The NBA Draft Combine is wrapping up, and the biggest story in the New York media at the moment is Phil Jackson saying the exact same stuff about Carmelo Anthony that he said last month. But that stuff is boring, so let us instead focus on the work of super-scout Clarence Gaines—a.k.a. the dude who recommended the Knicks draft Kristaps Porzingis. Mr. Gaines had himself a productive combine, according to Marc Berman:
“Jackson said he had his “master interviewer,” senior advisor Clarence Gaines, ask some oddball questions to “knock them off base a little” from their “set story.