When Leon Rose was named Knicks President in 2022, skeptics believed that without any basketball front office experience, he wouldn’t know what he’s doing outside of relying on old, biased CAA agency connections, a la Brodie Van Wagenen with the Mets.
The Knicks’ draft night this year appeared to be the encapsulation of those pessimistic fears.
Instead of a typical draft night of scouring YouTube highlight compilations to become an optimistic expert on their selection after a disheartening season, it was a night of sifting through tweets to put together what the Knicks just did, if anything.