# Temporada 1979-80 de los New York Knicks

La temporada 1979-80 fue la trigésimo cuarta de los New York Knicks en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 39 victorias y 43 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la conferencia, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 3 | Bill Cartwright | Pívot | Estados Unidos | San Francisco |
| 1 | 9 | Larry Demic | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Arizona |
| 1 | 21 | Sly Williams | Alero | Estados Unidos | Rhode Island |
| 2 | 27 | Reggie Carter | Escolta | Estados Unidos | St. John's |
| 3 | 50 | Geoff Huston | Base | Estados Unidos | Texas Tech |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Boston Celtics | 61 | 21 | .744 | – | 35–6 | 26–15 | 17–7 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 59 | 23 | .720 | 2 | 36–5 | 23–18 | 19–5 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 22 | 24–17 | 15–26 | 9–15 |
| New York Knicks | 39 | 43 | .476 | 22 | 25–16 | 14–27 | 8–16 |
| New Jersey Nets | 34 | 48 | .415 | 27 | 22–19 | 12–29 | 7–17 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Bill Cartwright | 22 | 82 | 38.4 | 8.1 | 14.8 | .547 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 5.5 | 6.9 | .797 | 2.4 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 21.7 |
| 2 | Micheal Ray Richardson | 24 | 82 | 37.3 | 6.1 | 13.0 | .472 | 0.3 | 1.3 | .245 | 2.7 | 4.1 | .660 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 15.3 |
| 3 | Toby Knight | 24 | 81 | 36.4 | 8.3 | 15.6 | .529 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.6 | 3.2 | .808 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 19.1 |
| 4 | Ray Williams | 25 | 82 | 31.5 | 8.4 | 16.9 | .496 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .189 | 4.1 | 5.2 | .787 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 20.9 |
| 5 | Joe Meriweather | 26 | 65 | 24.1 | 3.9 | 7.3 | .528 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.2 | 1.9 | .645 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Larry Demic | 22 | 82 | 22.8 | 2.8 | 6.4 | .436 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.3 | 2.2 | .601 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Hollis Copeland | 24 | 75 | 15.2 | 2.4 | 4.9 | .495 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .733 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| 8 | Marvin Webster | 27 | 20 | 14.9 | 1.9 | 4.0 | .481 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.6 | 0.8 | .750 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| 9 | Geoff Huston | 22 | 71 | 13.0 | 1.3 | 3.4 | .390 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .176 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .737 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| 10 | Earl Monroe | 35 | 51 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 6.9 | .457 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.1 | 1.3 | .875 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 7.4 |
| 11 | Jim Cleamons | 30 | 22 | 11.5 | 1.4 | 3.1 | .435 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .375 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .800 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 12 | Mike Glenn | 24 | 75 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 4.9 | .516 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .200 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .863 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| 13 | Sly Williams | 22 | 57 | 9.8 | 1.8 | 4.7 | .390 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.6 | .644 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 4.7 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Bill Cartwright | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA All-Star |
| Micheal Ray Richardson | All-Star |