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#3 Bam Adebayo and Donovan Mitchell
In 2017, the New York Knicks had a lottery pick in the NBA draft, yet they selected Frank Ntilikina 8th-overall while Donovan Mitchell and Bam Adebayo got picked at 13th and 14th respectively.
Mitchell and Adebayo are now bonafide superstars in the league, with the latter even reaching the NBA Finals last postseason. Meanwhile, Frank Ntilikina is still struggling to adapt to the NBA and could find himself leaving the New York Knicks as a low-value trade asset in the off-season.
The New York Knicks have had several Draft Day blunders in their history, but this one has to be one of their biggest.
#2 DeMar DeRozan
Many New York Knicks fans talk about how Stephen Curry was snatched by the Golden State Warriors right before their very eyes in the 2009 NBA Draft. What they don't often mention is the horrid mistake made by the franchise right after.
With the 8th pick, the New York Knicks selected Jordan Hill and missed out on future All-Star DeMar DeRozan, who went 9th overall to Toronto.
A comparison of the two players' careers shows how bad this mistake really was. While DeMar DeRozan went on to become a four-time All-Star and is now being hounded by contending teams during his free agency, Jordan Hill has not played a single game in the NBA since 2017.
Many will look back and wonder what the New York Knicks were thinking when they made this 'brain-fade' decision on Draft night in 2009.
#1 Amar'e Stoudemire
Missing out on Amar'e Stoudemire is arguably one of the New York Knicks' worst mistakes.
The New York Knicks had the 7th-overall-pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, where they chose Nene Hilario, with Amar'e Stoudemire being snapped up by the Phoenix Suns at number nine.
While Nene Hilario wasn't a bad player, he had no business being a lottery pick. His only notable achievement in the NBA was that he was a part of the All-Rookie team. Meanwhile, Amar'e Stoudemire evolved into a superstar; he made six All-Star appearances and was a part of five All-NBA teams. He was also the Rookie of the year.
While the New York Knicks did eventually trade for Amar'e Stoudemire in the future, passing up on him as a young prospect has to be one of the biggest NBA Draft blunders in the history of the New York Knicks.
