Knicks Draft Rumors: New York "Serious" About Considering Cameron Payne In NBA Draft

The New York Knicks have several scenarios they're mulling with the No. 4 overall pick in the NBA Draft, and are strongly thinking about trading back in the draft to select Murray State point guard Cameron Payne.

Payne has reportedly already been given a guarantee that the Oklahoma City Thunder will draft him at No. 14, but according to Ian Begley of ESPNNewYork, the Knicks are really intrigued by the talented lefty:

League sources with knowledge of the team’s thinking say the Knicks are doing more than their due diligence by working out Payne; they are “serious” about considering him in the draft, those sources say.

Payne is widely viewed as a player who will be taken in the middle-to-late first round. So the Knicks’ interest in Payne and, to a lesser degree, their interest in Willie Cauley-Stein, is a sign that they are at least considering trading down from No. 4.

Both Knicks president Phil Jackson and GM Steve Mills have said that the organization would consider all of its options with the pick, including the possibility of trading down.

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