New York Knicks Select Vanderbilt Forward Tyler Nickel with 47th Pick in 2026 NBA Draft

East Rockingham alum Tyler Nickel drafted to the New York Knicks

Moments before the 47th overall pick in the NBA draft, Tyler Nickel made a call to his agent.

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President Leon Rose, his front office and the scouting department around him have brought a team out of purgatory and turned it into a champion. Their next challenge is to repeat as champions. Usually, much shouldn’t be expected from players drafted in the middle of the second round — where the Knicks selected Jack Kayil (No. 39) and Tyler Nickel (No. 47). But this front office has delivered contributors from similar draft positions recently.

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New York Knicks select Vanderbilt forward Tyler Nickel with 47th pick in 2026 NBA Draft

Nickel is the 43rd Vanderbilt men's basketball player to be selected in the NBA Draft. He is the first Commodore to be selected in the draft since 2020 when Aaron Nesmith and Saben Lee were selected in the first and second rounds, respectively.

2026 NBA Draft: Tyler Nickel selected in Round 2 of NBA Draft by New York Knicks

Vanderbilt forward Tyler Nickel was taken with the 47th overall pick by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 2026 NBA Draft. He becomes the first Commodore to be drafted into the association since Saben Lee in 2020. Nickel played four seasons of college basketball — one at North Carolina, one at Virginia Tech and the last two on West End. The Virginian was a four-star recruit out of high school and a meaningful rotation player in each …