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Dick Barnett, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and an All-Star who won NBA championships with the New York Knicks, has died, the team announced Sunday.
He was 88 years old.
Gary’s native, Indiana, was the fifth selection in the 1959 Draft of Tennessee A&I. He began his career with the Syracuse Nationals, played three seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and finally played nine years with the Knicks from 1965 to 1974.
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Dick Van Arsdale de Phoenix Suns, #5, enters a play like Dick Barnett of New York Knicks, #12, prepares to move with the ball during a NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 21, 1969. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, Archive)
“Throughout his illustrious career, Dick Barnett embodied everything that meant being a Knick in New York, both on and off the court,” the Knicks said in a statement. “He left a positive impact on all he found and this organization is incredibly fortunate that it is such an integral part of its history.
“His shirt will hang forever in Madison Square Garden’s beams, and his work throughout his career will always be part of the memories of Knicks fans.”
Barnett was part of the Tennessee A & I dynasty that won three consecutive Naia championships in 1957. The school is now known as Tennessee.
The former New York Knicks star Dick Barnett observes while the Knicks face the Houston Rockets during the second half of a Basketball match of the NBA on March 27, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, Archive)
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It was part of the 1970 Knicks team that defeated the Lakers in seven games to win the championship. Averaged 14.9 points and 3.6 assists that season. He played with Willis Reed, Walt Frazier and Dave Debusscher.
In 1973, the Knicks defeated the Lakers again, this time in five games. He was mainly a bank player at that time in his career. Frazier, Debusscher and Bill Bradley led the team in annotations.
He finished his career with an average of 15.8 points per game and 9,442 total points with the Knicks. He is ninth in the list of annotations of his Knicks career and his 12th shirt was removed in 1990.
The member of the Hall of Fame and former New York Knicks begin Dick Barnett Gestes during a waiting time in the first half of the NBA basketball game between the Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers on November 10, 2019 at the Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Archive)
Barnett was included in the Hall of Fame as a player in 2024.
