1st team all NBA with the 1984 Knicks
1st team all NBA with the 1985 Knicks despite only playing 55 games for a badly losing team that had lost 3 starters and their 6th man to injuries by 2 games into the season.
2nd team all NBA in 1982 with the Warriors.
In this 5 year period Bird got five 1st teams. The unspeakable heresy that I am suggesting is that Bernard King was better than Doctor J and all the other forwards. Dr J got 3 first teams and one 2nd team. Dantley got two 2nd teams. Alex English got two second teams. Terry Cummings, Ralph Sampson, Buck Williams and Marques Johnson got the other 2nd team votes.
1984 King took the champion Celtics to 7 games despite Ray Williams shooting the Knicks out of games and Bird having one of his best playoff series. Celtics were my home team so King's amazingness is burned into my brain. Cartwright provided a little offensive help but the Knicks offense aside from King was weak. King was even better vs the Pistons.
Bernard King 1984 playoffs, 12 games, 34.8 ppg, FG 57.4%, EFG 57.4%, TS 62%
Only Kareem and Bernard King have had a playoff season of 6 or more games during which they scored 33 or more points per game at 55 or better percent FG%. Using EFG% or TS% doesn't change this
Only 1964 Wilt, 2009, 2017 2018 LeBron, 2019 Durant and 1988 Hakeem (4 games) got close to those numbers. 1984 Dantley gets close using True shooting rather than FG%
Jordan gets kind of close a few times.
West, Alex English and Shaq got closer than the remaining people.
Bird, Kobe, Wilkins, Robinson, Oscar and Carmelo never got close to those numbers.
King, 1984 Regular season 26.3 ppg, FG 57.2% , EFG 57.2% TS 61.9%
2.1 assists, 2.6 turnovers, 5.1 rebounds, 1 steal
King, 1985 regular season 32.9 ppg, FG 53.4% EFG 53.1% TS 58.5%
3.7 assists, 3.7 turnovers, 5.8 rebounds, 1.3 steals
King 1984 playoffs 12 games, 34.8 ppg, FG 57.4%, EFG 57.4%, TS 62%
3 assists, 2.6 turnovers, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 0.5 blocks
1980 Erving regular season, 26.9 ppg, FG 51.9%, EFG, 52% , TS 56.9%
4.6 assists, 3.6 turnovers, 7.2 rebounds, 2.8 steals, 1.8 blocks
1980 Erving playoffs, 24.4 ppg, FG 48.8%, EFG 49.1%, TS 55.3%
4.4 assists, 3.1 turnovers, 7.6 rebounds, 2 steals, 2.1 blocks
1982 Erving regular season 24.4 ppg, FG 54.6%, EFG 54.7% , TS 59.3%
3.9 assists, 2.6 turnovers, 6.9 rebounds 2 steals 1.7 blocks
1982 Erving playoffs, 22 ppg, FG 51.9%, EFG 52% TS 58.1%
4.7 assists, 3.2 turnovers, 7.4 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 1.8 blocks
1983 Dantley regular season, 30.7 ppg, FG 58% EFG 58% TS 66.1%
4.8 assists, 3.7 turnovers, 6.4 rebounds, 0.9 steals
No playoffs
1984 Dantley regular season, 30.6 ppg, FG 55.8%, EFG 55.8% TS 65.2
3.9 assists, 3.3 turnovers, 5.7 rebounds, 0.8 steals
1984 Dantley playoffs 11 games, 32.2 ppg, FG 50.4%, EFG 50.4% TS 60.4
4.2 assists, 3.5 turnovers, 7.5 rebounds, 0.9 steals
Alex English 1984 regular season, 26.4 ppg, FG 52.9%, EFG 52.9% , TS 57%
5 assists, 2.7 turnovers, 5.7 rebounds, 1 steal, 1.2 blocks
Alex English 1984 playoffs 5 games, 29 ppg, FG 58.8%, EFG 58.8% TS 63.4
5.6 assists, 3.4 turnovers, 8 rebounds, 0.6 steals, 0.4 blocks
Alex English 1983 regular season 28.4 at TS 56.1% playoffs 25.9 ppg at TS 52.2%
Alex English 1985 regular season 27.9 at TS 56.1% playoffs 14 games, 30..2 ppg at TS 60.1
1984 Aguirre, 29.5 ppg, TS 57%. playoffs 22 ppg, TS 53%
Why were the the 1985 Knicks so bad?
The 1985 team lost 5 all of their 1984 big men to injury / retirement. That left them with Louis Orr who had played 9 minutes a game at power forward and 12 minutes a game at small forward in 1984. For the 1985 team they added Pat Cummings who was mediocre and 3 guys from the discard pile. Cummings played 63 games. They also lost starting guard Ray Williams to drugs and or injury.
1985 Knicks with King 19 wins 36 losses
Without King 5 wins 22 losses