Frank Ntillikina is polarizing because he plays exemplary defense but struggles to string together consistent offensive showings, but one thing everyone should be able to agree on is that the Knicks’ resident Frenchman was born 22 years ago this week.
Ntilikina was 18 when the Knicks selected him 8th overall in 2017 and had turned 19 by the time he stepped on an actual NBA court. Though he was drafted as a long-term project, Knicks fans quickly became enamored with Ntilikina due to his intense defensive prowess and the fearlessness with which he stood up to a bully named LeBron James.