New York Knicks draft history explained

This is a list of the New York Knicks' draft selections from the first and second rounds of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA).

Key

Abbreviation	Meaning	Abbreviation	Meaning
T		border:1px solid width:2em;'	(#)	Retired Knicks' Number

Position	G	Guard	PG	Point guard	SG	Shooting guard	F	Forward	SF	Small forward	PF	Power forward	C	Center

Selections

Year	League	Round	Pick	Nationality	Player	College/High School/Club	Notes	References
1947	1	5		United States	C	Long Island
1948	1	4	^	United States	C	NYU
1949	1	7	^ (15)	United States	G	St. John's
1950	1	6		United States	F	CCNY
1950	2	17		United States	C	Long Island
1951	1	6		United States	F	Harvard
1951	2	15			G	Brigham Young
1952	1	5		United States	F/C	Whitworth
1953	T			United States	C	Seton Hall
1953	2	9		United States	PG	Long Island
1953	2	15		United States	F	Furman
1954	1	8		United States	G/F	Western Kentucky
1954	2	17		United States	G	Iona
1955	1	4		United States	PF	Santa Clara
1955	2	11		United States	F	San Francisco
1956	1	4		United States	F	North Carolina State
1956	2	11		United States	C	Utah
1957	1	5		United States	G	St. Bonaventure
1957	2	13		United States	G/F	California
1958	1	3		United States	SF	San Francisco
1958	1	4		United States	SF	North Carolina
1958	2	11		United States	F/C	North Carolina
1959	1	5		United States	SF	Michigan State
1960	1	3		United States	C	California
1960	2	10		United States	PF	Wake Forest
1960	2	11		United States	G	Kentucky Wesleyan
1961	1	2		United States	SF	St. Bonaventure
1961	2	10		United States	G	St. Bonaventure
1962	1	2		United States	C	Cincinnati
1962	2	9		United States	SF	USC
1963	1	1		United States	SF/G	Duke
1963	2	9		United States	PG	Loyola (Chicago)
1964	1	1		United States	C/F	Texas Western
1964	2	8	^ (19)	United States	C/F	Grambling State
1964	2	13		United States	PG	Bowling Green
1965	T		^ (24)	United States	SF/SG	Princeton
1965	1	3		United States	PF/C	Wichita State
1965	2	10		United States	G/SF	Indiana
1965	2	14		United States	G	Arkansas AM&N
1966	1	1		United States	SF/G	Michigan
1966	2	11		United States	PF/C	Morehead State
1967	1	5	^ (10)	United States	PG	Southern Illinois
1967	2	17		United States	F/C	North Dakota
1968	1	10		United States	PF/C	Ohio State
1969	1	11		United States	G/SF	St. John's
1969	2	26		United States	F/C	North Carolina
1970	1	17		United States	G	Illinois
1970	2	34		United States	G	Austin Peay
1971	1	16		United States	PG	Marquette
1971	2	34		United States	C	Alabama State
1972	1	8		United States	C/F	South Carolina
1973	1	14		United States	SF	St. John's
1973	2	28		United States	F/G	Saint Joseph's
1974	2	32		United States	G	Virginia Commonwealth
1975	1	9		United States	SF	Jackson State
1975	2	26			SG	Utah
1975	2	34		United States	G	Canisius
1976	2	25		United States	PF/C	Oregon State
1977	1	10		United States	PG	Minnesota
1977	2	26		United States	SF/SG	UNLV
1977	2	32		United States	PF	Notre Dame
1978	1	4		United States	PG/SG	Montana
1978	2	32		United States	F	McNeese State
1978	2	34		United States	SF	Cal State Fullerton
1979	1	3		United States	C	San Francisco
1979	1	9		United States	F/C	Arizona
1979	1	21		United States	SF/SG	Rhode Island
1979	2	27		United States	SG	St. John's
1979	2	34		United States	F	San Diego State
1980	1	12		United States	SG/SF	Indiana
1980	2	36		United States	PF	LSU
1981	2	40		United States	F	LSU
1982	1	6		United States	SG	Minnesota
1982	2	29		United States	PF/C	Arkansas
1982	2	34		United States	SF	Duke
1983	1	12		United States	G	Arkansas
1985	1	1	^ (33)	United States	C	Georgetown
1985	2	47		United States	SG	UT–Chattanooga
1986	1	5		United States	SF	Kentucky
1986	2	47		United States	PG	Georgetown
1987	1	18		United States	PG	St. John's
1987	2	25		United States	C	West Virginia State
1988	1	19		United States	PG	DePaul
1988	2	37		United States	C	Stanford
1989	2	50		United States	PF	Washington State
1990	1	17		United States	PF/C	Maryland
1991	1	12		United States	PG	UNLV
1992	1	20		United States	SG	North Carolina
1994	1	24		United States	SF	Notre Dame
1994	1	26		United States	PG	Florida State
1996	1	18		United States	SF	Syracuse
1996	1	19		United States	PF	Kentucky
1996	1	21		United States	PF	Mississippi State
1997	1	25		United States	C	Minnesota
1998	2	38		United States	PF	UNC Charlotte
1998	2	44		New Zealand	F/C	California
1999	1	15		France	C	CSP Limoges (France)
1999	2	46		United States	F	Iowa
2000	1	22		United States	SF	Florida
2000	2	39		United States	SG	St. John's
2001	2	38		United States	PF	Arizona
2001	2	42		United States	C	Kansas
2002	1	7		Brazil	PF/C	Vasco da Gama (Brazil)
2002	2	36			PG	KK Partizan (Serbia)
2003	1	9		United States	PF	Georgetown
2003	2	30		Poland	F/C	Real Madrid (Spain)
2003	2	39			C	Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
2004	2	44		United States	SF	UCLA
2005	1	8		United States	PF/C	Arizona
2005	1	30		United States	PF/C	Florida
2005	2	54		United States	SG/SF	UCLA
2006	1	20		United States	SF/PF	South Carolina
2006	1	29		United States	PG/SG	Temple
2007	1	23		United States	SF	DePaul
2008	1	6		Italy	SF	Olimpia Milano (Italy)
2009	1	8		United States	PF	Arizona
2010	2	38		Canada	SG	Syracuse
2010	2	39		United States	SG	Stanford
2011	1	17		United States	SG/PG	Georgia Tech
2012	2	48		Greece	PF	Olympiacos (Greece)
2013	1	24		United States	G	Michigan
2014	2	34		United States	SF	Wichita State
2014	2	51		Greece	SF	Delaware 87ers (D-League)
2015	1	4		Latvia	C	CB Sevilla (Spain)
2017	1	8		France	PG	SIG Strasbourg (France)
2017	2	44		United States	SG	Houston
2017	2	58		Serbia	PG	Mega Leks (Serbia)
	1	9		United States	SF	Kentucky
	2	36		United States	C	Chalmette HS (Chalmette, Louisiana)
	1	3		Canada	SG	Duke
	2	55		United States	SG	Virginia	The Knicks traded Guy to the Sacramento Kings along with cash considerations in exchange for 47th pick Ignas Brazdeikis.
2020	1	8		United States	PF	Dayton
2020	1	23		Argentina	SF	FC Barcelona (Spain)	The Knicks traded Bolmaro to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for 25th pick Immanuel Quickley.
align=center	2021	align=center	1	align=center	19	Kai Jones		C	Texas	The Knicks traded Jones to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for a future first-round pick. This pick was later traded to the Atlanta Hawks for Cam Reddish.
align=center	2021	align=center	1	align=center	21	Keon Johnson		SG	Tennessee	The Knicks traded Johnson to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for the 25th pick Quentin Grimes.
align=center	2021	align=center	2	align=center	32	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl		PF/C	Villanova	The Knicks traded Robinson-Earl to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for the 34th (Miles McBride) and 36th picks (Rokas Jokubaitis).
align=center	2021	align=center	2	align=center	58	Jericho Sims		PF	Texas
align=center	2022	align=center	1	align=center	11	Ousmane Dieng		SF	New Zealand Breakers (Australia)	The Knicks traded Dieng to the Oklahoma City Thunder for three future first-round picks, one of which was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for the 13th overall pick (Jalen Duren), who was subsequently traded to the Detroit Pistons.
align=center	2022	align=center	2	align=center	42	Trevor Keels		SG	Duke

References

• New York Knickerbockers Draft Register from Basketball-Reference.com