2000–01 New York Knicks season

The 2000–01 New York Knicks season was the 54th season for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association.

Season summary

Off-season During the off-season, the Knicks acquired All-Star forward Glen Rice from the Los Angeles Lakers in a four-team trade, acquired Erick Strickland from the Dallas Mavericks on draft day, and acquired Luc Longley from the Phoenix Suns; Longley won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls during their second three-peat in the 1990s.

Regular season With the addition of Rice, and in their first season without Patrick Ewing since the 1984–85 season, the Knicks remained a perennial playoff contender, holding a 29–18 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team traded Chris Childs to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for former Knicks guard Mark Jackson and Muggsy Bogues, who never played for the Knicks due to a knee injury, while Strickland was dealt to the Vancouver Grizzlies in exchange for Othella Harrington. The Knicks finished in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 48–34 record, and earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference; the team qualified for the NBA playoffs for the 14th consecutive year.

Allan Houston led the Knicks in scoring with 18.7 points per game, while Latrell Sprewell averaged 17.7 points, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Rice contributed 12.0 points per game. In addition, Marcus Camby provided the team with 12.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, while Kurt Thomas averaged 10.4 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, Larry Johnson provided with 9.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and Charlie Ward contributed 7.1 points and 4.5 assists per game. Meanwhile, Harrington averaged 6.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in 30 games after the trade, and Jackson provided with 5.9 points and 5.6 assists per game in 29 games.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., Houston and Sprewell were both selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, as members of the Eastern Conference All-Star team; it was the final All-Star appearance for both players. In addition, Houston also participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout. The Knicks finished fourth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 810,283 at Madison Square Garden during the regular season.

NBA playoffs In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 2001 NBA playoffs, and for the second consecutive year, the Knicks faced off against the 5th–seeded Raptors, who were led by All-Star guard Vince Carter, All-Star center Antonio Davis, and former Knicks forward Charles Oakley. With the series tied at 1–1, the Knicks won Game 3 over the Raptors on the road, 97–89 at the Air Canada Centre to take a 2–1 series lead. However, the Knicks lost the next two games, which included a Game 5 loss to the Raptors at home, 93–89 at Madison Square Garden, thus losing in a hard-fought five-game series; it was the first time that the Knicks lost in the opening round of the NBA playoffs since the 1990–91 season.

Aftermath Following the season, Rice was traded to the Houston Rockets after only one season in New York. Also following the season, due to lingering injuries, Johnson, Longley and Bogues all retired. The Knicks would not return to the NBA playoffs again until the 2003–04 season.

Offseason After 15 years with the New York Knicks, due to chronological age and injuries, Patrick Ewing parted ways with the organization on September 20, 2000, in a 4-team trade which involves the Seattle SuperSonics, the Phoenix Suns, and the Los Angeles Lakers. In the deal, the Knicks acquire Travis Knight, Glen Rice, and a 2001 1st round draft pick (#27, traded to Vancouver) from the Lakers, Luc Longley from the Phoenix Suns, Lazaro Borrell, Vernon Maxwell, Vladimir Stepania, two 2001 2nd round picks (#s 39 and 43; neither player selected ever played in the NBA), and a 2002 1st round pick (#20, traded to Toronto) from Seattle. During regular season, the Knicks later traded Erick Strickland, a 2001 1st and 2nd round draft picks to the Vancouver Grizzlies for Othella Harrington. And then Chris Childs and a 2002 1st round pick to the Toronto Raptors for Muggsy Bogues and Mark Jackson.

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 22 Donnell Harvey PF Florida 2 39 Lavor Postell SG St. John's

Roster

Roster notes Point guard Muggsy Bogues was acquired by the Knicks from the Toronto Raptors in a mid-season trade, but was placed on the injured reserve list due to a chronic knee injury he sustained with the Raptors, and did not play for the Knicks.

Regular season

Standings

z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot

Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Knicks points Opponents Record Streak Notes 1

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG† 15 0 4.4 .421 .000 .667 .8 .5 .1 .0 1.3 63 63 33.8 .524 .125 .667 11.5 .8 1.0 2.2 12.0† 51 5 25.7 .419 .313 .848 2.7 4.6 .7 .1 4.8† 30 5 18.3 .554 .729 3.3 .7 .5 .6 6.2 78 78 36.6 .449 .381 .909 3.6 2.2 .7 .1 18.7† 29 28 27.1 .411 .310 .529 4.1 5.6 .7 .0 5.9 65 65 32.4 .411 .313 .797 5.6 2.0 .6 .4 9.9 45 0 5.7 .189 .000 .500 1.2 .1 .1 .2 .6 25 2 12.0 .333 .765 2.6 .3 .1 .4 2.0 26 0 6.5 .315 .273 .815 1.0 .2 .2 .1 2.3 75 25 29.5 .440 .389 .852 4.1 1.2 .5 .2 12.0 18 0 6.3 .600 .600 1.9 .1 .1 .1 2.2 77 77 39.2 .430 .304 .783 4.5 3.5 1.4 .4 17.7† 28 0 15.0 .305 .340 .857 1.9 1.0 .8 .0 4.3 77 29 27.6 .511 .333 .814 6.7 .8 .8 .9 10.4 61 33 24.5 .416 .383 .800 2.6 4.5 1.1 .2 7.1

Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG 2 0 2.0 .000 .750 .0 .0 .0 .0 1.5 4 4 35.3 .385 .385 8.0 1.8 .5 2.3 6.3 5 1 15.4 .500 .800 3.0 .4 .8 .4 3.6 5 5 37.8 .594 .545 1.000 1.8 1.4 1.0 .2 20.8 5 5 31.2 .500 .250 1.000 5.2 5.2 1.6 .0 9.0 1 0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 5 0 28.8 .462 .429 .875 4.4 .6 .6 .2 12.2 2 0 2.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 5 5 42.4 .407 .214 .760 3.0 3.4 1.0 .2 18.4 5 5 37.2 .532 .710 11.2 1.8 .4 1.0 14.4 5 0 17.2 .296 .250 1.000 1.4 1.4 .4 .0 5.0

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Awards and records

Records

Milestones

2000–01 New York Knicks season

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