When the Knicks selected Frank Ntilikina with the 8th pick of the 2017 draft, there was another guard available who many fans and pundits thought more highly of. Dennis Smith Jr. was taken one spot later, by a Dallas organization that made sure to pat itself on the back loudly enough for everyone to notice.
Rick Carlisle leaves no doubt Mavs wanted Dennis Smith over Frank Ntilikina, saying there was "uproarious" applause when Knicks made pick.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) June 23, 2017
Reaction to Frank in these parts was far from uproarious.