The NBA draft is less than a month away, and with the Knicks picking fourth they’ll have a number of options available to them. Over the next four weeks, we’ll take a look at the 10 players that could come into play for Phil Jackson if he stays put or trades down.
Karl-Anthony Towns – Freshman, Kentucky, 7-foot, 250 lbs, 19 years old
* Ranked as ninth-best high school recruit and third-best center recruit by ESPN in 2014
Towns leaped ahead of Jahlil Okafor as the consensus top pick in the draft as the season wound down. Though he played limited minutes in Kentucky’s rotation, he showed the ability to dominate defensively and also flashed offensive promise.