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New Age Knicks

Posted on April 5, 2018 at 01:45 AM.

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The new Knicks era led by Bernard King and Clyde the Glyde begins today with the NBA draft. It was decided by the commissioner not to offer the Knicks any additional picks in the draft and their lotto odds remained unchanged. They will pick 8th tonight and while some mock drafts have them picking a euro prospect it seems unlikely they would go for anyone who isn't ready to play next season seeing as how the only players currently under contract are the two players who were playing for the Knicks G-league affiliate last season and weren't on the team plane.

That being said it may be even more likely that the Knicks swing a trade for a vet if they don't like anyone available with the 8th pick is it possible they grab a couple of NBA starters for a mid range lotto pick? Absolutely it is. All of Knicks nation will be glued to their TV's tonight as they wait to see what the first move of the Jackson, King, Fraizer triumvirate produces.

Update 8:37pm
The pick is in. The Knicks first pick of the new era will be a point guard. Not surprising considering the coach and new owner both were ex Knick point guards themselves. The PG in question is A.J. Simms widely regarded as the best shooter in this years draft but a prospect who is lacking in several other regards. He didn't play against great competition at Oregon State and is a below average defender due to his lack of length or elite level athleticism. Still the Knicks need someone fans can get behind and as Steph Curry has definitively proven fans love to root for a shooter.

Update 10:01pm
After one of the wildest first rounds in NBA history with a whopping 21 picks swapping teams over the course of the night the Knicks were very quiet until the second round when they swapped the 8th pick of the second round with the Blazers for 21 year old power forward Caleb Swanigan the one time Purdue star could find himself in a huge spotlight in New York depending on what sort of free agents the big three manage to bring to NYC in the off season.