尽管篮圈仍处于停摆状态，但赛科的NBA编辑将为联盟中的每支球队编制最终的首发阵容。注意事项：只有那些自1995-96赛季进入联盟的球员才能被包括在内。
纽约尼克斯队的历史可以分为两类：前詹姆斯多兰和后多兰。
这名饱受诟病的业主在2000年控制了麦迪逊广场花园的多数股权。在那之前，尼克斯是联盟最早的球队之一，他们已经37次进入季后赛，7次进入NBA总决赛，并赢得两次总冠军。在过去的20年里，纽约已经有15年没有进入季后赛。
不幸的是，这个练习包含了后者的很大一部分。尼克斯队自1995年以来经历了许多平庸的迭代，但他们仍然拥有一些伟大的球员。
虽然这五名首发球员缺少一名真正的控球后卫，但在过去的二十年里，球队一直没有方向感，这是一个固有的笑话。
守卫
艾伦休斯顿
休斯顿是一个被低估的NBA球员。2005年，他以40%的3分命中率退役，每场比赛有4次尝试，这对他那个时代来说是一个精英。这位神枪手在为尼克斯效力的9个赛季中，带领尼克斯队攻入4球，并两度成为全明星球员。
最值得注意的是，他和斯普雷威尔以8号种子的身份带领尼克斯队进入了1999年NBA总决赛（尽管停摆缩短了50场比赛的赛季）。这其中就包括这位在当年季后赛首轮击败头号种子迈阿密热火队的漂浮者。
守卫
斯普雷维尔
前尼克斯队教练杰夫·范甘迪（Jeff Van Gundy）大多将斯普雷威尔（Sprewell）部署在这三名球员身上，似乎与休斯顿（Houston）之间经常发生隔阂。然而，这位身高6英尺5200磅的球员进入了联盟，成为了一名得分后卫。
上世纪90年代末和21世纪初的NBA有时可能会很难看，斯普雷作为尼克斯球星的场均进球率低于42%就是部分证据。但他在休斯敦的射手身上打出了斜射，在纽约的351场比赛中平均每场得18分，并在2001成为全明星。
前锋克里斯·艾利斯/国家篮球协会/盖蒂
卡梅罗-安东尼
安东尼在尼克斯的任期是20世纪20年代NBA最热门的故事之一，当一些球迷争论梅洛是篮球界最好的纯得分手时，他们说的是他穿着纽约队的队服。
安东尼在2012-13赛季随尼克斯队赢得了他唯一的得分冠军——这是他们最后一次进入季后赛，也是自2000年以来他们唯一一次赢得50场比赛。也许并不奇怪，他是纽约使用率的职业领袖。作为尼克斯队的六次全明星球员，他在412场比赛中平均得到24.7分和7个篮板。
福沃德
斯塔德迈尔
把这个交给斯塔德迈尔是一个艰难的决定。和波辛吉斯一样，他在尼克斯的日子也因为伤病而受阻。两人在纽约的一个赛季里都只打了一次70多场比赛。
尼克斯
波辛吉斯在统计上稍有优势，但斯塔德迈尔凭借2010-11赛季的出色表现（25.3分，8.2个篮板，1.9个盖帽，全是NBA二队成员）获得了认可，这是尼克斯进入季后赛的一个赛季。据报道，他还有一个相当不错的酒店别名。
中锋纳撒尼尔·巴特勒/国家篮球协会/盖蒂
帕特里克尤因
尤因1985年被送到纽约，成为现在公认的NBA第一个现代阴谋论。他15年来一直是尼克斯的代言人，其中包括1995年之后的两次全明星赛。不幸的是，他任期内最后三个饱受伤病困扰的赛季都被所谓的“尤因理论”所破坏——一支没有最大球星的球队成功了。
例如，1999年的总决赛，尤因因跟腱受伤而缺席。尽管如此，他在1995-00赛季的场均20分和10个篮板，仍然是球队在比赛、分钟、积分、篮板和盖帽方面的历史领先者。
刚刚错过肖恩·加德纳
克莉丝塔普辛吉斯
独角兽从纽约来的交易总是会提出“可能是什么”的问题。但在他为尼克斯队效力的三个赛季里，球队平均31胜。
李大卫
继续大佬们的趋势，李应该大声疾呼。虽然他从未在尼克斯队打过超过33场比赛，但他在五个赛季里平均得到13分和10个篮板。
原标题：
Ultimate 5: The best Knicks lineup since '95
原文：
While hoops remain on hiatus theScore's NBA editors will be compiling ultimate starting lineups for each team in the association. The catch: only players who have been in the league since the 1995-96 season can be included.
The history of the New York Knicks can be split into two categories: pre-James Dolan, and post-Dolan.
The much-maligned owner took majority control of Madison Square Garden in 2000. Up until that point, the Knickerbockers - one of the league's original teams - had reached the postseason 37 times, the NBA Finals seven times, and won two championships. Post-Dolan, New York has missed the playoffs in 15 of the last 20 years.
Unfortunately, this exercise includes a vast chunk of the latter. The Knicks have been through many mediocre iterations since 1995, but they've still had some great players.
While this starting five lacks a true point guard, there's a built-in joke there about the franchise being directionless for the last two decades.
Guard
Allan Houston
Houston was an underrated NBA player. He retired in 2005 as a 40% 3-point shooter on almost four attempts per game, which was elite for his era. The marksman led the Knicks in scoring four of the nine seasons he played for them and was a two-time All-Star.
Most notably, he and Latrell Sprewell led the Knicks to the 1999 NBA Finals as a No.8-seed (albeit in a lockout-shortened 50-game season). That included this floater to beat the top-seeded Miami Heat in the first round of that year's playoffs.
Guard
Latrell Sprewell
Former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy mostly deployed Sprewell at the three, seemingly alternating perpetual isolations with Houston. The 6-foot-5, 200-pounder came into the league as a shooting guard, however.
The NBA of the late 1990s and early 2000s could be ugly at times, and Spree's sub-42% field-goal percentage as a Knicks star is partial evidence of that. But he played slasher to Houston's shooter - averaging almost 18 points in 351 games for New York - and was an All-Star in 2001.
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Carmelo Anthony
While it ultimately ended in disappointment after beginning with such promise, Anthony's tenure with the Knicks was one of the NBA's top stories of the 2010s. When some fans debate that Melo was the best pure scorer in basketball, they're talking about him in a New York uniform.
Anthony won his lone scoring title with the Knicks in 2012-13 - the last time they reached the playoffs and the only time they won 50 games since 2000. Perhaps not surprisingly, he is New York's career leader in usage percentage. A six-time All-Star with the Knicks, he averaged 24.7 points and seven rebounds in 412 contests.
Forward
Amar'e Stoudemire
It was a difficult decision to give this to Stoudemire. Like Kristaps Porzingis, his days with the Knicks were hindered by injury. Both played more than 70 games in a season for New York just once.
Knick G PTS REB AST BLK Stoudemire 255 17.3 6.7 1.3 1.1 Porzingis 186 17.8 7.1 1.7 2.0
Porzingis has a slight statistical edge, but Stoudemire gets the nod by virtue of his stellar 2010-11 campaign (25.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.9 blocks, All-NBA second-team member), a season in which the Knicks reached the playoffs. He also reportedly had a pretty good hotel alias.
Center Nathaniel S. Butler / National Basketball Association / Getty
Patrick Ewing
Ewing's delivery to New York in 1985 became what is now recognized as the NBA's first modern conspiracy theory. He was the face of the Knicks for 15 years, and that included two All-Star appearances after 1995. Unfortunately, the last three injury-plagued seasons of his tenure were marred by what became known as the "Ewing Theory" - where a team succeeds without its biggest star.
The 1999 Finals run, for instance, came with Ewing mostly sidelined with an Achilles injury. Still, he averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds between 1995-00 and remains the franchise's all-time leader in games, minutes, points, boards, and blocks.
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Kristaps Porzingis
The Unicorn's trade from New York will always offer up the "what could have been" question. But in the three seasons he suited up for the Knicks, the team averaged 31 wins.
David Lee
Continuing the trend of bigs, a shoutout should go to Lee. While he never played on a Knicks squad that won more than 33 games, he averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds over five seasons.
