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Watch: Fans chant 'Fire Phil' as Knicks make draft pick

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The New York Knicks made out pretty well in Thursday's NBA draft, plucking toolsy French point guard Frank Ntilikina with the eighth overall pick, and athletic swingman Damyean Dotson in the second round.

But Knicks fans on hand for the occasion at the theater inside Madison Square Garden were more concerned with the clown show surrounding the team in the lead-up to the draft - which included publicly declaring their ostensible franchise cornerstone, Kristaps Porzingis, available in a trade - as orchestrated by team president Phil Jackson.

In the past, Knicks owner James Dolan has been the target of vindictive chants from the team's disgruntled fans, but as Adam Silver stepped to the podium to announce the Knicks' draft picks last night, it was Jackson's head they called for.

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