GustavBahler wrote:
http://nypost.com/2017/05/24/french-stud-on-knicks-radar-showing-why-scouts-doubt-him/

French league point guard Frank Ntilikina, whom the Knicks have on their radar with the eighth pick in June’s NBA draft, could be down to his final game before he flies to the United States for workouts.

In Wednesday night’s playoff game in France, the 6-foot-5 Ntilikina came off the bench to play 22 minutes, scoring four points with four rebounds and three assists as his Strasbourg club evened the best-of-three first-round series with a 83-68 victory over Pau-Orthez.

The deciding Game 3 is Friday. Ntilikina, who turns 19 this summer, didn’t play well in the playoff opener, in which Strasbourg lost in overtime. In 18 minutes, he shot 0-for-4 with one point, zero assists and three fouls.

Like many teams, the Knicks love Ntilikina’s body frame for a point guard, and Phil Jackson rates that as important. He’s rated the No. 1 international prospect. One concern among scouts is his lack of consistency, and they wonder if he should be putting up larger numbers considering his immense talent. Some in the organization rate North Carolina State’s Dennis Smith Jr. higher than Ntilikina among point guards, but the Frenchman may make a better triangle fit.

BPA!

I agree BPA, but within position of need. If Smith is determined to be the better player, but Ntilikina is the better fit in the offense, you go with the best player. The system you run should not dictate the player you take. A good offensive system should be able to blend any talented player at a position of need.

Knixkik wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:
http://nypost.com/2017/05/24/french-stud-on-knicks-radar-showing-why-scouts-doubt-him/

French league point guard Frank Ntilikina, whom the Knicks have on their radar with the eighth pick in June’s NBA draft, could be down to his final game before he flies to the United States for workouts.

In Wednesday night’s playoff game in France, the 6-foot-5 Ntilikina came off the bench to play 22 minutes, scoring four points with four rebounds and three assists as his Strasbourg club evened the best-of-three first-round series with a 83-68 victory over Pau-Orthez.

The deciding Game 3 is Friday. Ntilikina, who turns 19 this summer, didn’t play well in the playoff opener, in which Strasbourg lost in overtime. In 18 minutes, he shot 0-for-4 with one point, zero assists and three fouls.

Like many teams, the Knicks love Ntilikina’s body frame for a point guard, and Phil Jackson rates that as important. He’s rated the No. 1 international prospect. One concern among scouts is his lack of consistency, and they wonder if he should be putting up larger numbers considering his immense talent. Some in the organization rate North Carolina State’s Dennis Smith Jr. higher than Ntilikina among point guards, but the Frenchman may make a better triangle fit.

BPA!

I agree BPA, but within position of need. If Smith is determined to be the better player, but Ntilikina is the better fit in the offense, you go with the best player. The system you run should not dictate the player you take. A good offensive system should be able to blend any talented player at a position of need.

A writer made the claim that Donovan Mitchell will be the Klay Thompson, Zach Kaine, Gary Harris, Shroeder who falls to 11-15 but ends up being a stud.

And if we are to really evaluate this. He is a player with all star 2 way potential who is defense first. Strong measurements and athletic ability. Clean character and a good fit within the triangle since he wont be asked to be a full time floor general.

The kicker is that we would be able to trade down and add multiple assets moving down to the 10-12 range to get him at the draft. Mitchell wont be a plug in all star and will probably take 2 yrs before he puts it all together. But between his potential, his fit, and our ability to acquire more assets. Would make a ton of sense.

anrst wrote:i just watched some clips on mitchell and im convinced he will be great. we must have him.

I was in a long debate on twitter about Mitchell. I feel the Knicks should try to grab another 1st and do a Mitchell/Justin Jackson. Long players that would boost the Defense and Offense.

nixluva wrote:Nitty is not dynamic in any way except that he has good lateral quickness and elite length. Looks like his jumper is gonna be good. He's got high BBIQ and will of course learn more. As he matures physically I expect him to fill out and I think he's gonna be a similar player to Malcolm Brogdon.

Nitty will likely not be a dynamic scorer at PG but he will be versatile as a player that can be a SG and PG and defend 1-3. He's pretty much a Prototypical Triangle guard. Size, Length, passing, shooting and Defense. Not a lot of flash just production in a Team Game. He's not the Superstar type but should help the team play winning ball.

newyorknewyork wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:
http://nypost.com/2017/05/24/french-stud-on-knicks-radar-showing-why-scouts-doubt-him/

French league point guard Frank Ntilikina, whom the Knicks have on their radar with the eighth pick in June’s NBA draft, could be down to his final game before he flies to the United States for workouts.

In Wednesday night’s playoff game in France, the 6-foot-5 Ntilikina came off the bench to play 22 minutes, scoring four points with four rebounds and three assists as his Strasbourg club evened the best-of-three first-round series with a 83-68 victory over Pau-Orthez.

The deciding Game 3 is Friday. Ntilikina, who turns 19 this summer, didn’t play well in the playoff opener, in which Strasbourg lost in overtime. In 18 minutes, he shot 0-for-4 with one point, zero assists and three fouls.

Like many teams, the Knicks love Ntilikina’s body frame for a point guard, and Phil Jackson rates that as important. He’s rated the No. 1 international prospect. One concern among scouts is his lack of consistency, and they wonder if he should be putting up larger numbers considering his immense talent. Some in the organization rate North Carolina State’s Dennis Smith Jr. higher than Ntilikina among point guards, but the Frenchman may make a better triangle fit.

BPA!

I agree BPA, but within position of need. If Smith is determined to be the better player, but Ntilikina is the better fit in the offense, you go with the best player. The system you run should not dictate the player you take. A good offensive system should be able to blend any talented player at a position of need.

A writer made the claim that Donovan Mitchell will be the Klay Thompson, Zach Kaine, Gary Harris, Shroeder who falls to 11-15 but ends up being a stud.

And if we are to really evaluate this. He is a player with all star 2 way potential who is defense first. Strong measurements and athletic ability. Clean character and a good fit within the triangle since he wont be asked to be a full time floor general.

The kicker is that we would be able to trade down and add multiple assets moving down to the 10-12 range to get him at the draft. Mitchell wont be a plug in all star and will probably take 2 yrs before he puts it all together. But between his potential, his fit, and our ability to acquire more assets. Would make a ton of sense.

I am very intrigued by the guy. He and Justin Jackson (unc)are my picks for most likely to greatly exceed expectations

Fraschilla compares Smith jr. and Frank....

The big question is which player fits better in the triangle offense, because the Knicks will be running that fulltime this season. Fraschilla said both do.

“Theoretically Frank probably fits the triangle better with his versatility,” Fraschilla said. “But with a 24-second shot clock you still need guys that can break a defense down and make a play on their own. Dennis is more prepared to do that than

newyorknewyork wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:
http://nypost.com/2017/05/24/french-stud-on-knicks-radar-showing-why-scouts-doubt-him/

French league point guard Frank Ntilikina, whom the Knicks have on their radar with the eighth pick in June’s NBA draft, could be down to his final game before he flies to the United States for workouts.

In Wednesday night’s playoff game in France, the 6-foot-5 Ntilikina came off the bench to play 22 minutes, scoring four points with four rebounds and three assists as his Strasbourg club evened the best-of-three first-round series with a 83-68 victory over Pau-Orthez.

The deciding Game 3 is Friday. Ntilikina, who turns 19 this summer, didn’t play well in the playoff opener, in which Strasbourg lost in overtime. In 18 minutes, he shot 0-for-4 with one point, zero assists and three fouls.

Like many teams, the Knicks love Ntilikina’s body frame for a point guard, and Phil Jackson rates that as important. He’s rated the No. 1 international prospect. One concern among scouts is his lack of consistency, and they wonder if he should be putting up larger numbers considering his immense talent. Some in the organization rate North Carolina State’s Dennis Smith Jr. higher than Ntilikina among point guards, but the Frenchman may make a better triangle fit.

BPA!

I agree BPA, but within position of need. If Smith is determined to be the better player, but Ntilikina is the better fit in the offense, you go with the best player. The system you run should not dictate the player you take. A good offensive system should be able to blend any talented player at a position of need.

A writer made the claim that Donovan Mitchell will be the Klay Thompson, Zach Kaine, Gary Harris, Shroeder who falls to 11-15 but ends up being a stud.

And if we are to really evaluate this. He is a player with all star 2 way potential who is defense first. Strong measurements and athletic ability. Clean character and a good fit within the triangle since he wont be asked to be a full time floor general.

The kicker is that we would be able to trade down and add multiple assets moving down to the 10-12 range to get him at the draft. Mitchell wont be a plug in all star and will probably take 2 yrs before he puts it all together. But between his potential, his fit, and our ability to acquire more assets. Would make a ton of sense.

I've been on the D.Mitchell train for a couple of weeks now and think he would be a great fit for us especially if we can get R.Rubio to run the point for us.

TheGame wrote:The kid looks solid but,as others have said, he does not look like a potential superstar. He is more in the George Hill or Jeff Teague category although he might turn out a little better than those two. In any case, he should develop into a starting caliber pg, but he is not going to be the best player on the team.

IMO Josh Jackson is a future superstar and possibly Fultz. I think everyone else after that is in the all star to borderline all star range.

Edit: I think Tatum has some superstar potential as well.

SupremeCommander wrote:His weaknesses are my lunch weighs more than him and he's done nothing of distinction... The more I think about it the more I think this would be like drafting someone like Marvin Williams - drafting based purely on hope

He's 18? He'll gain weight. The fact that he's already playing, excelling at times, is impressive. There's hope involved with any draft pick, but the kids shows potential to be a good way player.