When I was a kid the last time I was in the old Madison Square Garden was when my Dad took me to a Knicks game, in 1966. I still have the program, other than Cazzie Russell, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe and a then up and coming Willis Reed, most everyone on the team was White.
Earl Monroe was not yet on the Knicks at that point. And besides Willis Reed and Cazzie Russell, other blacks on that ‘66-’67 team included Dick Barnett, Walt Bellamy, Emmette Bryant, and Dave Stallworth. So that’s about half the team, actually.