The New York Knicks’ history of first-round picks usually become the focus of the conversation. They scored on Kristaps Porzingis and Danilo Gallinari over the past decade-plus, but failed on Jordan Hill, Renaldo Balkman and Mardy Collins and might give up on Frank Ntilikina.
The second round receives a smaller spotlight, usually because these players struggle to make an NBA impact. However, the Knicks have made selections in this part of the draft in three of the last five years.
There is talent in this part of the process, and they have found it before.