NBA Team - New York Knicks
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| 2005 Draft Picks - New York Knicks |
| RD | PK(OVR) | NAME | POS | SCHOOL/COUNTRY |
| 1 | 8(8) | Channing Frye | C | Arizona |
OK, we're back on track. The Knicks promised Frye that they'd take him before the Chicago pre-draft camp after an impressive private workout on the West Coast. The Knicks were fielding a 6-7-and-under team and desperately needed size. He's not the toughest guy in the world, but he is very skilled, blocks shots, and has a sweet jumper from 18 feet in. It's not a great pick, but given what was on the board, Isiah Thomas did well.
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| 1 | 30(30) | David Lee | PF | Florida |
OK. I liked the Channing Frye and Nate Robinson selections. David Lee, not so much. Don't get me wrong, I like Lee. He is very athletic (he measured as the top athlete in the power forward category at the Chicago combine), has a great motor and is very tough. He's a more skilled version of Bo Outlaw or Mark Madsen. But with guys with much bigger upside, like Chris Taft and Andray Blatche, still on the board, I'm not sure why Isiah decided to play it safe. Lee will be a rotation player in the league for 10 years. But given their deficiencies up front, Isiah should have swung for the fences. Instead he hit a solid single at 30.
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| 2 | 24(54) | Dijon Thompson | SF | UCLA |
Update: New York traded F-C Kurt Thomas and the rights to G Dijon
Thompson (No. 54) to the Phoenix Suns for G-F Quentin Richardson
and the rights to G Nate Robinson (No. 21). Thompson can play both the two and the three. He's a good athlete with long arms and quickness. He's got a very good mid-range game and he has improved his 3-point shooting. His motor, however, always seems to run in third gear.
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| First-Round Picks - New York Knicks | NBA Career Averages |
| YEAR | PICK | PLAYER | PPG | RPG | APG |
| 2008 | 6 | Danilo Gallinari | 8.7 | 2.7 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | 23 | Wilson Chandler | 12.3 | 4.9 | 1.7 |
| 2006 | 20 | Renaldo Balkman | 4.3 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
| 2006 | 29 | Mardy Collins | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| 2005 | 8 | Channing Frye | 8.4 | 4.6 | 0.8 |
| 2005 | 30 | David Lee | 11.2 | 9.0 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | 9 | Michael Sweetney | 6.5 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| 2002 | 25 | Frank Williams | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | 22 | Donnell Harvey | 5.6 | 4.0 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | 15 | Frederic Weis | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | 25 | John Thomas | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | 18 | John Wallace | 7.6 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| 1996 | 21 | Dontae' Jones | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | 19 | Walter McCarty | 5.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| 1994 | 26 | Charlie Ward | 6.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 |
| 1994 | 24 | Monty Williams | 6.3 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 20 | Hubert Davis | 8.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 1991 | 12 | Greg Anthony | 7.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 1990 | 17 | Jerrod Mustaf | NA | NA | NA |
| 1988 | 19 | Rod Strickland | 13.2 | 3.7 | 7.3 |
| 1987 | 18 | Mark Jackson | 9.6 | 3.8 | 8.0 |
| 1986 | 5 | Kenny Walker | NA | NA | NA |
| 1985 | 1 | Patrick Ewing | 21.0 | 9.8 | 1.9 |
| 1983 | 12 | Darrell Walker | NA | NA | NA |
| 1982 | 6 | Trent Tucker | NA | NA | NA |
| 1980 | 12 | Mike Woodson | NA | NA | NA |
| 1979 | 9 | Larry Demic | NA | NA | NA |
| 1979 | 3 | Bill Cartwright | NA | NA | NA |
| 1979 | 21 | Sylvester Williams | NA | NA | NA |
| 1978 | 4 | Micheal Ray Richardson | NA | NA | NA |
| 1977 | 10 | Ray Williams | NA | NA | NA |
| 1975 | 9 | Eugene Short | NA | NA | NA |
| 1973 | 14 | Mel Davis | NA | NA | NA |
| 1972 | 8 | Tom Riker | NA | NA | NA |
| 1971 | 16 | Dean Meminger | NA | NA | NA |
| 1970 | 17 | Mike Price | NA | NA | NA |
| 1969 | 11 | John Warren | NA | NA | NA |
| 1968 | 10 | Bill Hosket | NA | NA | NA |
| 1967 | 5 | Walt Frazier | NA | NA | NA |
| 1966 | 1 | Cazzie Russell | NA | NA | NA |
| 1965 | 3 | Dave Stallworth | NA | NA | NA |
| 1965 | 0 | Bill Bradley | NA | NA | NA |
| 1964 | 1 | Jim Barnes | NA | NA | NA |
| 1963 | 1 | Art Heyman | NA | NA | NA |
| 1962 | 2 | Paul Hogue | NA | NA | NA |
| 1961 | 2 | Tom Stith | NA | NA | NA |
| 1960 | 3 | Darrall Imhoff | NA | NA | NA |
| 1959 | 5 | Johnny Green | NA | NA | NA |
| 1958 | 3 | Mike Farmer | NA | NA | NA |
| 1958 | 4 | Pete Brennan | NA | NA | NA |
| 1957 | 5 | Brendan McCann | NA | NA | NA |
