2005–06 New York Knicks season explained

The 2005–06 New York Knicks season was the 60th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The Knicks had the eighth pick in the 2005 NBA draft, and selected Channing Frye from the University of Arizona.^[2] During the off-season, the Knicks hired head coach Larry Brown,^[3] acquired Eddy Curry and Antonio Davis from the Chicago Bulls, and acquired Quentin Richardson and rookie guard Nate Robinson from the Phoenix Suns.^{[4] [5]} At mid-season, they traded Penny Hardaway and second-year forward Trevor Ariza to the Orlando Magic in exchange for All-Star guard Steve Francis,^[6] and dealt Davis back to his former team, the Toronto Raptors, in exchange for Jalen Rose.^[7]

The Knicks finished with a 23–59 record, which left them in last place in the Atlantic Division.^[8] They had the fewest wins in the Eastern Conference in the 2005–06 season, and only the Portland Trail Blazers had fewer wins in the NBA with a 21–61 record.^[9] The Knicks' payroll for the 2005-2006 season was $124 million, putting them $74.5 million above the salary cap, and $62.3 million above the luxury tax line.^{[10] [11]}

Stephon Marbury led the team with 16.3 points and 6.4 assists per game, while Jamal Crawford finished second on the team in scoring with 14.3 points per game, and Curry provided them with 13.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Frye averaged 12.3 points per game,^[8] and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team,^[9] and Robinson won the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in Houston.^[12] Following the season, Brown was fired after spending only one season with the team. Isiah Thomas, the Knicks' general manager, was named head coach for the 2006–07 season.^[13]

This was the Knicks' first season since 1995–96 without Allan Houston on the roster as he retired from the NBA on October 17, 2005.^[14]

NBA draft

See main article: 2005 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8	Channing Frye	C		Arizona
1	30	David Lee	F		Florida
2	54	Dijon Thompson	G/F		UCLA

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

2005-06 NBA Records
width=100	Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOK	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
	—	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–3
	1–2	—	2–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–3
	3–1	1–2	—	2–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–3
	3–0	4–0	2–2	—	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–1
	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–3
	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1
	3–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–3
	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–2
	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	3–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–0
	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2
	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–4	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	—	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0
	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1
	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
New York	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3
	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
	2–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–2
	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1
	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	—	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2
	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1
	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	3–1	1–1
	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–2
	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	1–3	0–3	1–3	2–0	—	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	79	27	32.3	.416	.345	.826	3.1	3.8	1.1	.2	14.3
	72	69	25.9	.563		.632	6.0	.3	.4	.8	13.6
	72	35	15.5	.374	1.000	.781	3.6	.9	.6	.2	4.4
	72	26	21.4	.407	.397	.752	2.3	2.0	.8	.0	9.3
	67	14	16.9	.596		.577	4.5	.6	.4	.3	5.1
	67	13	18.1	.468	.000	.699	3.4	.8	.3	.2	6.3
	65	14	24.2	.477	.333	.825	5.8	.8	.5	.7	12.3
	60	60	36.6	.451	.317	.755	2.9	6.4	1.1	.1	16.3
	55	43	26.2	.355	.340	.670	4.2	1.6	.7	.1	8.2
	55	0	13.5	.544		.753	3.3	.5	.3	.6	5.3
	49	16	20.7	.508	.367	.645	3.9	1.0	.7	.3	6.7
	45	9	9.0	.463		.625	2.0	.3	.1	.5	3.0
^†	36	31	20.8	.428	.000	.738	4.8	.4	.6	.3	5.0
^†	36	10	19.7	.418	.333	.545	3.8	1.3	1.2	.3	4.6
^†	26	23	28.7	.460	.491	.812	3.2	2.6	.4	.1	12.7
^†	24	15	27.5	.442	.538	.761	3.0	3.5	1.0	.3	10.8
	8	0	14.3	.375	.333	.500	2.1	.8	.1	.0	2.8
^†	6	5	15.5	.367	.250	.750	4.0	1.0	.7	.0	4.3
	4	0	18.0	.286	.000	1.000	2.5	2.0	.5	.0	2.5

See also

• 2005–06 NBA season

Notes and References

1. Web site: New York Knicks . Basketball-Reference . January 22, 2020.
2. Web site: 2005 NBA Draft. Basketball-Reference. October 18, 2021.
3. News: Beck . Howard . Brown Is Set to Become Next Coach of Knicks . . July 27, 2005 . September 18, 2021.
4. Web site: Curry trade complete as Bulls, Knicks make five-player deal . . SportsTicker . October 4, 2005 . September 18, 2021.
5. Web site: Suns send first-round pick Robinson to Knicks . ESPN . . June 29, 2005 . September 18, 2021.
6. Web site: Knicks get Steve Francis from Orlando . . February 22, 2006 . September 18, 2021.
7. Web site: Raptors trade Jalen Rose. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 3, 2006. October 18, 2021.
8. Web site: 2005–06 New York Knicks Roster and Stats . Basketball-Reference . May 20, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232522/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/2006.html. April 15, 2009 . live.
9. Web site: 2005–06 NBA Season Summary . Basketball-Reference . May 20, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090427062211/http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2006.html. April 27, 2009 . live.
10. Web site: NBA: Feb. 2, 2006 . . February 2, 2006 . July 28, 2010 .
11. News: NBA Notebook: NBA, union sign deal . . July 31, 2005 . July 28, 2010 .
12. Web site: Wong. Matt. Robinson wins dunkfest amid controversy. ESPN. February 19, 2006. October 18, 2021.
13. Web site: Knicks fire Brown, name Thomas new coach . ESPN . June 23, 2006 . November 25, 2015.
14. Web site: Allan Houston retires after 12 seasons. ESPN. Associated Press. October 17, 2005. January 5, 2024.