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Fran Fraschilla is high on only one of the Knicks’ foreign picks

Fran Fraschilla, ESPN’s draft guru, knows the international basketball scene from top to bottom: from Frenchman Frank Ntilikina, the top international prospect in this year’s NBA draft, to the most obscure, Ognjen Jaramaz of Serbia — both of whom were selected by the Knicks.

After the Knicks made Ntilkina a lottery selection with the No. 8 pick Thursday, they took the 22-year-old Jaramaz of the Serbian League with the 58th pick.

Fraschilla said he expects to see Ntilikina manning the point for the Knicks for the next 10 years, though maybe not as a rookie.

“I don’t see an NBA All-Star, but in a year or two, I see a solid NBA starter,” Fraschilla said.