I guess Frederick Weis would have to get the nod simply because he never even played for the team, though he wasn't a high first-round draft pick.

Kenny "Sky" Walker was a great player for the University of Kentucky and was drafted in the top 10 -- eighth maybe -- back in the eighties and his game just didn't translate from college to the pros. Just an interior player in college who couldn't get away with playing in the low post in the pros.

There was another guy drafted in '79 high in the first round -- top 10 -- named Larry Demic out of the University of Arizona. He completely bombed. I don't know what his problem was. That proved to be a fruitful draft for the Knicks as they picked up Bill Cartwright and Sly Williams, who is currenly in the pokey in Schnectady.

And going way back -- the 1970s -- the Knicks drafted Eugene Short out of I believe Jackson State. He never did much, though his brother, Purvis, had a good career with Golden State.

And in more recent times, Frank Williams was a bust, after being Big 10 Player of the Year. I remember him a rookie looking like a deer in the headlights. Seemed to lack confidence.

Do you recall in the late 70s the Knicks had the rookies, not sure if they were all first rounders are not. Two of them were Toby Knight and Glenn Gondrizik for the life of me I can't remember the third.

Dontae Jones, the guy that was in the class with John Wallace and Walter mccarthy. Now John Wallace could make a case for himself as worst draft pick cuz he'd rather smoke weed and try to rap then be a basketball player.....well this dontae Jones guy had a good college career and made himself a first rounder but the dude was too into the streets. Last I heard dude was involved in everything from shootings, drug trafficing, all that. Wtf?

Dontae Jones, the guy that was in the class with John Wallace and Walter mccarthy. Now John Wallace could make a case for himself as worst draft pick cuz he'd rather smoke weed and try to rap then be a basketball player.....well this dontae Jones guy had a good college career and made himself a first rounder but the dude was too into the streets. Last I heard dude was involved in everything from shootings, drug trafficing, all that. Wtf?

Nene Hilario... double whammy, because we not only missed out on Amare Stoudamire, but we also traded Nene away along w/Camby for Antonio McGimp.

JesseDark - 6'9 Lonnie Shelton was a baller

You obviously never watched him play for the Sonics

His forced loss, in the Geoge McGinnis tampering penalty, set the Knicks franchise back a few years

better do some homework



[Edited by - MisterEarl on 03-06-2006 8:19 PM]

JesseDark - 6'9 Lonnie Shelton was a baller
You obviously never watched him play for the Sonics

His forced loss, in the Geoge McGinnis tampering penalty, set the Knicks franchise back a few years

better do some homework

I said he wasn't the worst. Read what I wrote.

Walker had potential. Those knees, those knees. But Mustaff, I still believe that scouting team had to be smoking the funny tobacco. I think Freddy is right up there but I will also throw in Harvey in 2000. I still don't even understand that move at all, to this day. Strickland, man there was a time where Knicks just threw away picks like it was monopoly money.

You remember Sky Walker in college tho? He was so spectacular that I didn't think it was a bad move to go for him. He just couldn't get away with his college game in the pros and never developed the handle or outside shot.

kenny walker average 10 rebs a game his rookie year wearing #34.

I guess there were some off-court issues with Jones. I remember him in the NC2A tourney where his Mississippi State team came out of nowhere to make the Final Four. He teamed with another NBA underachiever, Eric Dampier, on that team. Jones was a terrific athlete and I thought he would be a player. Not much between the ears I guess.

And Mustaff was a guy who just never developed. Again some off court issues. He just never did anything. Came out of Maryland after his sophomore year and was drafted based on potential rather than performance. I never did understand what happened to him, but he was involved in that aforementioned shooting in Phoenix after the Knicks unloaded him.

And I haven't seen another Knicks' first-rounder mentioned and that would be John Thomas, out of the University of Minnesota. He was picked at the bottom of the first round and was not much more than a role player in college (Bobby Jackson was U. of M's best player) and I was actually surprised when he was drafted so high. I don't even think he played for the Knicks; he was traded right away and was never more than a journeyman.

I thought John Wallace was going to be a player when he led his otherwise mediocre University of Syracuse team to the NC2A final game against Kentucky. I thought he would be a star, but he never developed. In fact, I thought Wallace would have been drafted hired than he ended up going. They said he couldn't guard a tree.