> 2005-06 NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS FAST FACTS
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> General Facts
>
> * The Knicks played to 98.7% capacity at the Garden in 2004-05, with
> 32 sellouts in 41 home dates and an average home attendance of 19,516
> (fifth in NBA in both categories).
>
> * The team is entering it's 60th year of competition and is one of
> only two charter members still playing in it's original city (Boston is
> the other).
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> About the Current Team...
>
> * Larry Brown will be the 22nd Head Coach in Knicks History and the
> 21st member of the Knickerbocker Family in the Naismith Memorial
> Basketball Hall of Fame.
>
> * The current roster consists of eight players age 25 or younger. .
> .Jamal Crawford, Michael Sweetney, Jackie Butler, Quentin Richardson,
> Trevor Ariza, Channing Frye, David Lee & Nate Robinson.
>
> * As of today, the 2005-06 Knicks roster has an average age of 25.9,
> the youngest team since the 1988-89 season.
>
> * The Knick roster will feature five new players on the team (Jerome
> James, Quentin Richardson, Channing Frye, Nate Robinson and David Lee). .
> . The most since the 2000-01 season when the Knicks also added five
> players. . . Glen Rice, Erick Strickland, Lavor Postell, Luc Longley and
> Travis Knight
>
> * The Knicks selected three players in the first round of the NBA
> Draft (Frye, Lee, Robinson) for the first time since 1996-97 (John
> Wallace, Walter McCarty, Dontae Jones).
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> * Jamal Crawford is one of only three current NBA players who have
> increased their scoring average in each of their first five NBA seasons
> (Michael Redd and Desmond Mason).
>
> * Allan Houston is the fourth leading scorer in Knicks franchise
> history (11,165) trailing Patrick Ewing (23,665), Walt Frazier (14,617)
> and Willis Reed (12,183).
>
> * In addition to being a solid presence in the middle, newly-signed
> free agent center Jerome James is also the second Knick to also play for
> the Harlem Globetrotters. The other was Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, who was
> also the team's first African-American.
>
> * Stephon Marbury is one of two players (Oscar Robertson) in NBA
> history with career averages of 20+ points (20.6) and 8+ assists (8.3).
> Marbury has been among the NBA Top 10 in assists in EACH of his nine pro
> seasons.
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> * Last season, newly-acquired Quentin Richardson ranked #1 in three
> point FG's made (226) and three-point FG's attempted (631) for the Phoenix
> Suns.
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> * When he appears in his first game, Nate Robinson will be the
> shortest Knick (5'9") since Greg Grant, 5'7" (1990-91) and Wat Misaka,
> 5'7" (1947-48).

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