Who Wore it Best? Knicks #16

As we foretold last week, this week’s segment of “Who Wore it Best” promises to be a riveting one—last week delivered Earl “The Pearl” vs. Dick McGuire. This week, we get Steve Novak vs. Bo Kimble. Or perhaps Novak vs. a different McGuire as in Alfred (who wore the number from 1952-1954) or Allie (who wore it in 1974.)

I’m going to go out on a limb and predict Novak will walk home with this one. After all, he is Novakaine!

There has been a total of 17 players who have donned the #16 for the Knickerbockers. Astonishingly, 13 of those 17 players wore the number for a mere season or less. To add to the obscurity of well-known players to have worn the number for the team, the number was most…