Same Old Story On Draft Day

Ladies and gentleman, welcome to article #2. I know it's still the off season for the Knicks and I should probably be talking about the Mets and Yankees (or perhaps the Long Island Lizards if I get really desperate). Still, I don't feel the draft was properly analyzed (read: lambasted) and since it is my duty to let nothing slip through the cracks, here we go...

What do the following players all have in common? Frederick Weis, JR Koch, Demarco Johnson, Sean Marks, John Thomas, Dontae Jones, Walter McCarty, John Wallace, Monty Williams, Hubert Davis, Greg Anthony, Jerrod Mustaf, and Brian Quinnett.

They're all very tall, very comfortable in the sitting position, and very much a part of the Knicks' recent lack of success on Draft Day.

These former Knick draftees could all be contributing for the Knicks today. Since Patrick Ewing, only two current Knicks were drafted by the team. They are Charlie Ward, who can hardly be considered a successful draft pick, and Mark Jackson, who spent his best years shimmying and shaking for the Indiana Pacers.

This most recent draft, held at the Garden no less, certainly has the potential to add two more names to this fantasy "Where are they now?" pick-up game.

With the 39th pick in the draft, the Knicks selected Michael Wright, a solid role player in the mold of former fan-favorite Anthony Mason. Although Wright was a good power forward for a very good Arizona team last year, it is hard to believe his 6'7'' frame will do much to help the Knicks in the rebounding department though. Well can he play the three position then? Nope. Sorry, but Wright just doesn't have the speed, handle, or shooting ability to play small forward. Basically, you're looking at a younger Larry Johnson without the range.

When it was the Knicks turn to choose again at 43, they picked a 7-footer out of a major college program....just not THE 7-footer out of a major college program. I was shocked that New York passed on Lauren Woods (twice). Even more so once they had selected his teammate, Wright. I'll be even more shocked if their selection, Eric Chenowith, makes it through the Preseason. Chenowith's number plummeted every year in college as he continually underachieved for an underachieving team in an overrated conference. It would be too easy to trace the lineage of this family tree from Weiss to Koch to Marks to Quinnett and back to that infamous root (which pretty much describes his rebounding ability): Greg Butler. Oops.

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