For those of you without ESPN Insider, Chad Ford, yet again, stated his belief that the Knicks are all over Stephen Curry, promise or no promise:
Rumors persist that the Knicks have promised to take Stephen Curry with the No. 8 pick. I saw Knicks president Donnie Walsh at the draft lottery, and he was pretty adamant that they didn’t mean to make a promise to Curry.
When Curry was going through the process of deciding whether to declare for the draft, the Knicks relayed that they liked Curry and would consider him at the No. 8 pick. But it wasn’t a guarantee. There are too many scenarios in this draft — one of which was that back then, the Knicks didn’t even know where they would be drafting.
However, I don’t think there’s any dispute that they are big Curry fans, and if the draft goes according to form, he’s the likely pick for the Knicks.
This is going to be convoluted but, the way I see it at the moment, there are four players that presently seem like locks to go before the Knicks pick: Griffin, Rubio, Thabeet and Harden. After that group there’s a second tier of players that includes Hill, Jennings, Evans, DeRozan, Curry and Holiday. And even though I included him in the second tier, I’d be shocked if Hill is still avaiable at 8. Of the remaining players, I expect DeRozan’s, Holiday’s and possibly Evans’ stock to rise during workouts.
The point I’m trying to make is that, if I’m right about those 5 players being locks for the top 7, there’s really no scenario in which the Knicks don’t have one or more of Curry, Holiday, or DeRozan sitting out there for them to take at 8. And even if I’m wrong, that means that one of those top 5 players is going to fall into the Knicks’ laps.
So the Knicks are in a pretty nice position.
Any talk about who to take is just fun and games. It’s a sealed deal. The Knicks are taking Curry unless someone else takes him first. I’ve never been more sure of anything.
i think the warriors will take him before we do.
I agree Dan.
He seems like a perfect fit.
[...] I wrote the following about three weeks ago and still believe it to be true: This is going to be convoluted but, the way I see it at the moment, there are four players that presently seem like locks to go before the Knicks pick: Griffin, Rubio, Thabeet and Harden. After that group there’s a second tier of players that includes Hill, Jennings, Evans, DeRozan, Curry and Holiday. And even though I included him in the second tier, I’d be shocked if Hill is still avaiable at 8. Of the remaining players, I expect DeRozan’s, Holiday’s and possibly Evans’ stock to rise during workouts. [...]