2008–09 New York Knicks season

2008–09 New York Knicks season
2008–09 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Mike D'Antoni
President	Donnie Walsh
General manager	Donnie Walsh
Owner	Cablevision
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	32–50 (.390)
Place	Division: 3rd (Atlantic); Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	MSG Network, MSG Plus
Radio	WEPN
< 2007–08	2009–10 >

The 2008–09 New York Knicks season was the 63rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	—	35–6	27–14	15–1
x-Philadelphia 76ers	41	41	.500	21	24–17	17–24	6–10
New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	28	19–22	15–26	8–8
Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	29	18–23	15–26	6–10
New York Knicks	32	50	.390	30	20–21	12–29	5–11

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Wilson Chandler	82	70	33.4	.431	.328	.795	5.4	2.1	.9	.9	14.4
Mardy Collins^†	9	0	8.3	.348	.000	.444	.9	1.1	.2	.0	2.2
Jamal Crawford^†	11	11	35.6	.432	.455	.761	1.5	4.4	.8	.0	19.6
Joe Crawford	2	0	11.5	.300	.250	1.000	2.0	.5	.5	.0	4.5
Eddy Curry	3	0	4.0	1.000	.000	.333	1.3	.0	.0	.0	1.7
Chris Duhon	79	78	36.8	.422	.391	.856	3.1	7.2	.9	.1	11.1
Danilo Gallinari	28	2	14.7	.448	.444	.963	2.0	.5	.5	.1	6.1
Al Harrington^†	68	51	35.0	.446	.362	.804	6.3	1.4	1.2	.3	20.7
Larry Hughes^†	25	14	27.5	.390	.385	.794	2.6	2.4	1.4	.2	11.2
Jerome James	2	0	5.0	.375	.000	.000	1.5	.0	.5	.5	3.0
Jared Jeffries	56	36	23.4	.440	.083	.611	4.1	1.4	.8	.6	5.3
David Lee	81	74	34.9	.549	.000	.755	11.7	2.1	1.0	.3	16.0
Demetris Nichols^†	2	0	4.5	.400	.000	.500	1.0	.0	.0	.5	2.5
Zach Randolph^†	11	11	35.3	.434	.292	.821	12.5	1.4	1.2	.3	20.5
Quentin Richardson	72	51	26.3	.393	.365	.761	4.4	1.6	.7	.1	10.2
Anthony Roberson^†	23	0	11.0	.379	.338	1.000	.7	.8	.4	.0	4.7
Nate Robinson	74	11	29.9	.437	.326	.841	3.9	4.1	1.3	.1	17.2
Malik Rose^†	18	0	8.9	.268	.000	.727	1.7	.6	.1	.1	1.7
Cheikh Samb^†	2	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Mouhamed Sene^†	1	0	6.0	.500	.000	1.000	5.0	.0	.0	1.0	3.0
Courtney Sims^†	1	0	11.0	.500	.000	.000	4.0	.0	.0	.0	6.0
Tim Thomas^†	36	1	21.5	.461	.421	.806	3.1	1.3	.6	.3	9.6
Chris Wilcox^†	25	0	13.2	.529	.000	.509	3.3	.6	.3	.2	5.4

July 28, 2008	To Denver Nuggets Renaldo Balkman	To New York Knicks Taurean Green Bobby Jones 2010 second round draft pick
August 29, 2008	To Houston Rockets Frédéric Weis	To New York Knicks Patrick Ewing Jr.
November 21, 2008	To Golden State Warriors Jamal Crawford	To New York Knicks Al Harrington
November 21, 2008	To Los Angeles Clippers Zach Randolph Mardy Collins	To New York Knicks Tim Thomas Cuttino Mobley
February 19, 2009	To Chicago Bulls Jerome James Anthony Roberson Tim Thomas	To New York Knicks Larry Hughes
February 19, 2009	To Oklahoma City Thunder Malik Rose	To New York Knicks Chris Wilcox

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