CHICAGO — Harlem’s Mohamed Bamba set a wingspan record for the NBA Draft Combine, measuring at 7-foot-9¾. The shot-blocking center who played at Texas has helped his stock so dramatically the Knicks know they have no shot at Bamba falling to No. 9.
Bamba, a probable top-five pick in June’s draft, was born and raised in Manhattan but played high school ball at Westtown (Pa.) High. The 20-year-old who considered Harvard and has attended Daryl Morey’s famed Sloan Analytics Conference the past two years has never been on the Garden court.
“It’d be pretty cool to either play for or against the Knicks,’’ Bamba said.