The New York Knicks are bringing in an extra special good luck charm to represent the franchise at the NBA draft lottery. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Ian Begley, University of Georgetown coach and Knicks icon Patrick Ewing will be in attendance on May 14th as the team hopes to land the No. 1 overall pick.
New York hasn't held the the draft's top choice sine 1985, when it won the “frozen envelope” lottery for the rights to draft Ewing, considered a generational prospect after four dominant years at Georgetown. Hall-of-Famer Dave DeBusschere was the Knicks' lottery representative 34 years ago. Clearly, the team is alluding to the past by bringing in Ewing for the draft lottery when another all-time prospect, Duke's Zion Williamson, will be the prize of the winner.
New York went 17-65 under first-year coach David Fizdale this season, owning the league's worst record. Under the new lottery rules, the Knicks hold a 14 percent chance of getting the No. 1 pick, the same odds as the Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Cavaliers, the teams who finished just above New York in the standings.
This offseason stands to be among the most important for the Knicks in recent memory. Not only are they longing for lottery luck, but team presidentSteve Mills also has ambitions of bringing in a pair of max-level free agents come July. Whispers of Kevin Durant's interest in signing with New York have only grown louder over the course of the 2018-19 season, and Kyrie Irving, a native of West Orange, NJ, will supposedly consider the Knicks, too.
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