Shortly after Knicks general manager Steve Mills dropped his head in anguish at the NBA draft lottery knowing the Knicks were picking fourth and thus making moot all the silly “Jahlil Okafor or Karl-Anthony Towns?” debates, the Sixers learned they were going third. So one of the first calls Sixers brass made was to Louisville coach Rick Pitino.
Though he didn’t coach him, Pitino said he knows D’Angelo Russell inside and out. And Sixers coach Brett Brown went to Boston U. where he played for, right, Rick Pitino. Connect the dots. So if the Knicks are hoping Russell, the consensus No.