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 MeaningAbbreviation MeaningT Territorial pick (#) 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 C Long Island 1948 1 4^ C NYU 1949 1 7^ (15) G St. John's 1950 1 6 F CCNY 1950 2 17 C Long Island 1951 1 6 F Harvard 1951 2 15 G Brigham Young 1952 1 5 F/C Whitworth 1953 T C Seton Hall 1953 2 9 PG Long Island 1953 2 15 F Furman 1954 1 8 G/F Western Kentucky 1954 2 17* G Iona 1955 1 4 PF Santa Clara 1955 2 11 F San Francisco 1956 1 4 F North Carolina State 1956 2 11 C Utah 1957 1 5 G St. Bonaventure 1957 2 13 G/F California 1958 1 3 SF San Francisco 1958 1 4 SF North Carolina 1958 2 11 F/C North Carolina 1959 1 5 SF Michigan State 1960 1 3 C California 1960 2 10 PF Wake Forest 1960 2 11 G Kentucky Wesleyan 1961 1 2 SF St. Bonaventure 1961 2 10 G St. Bonaventure 1962 1 2 C Cincinnati 1962 2 9 SF USC 1963 1 1 SF/G Duke 1963 2 9 PG Loyola (Chicago) 1964 1 1 C/F Texas Western 1964 2 8^ (19) C/F Grambling State 1964 2 13 PG Bowling Green 1965 T ^ (24) SF/SG Princeton 1965 1 3 PF/C Wichita State 1965 2 10 G/SF Indiana 1965 2 14 G Arkansas AM&N 1966 1 1 SF/G Michigan 1966 2 11 PF/C Morehead State 1967 1 5^ (10) PG Southern Illinois 1967 2 17 F/C North Dakota 1968 1 10 PF/C Ohio State 1969 1 11 G/SF St. John's 1969 2 26 F/C North Carolina 1970 1 17 G Illinois 1970 2 34 G Austin Peay 1971 1 16 PG Marquette 1971 2 34 C Alabama State 1972 1 8 C/F South Carolina 1973 1 14 SF St. John's 1973 2 28 F/G Saint Joseph's 1974 2 32 G Virginia Commonwealth 1975 1 9 SF Jackson State 1975 2 26 SG Utah 1975 2 34 G Canisius 1976 2 25 PF/C Oregon State 1977 1 10 PG Minnesota 1977 2 26 SF/SG UNLV 1977 2 32 PF Notre Dame 1978 1 4 PG/SG Montana 1978 2 32 F McNeese State 1978 2 34 SF Cal State Fullerton 1979 1 3 C San Francisco 1979 1 9 F/C Arizona 1979 1 21 SF/SG Rhode Island 1979 2 27 SG St. John's 1979 2 34 F San Diego State 1980 1 12 SG/SF Indiana 1980 2 36 PF LSU 1981 2 40 F LSU 1982 1 6 SG Minnesota 1982 2 29 PF/C Arkansas 1982 2 34 SF Duke 1983 1 12 G Arkansas 1985 1 1^ (33) C Georgetown 1985 2 47 SG UT–Chattanooga 1986 1 5 SF Kentucky 1986 2 47 PG Georgetown 1987 1 18 PG St. John's 1987 2 25 C West Virginia State 1988 1 19 PG DePaul 1988 2 37 C Stanford 1989 2 50 PF Washington State 1990 1 17 PF/C Maryland 1991 1 12 PG UNLV 1992 1 20 SG North Carolina 1994 1 24 SF Notre Dame 1994 1 26 PG Florida State 1996 1 18 SF Syracuse 1996 1 19 PF Kentucky 1996 1 21 PF Mississippi State 1997 1 25 C Minnesota 1998 2 38 PF UNC Charlotte 1998 2 44 F/C California 1999 1 15 C CSP Limoges (France) 1999 2 46 F Iowa 2000 1 22 SF Florida 2000 2 39 SG St. John's 2001 2 38 PF Arizona 2001 2 42 C Kansas 2002 1 7 PF/C Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 2002 2 36 PG KK Partizan (Serbia) 2003 1 9 PF Georgetown 2003 2 30 F/C Real Madrid (Spain) 2003 2 39 C Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro) 2004 2 44 SF UCLA 2005 1 8 PF/C Arizona 2005 1 30 PF/C Florida 2005 2 54 SG/SF UCLA 2006 1 20 SF/PF South Carolina 2006 1 29 PG/SG Temple 2007 1 23 SF DePaul 2008 1 6 SF Olimpia Milano (Italy) 2009 1 8 PF Arizona 2010 2 38 SG Syracuse 2010 2 39 SG Stanford 2011 1 17 SG/PG Georgia Tech 2012 2 48 PF Olympiacos (Greece) 2013 1 24 G Michigan 2014 2 34 SF Wichita State 2014 2 51 SF Delaware 87ers (D-League) 2015 1 4 C CB Sevilla (Spain) 2017 1 8 PG SIG Strasbourg (France) 2017 2 44 SG Houston 2017 2 58 PG Mega Leks (Serbia) 2018 1 9 SF Kentucky 2018 2 36 C Chalmette HS (Chalmette, Louisiana) 2019 1 3 SG Duke 2019 2 55 SG Virginia The Knicks traded Guy to the Sacramento Kings along with cash considerations in exchange for 47th pick Ignas Brazdeikis. 2020 1 8 PF Dayton 2020 1 23 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. 2021 1 19Kai JonesCTexasThe 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. 2021 1 21Keon JohnsonSGTennesseeThe Knicks traded Johnson to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for the 25th pick Quentin Grimes. 2021 2 32Jeremiah Robinson-EarlPF/CVillanovaThe Knicks traded Robinson-Earl to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for the 34th (Miles McBride) and 36th picks (Rokas Jokubaitis). 2021 2 58Jericho SimsPFTexas 2022 1 11Ousmane DiengSFNew 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. 2022 2 42Trevor KeelsSGDuke 2024 1 24Kyshawn GeorgeSGMiami Immediately traded for the 26th and 51st overall picks in the 2024 draft.

References

New York Knickerbockers Draft Register from Basketball-Reference.com