Earl Monroe played 9 seasons for the New York Knicks -- where does he rank among the team's all-time great performers?

“God couldn’t go one-on-one with Earl Monroe,” a teammate declared during his prime in the late 1960s and ’70s. A half-century later, as he turns 80 years old Thursday, Monroe struggles to ...

Vernon Earl Monroe is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed as "Black Jesus" and "Earl the Pearl" due to his on-court ...

Earl Monroes twisting, spinning, faking, and dribbling exploits made him a cult hero and earned him the nickname "The Pearl." Under Hall of Fame coach Clarence Gaines, Monroe became a ...

ClutchPoints’ Tim Crean on Monroe: “Earl Monroe is one of the best guards in NBA history and was on the 1973 Knicks championship team, although not the 1970 one.” “The Pearl” spent nine ...