New York Knicks: Ranking the last 10 first-round picks
10. Mardy Collins
“Who?”
Most NBA fans are not that familiar with Mardy Collins‘ name. Hell, even being a New York Knicks fan wouldn’t guarantee that. Collins was the tenth-last selection that the Knicks made in the first round of the draft.
Originally drafted using the 29th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, Collins would spend a total of four seasons in the NBA and averaged 3.7 points per game with the Knicks on some horrific shooting percentages, before getting traded to the LA Clippers in the Zach Randolph trade.
Right after that, Collins would take his talents overseas, where he played for a wide variety of teams and countries. Some of his destinations included Greece, Israel, Venezuela and Poland.
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9. Jordan Hill
Moving on to a much more familiar name, Jordan Hill was drafted by the Knicks with the eighth pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. Hill went one spot after Stephen Curry and one spot before DeMar DeRozan. Talk about being lucky!
Unfortunately for the Knicks, Hill was nowhere near as talented as the pair mentioned above, never quite reaching the level of a starting center. That is, of course, if you take the dark Los Angeles Lakers era out of the equation.
For the first time since 2013 the Lakers are making the playoffs. It has been a long 7 years, filled with Wesley Johnson, Jeremy Lin, Nick Young, Kendall Marshall, Roy Hibbert, Xavier Henry, Robert Sacre, Jordan Hill, Ed Davis, Kent Bazemore, Marcelo Huertas, Carlos Boozer
— Angel (@ordunaangell) March 7, 2020
Luckily for the Knicks, Hill was dealt midway through his rookie season, in a deal where the Knicks grabbed themselves a Hall-of-Famer. Reality check: It was Tracy McGrady, on the verge of retiring.