meloshouldgo wrote:technomaster wrote:Knox has shown some serious upside - I'm thinking Kevin Durant-type of potential. (incredibly, a super skinny, physically overmatched 19 year old Durant averaged 20.5ppg)This year was a very, very solid draft. The players picked ahead of Knox all seem like they could be good players, even all-stars. With that said, I think the teams most likely to regret their picks are the Kings (Bagley III) and the Magic (Bamba). Bagley looked stiff and overmatched in the summer league and didn't shine in his first preseason game (7pts vs Ayton's 24). The Magic have been notorious about not developing their draft picks - and Bamba at the moment is a 1-way player (Defense)...
On the flip side: I think the only player that the Knicks might regret passing on (with Knox) is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. I think that guy can and will be a star. (Now the tutelage of Doc Rivers on the Clippers, he's everything that Austin Rivers was supposed to be coming out of the draft)
Porter Jr in my book has a shot to become a better player in the long run, but due to injuries I think his odds of success in the NBA are 5% superstar vs 40% solid player vs 55% bust.
I had consistently wanted to trade down and get SGA, I think he will be one of the best PGs in the league for along time. But I am also very much looking forward to seeing more of Knox. Durant is a stretch though.
Yeah, I wish there was a way we could have come away with Knox and Shai, and pull a Kentucky Duo. However, all signs point to Knox being draft right after our pick by Philly if he had still been there. I don't even want to imagine what Knox next to Embid, Simmons, and Fultz would have looked like.
Knicks made the right choice.