Dick Barnett, who was a critical part of the New York Knicks’ 1970 and 1973 NBA championship teams, died Sunday at 88, six months after he was finally inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Dick Barnett, former New York Knicks player and Hall of Famer, has died; he was 88. The two-time NBA championship winner was living in an assisted living facility in

Barnett died in his sleep overnight at an assisted living facility in Largo, Florida, according to multiple media reports. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024 as a player and as a three-time All-America for Tennessee A&I (now Tennessee State) teams that won three consecutive NAIA championships (1957-59) —the first HBCU program to win a national title in basketball.