 0 1016 496 .488 0 0 0 208 171 .822
Willis Reed C 30 69 69 1876 760 590 126 205 0 0 705 334 .474 0 0 0 124 92 .742
Phil Jackson PF 27 80 80 1393 644 344 94 218 0 0 553 245 .443 0 0 0 195 154 .790
Jerry Lucas PF 32 71 71 2001 704 510 317 157 4 0 608 312 .513 0 0 0 100 80 .800
Dean Meminger SG 24 80 80 1453 457 229 133 109 0 0 365 188 .515 0 0 0 129 81 .628
Henry Bibby PG 23 55 55 475 229 82 64 67 0 0 205 78 .380 0 0 0 86 73 .849
John Gianelli C 22 52 52 516 181 150 25 72 0 0 175 79 .451 0 0 0 33 23 .697
Dick Barnett SG 36 51 51 514 192 41 50 52 0 0 226 88 .389 0 0 0 30 16 .533
Tom Riker C 22 14 14 65 35 16 2 9 0 0 24 10 .417 0 0 0 24 15 .625
Harthorne Wingo PF 25 13 13 59 20 16 1 9 0 0 22 9 .409 0 0 0 6 2 .333
Luther Rackley C 26 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals     82 82 19730 8610 3882 2187 1775 0 5 7764 3627 .467 0 0 0 1739 1356 .780

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Walt Frazier PG 27 17 17 765 373 124 106 52 0 0 292 150 .514 0 0 0 94 73 .777
Earl Monroe SG 28 16 16 504 258 51 51 39 0 0 211 111 .526 0 0 0 48 36 .750
Dave DeBusschere PF 32 17 17 632 265 179 58 57 0 0 265 117 .442 0 0 0 40 31 .775
Bill Bradley SF 29 17 17 587 238 57 45 59 0 0 221 99 .448 0 0 0 50 40 .800
Phil Jackson PF 27 17 17 338 148 72 24 59 0 0 120 60 .500 0 0 0 38 28 .737
Willis Reed C 30 17 17 486 212 129 30 65 0 0 208 97 .466 0 0 0 21 18 .857
Jerry Lucas PF 32 17 17 368 128 85 39 47 0 0 112 54 .482 0 0 0 23 20 .870
Dean Meminger SG 24 17 17 323 81 37 37 29 0 0 56 31 .554 0 0 0 34 19 .559
John Gianelli C 22 7 7 55 25 13 1 6 0 0 20 11 .550 0 0 0 7 3 .429
Henry Bibby PG 23 6 6 43 20 2 3 5 0 0 18 8 .444 0 0 0 8 4 .500
Harthorne Wingo PF 25 3 3 12 11 7 0 1 0 0 13 5 .385 0 0 0 2 1 .500
Dick Barnett SG 36 4 4 17 6 0 2 5 0 0 6 3 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals     17 17 4130 1765 756 396 424 0 0 1542 746 .484 0 0 0 365 273 .748

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Walt Frazier Lead Offensive & Defensive Catalyst 40.8 High 21.1 7.3 5.9 1.8 18.0 Frazier orchestrated the Knicks’ offense and was a defensive disruptor, dominating scoring and playmaking while anchoring perimeter defense. Helmed the backcourt with poise and unselfish ball movement that powered the champion‑defense system.  MVP‑7, AS, NBA2, DEF1
Dave DeBusschere Two‑Way Frontcourt Anchor 36.7 High 16.3 10.2 3.4 1.4 15.7 A fierce defender and rebounder, DeBusschere provided the Knicks with physicality inside and versatility on switches. His presence steadied the team’s defense and complemented Frazier’s creative playmaking.  MVP‑11, AS, DEF1
Bill Bradley Secondary Playmaker & Scoring Wing 36.6 Mid 16.1 3.7 4.5 0.8 12.5 Bradley delivered efficient scoring, timely cutting, and secondary ball distribution. His high basketball IQ and off‑ball movement created spacing and helped sustain offensive balance.  AS
Earl Monroe Scoring Creator 31.6 Mid 15.5 3.3 3.8 0.9 11.8 Monroe added a dynamic scoring dimension with creative shot creation and isolation scoring after being integrated mid‑season, enhancing the Knicks’ backcourt punch.  
Willis Reed Interior Presence & Rebound Anchor 27.2 Mid 11.0 8.6 1.8 1.9 11.6 Reed provided strong post scoring, elite rebounding, and toughness in the paint. Although slightly reduced scoring load this season, his interior defense and boards were pivotal in the Knicks’ balanced identity.  
Jerry Lucas Versatile Big with Playmaking 28.2 Mid 9.9 7.2 4.5 0.7 11.2 A skilled big with scoring touch and passing ability, Lucas delivered valuable secondary playmaking and rebounding, enhancing floor spacing and offensive versatility off the bench.   
Phil Jackson Role Forward with Defensive Focus 17.4 Low 8.1 4.3 1.2 0.8 7.2 Jackson’s contributions were rooted in screens, positioning, and high‑effort defense, adding grit and disciplined execution without a heavy usage burden.   
Dean Meminger Supporting Guard 18.2 Low 5.7 2.9 1.7 0.9 5.6 Played complementary minutes with efficient floor spacing and hustle plays, reinforcing guard depth and energy when starters rested.   
Henry Bibby Bench Facilitator 8.6 Low 4.2 1.5 1.2 1.0 4.0 Provided spot playmaking and perimeter ball handling in brief stints, enhancing rotation diversity.   
Dick Barnett Veteran Scoring Spark 10.1 Low 3.8 0.8 1.0 0.2 2.9 Offered veteran scoring and experience in reserve minutes; known historically for clutch scoring and defense in Knicks title runs.  
John Gianelli Physical Interior Role 9.9 Low 3.5 2.9 0.5 0.9 3.4 Contributed muscle inside and reliable rebounding as a rotational big, supporting frontcourt depth.  
Tom Riker Developmental Big 4.6 Very Low 2.5 1.1 0.1 0.0 1.9 Limited minutes primarily for developmental experience and depth coverage.   
Harthorne Wingo Fringe Rotation 4.5 Very Low 1.5 1.2 0.1 0.3 1.6 Provided spot energy and physical play in brief appearances.   
Luther Rackley Minimal Role 2.0 Very Low 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 Appeared in a single game with negligible statistical impact.