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No luck in the lotto: Knicks stand pat at 11 in 2022 NBA Draft

The New York Knicks are locked in at 11 in the 2022 NBA Draft. It’s another NBA Lottery and another year where the Knicks don’t move up. The last time New York jumped up in the lotto was in 1985 when they leapfrogged two spots to snag Patrick Ewing first overall.

As much as Knicks fans deserve to move up in the lottery after years of ping-pong frustration, the odds were always pointing to this scenario. Here’s a look at the pre-lottery odds for each Knicks scenario:

  • #1 — 2.