In the 2016 NBA Draft, the New York Knicks missed out on a big-time scoring guard from the University of Kentucky, the leading producer of NBA stars.
The Knicks’ lottery pick that year was earlier sent to the Denver Nuggets as part of the Carmelo Anthony blockbuster trade. The Nuggets used the Knicks’ original pick (seventh overall) to select former Wildcat Jamal Murray.
Murray, as it turned out, is the real deal and he quickly became one of the league’s brightest young superstars. The Denver Nuggets guard was sensational in the NBA Bubble that left teams who passed on him scratching their heads.