New York Knicks Opening Day Rosters

1996-1997 New York Knicks Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Scott Brooks PG 5-11 165 Jul 31, 1965 31 UC Irvine 9 1987 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Chris Childs PG 6-3 195 Nov 20, 1967 28 Boise State 3 1989 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Patrick Ewing C 7-0 240 Aug 5, 1962 34 Georgetown 11 1985 1st Rnd, #1, New York Knicks
Allan Houston SG 6-6 205 Apr 20, 1971 25 Tennessee 3 1993 1st Rnd, #11, Detroit Pistons
Chris Jent SF 6-7 220 Jan 11, 1970 26 Ohio State 2 1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Larry Johnson SF 6-6 250 Mar 14, 1969 27 UNLV 5 1991 1st Rnd, #1, Charlotte Hornets (1988)
Dontae Jones PF 6-8 220 Jun 2, 1975 21 Mississippi State 0 1996 1st Rnd, #21, New York Knicks
Eric Leckner FC 6-11 265 May 27, 1966 30 Wyoming 7 1988 1st Rnd, #17, Utah Jazz
Walter McCarty PF 6-10 230 Feb 1, 1974 22 Kentucky 0 1996 1st Rnd, #19, New York Knicks
Charles Oakley PF 6-8 225 Dec 18, 1963 32 Virginia Union 11 1985 1st Rnd, #9, Cleveland Cavaliers
John Starks PG 6-3 180 Aug 10, 1965 31 Oklahoma State 7 1988 NBA Draft, Undrafted
John Wallace PF 6-8 225 Feb 9, 1974 22 Syracuse 0 1996 1st Rnd, #18, New York Knicks
Charlie Ward PG 6-2 190 Oct 12, 1970 26 Florida State 2 1994 1st Rnd, #26, New York Knicks
Buck Williams PF 6-8 215 Mar 8, 1960 36 Maryland 15 1981 1st Rnd, #3, New Jersey Nets
Herb Williams C-F 6-10 242 Feb 16, 1958 38 Ohio State 15 1981 1st Rnd, #14, Indiana Pacers

New York 107, Toronto 99

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ontario)

Attendance: 28,457

Officials: Bennie Adams, Nolan Fine, Hugh Evans

Team Rebounds: New York (13) Toronto (12)

Technicals: New York (0) Toronto (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NYK (1-0) 26 23 25 33 107
TOR (0-1) 28 17 30 24 99

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 102 104.7 96.9
TOR 102 96.9 104.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NYK .515 0.235 0.250 0.544
TOR .513 0.235 0.297 0.244

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 23:00 7-12 0-0 4-9 6.6 0.0 6 6 0 5 2 1 4 18
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 39:00 7-16 3-5 11-12 16.2 0.0 5 5 4 2 3 1 6 28
2 Larry Johnson Starter SF 29:00 4-5 0-0 4-6 5.5 1.0 2 3 3 6 1 0 4 12
21 Charlie Ward Starter PG 29:00 1-3 0-2 2-2 10.5 1.0 4 5 8 3 1 0 2 4
52 Buck Williams Starter PF 35:00 4-6 0-0 4-4 11.0 2.0 4 6 1 4 1 1 1 12
4 Scott Brooks Bench PG 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.8 0.0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0
3 John Starks Bench SG 35:00 7-13 1-4 7-8 19.2 1.0 4 5 5 2 2 1 1 22
44 John Wallace Bench SF 24:00 3-9 0-0 4-8 7.2 4.0 6 10 0 3 2 0 2 10
32 Herb Williams Bench C 20:00 0-4 0-0 1-2 -1.0 2.0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1
  Team                   13            
        240 33-68 4-11 37-51 115.1 11 33 57 23 29 15 5 24 107
          48.5% 36.4% 72.5%                    

Toronto Raptors

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
13 Doug Christie Starter SG 36:00 8-16 4-7 4-6 18.0 0.0 3 3 7 0 4 0 5 24
54 Popeye Jones Starter PF 28:00 2-5 0-0 3-3 8.9 2.0 7 9 1 3 2 0 2 7
20 Damon Stoudamire Starter PG 38:00 9-17 4-7 6-7 16.1 0.0 2 2 10 6 2 0 7 28
3 Zan Tabak Starter C 22:00 0-1 0-0 3-8 3.2 3.0 4 7 2 4 0 2 4 3
42 Walt Williams Starter SF 21:00 2-7 2-5 0-0 -4.5 0.0 1 1 0 6 0 0 3 6
21 Marcus Camby Bench C 15:00 2-5 0-0 1-2 2.5 0.0 4 4 0 6 1 1 0 5
44 Hubert Davis Bench SG 30:00 2-7 1-4 1-2 1.8 0.0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 6
34 Carlos Rogers Bench C 30:00 5-10 1-2 1-2 9.0 5.0 3 8 2 6 1 0 2 12
12 Donald Whiteside Bench PG 01:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sharone Wright Bench PF 19:00 4-9 0-0 0-2 -0.2 1.0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 8
  Team                   12            
        240 34-78 12-25 19-32 96.0 11 26 49 24 38 11 3 24 99
          43.6% 48.0% 59.4%                    

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Charlie Ward
4p, 5r, 8a
Allan Houston
28p, 5r, 4a
Larry Johnson
12p, 3r, 3a
Buck Williams
12p, 6r, 1a
Patrick Ewing
18p, 6r, 0a
Rotation  
 
John Starks
22p, 5r, 5a
John Wallace
10p, 10r, 0a
 
 
Herb Williams
1p, 3r, 0a
Lim PT Scott Brooks
0p, 1r, 2a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Toronto Raptors Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Damon Stoudamire
28p, 2r, 10a
Doug Christie
24p, 3r, 7a
Walt Williams
6p, 1r, 0a
Popeye Jones
7p, 9r, 1a
Zan Tabak
3p, 7r, 2a
Rotation  
 
Hubert Davis
6p, 1r, 2a
 
 
Sharone Wright
8p, 2r, 0a
Carlos Rogers
12p, 8r, 2a
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marcus Camby
5p, 4r, 0a
Lim PT Donald Whiteside
0p, 0r, 0a