NBA: 25 Worst Individual Seasons Of The 3-Point Era

By Phil Watson | May 3, 2016

Feb 5, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets guard Emmanuel Mudiay (0) drives to the net against Chicago Bulls forward Tony Snell (20) in the third quarter at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets defeated the Bulls 115-110. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports /

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Larry Demic was a first-round pick by the New York Knicks in 1979 who never quite lived up to his billing. /

14. player. 27. Experience: Rookie, Arizona. PF. 1979-80 New York Knicks. Larry Demic

The New York Knicks selected a double-double machine out of Arizona with the ninth overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft, but Larry Demic didn’t quite live up to the advance billing.

As a rookie, Demic got plenty of run for a Knicks team that did bounce back from 31 wins to 39, but Demic’s 43.6 percent shooting couldn’t have helped a lot, nor did the 3.2 turnovers and 5.9 fouls per 36 minutes.

His per game numbers:

Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
22	PF	82	22.8	2.8	6.4	.436	0.0	0.0		.436	1.3	2.2	.601	5.9	0.8	0.7	0.4	2.0	3.7	7.0

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Generated 10/16/2015.

And his advanced stats:

G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
82	1872	7.4	.468	.000	.347	11.2	16.9	14.1	4.1	1.3	0.9	21.6	16.0	-1.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.002

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Generated 10/16/2015.

Demic spent two more seasons in New York, with diminishing playing time in each, before bolting for Italy in August 1982.

He got looks with both the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers in the fall of 1984, but didn’t make another NBA regular-season roster, finishing out his career playing in the Philippines, Puerto Rico and the Continental Basketball Association before retiring in 1985.

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