Team: | New York Knicks |
End Year: | 2016 |
Wins: | 32 |
Losses: | 50 |
Division: | Atlantic |
Division Place: | 3 |
Conf Place: | 13 |
Coach: | Derek Fisher (through February 8, 2016)[1] Kurt Rambis (after February 8, 2016)[2] |
Gm: | Steve Mills |
President: | Phil Jackson |
Owners: | The Madison Square Garden Company |
Arena: | Madison Square Garden |
Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
Bbr Team: | NYK |
Television: | MSG TV |
Radio: | WEPN-FM |
The 2015–16 New York Knicks season was the 70th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[3]
The season is notable when Kristaps Porzingis gained national attention when he was booed after being drafted fourth overall in the 2015 NBA draft.
Derek Fisher in just his second season as Knicks head coach was fired on February 8, 2016 and assistant coach Kurt Rambis took over for the rest of the season.
See main article: 2015 NBA draft.
With their sole selection in the 2015 NBA draft, the New York Knicks selected the originally labelled 7'1" (later revealed to actually be 7'3") power forward/center from Latvia named Kristaps Porziņģis. At the time of his selection, the crowd supporting the team had greeted him with boos and jeers against him, with Stephen A. Smith originally expressing doubts and concerns with this selection. However, months after his selection, Porziņģis became an immediate star player for the Knicks, growing a huge crowd of support for himself the further the season went on, with even Stephen A. Smith changing his original stance on his later on in the season. Porziņģis would end the season with winning each Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month Award, as well as earning easy support for an NBA All-Rookie First Team spot. He was also considered the runner-up for the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, falling just short of that draft year's #1 pick, Karl-Anthony Towns.|- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 | October 7| Bauru| 100–81| Carmelo Anthony (17)| Galloway, O'Quinn (8)| Grant, O'Quinn (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,037| 1–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2 | October 9| @ Washington| 115–104| Carmelo Anthony (21)| O'Quinn, Porzingis (10)| Jose Calderón (7)| Verizon Center
14,267| 2–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 | October 12| Philadelphia| 94–88| Derrick Williams (21)| Lou Amundson (9)| Jerian Grant (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,255| 3–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4 | October 16| Boston| 101–95| Derrick Williams (19)| Kyle O'Quinn (11)| Calderón, Galloway (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,421| 4–0|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5 | October 17| @ Charlotte| 93–97| Cleanthony Early (17)| Derrick Williams (5)| Galloway, Thomas (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
11,632| 4–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 6 | October 22| @ Boston| 85–99| José Calderón (17)| Kyle O'Quinn (11)| Kristaps Porziņģis (4)| TD Garden
16,101| 4–2
|- style="background:#bfb;"| 1| October 28| @ Milwaukee| | Derrick Williams (24)| Kyle O'Quinn (11)| Anthony, Grant (5)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
18,717| 1–0|-style="background:#fbb;"| 2| October 29| Atlanta| | Carmelo Anthony (25)| Kyle O'Quinn (10)| Jerian Grant (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 1–1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 3| October 31| @ Washington| | Carmelo Anthony (37)| Robin Lopez (8)| Anthony, Galloway, Vujačić (4)| Verizon Center
20,356| 2–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4| November 2| San Antonio| | Carmelo Anthony (19)| Kristaps Porziņģis (14)| Robin Lopez (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 2–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5| November 4| @ Cleveland| | Carmelo Anthony (17)| Carmelo Anthony (12)| José Calderón (5)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 2–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 6| November 6| Milwaukee| | Carmelo Anthony (17)| Kristaps Porziņģis (12)| Carmelo Anthony (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 2–4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 7| November 8| L.A. Lakers| | Carmelo Anthony (24)| Robin Lopez (13)| Jerian Grant (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812 | 3–4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 8| November 10| @ Toronto| | Carmelo Anthony (23)| Robin Lopez (8)| Galloway, Grant (4)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 4–4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 9| November 11| @ Charlotte| | Carmelo Anthony (29)| Kristaps Porziņģis (15)| Calderón, Grant (5)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,643| 4–5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 10| November 13| Cleveland| | Carmelo Anthony (26)| Williams, Porziņģis (7)| Anthony, Afflalo (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 4–6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 11| November 15| New Orleans| | Carmelo Anthony (29)| Carmelo Anthony (13)| Anthony, Calderón, Grant, Lopez (3)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 5–6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 12| November 17| Charlotte| | Kristaps Porziņģis (29)| Anthony, Porziņģis (11)| Anthony, Grant (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 6–6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 13| November 20| @ Oklahoma City| | Carmelo Anthony (25)| Robin Lopez (7)| José Calderón (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203 | 7–6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 14| November 21| @ Houston| | Kristaps Porzingis (24)| Kristaps Porzingis (14)| José Calderón (7)| Toyota Center
18,226| 8–6|- style="background:#fbb;"| 15| November 23| @ Miami| | Carmelo Anthony (21)| Kristaps Porzingis (14)| Carmelo Anthony (4)| American Airlines Arena
19,777 | 8–7|- style="background:#fbb;"| 16| November 25| @ Orlando| | Carmelo Anthony (25)| Carmelo Anthony (13)| José Calderón (4)| Amway Center
18,846| 8–8|- style="background:#fbb;"| 17| November 27| Miami| | Anthony, Porzingis (11)| Quinn, Porzingis (8)| Jerian Grant (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 8–9|- style="background:#fbb;"| 18| November 29| Houston| | Arron Afflalo (31)| Kristaps Porzingis (13)| Afflalo, Calderón, Galloway, Seraphin (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 8–10|- style="background:#bfb;"| 19| December 2| Philadelphia| | Kristaps Porzingis (17)| Kristaps Porzingis (10)| José Calderón (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 9–10|- style="background:#bfb;"| 20| December 4| Brooklyn| | Carmelo Anthony (28)| Kristaps Porzingis (10)| José Calderón (10)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 10–10|- style="background:#fbb;"| 21| December 5| @ Milwaukee| | Carmelo Anthony (18)| Kristaps Porzingis (7)| Calderón, Seraphin (5)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
16,223| 10–11|- style="background:#fbb;"| 22| December 7| Dallas| | Kristaps Porzingis (28)| José Calderón (7)| Carmelo Anthony (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 10–12|- style="background:#fbb;"| 23| December 9| @ Utah| | Carmelo Anthony (13)| Kyle O'Quinn (6)| Sasha Vujacic (7)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,586| 10–13|- style="background:#fbb;"| 24| December 10| @ Sacramento| | Carmelo Anthony (23)| Carmelo Anthony (14)| Carmelo Anthony (4)| Sleep Train Arena
17,317| 10–14|- style="background:#bfb;"| 25| December 12| @ Portland| | Carmelo Anthony (37)| Lopez, Quinn (7)| Derrick Williams (4)| Moda Center
19,511| 11–14|- style="background:#bfb;"| 26 | December 16 | Minnesota | | Arron Afflalo (29)| Carmelo Anthony (15)| Carmelo Anthony (9)| Madison Square Garden
19,812 | 12–14|- style="background:#bfb;"| 27| December 18| @ Philadelphia| | Arron Afflalo (22)| Afflalo, Quinn (7)| José Calderón (6)| Wells Fargo Center
17,880| 13–14|- style="background:#bfb;"| 28 | December 19| Chicago | | Carmelo Anthony (27)| Kyle O'Quinn (10)| José Calderón (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 14–14|- style="background:#fbb;"| 29| December 21| Orlando | | Carmelo Anthony (23)| Lopez, Porzingis (8)| Carmelo Anthony (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 14–15|- style="background:#fbb;"| 30| December 23| @ Cleveland| | Kristaps Porzingis (23)| Kristaps Porzingis (13)| José Calderón (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 14–16|- style="background:#fbb;"| 31| December 26| @ Atlanta| | Carmelo Anthony (18)| Carmelo Anthony (12)| José Calderón (8)| Philips Arena
19,015| 14–17|- style="background:#fbb;"| 32| December 27| @ Boston| | Carmelo Anthony (29)| Kristaps Porzingis (12)| Langston Galloway (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 14–18|- style="background:#bfb;"| 33| December 29| Detroit| | Carmelo Anthony (24)| Robin Lopez (7)| José Calderón (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 15–18|- style="background:#fbb;"| 34 | January 1| @ Chicago| | Carmelo Anthony (20)| Kristaps Porzingis (9)| José Calderón (4)| United Center
22,443| 15–19|-style="background:#bfb;"| 35| January 3| Atlanta| | Arron Afflalo (38)| Robin Lopez (11)| Jerian Grant (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 16–19|-style="background:#bfb;"| 36| January 5| @ Atlanta| | Afflalo, Anthony (23)| Anthony, Porzingis (11)| José Calderón (6)| Philips Arena
15,082| 17–19|-style="background:#bfb;"| 37| January 6| @ Miami| | Anthony (25)| Derrick Williams (8)| Carmelo Anthony (4)| American Airlines Arena
19,987| 18–19|-style="background:#fbb;"| 38| January 8| @ San Antonio| | Kristaps Porzingis (28)| Carmelo Anthony (12)| José Calderón (5)| AT&T Center
18,420| 18–20|-style="background:#bfb;"| 39| January 10| Milwaukee| | Carmelo Anthony (24)| Carmelo Anthony (10)| Carmelo Anthony (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 19–20|-style="background:#bfb;"| 40| January 12| Boston| | Kristaps Porzingis (26)| Derrick Williams (10)| Jerian Grant (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 20–20|-style="background:#fbb;"| 41| January 13| @ Brooklyn| | Arron Afflalo (18)| Robin Lopez (12)| Langston Galloway (5)| Barclays Center
17,732| 20–21|- style="background:#fbb;"| 42| January 16| @ Memphis| | Kristaps Porzingis (17)| Langston Galloway (11)| Calderón, Galloway (5)| FedEx Forum
18,119| 20–22|- style="background:#bfb;"| 43| January 18| Philadelphia| | Arron Afflalo (25)| Kristaps Porzingis (12)| Carmelo Anthony (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 21–22|- style="background:#bfb;"| 44| January 20| Utah| | Carmelo Anthony (30)| Robin Lopez (12)| Carmelo Anthony (9)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 22–22|- style="background:#fbb;"| 45| January 22| L. A. Clippers| | Carmelo Anthony (16)| Kristaps Porzingis (8)| Jerian Grant (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 22–23|-style="background:#fbb;"| 46| January 23| @ Charlotte| | Derrick Williams (19)| Derrick Williams (14)| José Calderón (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,768| 22–24|- style="background:#fbb;"| 47| January 26| Oklahoma City| | Langston Galloway (21)| Derrick Williams (10)| José Calderón (6) | Madison Square Garden
19,812| 22–25|- style="background:#fbb;"| 48| January 28| @ Toronto| | Arron Afflalo (20)| Robin Lopez (8)| Jerian Grant (6)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 22–26|- style="background:#bfb;"| 49| January 29| Phoenix| | Carmelo Anthony (19)| Carmelo Anthony (10)| Carmelo Anthony (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 23–26|- style="background:#fbb;"| 50| January 31| Golden State| | Carmelo Anthony (24)| Carmelo Anthony (10)| Langston Galloway (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 23–27|- style="background:#fbb;"| 51| February 2| Boston| | Arron Afflalo (18)| Carmelo Anthony (14)| Carmelo Anthony (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 23–28|- style="background:#fbb;"| 52| February 4| @ Detroit| | Robin Lopez (26)| Robin Lopez (16)| Carmelo Anthony (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
17,095| 23–29|- style="background:#fbb;"| 53| February 5| Memphis| | José Calderón (18)| Lopez, Porzingis (10)| José Calderón (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 23–30|- style="background:#fbb;"| 54| February 7| Denver| | Anthony, Porzingis (21)| Kristaps Porzingis (13)| Carmelo Anthony (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 23–31|- style="background:#fbb;"| 55| February 9| Washington| | Carmelo Anthony (33)| Carmelo Anthony (13)| José Calderón (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 23–32|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#fbb;"| 56| February 19| @ Brooklyn| | Carmelo Anthony (22)| Kristaps Porzingis (8)| Carmelo Anthony (6)| Barclays Center
17,732| 23–33|- style="background:#bfb;"| 57| February 20| @ Minnesota| | Carmelo Anthony (30)| Robin Lopez (16)| Carmelo Anthony (4)| Target Center
16,663| 24–33|- style="background:#fbb;"| 58| February 22| Toronto| | Carmelo Anthony (23)| Robin Lopez (13)| Carmelo Anthony (5) | Madison Square Garden
19,812| 24–34|- style="background:#fbb;"| 59| February 24| @ Indiana| | Kristaps Porzingis (22)| Anthony, Lopez (7)| Calderón, Galloway, Thomas (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,018| 24–35|- style="background:#bfb;"| 60| February 26| Orlando| | Carmelo Anthony (19)| Arron Afflalo (12)| Carmelo Anthony (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 25–35|- style="background:#fbb;"| 61| February 28| Miami| | Carmelo Anthony (25)| Robin Lopez (14)| Anthony, Galloway (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 25–36|- style="background:#fbb;"| 62| March 1| Portland| | Carmelo Anthony (23)| Carmelo Anthony (10)| Carmelo Anthony (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 25–37|- style="background:#fbb;"| 63| March 4| @ Boston| | Carmelo Anthony (30)| Robin Lopez (12)| José Calderón (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 25–38|- style="background:#bfb;"| 64| March 5| Detroit| | Carmelo Anthony (24)| Carmelo Anthony (10)| Carmelo Anthony (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 26–38|- style="background:#fbb;"| 65| March 8| @ Denver| | Carmelo Anthony (30)| Grant, Porzingis (7)| Anthony, Calderón (4)| Pepsi Center
13,305| 26–39|- style="background:#bfb;"| 66| March 9| @ Phoenix| | Anthony, Vujacic (23)| Robin Lopez (8)| José Calderón (12)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
17,105| 27–39|- style="background:#fbb;"| 67| March 11| @ L. A. Clippers| | Kristaps Porzingis (23)| Robin Lopez (19)| José Calderón (7) | STAPLES Center
19,175| 27–40|- style="background:#bfb;"| 68| March 13| @ L. A. Lakers| | Carmelo Anthony (26)| Carmelo Anthony (12)| José Calderón (6)| STAPLES Center
18,997| 28–40|- style="background:#fbb;"| 69| March 16| @ Golden State| | Carmelo Anthony (18)| Kristaps Porziņģis (7)| Carmelo Anthony (6)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 28–41|- style="background:#fbb;"| 70| March 19| @ Washington| | Anthony, Porziņģis (30)| Kevin Seraphin (9)| Carmelo Anthony (5)| Verizon Center
20,356| 28–42|- style="background:#fbb;"| 71| March 20| Sacramento| | Robin Lopez (23)| Robin Lopez (20)| José Calderón (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 28–43|-style="background:#bfb;"| 72| March 23| @ Chicago| | Kristaps Porziņģis (29)| Robin Lopez (13)| José Calderón (8)| United Center
21,788| 29–43|-style="background:#bfb;"| 73| March 24| Chicago| | Carmelo Anthony (26)| Kristaps Porziņģis (10)| José Calderón (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 30–43|- style="background:#fbb;"| 74| March 26| Cleveland| | Carmelo Anthony (28)| Carmelo Anthony (9)| José Calderón (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 30–44|- style="background:#fbb;"| 75| March 28| @ New Orleans| | Carmelo Anthony (22)| Kristaps Porziņģis (10)| Carmelo Anthony (6)| Smoothie King Center
17,000| 30–45|- style="background:#fbb;"| 76| March 30| @ Dallas| | Carmelo Anthony (31)| Robin Lopez (9)| Langston Galloway (3)| American Airlines Center
20,435| 30–46|- style="background:#bfb;"| 77| April 1| Brooklyn| | Langston Galloway (18)| Kevin Seraphin (7)| Langston Galloway (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 31–46|- style="background:#fbb;"| 78| April 3| Indiana| | Sasha Vujacic (21)| Robin Lopez (15)| Langston Galloway (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 31–47|- style="background:#fbb;"| 79| April 6| Charlotte| | Derrick Williams (17)| Derrick Williams (10)| Carmelo Anthony (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 31–48|- style="background:#bfb;"| 80| April 8| @ Philadelphia| | Robin Lopez (24)| Robin Lopez (15)| Jerian Grant (6)| Wells Fargo Center
16,076| 32–48|- style="background:#fbb;"| 81| April 10| Toronto| | Carmelo Anthony (21)| Kyle O'Quinn (10)| Langston Galloway (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 32–49|- style="background:#fbb;"| 82| April 12| @ Indiana| | Derrick Williams (21)| Kyle O'Quinn (7)| Sasha Vujacic (6)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,906| 32–50
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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82 | 82 | 27.1 | .539 | .000 | .795 | 7.3 | 1.4 | .2 | 1.6 | 10.3 | ||
82 | 7 | 24.8 | .393 | .344 | .754 | 3.5 | 2.5 | .9 | .3 | 7.6 | ||
80 | 9 | 17.9 | .450 | .293 | .758 | 3.7 | .9 | .4 | .1 | 9.3 | ||
76 | 6 | 16.6 | .394 | .220 | .780 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .7 | .1 | 5.6 | ||
72 | 72 | 35.1 | .434 | .339 | .829 | 7.7 | 4.2 | .9 | .5 | 21.8 | ||
72 | 72 | 28.4 | .421 | .333 | .838 | 7.3 | 1.3 | .7 | 1.9 | 14.3 | ||
72 | 72 | 28.1 | .459 | .414 | .875 | 3.2 | 4.1 | .9 | .1 | 7.6 | ||
71 | 57 | 33.4 | .443 | .382 | .840 | 3.7 | 2.0 | .4 | .1 | 12.8 | ||
65 | 1 | 11.8 | .476 | .227 | .767 | 3.8 | 1.1 | .3 | .8 | 4.8 | ||
61 | 25 | 14.9 | .383 | .364 | .821 | 2.4 | 1.4 | .6 | .1 | 4.9 | ||
59 | 5 | 22.3 | .442 | .404 | .857 | 2.2 | .9 | .4 | .1 | 8.2 | ||
48 | 0 | 11.0 | .410 | .000 | .826 | 2.6 | 1.0 | .2 | .8 | 3.9 | ||
29 | 0 | 7.0 | .358 | .519 | 1.7 | .4 | .2 | .2 | 1.8 | |||
17 | 2 | 9.1 | .300 | .267 | .750 | 1.5 | .4 | .1 | .2 | 1.8 | ||
2 | 0 | 3.0 | .750 | .000 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 | |||
† | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .800 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 3.5 |
June 25, 2015 | To Atlanta Hawks Tim Hardaway Jr. (from New York) Two future second-round picks (from Washington) | To New York Knicks Draft rights to Jerian Grant (from Washington) | |
To Washington Wizards Draft rights to Kelly Oubre, Jr. (from Atlanta) |
Player | Signed | Former Team | |
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Arron Afflalo[5] | Signed 2-year contract worth $16 million | Portland Trail Blazers | |
Robin Lopez[6] | Signed 4-year contract worth $54 million | Portland Trail Blazers | |
Kyle O'Quinn[7] | Signed 4-year contract worth $16 million | Orlando Magic | |
Derrick Williams[8] | Signed 2-year contract worth $8.8 million | Sacramento Kings | |
Sasha Vujacic[9] | Signed 1-year contract worth $1.3 million | İstanbul BB | |
Thanasis Antetokounmpo[10] | Signed 2-year contract worth $1.4 million | Westchester Knicks | |
Kevin Seraphin[11] | Signed 1-year contract worth $2.8 million | Washington Wizards |
Player | Reason Left | New Team | |
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Shane Larkin[12] | Signed 2-year contract worth $3 million | Brooklyn Nets | |
Cole Aldrich[13] | Signed 2-year contract worth $2.3 million | Los Angeles Clippers | |
Jason Smith[14] | Signed 1-year contract worth $4.5 million | Orlando Magic | |
Alexey Shved[15] | Signed 3-year contract | Khimki | |
Andrea Bargnani[16] | Signed 2-year contract worth $2.9 million | Brooklyn Nets | |
Quincy Acy[17] | Signed 2-year contract worth $2 million | Sacramento Kings | |
Ricky Ledo[18] | Waived | Reno Bighorns |