Was it Right New York Knicks Coach’s Decision to Recruit a Point Guard? Anggit Wicaksono 1 , Margono Margono 2 {anggit_w@mail.unnes.ac.id 1 , margono@mail.unnes.ac.id 2 } Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia 12 Abstract. The aims of this study was to analyze New York Knicks Coach’s decision in recruiting a point guard. In the 2019-2020 season, NY Knicks ended up in ranked 25 of 30 NBA teams. NY Knicks is ranked 29th for FG% and 24th for 3PA and 3P%. NY Knicks need a shooter to strengthen the team. But interestingly, the coach recruited a point guard. In the first 25 games in 2020-2021 season without this point guard, NY Knicks recorded 11 wins and 14 loses and is in 9th place on the eastern conference. In the next 25 games after new point guard joined, NY Knicks recorded 14 wins and 11 loses and is in 7th position. This means that NY Knicks' game has increased and has the potential for the playoffs. The research method uses descriptive quantitative. The data source is taken from the NBA official website. Keywords: Basketball, New York Knicks, NBA 1 Introduction Basketball is a game played by 2 teams with each team consisting of 5 players. The objective of each team is to score as many points as possible by putting the ball into the opponent's basket, and to prevent the opposing team from scoring points [1]. Basketball was created by Dr. James Naismith, who at that time was a graduate student and instructor at Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 [2]. Since then basketball has grown around the world until now. The United States is the center of world basketball, where there is the most prestigious basketball league, the National Basketball Association (NBA) [3]. There are 30 teams competing for the NBA title [4]. The 30 teams are grouped into 2 regions, namely eastern conference and western conference, each of which consists of 15 teams [5]. The NBA has very complete statistical data and can be accessed publicly on the NBA's official website. Statistical data is very useful in modern sports. Match data can be used for the preparation of appropriate training programs, strategy formulation, and player recruitment [6]. Yarrow and Kranke argue that the collection of statistical data analysis data can provide appropriate feedback for talent scouts, coaches and athletes in improving the performance of athletes and teams [7]. NBA statistics for the 2020-2021 season are always updated. The 2020-2021 NBA season is slightly behind its usual schedule every season. Apart from that, the format of the match has also changed. The NBA Board and the National Basketball Players Association, Tuesday local time approved the basketball league in America for the 2020-2021 season starting December 22 after previously discussed in detail. This prestigious basketball league will host 72 regular ISMINA 2021, April 28-29, Semarang, Indonesia Copyright © 2021 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.28-4-2021.2312142