New York Knicks: 3 players to watch in the this year’s Final Four
By Kyle Morello
As this year’s Final Four kicks off on Saturday in Minneapolis, the New York Knicks should be scouting a handful of players that they could potentially select in this year’s NBA draft.
The Final Four is almost here, and the New York Knicks should be keeping an eye on some potential prospects playing at the highest level of college basketball.
Despite the fact that the teams of the consensus top 3 picks-Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett (Duke) and Ja Morant (Murray State)-have already been eliminated, there are still some good teams and prospects to watch out for.
This year’s NCAA Tournament has been a crazy one (as usual), but not in the sense that their has been a bunch of crazy buzzer-beaters and upsets.
Only one 1-seed is in the Final Four, and nobody thought Virginia would make it this far after they lost to a 16-seed just a year ago.
There are also two new teams to the Final Four this year, as Auburn and Texas Tech will be making the trip to Minneapolis for their first ever third-weekend appearance in the tournament.
Duke had arguably the top two prospects the Knicks were looking to draft in June, but Michigan State knocked them out to earn a bid to the Final Four.
Just because most of the top teams are out doesn’t mean there is a lack of talent, however, and the teams competing this weekend will be looking to prove that to everyone.
It could even be argued that so many under the radar teams making it is a beneficial to the Knicks because it puts otherwise under the radar players in the spotlight. Could one of these players emerge as a true threat for the Knicks to draft if all else fails?
With this, here are the top players the Knicks should be looking out for this weekend.