Interesting Knick Draft Facts

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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">2005 NBA Draft: In the 2005 NBA Draft at the Theater at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, June 28, the New York Knicks will have two first-round selections and one second-round selection?With a final record of 33-49 to finish the 2004-05 season, the Knicks were slotted into the eighth spot (tie-broken by Toronto) prior to the NBA Draft Lottery on May 24?With only a 3.5-percent chance of getting the first overall pick, New York in fact stayed in that eighth spot?On Feb. 24, 2005, the Knicks acquired forward Malik Rose, Phoenix?s 2005 first-round draft pick and San Antonio?s 2006 first-round draft pick from the Spurs in exchange for center Nazr Mohammed?With Phoenix finishing at a league-best 62-20, the Knicks will have the last pick in the first round (No. 30)?the Knicks? second-round draft pick (No. 37) was traded to the Atlanta Hawks on Feb. 15, 2004 in a trade involving the three-team deal for Tim Thomas and Mohammed (the L.A. Lakers now own the pick)?The Knicks acquired the 54th overall pick in the draft from Houston on Jun. 9, 2003 for the release of Jeff Van Gundy?New York is one of five team in the 2005 NBA Draft with more than one first-round selection.</div>
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