Former North Carolina State point guard Dennis Smith Jr. is in town to work out for the Knicks, according to Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com (Twitter link). Marc Berman of The New York Post tweets that the workout will take place tomorrow.
Smith, who was previously said to have a tentative session lined up with New York, has frequently been mentioned as a potential target for the club at No. 8. By that point, top point guards like Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball, and De’Aaron Fox will almost certainly be off the board, but Smith may still be available, and the Knicks are in the market for a point guard of the future.
Here are a few more draft-related notes from around the Eastern Conference:
- The Hornets, who have the No. 11 overall pick, are another team that may be seeking a point guard in this year’s lottery, prompting Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer to examine the potential fit for French prospect Frank Ntilikina. New York (No. 8) and Dallas (No. 9) are viewed as possible landing spots for Ntilikina, but if he’s there when Charlotte picks, the Hornets – who have had trouble securing a reliable backup for Kemba Walker – may have to seriously consider him.
- Donovan Mitchell (Louisville), Kobi Simmons (Arizona), and Milton Doyle (Loyola) were among the prospects the Bulls brought in to participate in a group workout on Monday, per Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders (Twitter link). Mitchell could be a target for Chicago at No. 16 if he’s still on the board.
- The Wizards conducted a pre-draft workout on Monday and will hold another one today, according to a pair of announcements from the club. The team worked out Frank Mason III (Kansas), Michael Young (Pittsburgh), Tyler Dorsey (Oregon), Isaac Humphries (Kentucky), Ben Moore (SMU), and Moses Kingsley (Arkansas) on Monday. Tuesday’s participants will be Marcus Keene (Central Michigan), Justin Robinson (Monmouth), Przemek Karnowski (Gonzaga), Kris Jenkins (Villanova), Landen Lucas (Kansas), and Xavier Rathan-Mayes (Florida State).
If the Knicks want to get this rebuild accelerated you draft Frank Ntikilina. Watching these NBA Finals is showing me you need defense to win(Look at the Cavs). Bring in Frank and move Melo to Atlanta for Carroll and the Atlanta pick and draft Donovan Mitchell to come off the bench in a 6th man role. Atlanta can re-sign Millsap and have a interesting frontcourt with Melo-Millsap-Howard and of course Dennis and Hardaway if they decide to re-sign him. Knicks put out a better defensive lineup which would be more triangle oriented with passers and defenders who can shoot the ball out on the floor(Frank,Lee,Carroll,Porzingis) and of course there is Noah who should
Be able to have an impact once his suspension is up.
Carroll is on the Raptors
Yeah I’d love to see the Hawks trade Carroll, except you know for the fact he’s a Raptor!
I could see Charlotte taking Justin Jackson or Donovan Mitchell in that spot. Same with Detroit at 12, actually. Luke Kennard might sneak in there too. There are a pretty good amount of bigs am often those guys, and I don’t see those teams taking a big. Could be a couple of trades in that areas as well
I really hate autocorrect
Ditto. It’s especially bad on this app, for some reason.