Yesterday, John Hollinger of The Athletic wrote a summary article about this year’s Olympic basketball. Tucked in his piece was this note:
“The New York Knicks own the rights to Mathias Lessort, the athletic French forward who had a solid tournament and is signed with Greece’s Panathinaikos for the coming season. Lessort can’t shoot, however, and at 6-9 is undersized to play the middle at the NBA level. He turns 29 in September and could be a last-resort option for New York next offseason if the Knicks can’t fill their backup center hole.