Nix did not manage to buy the first round of the NBA draft Thursday night and stayed with two fragments, they began the day with: № 38 and 39.
"It would be nice to come up with a good player, to be honest with you," coach Mike D'Antoni said beforehand. "If we got two, a home run."
Despite the need for the size of the team, only five players under contract after July 1, and the Knicks went first for the shooter, Rautins, a member of the Canadian national team who shot .407 on 3-pointers for Syracuse last season.
6 feet 4 guard did almost nothing but shoot 3s in Syracuse, with its 282 360 career attempts from behind arc. In 2010 the tournament NCAA, he went 12-24-3 in games at Syracuse and scored 24 points against Gonzaga in the second round.
Rautins father, Leo, was a member of the Knicks training camp in 1987 and appeared in three exhibition games in New York.
Paul was selected first team All-Pac 10 after leading league scoring at 22.0 points per game, 8.8 rebounds without being distracted. He also led the team in steals (51), blocks (25) and minutes per game (36.3), and he registered a vertical jump 39 inches, when the Knicks worked him. Only Corey Fortson over Arkansas recorded the vertical leap (40 inches).
