NBA Draft Lottery: NBA Twitter reacts to Knicks losing Zion Sweepstakes
The New York Knicks were the biggest loser at the NBA Draft Lottery as they will pick third and won’t get to draft Duke phenom, Zion Williamson.
The Knicks couldn’t even get the Ja Morant consolation prize.
Once again, the Knicks were the biggest loser at the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night. They will pick third and lost out on Zion Williamson. Dreams were dashed.
They were among the three teams with the best odds to win the Zion Sweepstakes, also known as the NBA Draft Lottery. With a 14 percent chance to draft Zion and bring a superstar to Madison Square Garden, fans couldn’t help but get excited at the prospect of the franchise returning to prominence.
As the first 10 teams had their envelopes were pulled, the Knicks were safely inside the top four picks. The Bulls, Suns and Cavaliers who had the next best odds to the Knicks were all outside the top four as the Lakers, Grizzlies and Pelicans were alive for the right to take Zion Williamson.
The Knicks had the best odds of the four remaining teams to get Zion but the thought that the Lakers could steal him and pair with LeBron was enough to have fans saying their prayers. After the longest commercial break of their life, the top four was released.
It stung like a nest of angry wasps when the Knicks envelope was pulled with the third pick.
NBA Twitter was lit after the results of the NBA Draft Lottery revealed they lost out on Zion.
Here is a roundup of the best reactions.
https://twitter.com/MasterTes/status/1128463448445263872
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1128458142893920258
THE KNICKS DID NOT GET THE NO. 1 OR NO. 2 Pick pic.twitter.com/afdUyAZb4I
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) May 15, 2019
Did the Knicks somehow just lose Zion and AD all in one clean swoop? Am I living in real life?
— Robbie Fox (@RobbieBarstool) May 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/JustRyCole/status/1128462700000858114
“Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and Zion Williamson are going to dominate on the Knicks for years to come” pic.twitter.com/ClHrZIp4VM
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) May 15, 2019
Knicks: “We’ll take you if you still on the board!”
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) May 15, 2019
Zion: https://t.co/9YwfB8wxvj
Knicks fans, do you want to talk about it?
— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) May 15, 2019
knicks twitter rn: pic.twitter.com/apPRNL1zCn
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) May 15, 2019
Knicks fans after falling to No. 3... pic.twitter.com/hwzUvwxjXc
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 15, 2019
Man I can't believe all those photoshops of Zion in a Knicks jersey didn't work
— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) May 15, 2019
Knicks fans to the NBA: pic.twitter.com/et6vli2uSH
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) May 15, 2019
Let’s check in with all the Knicks fans... pic.twitter.com/YjmGKaWqvV
— Kayce Smith (@KayceSmith) May 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1128463748161732608
Tomorrow’s @NYDailyNews Back Page after the Knicks lose out on Zion Sweepstakes... #NBADraftLottery pic.twitter.com/CLxPAzRPgk
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaSports) May 15, 2019
Knicks fans all year: "We're getting Zion to put him next to KD and Kyrie"
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) May 15, 2019
Knicks fans tonight: pic.twitter.com/krrKSnvG1d
The Knicks thought they were getting KD, Kyrie, and Zion but in reality they’re about to get KD, Isaiah Thomas, and R.J Wiggins pic.twitter.com/nYjUZjId2n
— Isaac Gutierrez (@byisaacg) May 15, 2019
Zion when he saw the Knicks and the Lakers in the top 4... and then the Pelicans won pic.twitter.com/BzxhMrBIk5
— Born Ready 2 Pod (@BornReady2Pod) May 15, 2019