Despite finishing with the 7th worst record, the Knicks don’t have a pick in the draft due to some horrible trades. How can they still add value?
Unbelievably, the Knicks are missing not just their first round pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, but their second round pick as well, leaving them devoid of any draft capital whatsoever for the draft on June 23.
The first round pick was first traded to the Denver Nuggets in the form of a pick swap stemming from that Carmelo Anthony trade. As if that wasn’t bad enough, in 2013, the Knicks traded that already-swapped pick to the Toronto Raptors for Andrea Bargnani in a move many in the industry still refer to as marching orders passed down from meddling owner James Dolan.