Dennis Johnson was the starting guard on that team and Brown was off the bench.
Starting forward was Lonnie Shelton! He was a former knick. he was the 25 pick over all in '77 but in two years let the league in foul trouble and of course never lived up to comparisons of him of Willis.
When we signed Marvin Webster as a free agent we had to give him up as compensation and we swapped picks too with Seattle.
Seattle loses Webster who was a big 7 footer, gains Shelton and wins the title that year!
Another great move by the knicks of that era!