Team: | New York Knicks |
End Year: | 2022 |
Coach: | Tom Thibodeau |
Gm: | Scott Perry |
President: | Leon Rose |
Owners: | Madison Square Garden Sports |
Arena: | Madison Square Garden |
Wins: | 37 |
Losses: | 45 |
Division: | Atlantic |
Division Place: | 5 |
Conf Place: | 11 |
Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
Bbr Team: | NYK |
Television: | MSG TV |
Radio: | WEPN-FM |
The 2021–22 New York Knicks season was the 76th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On March 31, 2022, the Knicks were eliminated from playoff contention after the Atlanta Hawks won against the Cleveland Cavaliers.[1]
See main article: article and 2021 NBA draft.
Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/club | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 19 | Kai Jones | C | Texas | ||
1 | 21 | Keon Johnson | SG | Tennessee | ||
2 | 32 | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | PF | Villanova | ||
2 | 58 | Jericho Sims | PF | Texas |
The preseason schedule was announced on August 24, 2021.[8] |- style="background:#bfb;"| 1| October 5| Indiana| | Randle (20)| Randle (9)| Quickley (7)| Madison Square Garden
10,090| 1–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2| October 9| @ Washington| | Barrett (18)| Sims (13)| Rose (8)| Capital One Arena
8,060| 2–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3| October 13| Detroit| | Randle (29)| Randle (11)| Barrett (6)| Madison Square Garden
11,226| 3–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4| October 15| Washington| | Rose (28)| Randle (10)| Rose, Walker (6)| Madison Square Garden
12,258| 4–0
The regular season schedule was released on August 20, 2021.[9] |- style="background:#bfb;"| 1| October 20| Boston| | Randle (35)| Robinson (17)| Randle (9)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 1–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2| October 22| @ Orlando| | Randle (21)| Randle (10)| Burks, Randle, Rose (7)| Amway Center
18,846| 2–0|- style="background:#fbb;"| 3| October 24| Orlando| | Randle (30)| Randle (16)| Barrett (5)| Madison Square Garden
16,273| 2–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4| October 26| Philadelphia| | Walker (19)| Randle (11)| Randle (7)| Madison Square Garden
15,218| 3–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 5| October 28| @ Chicago| | Walker (21)| Randle (16)| Randle (9)| United Center
20,972| 4–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 6| October 30| @ New Orleans| | Barrett (35)| Barrett (8)| Barrett (6)| Smoothie King Center
16,508| 5–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7| November 1| Toronto| | Barrett (27)| Robinson (12)| Quickley, Randle (5)| Madison Square Garden
16,528| 5–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 8| November 3| @ Indiana| | Barrett (23)| Randle (14)| Walker (4)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
11,607| 5–3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 9| November 5| @ Milwaukee| | Randle (32)| Noel (13)| Randle, Rose (4)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 6–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 10| November 7| Cleveland| | Randle (19)| Randle, Robinson (7)| Randle (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,040| 6–4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 11| November 8| @ Philadelphia| | Randle (31)| Randle (12)| Walker (5)| Wells Fargo Center
20,224| 7–4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 12| November 10| Milwaukee| | Rose (22)| Gibson (9)| Rose (7)| Madison Square Garden
18,027| 7–5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 13| November 12| @ Charlotte| | Walker (26)| Burks (9)| Randle (5)| Spectrum Center
19,257| 7–6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 14| November 15| Indiana| | Quickley, Walker (16)| Randle (11)| Rose (7)| Madison Square Garden
16,792| 8–6|- style="background:#fbb;"| 15| November 17| Orlando| | Barrett (17)| Robinson (11)| Quickley (7)| Madison Square Garden
16,680| 8–7|- style="background:#bfb;"| 16| November 20| Houston| | Burks (20)| Randle (10)| Randle (9)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 9–7|- style="background:#fbb;"| 17| November 21| @ Chicago| | Randle (34)| Barrett (15)| Walker (4)| United Center
21,813| 9–8|- style="background:#bfb;"| 18| November 23| L.A. Lakers| | Fournier (26)| Randle (16)| Randle, Walker (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 10–8|- style="background:#fbb;"| 19| November 26| Phoenix| | Walker (17)| Robinson (8)| Quickley, Randle (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 10–9|- style="background:#bfb;"| 20| November 27| @ Atlanta| | Burks (23)| Randle, Robinson (11)| Quickley (7)| State Farm Arena
17,287| 11–9|- style="background:#fbb;"| 21| November 30| @ Brooklyn| | Burks (25)| Randle (9)| Rose (9)| Barclays Center
18,081| 11–10|- style="background:#fbb;"| 22| December 2| Chicago| | Randle (30)| Randle (12)| Randle, Rose (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 11–11|- style="background:#fbb;"| 23| December 4| Denver| | Randle (24)| Toppin (8)| Randle (8)| Madison Square Garden
18,272| 11–12|- style="background:#bfb;"| 24| December 7| @ San Antonio| | Barrett (32)| Robinson (14)| Randle (8)| AT&T Center
14,698| 12–12|- style="background:#fbb;"| 25| December 8| @ Indiana| | Barrett (19)| Randle (8)| Rose (7)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
13,167| 12–13|- style="background:#fbb;"| 26| December 10| @ Toronto| | Barrett (19)| Randle (14)| Burks, Randle (5)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 12–14|- style="background:#fbb;"| 27| December 12| Milwaukee| | Grimes (27)| Randle (10)| Randle, Rose (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 12–15|- style="background:#fbb;"| 28| December 14| Golden State| | Randle (31)| Knox, Noel, Randle (7)| Rose (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 12–16|- style="background:#bfb;"| 29| December 16| @ Houston| | Quickley (24)| Burks, Robinson (9)| McBride (9)| Toyota Center
13,857| 13–16|- style="background:#fbb;"| 30| December 18| @ Boston| | Fournier (32)| Randle (9)| Randle (7)| TD Garden
19,156| 13–17|- style="background:#bfb;"| 31| December 21| Detroit| | Fournier (22)| Robinson (14)| Burks (6)| Madison Square Garden
17,906| 14–17|- style="background:#fbb;"| 32| December 23| Washington| | Walker (44)| Randle, Walker (9)| Walker (8)| Madison Square Garden
18,208| 14–18|- style="background:#bfb;"| 33| December 25| Atlanta| | Randle (25)| Randle (12)| Walker (12)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 15–18|- style="background:#bfb;"| 34| December 28| @ Minnesota| | Robinson (14)| Robinson (18)| Quickley (4)| Target Center
16,339| 16–18|- style="background:#bfb;"| 35| December 29| @ Detroit| | Burks (34)| Randle (10)| Randle (5)| Little Caesars Arena
18,312| 17–18|- style="background:#fbb;"| 36| December 31| @ Oklahoma City| | Barrett (26)| Robinson (12)| Barrett, Fournier (3)| Paycom Center
16,451| 17–19|- style="background:#fbb;"| 37| January 2| @ Toronto| | Fournier (20)| Gibson (7)| Toppin (6)| Scotiabank Arena
No in-person attendance| 17–20|- style="background:#bfb;"| 38| January 4| Indiana| | Barrett (32)| Randle (16)| Burks, Randle (4)| Madison Square Garden
18,449| 18–20|- style="background:#bfb;"| 39| January 6| Boston| | Fournier (41)| Burks (9)| Burks (7)| Madison Square Garden
17,529| 19–20|- style="background:#fbb;"| 40| January 8| @ Boston| | Barrett (19)| Randle (12)| Randle (6)| TD Garden
19,156| 19–21|- style="background:#bfb;"| 41| January 10| San Antonio| | Barrett (31)| Randle (12)| Grimes, Quickley (6)| Madison Square Garden
16,569| 20–21|- style="background:#bfb;"| 42| January 12| Dallas| | Barrett (32)| Randle (12)| Randle (8)| Madison Square Garden
18,215| 21–21|- style="background:#bfb;"| 43| January 15| @ Atlanta| | Barrett (26)| Robinson (13)| Randle (9)| State Farm Arena
16,414| 22–21|- style="background:#fbb;"| 44| January 17| Charlotte| | Barrett, Randle (18)| Barrett (12)| Quickley (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 22–22|- style="background:#fbb;"| 45| January 18| Minnesota| | Fournier (27)| Randle (9)| Randle (9)| Madison Square Garden
16,071| 22–23|- style="background:#fbb;"| 46| January 20| New Orleans| | Barrett, Robinson (17)| Robinson (15)| Randle (6)| Madison Square Garden
16,168| 22–24|- style="background:#bfb;"| 47| January 23| L.A. Clippers| | Barrett (28)| Barrett (14)| Barrett, Quickley (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 23–24|- style="background:#fbb;"| 48| January 24| @ Cleveland| | Barrett (24)| Noel (13)| Quickley (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,321| 23–25|- style="background:#fbb;"| 49| January 26| @ Miami| | Toppin (18)| Robinson (10)| Quickley (7)| FTX Arena
19,600| 23–26|- style="background:#fbb;"| 50| January 28| @ Milwaukee| | Fournier (25)| Randle (11)| Walker (7)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 23–27|- style="background:#bfb;"| 51| January 31| Sacramento| | Burks (21)| Robinson (13)| Noel (5)| Madison Square Garden
15,925| 24–27|- style="background:#fbb;"| 52| February 2| Memphis| | Fournier (30)| Randle (12)| Randle (9)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 24–28|- style="background:#fbb;"| 53| February 5| @ L.A. Lakers| | Barrett (36)| Randle (16)| Randle (7)| Crypto.com Arena
18,997| 24–29|- style="background:#fbb;"| 54| February 7| @ Utah| | Randle (30)| Robinson (21)| Barrett (6)| Vivint Arena
18,306| 24–30|- style="background:#fbb;"| 55| February 8| @ Denver| | Randle (28)| Randle (10)| Walker (8)| Ball Arena
15,093| 24–31|- style="background:#bfb;"| 56| February 10| @ Golden State| | Randle (28)| Randle (16)| Randle (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 25–31|- style="background:#fbb;"| 57| February 12| @ Portland| | Randle (28)| Randle (16)| Randle (6)| Moda Center
18,521| 25–32|- style="background:#fbb;"| 58| February 14| Oklahoma City| | Randle (30)| Robinson (17)| Randle (10)| Madison Square Garden
18,433| 25–33|- style="background:#fbb;"| 59| February 16| Brooklyn| | Randle (31)| Randle (10)| Burks (5)| Madison Square Garden
18,916| 25–34|- style="background:#fbb;"| 60| February 25| Miami| | Barrett (46)| Barrett, Robinson (9)| Randle (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 25–35|- style="background:#fbb;"| 61| February 27| Philadelphia| | Barrett, Fournier (24)| Randle, Sims (10)| Randle (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 25–36|- style="background:#fbb;"| 62| March 2| @ Philadelphia| | Barrett (30)| Burks, Robinson (7)| Barrett (7)| Wells Fargo Center
21,333| 25–37|- style="background:#fbb;"| 63| March 4| @ Phoenix| | Randle (25)| Robinson (15)| Burks (6)| Footprint Center
17,071| 25–38|- style="background:#bfb;"| 64| March 6| @ L.A. Clippers| | Barrett (24)| Robinson, Sims (11)| Quickley (6)| Crypto.com Arena
17,422| 26–38|- style="background:#bfb;"| 65| March 7| @ Sacramento| | Randle (46)| Randle (10)| Barrett (6)| Golden 1 Center
14,720| 27–38|- style="background:#bfb;"| 66| March 9| @ Dallas| | Randle (26)| Burks, Robinson (11)| Quickley (6)| American Airlines Center
20,182| 28–38|- style="background:#fbb;"| 67| March 11| @ Memphis| | Randle (36)| Robinson (16)| Randle (6)| FedExForum
17,188| 28–39|- style="background:#fbb;"| 68| March 13| @ Brooklyn| | Randle (26)| Sims (10)| Burks (7)| Barclays Center
18,057| 28–40|- style="background:#bfb;"| 69| March 16| Portland| | Barrett (31)| Randle (9)| Randle (7)| Madison Square Garden
18,213| 29–40|- style="background:#bfb;"| 70| March 18| Washington| | Barrett, Randle (18)| Randle (17)| Quickley (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 30–40|- style="background:#fbb;"| 71| March 20| Utah| | Barrett (24)| Randle (11)| Quickley (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 30–41|- style="background:#fbb;"| 72| March 22| Atlanta| | Barrett (30)| Barrett (13)| Burks, Fournier (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 30–42|- style="background:#bfb;"| 73| March 23| @ Charlotte| | Barrett (30)| Toppin (11)| Fournier, Quickley (7)| Spectrum Center
16,290| 31–42|- style="background:#bfb;"| 74| March 25| @ Miami| | Quickley (23)| Barrett, Toppin (8)| McBride (5)| FTX Arena
19,600| 32–42|- style="background:#bfb;"| 75| March 27| @ Detroit| | Barrett (21)| Barrett, Robinson (9)| Randle (5)| Little Caesars Arena
19,304| 33–42|- style="background:#bfb;"| 76| March 28| Chicago| | Barrett (28)| Randle (13)| Quickley, Randle (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 34–42|- style="background:#fbb;"| 77| March 30| Charlotte| | Fournier (30)| Burks (12)| Randle (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 34–43|- style="background:#fbb;"| 78| April 2| Cleveland| | Toppin (20)| Quickley (7)| Quickley (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 34–44|- style="background:#bfb;"| 79| April 3| @ Orlando| | Barrett (27)| Quickley, Robinson (10)| Quickley (10)| Amway Center
15,747| 35–44|- style="background:#fbb;"| 80| April 6| Brooklyn| | Burks (24)| Sims (13)| Barrett (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 35–45|- style="background:#bfb;"| 81| April 8| @ Washington| | Toppin (35)| Sims (9)| Quickley (10)| Capital One Arena
19,472| 36–45|- style="background:#bfb;"| 82| April 10| Toronto| | Toppin (42)| Sims (14)| Quickley (12)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 37–45
As of April 10, 2022[10] [11] [12] |-| style="text-align:left;"| || 10 || 0 || 7.6 || .500 || .444 || || .8 || .4 || .1 || .0 || 1.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 70 || 70 || 34.5 || .408 || .342 || .714 || 5.8 || 3.0 || .6 || .2 || 20.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 81 || 44 || 28.6 || .391 || .404 || .822 || 4.9 || 3.0 || 1.0 || .3 || 11.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 10.5 || .500 || .000 || || 1.0 || .5 || .0 || .0 || 2.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 80 || 80 || 29.5 || .417 || .389 || .708 || 2.6 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .3 || 14.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 52 || 4 || 18.2 || .518 || .395 || .808 || 4.4 || .6 || .4 || .8 || 4.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 46 || 6 || 17.1 || .404 || .381 || .684 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .7 || .2 || 6.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 2.0 || || || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || || || .5 || .5 || .5 || .0 || .0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 13 || 0 || 8.5 || .375 || .357 || .700 || 1.7 || .2 || .2 || .1 || 3.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 40 || 2 || 9.3 || .296 || .250 || .667 || 1.1 || 1.0 || .4 || .0 || 2.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || || .0 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 25 || 11 || 22.5 || .533 || .000 || .700 || 5.6 || .9 || 1.2 || 1.2 || 3.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 78 || 3 || 23.1 || .392 || .346 || .881 || 3.2 || 3.5 || .7 || .0 || 11.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 72 || 72 || 35.3 || .411 || .308 || .756 || 9.9 || 5.1 || .7 || .5 || 20.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 15 || 0 || 14.3 || .415 || .258 || .906 || 1.4 || .7 || .8 || .3 || 6.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 72 || 62 || 25.7 || .761 || || .486 || 8.6 || .5 || .8 || 1.8 || 8.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 26 || 4 || 24.5 || .445 || .402 || .968 || 3.0 || 4.0 || .8 || .5 || 12.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .250 || .500 || .500 || .3 || .3 || .0 || .0 || 1.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 41 || 5 || 13.5 || .722 || || .414 || 4.1 || .5 || .3 || .5 || 2.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 72 || 10 || 17.1 || .531 || .308 || .758 || 3.7 || 1.1 || .3 || .5 || 9.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| || 37 || 37 || 25.6 || .403 || .367 || .845 || 3.0 || 3.5 || .7 || .2 || 11.6
See main article: article and List of 2021–22 NBA season transactions.
July 29, 2021[13] | To New York Knicks Protected future first round pick | To Charlotte Hornets Draft rights to Kai Jones | |
July 29, 2021[14] [15] | To New York Knicks Draft rights to Quentin Grimes 2024 second round pick | To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Keon Johnson | |
July 29, 2021[16] | To New York Knicks Draft rights to Rokas Jokubaitis Draft rights to Miles McBride | To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | |
August 17, 2021[17] [18] | To New York Knicks Evan Fournier Conditional 2022 second round pick 2023 second round pick | To Boston Celtics Cash considerations | |
January 3, 2022[19] | To New York Knicks Denzel Valentine Draft rights to Brad Newley Draft rights to Wang Zhelin Cash considerations | To Cleveland Cavaliers Rajon Rondo | |
To Los Angeles Lakers Draft rights to Louis Labeyrie | |||
January 13, 2022[20] [21] | To New York Knicks Solomon Hill Cam Reddish 2025 second round pick Cash considerations | To Atlanta Hawks Kevin Knox II Protected future first round pick |
Date | Player | Former team | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|
August 11, 2021 | Kemba Walker | Boston Celtics | [22] | |
August 19, 2021 | Dwayne Bacon | Orlando Magic | [23] | |
August 19, 2021 | Aamir Simms | Clemson Tigers | [24] | |
August 20, 2021 | M. J. Walker | Florida State Seminoles | [25] | |
September 25, 2021 | Wayne Selden Jr. | Ironi Ness Ziona | [26] | |
October 8, 2021 | Tyler Hall | Westchester Knicks | [27] | |
October 12, 2021 | Myles Powell | Westchester Knicks | [28] | |
October 14, 2021 | Brandon Goodwin | Atlanta Hawks | [29] | |
October 16, 2021 | Brandon Knight | Detroit Pistons | [30] | |
October 16, 2021 | Luka Šamanić | San Antonio Spurs | [31] | |
December 18, 2021 | Tyler Hall | Westchester Knicks | [32] | |
December 21, 2021 | Damyean Dotson | Austin Spurs | [33] | |
December 21, 2021 | Matt Mooney | Capitanes de Ciudad de México | [34] | |
December 23, 2021 | Danuel House | Houston Rockets | [35] | |
December 31, 2021 | Damyean Dotson | — | [36] | |
December 31, 2021 | Matt Mooney | — | ||
January 6, 2022 | Ryan Arcidiacono | Maine Celtics | [37] | |
January 19, 2022 | Ryan Arcidiacono | — | [38] | |
February 13, 2022 | Ryan Arcidiacono | — | [39] | |
March 18, 2022 | Feron Hunt | Texas Legends | [40] |