The Knicks have three picks in this year’s NBA Draft.
Yeah, so what? says the casual NBA observer. Teams have multiple picks all the time. Look at the Sixers! I think they drafted 58 out of the 60 picks that one year.
Well, casual NBA observer, the Knicks ain’t those other teams. We’re talking about a team that has drafted a total of eight players since 2010 (including none in the 2016 draft class). Of those eight, two played a combined 32 minutes at the NBA level (Andy Rautins and Thanasis Antetokounmpo), and one never played a game for the Knicks (Kostas Papanikolaou).