Success for the New York Knicks at the NBA Draft has provided mixed results, much like other teams. Drafts often receive the “crapshoot” moniker since there is risk at any part of the process, whether at first, second, third, fifth, 10th, 20th, 30th or 60th.
The Knicks have found sustainable contributors along the way. Some of them stuck with the franchise for most, if not all, of their career. Others were taken, stayed for a few years and played a long time elsewhere.
Five previous draft picks have played 1,000 NBA games. They are the only ones to cross this mark as a Knicks draft choice, including a hall of famer, a pre-merger talent and a current player.