Former Knicks lottery pick Michael Sweetney, selected ninth overall in 2003, will be back in New York on Saturday night, playing basketball on ESPN for a $1 million prize at Fordham’s Rose Hill Gym.
But money isn’t the only thing driving the formerly hefty Knicks power forward in this wild, new 18-and-over pickup event called: “The Basketball Tournament.’’ Regaining his health and happiness is foremost.
Sweetney told The Post his NBA career was derailed because of a long and undiagnosed bout with clinical depression, causing him to eat too much and not take care of his body.