LAS VEGAS — Clippers point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Knicks forward Kevin Knox were never able to accomplish a goal of bringing another NCAA title to Kentucky. In fact, for the Wildcats, it was something of an underachieving season, losing to Kansas State in the Sweet 16 after going through a four-game losing streak in February.
But Gilgeous-Alexander and Knox still became lottery picks in the draft last month and the new 6-foot-5 Clippers field general is hardly surprised the 18-year-old Knox has taken Las Vegas by storm.
“It’s the same Kevin I saw day-in and day-out, but with the NBA spacing and better players around him,” Gilgeous-Alexander told The Post at Thomas & Mack Center.