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3 top 2024 NBA Draft options for the New York Knicks

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3 top 2024 NBA Draft options for the New York Knicks

The New York Knicks are coming off one of the franchise’s most inspiring seasons in generations. The team managed to finish second in the Eastern Conference and win a playoff series before injuries all but doomed their chance to make it to the last four alive in the postseason.

Leon Rose and the rest of the franchise has some critical decisions to make this offseason as the Knicks look to sustain their breakthrough into the Eastern Conference’s upper echelon. Big decisions loom on the likes of Julius Randle, Isaiah Hartenstein, and head coach Tom Thibodeau.

The Knicks enter the 2024 NBA Draft with three picks at their disposal, all coming within 15 picks of each other. New York has back-to-back first round picks at No. 24 – courtesy of the Dallas Mavericks, who conveyed the pick after making the playoffs as a result of the Kristaps Porzingis deal – and No. 25. In the second round, the Knicks pick at No. 38, courtesy of the Utah Jazz.

New York may not be done shuffling their draft picks, either. There are always rumors that the Knicks would be willing to offload some of their picks in exchange for one of the many stars who could end up on the trade market. Donovan Mitchell and Karl-Anthony Towns immediately come to mind.

There are no shortage of intriguing options should the Knicks hang on to their picks, though. We’ll give one target for each selection.

Here are three players the Knicks should target in this year’s draft.

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