On Wednesday November 8th, due to the Knicks win and the Hornets loss on the same night, the Knicks are officially no longer have the worst record in the NBA since January 1, 2000, being replaced by the Hornets.
Source: https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=nba+teams+by+record+since+january+1%2C+2000
Well yeah, that’s how you become the worst team over a twenty year span – by being really bad but never being bad enough to get draft picks