ESPN’s draft expert Chad Ford released his latest 2017 NBA Mock Draft, and it contained a shakeup with the New York Knicks selection. In Ford’s last mock he had the Knicks choosing North Carolina’s Dennis Smith Jr. The new one doesn’t have them taking a point guard at all.
The Knicks don’t address their biggest positional need and instead select Kentucky’s Malik Monk. The combo guard has been compared to ex-Knick Jamal Crawford.
Ford summarizes the pick:
Smith goes off the board at No. 9 to the equally point guard starved Dallas Mavericks and Frank Ntilikina is selected 10th by the Sacramento Kings.