This mid-2020s resurgence of the New York Knicks has a ton of fans forgiving and forgetting many of the egregious past blunders the club's previous regimes made over the last few decades. Hall of Famer Rick Pitino, however, has yet to adopt such a mentality.
During a recent edition of The Roommates Show, the current St. John's headman told hosts Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart that, prior to the 2017 NBA Draft, he had personally called the Knicks front office, urging them to select Donovan Mitchell, his standout player from his tenure at Louisville, with the eighth overall pick.