![David Lee was an All-Star for the Knicks in 2009-10. [Image Source: Flickr / teedotsdp]](https://staticr1.blastingcdn.com/media/photogallery/2019/6/28/660x290/b_502x220x82/david-lee-was-an-all-star-for-the-knicks-in-2009-10-image-source-flickr-teedotsdp_2286037.jpg "David Lee was an All-Star for the Knicks in 2009-10. [Image Source: Flickr / teedotsdp]")
The New York Knicks are the next team in this series of the team’s 10 best draft choices since 1990.
In order to make the list, the player must have actually been drafted by the Knicks (someone like Nate Robinson was acquired in a draft-day deal). Only the player’s impact with New York was considered (someone like Channing Frye made much more of an impact after leaving the Knicks). Where the player was drafted matters meaning if a second round pick had almost as much impact as a lottery pick, then the second round pick will be higher.
All of the team’s draft picks were found on Basketball Reference.
David Lee - First round, 30th overall (2005)
In three of his five seasons with the club, Lee averaged a points/rebounds double-double, and he was named an All-Star in 2009-10 when he averaged a career-best 20.2 points.
Kristaps Porzingis - First round, fourth overall (2015)
While Porzingis is likely the most talented on this list (averages of 17.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, and two blocks while with the Knicks), he appeared in just 186 games with the team before being traded to the Mavericks.
Wilson Chandler - First round, 23rd overall (2007)
Playing 3.5 years with the Knicks (before he was traded to Denver in a trade that netted New York Carmelo Anthony), Chandler posted averages of 14 points and 5.2 rebounds in 233 games with the team.
Charlie Ward - First round, 26th overall (1994)
Ward ranks seventh in franchise history with 2,451 assists, and he was the starting point guard for a Knicks team that made the NBA Finals in 1999.
Tim Hardaway Jr. - First round, 24th overall (2013)
A First Team All-Rookie member in 2013-14, Hardaway Jr. has had two stints with the Knicks (now with the Mavericks) averaging 13.8 points in 254 games.
Mitchell Robinson - Second round, 36th overall (2018)
Named a Second Team All-Rookie member this past season, Robinson finished second in the league averaging 2.4 blocks per contest despite playing just 20.6 minutes a night. Empire Sports Media recently talked about why he needs to remain the team's starting center next season.
Landry Fields - Second round, 39th overall (2010)
While his career faded somewhat rapidly, Fields started 81 games as a rookie (was named First Team All-Rookie) while averaging 9.7 points and 6.4 rebounds.
Danilo Gallinari - First round, sixth overall (2008)
Gallinari was also involved in the deal that brought Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks, but prior to that, he averaged 13.7 points and connected on 37.7 percent of his three-point tries in a New York uniform.
Hubert Davis - First round, 20th overall (1992)
A superb long-distance shooter, Davis made 44.9 percent (317-706) of his three-point attempts in four seasons with the Knicks.
Iman Shumpert - First round, 17th overall (2011)
Shumpert was a First Team All-Rookie member in 2011-12 and started 162 of his 202 games (all 13 of his postseason games with the team as well) as a member of the Knicks.
