Charley Rosen, Phil Jackson’s longtime confidant, gave a recipe for what he would like to see the Zen Master do at Thursday’s draft.
Even if the two heralded big men, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jahlil Okafor, are off the board, Rosen still hopes the Knicks go big and consider taking Kentucky defensive specialist Willie Cauley-Stein. Rosen said the 7-foot Cauley-Stein would make a solid pairing with a free-agent center Jackson is going to strongly target July 1 — the Pistons’ unrestricted 7-footer Greg Monroe.
Rosen meets with Jackson every few weeks for an online mini-series recounting the 2014-15 disaster through Jackson’s eyes.