The NBA Draft Lottery came and went, and all 14 teams now know their position on the big night. As usual, there were winners and losers from the lottery. The New York Knicks were part of the latter. They fell one spot to the No. 8 selection, and ESPN’s Chad Ford has them picking there in his latest mock draft.
Ford predicts the Knicks will select North Carolina State point guard Dennis Smith Jr. After the lottery had commenced, and the Knicks didn’t ascend to the top where they could obtain either Lonzo Ball or Markelle Fultz, chatter began that Smith or Frank Ntilikina could be the guy with the eighth pick.