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New York Knicks: 25 Best Players To Play For The Knicks

By Phil Watson

Mar 26, 2016; New York, NY, USA; General view as the New York Knicks are introduced before the first quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 26, 2016; New York, NY, USA; General view as the New York Knicks are introduced before the first quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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(Original Caption) Walt Bellamy, of the New York Knicks, dunks basketball into the basket here during a game against the Baltimore Bullets.
(Original Caption) Walt Bellamy, of the New York Knicks, dunks basketball into the basket here during a game against the Baltimore Bullets. /

22. player. 27. <strong>How acquired:</strong> Trade, Baltimore Bullets, Nov. 2, 1965.. C. . Walt Bellamy

The New York Knicks went big in November 1965 when they traded Johnny Green, Johnny Egan and Jim Barnes to the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for four-time All-Star Walt Bellamy.

The center was fifth in the NBA in minutes and rebounds per game in 1965-66, but never again achieved All-Star status.

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In parts of four seasons with the Knicks, Bellamy averaged 18.9 points, 13.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 37 minutes per game, shooting 52.2 percent from the floor and 63.8 percent from the free-throw line.

He was the first overall pick by the expansion Chicago Packers out of Indiana in the 1961 NBA Draft and was the Rookie of the Year in 1961-62 and was a four-time All-Star with the franchise that would become the Bullets.

Bellamy was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in February 1970 and was selected by the New Orleans Jazz in their May 1974 expansion draft. He played in just one game for New Orleans before he was waived and opted to retire.

Bellamy is 37th in NBA history with 38,940 minutes played, 11th with 14,241 rebounds, 34th with 20,941 points, 22nd with an average of 37.3 minutes per game and seventh with an average of 13.7 rebounds per game.

Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993, Bellamy died Nov. 2, 2013, in College Park, Ga., at the age of 74.

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