LAS VEGAS — The Knicks have five draft picks on their summer league roster, but the player raising the most eyebrows is undrafted, 6-foot-9, energetic power forward Maurice Ndour, who has made a big statement he deserves a training-camp invite.
As tough as 7-3 rookie wonder Kristaps Porzingis has been, Ndour’s story is even more intriguing — a kid from Senegal who moved with his family to Japan as a teenager so he could play high-school basketball. He speaks five languages, including Japanese. After three summer league games, he speaks a sixth language — triangle.
In Tuesday’s overtime win over the Sixers, Ndour, who attended Ohio University after two years at Monroe Community College in Westchester, racked up 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting, grabbed six rebounds and blocked an inside attempt by third-overall pick Jahlil Okafor in the final minute.