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What can the Knicks expect from picks No. 8, 44 and 58? A historical perspective

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).