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https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/613380726201970688

Took this from the Kaminsky thread, courtesy of wh4t, who posted it.

Classic fake injury shutdown, IMO.

Does this mean Jackson wants him and this is an excuse for Porzingis so he does not have to work out for Philly.

Givony indicated that Hinkie would not draft Porzingis without a physical, and that Porzingis does not want to play for Philly.

Anyone think there is more to this than him actually having an injury?

nyk4ever wrote:gotta love these draft smoke-screens. i wonder if phil wants porzingis or if he has a trade lined up with someone else who wants him.

Almost too many variables to think about, to be honest.

Lots of injuries and illness surround Knicks workouts, given this info, and Russell's "illness" after he worked out with us.

wargames wrote:Phil also said Melo was there to watch the draft prospects work out though and Porzingis got a cramp

Too convenient of an excuse, and the timing is too coincidental. He has not released a single comment about any workout, as far as I can recall. Why start now?

There is also this:

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https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/613379200439971844

Seems to me that Jackson might not know what Philly will do, but does know that he will end up with either Russell or the Latvian being available at #4, and my sense is that the tweet above indicates that he is happy with taking either of them, or is trying to up his leverage with teams who want to move up.

Don't think he trades out if Russell is there, but there is a chance that he does with Porzingis, IMO.

franco12 wrote:I don't see how this can be staged because the fact is, there is no way we should be promising anyone anything in terms of picking them, outside of the big three if they fall.

I also look at the secret Russell workout, and Russell's illness excuse for backing out of his Philly workout.

Just seems fishy to me.

BRIGGS wrote:This guy is going to end up as a more athletic version of Rik Smits. He'll be a 5 down the line and will be tough to deal with.

Are you happy with Russell, if he's the one who falls?

I know you love Hezonja, but I don't think Phil would ever take him unless we had two picks in the top 10, and even then I would doubt it.

Too much of a freelance player for him, I would expect.

BRIGGS wrote:This guy is going to end up as a more athletic version of Rik Smits. He'll be a 5 down the line and will be tough to deal with.

I'm not sure he'll ever gain that much weight but he will eventually get bigger. He's got it all in terms of skills so there's no wait on him being able to actually play. He can do the stretch 4 and big 3 thing for now. You still get the shot blocking tho I don't know if he'll be able to rebound well early on at the NBA level. That's not the end of the world for now.

NYKBocker wrote:IF Big 3 are gone then I want Porzingis. It's all about swinging for the fences when picking this high.

Exactly, which is why I want Mudiay.