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The 1968–69 New York Knicks relied on Willis Reed as their primary interior scorer and rebounder, while Walt Frazier directed the offense with high-level playmaking and disruptive perimeter defense. Dave DeBusschere strengthened the frontcourt with rebounding and versatile two-way play, and Dick Barnett supplied consistent backcourt scoring. The Knicks combined balanced offensive production, strong rebounding, and disciplined defense, with contributions spread throughout a deep and well-rounded rotation.

Roster

NO. PLAYER POS HT WT DOB COLLEGE
5 Don May SF 6-4 200 January 3, 1946 Dayton
6 Mike Riordan SF 6-4 200 July 9, 1945 Providence
8 Walt Bellamy C 6-11 225 July 24, 1939 Indiana
10 Walt Frazier PG 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 Southern Illinois
12 Dick Barnett SG 6-4 190 October 2, 1936 Tennessee State
16 Howard Komives PG 6-1 185 May 9, 1941 Bowling Green
17 Nate Bowman C 6-10 230 March 19, 1943 Wichita State
18 Phil Jackson PF 6-8 220 September 17, 1945 University of North Dakota
19 Willis Reed C 6-10 235 June 25, 1942 Grambling State University
20 Bill Hosket PF 6-8 225 December 20, 1946 Ohio State
22 Dave DeBusschere PF 6-6 220 October 16, 1940 Detroit Mercy
24 Bill Bradley SF 6-5 205 July 28, 1943 Princeton
33 Cazzie Russell SF 6-5 218 June 7, 1944 Michigan

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Willis Reed C 26 82   37.9 21.1 14.5 2.3     3.8 16.5 8.6 .521       5.3 4.0 .747
Cazzie Russell SF 24 50   32.9 18.3 4.2 2.3     2.8 16.1 7.2 .450       4.8 3.8 .796
Dick Barnett SG 32 82   36.0 17.6 3.1 3.5     2.9 14.9 6.9 .463       4.9 3.8 .774
Walt Frazier PG 23 80   36.9 17.5 6.2 7.9     3.1 13.2 6.6 .505       5.7 4.3 .746
Dave DeBusschere PF 28 47   39.4 16.4 11.4 2.7     3.8 15.3 6.7 .442       4.2 2.9 .682
Walt Bellamy C 29 35   32.5 15.2 11.0 2.2     3.5 11.5 5.8 .507       5.8 3.6 .619
Bill Bradley SF 25 82   29.4 12.4 4.3 3.7     3.6 11.6 5.0 .429       3.1 2.5 .814
Howard Komives PG 27 32   26.1 9.0 3.0 4.3     3.0 9.7 3.3 .346       2.7 2.3 .849
Phil Jackson PF 23 47   19.7 7.1 5.2 0.9     3.6 6.3 2.7 .429       2.5 1.7 .672
Don May SF 23 48   11.7 4.3 2.4 0.7     1.3 4.6 1.7 .363       1.2 0.9 .724
Bill Hosket PF 22 50   7.0 2.6 1.9 0.4     1.5 2.5 1.1 .431       0.8 0.5 .571
Nate Bowman C 25 67   9.1 2.9 3.3 0.8     2.1 3.4 1.2 .363       0.9 0.4 .475
Mike Riordan SF 23 54   7.4 2.3 1.1 0.9     1.7 2.7 0.9 .340       0.8 0.5 .667
Totals     82   240.6 110.8 51.8 25.3     26.5 95.3 43.8 .459       31.7 23.3 .736

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Willis Reed C 26 10   42.9 25.7 14.1 1.9     4.0 19.8 10.1 .510       7.0 5.5 .786
Walt Frazier PG 23 10   41.5 21.2 7.4 9.1     3.0 17.7 8.9 .503       5.7 3.4 .596
Dick Barnett SG 32 10   40.2 16.7 3.5 2.7     3.2 16.3 6.5 .399       5.4 3.7 .685
Dave DeBusschere PF 28 10   41.9 16.3 14.8 3.3     4.3 17.4 6.1 .351       5.0 4.1 .820
Bill Bradley SF 25 10   41.9 16.0 7.3 4.0     3.8 14.1 6.5 .461       3.9 3.0 .769
Mike Riordan SF 23 10   10.8 5.2 1.7 0.3     2.7 3.9 2.0 .513       1.6 1.2 .750
Don May SF 23 9   9.8 2.8 2.6 0.9     0.8 3.3 1.0 .300       1.0 0.8 .778
Cazzie Russell SF 24 5   7.2 2.4 1.0 0.2     0.8 4.2 1.0 .238       0.4 0.4 1.000
Bill Hosket PF 22 4   5.5 1.5 1.8 0.5     0.8 1.5 0.8 .500       0.3 0.0 .000
Nate Bowman C 25 10   6.2 1.1 3.2 0.3     1.6 1.5 0.4 .267       0.3 0.3 1.000
Totals     10   240.0 106.5 55.5 22.7     24.0 96.4 42.2 .438       30.1 22.1 .734

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Willis Reed C 26 82   37.9 20.1 13.8 2.2     3.6 15.6 8.2 .521       5.0 3.8 .747
Cazzie Russell SF 24 50   32.9 20.0 4.6 2.5     3.1 17.6 7.9 .450       5.3 4.2 .796
Dick Barnett SG 32 82   36.0 17.6 3.1 3.5     2.9 14.9 6.9 .463       4.9 3.8 .774
Walt Frazier PG 23 80   36.9 17.1 6.1 7.8     3.0 12.8 6.5 .505       5.6 4.2 .746
Walt Bellamy C 29 35   32.5 16.9 12.2 2.4     3.9 12.7 6.5 .507       6.4 4.0 .619
Bill Bradley SF 25 82   29.4 16.0 5.2 4.5     4.4 14.1 6.1 .429       3.8 3.1 .814
Dave DeBusschere PF 28 47   39.4 15.0 10.4 2.5     3.5 13.9 6.2 .442       3.9 2.6 .682
Bill Hosket PF 22 50   7.0 13.3 9.6 1.9     7.9 12.6 5.4 .431       4.3 2.5 .571
Don May SF 23 48   11.7 13.1 7.3 2.3     4.1 14.3 5.2 .363       3.7 2.7 .724
Phil Jackson PF 23 47   19.7 12.9 9.6 1.7     6.5 11.5 4.9 .429       4.6 3.1 .672
Howard Komives PG 27 32   26.1 12.4 4.1 5.9     4.1 13.3 4.6 .346       3.7 3.1 .849
Nate Bowman C 25 67   9.1 11.4 13.0 3.1     8.4 13.4 4.9 .363       3.6 1.7 .475
Mike Riordan SF 23 54   7.4 11.4 5.2 4.2     8.4 13.1 4.4 .340       3.8 2.5 .667

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Willis Reed C 26 10   42.9 21.6 11.8 1.6     3.4 16.6 8.5 .510       5.9 4.6 .786
Mike Riordan SF 23 10   10.8 17.3 5.7 1.0     9.0 13.0 6.7 .513       5.3 4.0 .750
Walt Frazier PG 23 10   41.5 18.4 6.4 7.9     2.6 15.4 7.7 .503       4.9 2.9 .596
Dave DeBusschere PF 28 10   41.9 14.0 12.7 2.8     3.7 14.9 5.2 .351       4.3 3.5 .820
Bill Bradley SF 25 10   41.9 13.7 6.3 3.4     3.3 12.1 5.6 .461       3.4 2.6 .769
Dick Barnett SG 32 10   40.2 15.0 3.1 2.4     2.9 14.6 5.8 .399       4.8 3.3 .685
Don May SF 23 9   9.8 10.2 9.4 3.3     2.9 12.3 3.7 .300       3.7 2.9 .778
Cazzie Russell SF 24 5   7.2 12.0 5.0 1.0     0.8 21.0 5.0 .238       2.0 2.0 1.000
Nate Bowman C 25 10   6.2 6.4 18.6 1.7     9.3 8.7 2.3 .267       1.7 1.7 1.000
Bill Hosket PF 22 4   5.5 9.8 11.5 3.3     4.9 9.8 4.9 .500       1.6 0.0 .000

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Willis Reed C 26 82   3108 1733 1191 190     314 1351 704 .521       435 325 .747
Dick Barnett SG 32 82   2953 1442 251 291     239 1220 565 .463       403 312 .774
Walt Frazier PG 23 80   2949 1403 499 635     245 1052 531 .505       457 341 .746
Cazzie Russell SF 24 50   1645 915 209 115     140 804 362 .450       240 191 .796
Bill Bradley SF 25 82   2413 1020 350 302     295 948 407 .429       253 206 .814
Dave DeBusschere PF 28 47   1851 769 535 128     179 717 317 .442       198 135 .682
Walt Bellamy C 29 35   1136 533 385 77     123 402 204 .507       202 125 .619
Phil Jackson PF 23 47   924 332 246 43     168 294 126 .429       119 80 .672
Howard Komives PG 27 32   836 287 95 137     96 309 107 .346       86 73 .849
Don May SF 23 48   560 204 114 35     64 223 81 .363       58 42 .724
Bill Hosket PF 22 50   351 130 94 19     77 123 53 .431       42 24 .571
Mike Riordan SF 23 54   397 126 57 46     93 144 49 .340       42 28 .667
Nate Bowman C 25 67   607 193 220 53     142 226 82 .363       61 29 .475
Totals     82   19730 9087 4246 2071     2175 7813 3588 .459       2596 1911 .736

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Walt Frazier PG 23 10   415 212 74 91     30 177 89 .503       57 34 .596
Willis Reed C 26 10   429 257 141 19     40 198 101 .510       70 55 .786
Dick Barnett SG 32 10   402 167 35 27     32 163 65 .399       54 37 .685
Dave DeBusschere PF 28 10   419 163 148 33     43 174 61 .351       50 41 .820
Bill Bradley SF 25 10   419 160 73 40     38 141 65 .461       39 30 .769
Mike Riordan SF 23 10   108 52 17 3     27 39 20 .513       16 12 .750
Don May SF 23 9   88 25 23 8     7 30 9 .300       9 7 .778
Cazzie Russell SF 24 5   36 12 5 1     4 21 5 .238       2 2 1.000
Nate Bowman C 25 10   62 11 32 3     16 15 4 .267       3 3 1.000
Bill Hosket PF 22 4   22 6 7 2     3 6 3 .500       1 0 .000
Totals     10   2400 1065 555 227     240 964 422 .438       301 221 .734

HeatingUp Impact Index: Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG)* Impact Index* Notes Awards
Willis Reed Team Anchor/Elite Big 37.9 High 21.1 14.5 2.3 0† 19.1 Franchise leader in scoring & rebounding; team MVP and central defensive anchor of the NBA’s best defensive unit; Knicks went 60-22 and Reed was league MVP.  MVP-2, AS, NBA2
Walt Frazier Primary Facilitator 36.9 High 17.5 6.2 7.9 0† 15.8 Floor general — elite passer and tough defender in clutch moments; crucial on both ends for team balance.  DEF1
Dave DeBusschere Two-Way Enforcer 39.4 High 16.4 11.4 2.7 0† 15.4 Defensive force and rebounding glue piece acquired before this era; helped anchor Knicks’ tough, balanced lineup.  NBA2, DEF1
Dick Barnett Scoring Wing 36.0 Medium-High 17.6 3.1 3.5 0† 11.1 Veteran scorer with unorthodox style and key contributor to balanced offense and defense; Hall of Fame career.  —
Bill Bradley Versatile SF 29.4 Medium 12.4 4.3 3.7 0† 10.2 Reliable role scorer and passer; fit team scheme well in movement offense.  —
Cazzie Russell Secondary Scorer 32.9 Medium 18.3 4.2 2.3 0† 7.4 Scored efficiently in limited minutes; good offensive bubble pop.  —
Mike Riordan Rotation Wing 7.4 Low 2.3 1.1 0.9 0† 2.1 Spot minutes as defensive wing and shooter; part of bench depth.  —
Phil Jackson Role PF 19.7 Low 7.1 5.2 0.9 0† 6.6 Limited offensive role; contributed rebounding and physicality.  —
Nate Bowman Backup C 9.1 Low 2.9 3.3 0.8 0† 3.5 Reserve big providing minutes to give starters rest.  —
Don May Bench SF 11.7 Low 4.3 2.4 0.7 0† 3.7 Limited minutes, spot scoring off bench.  —
Bill Hosket Reserve PF 7.0 Low 2.6 1.9 0.4 0† 2.4 Deep bench role; energy and rebounding.  —
Howard Komives Bench PG 26.1 Low 9.0 3.0 4.3 0† 8.2‡ Early season contributor in smaller role; good distributor when on floor before trade.  —