Twitter explodes over Knicks’ draft woes

By Alexandra Huber | May 20, 2015

Jan 10, 2015; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks fans during second half against the Charlotte Hornets at Madison Square Garden. The Charlotte Hornets defeated the New York Knicks 110-82.Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports /

The Knicks fall to the number four pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, Twitter reacts.

Ah, the New York Knicks. These days it seems like they can’t do anything right. That trend continued on Tuesday night.

The Knicks, who have not won a championship since the 1972-1973 season, had the second-worst record in the NBA this year at 17-65. As owners of the second-worst record in the league, they resultantly had the second-highest number of ping pong balls in the lottery, giving them the second-best odds to get the number one pick.

Unfortunately for the Knicks, they didn’t get the first pick. Or the second. Or the third. No, instead they ended up with the fourth pick.

All of these Knicks fans who were hoping to bring Karl Anthony-Towns or Jahlil Okafor to the Big Apple, you’ll have to pray for a wild trade or unprecedented front office stupidity from the teams ahead of them.

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Not only were they trolled by their hometown paper, the New York Daily News, they were also destroyed on Twitter. Take a look at the greatness below.

Knicks were the only team to drop in the lottery tonight.
— Dennis Doyle (@dennisdoyle) May 20, 2015

Only these Knicks could lose on a night they're not playing
— Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) May 20, 2015

Even though it's May 19th, the Knicks are still losing.
— Frank Caliendo (@FrankCaliendo) May 20, 2015

Knicks get 4th pick. Dolan blames Irving Bierman.
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) May 20, 2015

the knicks have been weakening us for the past 15 years and tonight they'll finish the job
— scorch forever (@will_crist) May 20, 2015

😔😔 (via @World_Wide_Wob) pic.twitter.com/93gNwnuoPG
— Kicks Deals (@KicksDeals) May 20, 2015

As for how the rest of the teams fared, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team with the highest draft odds, landed the first overall pick. The Los Angeles Lakers got the second pick and the Philadelphia 76ers the third.

According to most mock drafts, it looks as though Frank Kamisky, the Wisconsin phenom, is the pick most likely to end up in New York. Whomever they choose, we know Knicks Twitter will not disappoint.

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