Saturday, June 7, 2008
With the 6th pick the Knicks select.....
 |  New York |  D.J. Augustin | Position: PG Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 Age: 20 School: Texas |
I had Danilo Gallinari here in the first two versions of this mock draft, thanks to his Italian ties with Mike D'Antoni.
However, a Suns source told me that D'Antoni wasn't a huge fan of Gallinari when he was shown some tape during the season, which has made me seriously reconsider that forecast.The Knicks could gamble on one of the next two point guards on the board. D.J. Augustin is a great leader, a fantastic playmaker and the closest thing to Steve Nash in this draft. That will be a plus for D'Antoni. Russell Westbrook is also intriguing. He's a top-notch athlete, a tenacious defender and an emerging playmaker.
The other choice might be to go with the best player available. In my mind, that would be Anthony Randolph.
...It may be a little bit of a stretch to take Augustin, but the Knicks really have no choice, but to take a point guard. To me there are only 4 options in this draft.
(1) Find some way no matter what to trade up for Derrick Rose. Don't think they would be able to do so, but you never know.
(2) Trade Jamal Crawford for T.J. Ford and draft OJ Mayo/Eric Gordon/Anyone.
(3) Hope Jerryd Bayless falls to them.
(4) Draft DJ Augustin.
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