The 2019 NBA Draft Lottery came and went for the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. Despite owning 14 percent odds to win the No. 1 pick in June, they landed third overall, watching other teams sink down the newly configured system and face despair.
New York’s position still lets them choose one of this class’s top prospects, but outside the range of the assumed prize, along with a few trade scenarios.
Lost in the shuffle, this the Knicks’ highest pick since Patrick Ewing in 1985. No pick had landed between first to third since, with Kristaps Porzingis at No.