After working out 2015 NBA draft prospects Justise Winslow and Emmanuel Mudiay, the New York Knicks reportedly scheduled a workout with Frank Kaminsky. This follows another report indicating the Knicks are seriously considering trading down from the No. 4 spot.
New York interviewed Winslow and Mudiay on Monday and Tuesday, and according to Marc Berman of the New York Post, Kaminsky is in talks to work out for the team at some point next week.
"The best player in college basketball, whom some Knicks fans would like to see them trade down in the draft in order to snatch, 7-foot senior Frank Kaminsky, is tentatively scheduled to meet with the club next Tuesday and Wednesday in New York, according to a league source," Berman wrote Wednesday. "Talks are taking place to finalize the visit."
DraftExpress.com has Kaminsky going eighth, Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix has him going ninth and ESPN's Chad Ford has him going 13th. Nobody views Kaminsky as being a top four player, giving credence to a report from Basketball Insiders' Steve Kyler claiming the Knicks were seriously considering trading down.
"Sources close to the process label the Knicks' decision-making process as completely fractured at this point, with some leaning toward Cauley-Stein, others Mudiay, with Winslow and the two international prospects also firmly in the mix," Kyler wrote Tuesday. "As the draft gets ever closer, there is a sense that the Knicks don't have a clear-cut favorite and have begun serious consideration on trading the fourth overall pick."
Kyler suggested the possibility of New York trading its No. 4 pick - and likely something else - to the Denver Nuggets for either Ty Lawson or Kenneth Faried, or possibly building a package around its No. 4 pick for both players. Denver owns the No. 7 pick of the draft.
New York also is expected to workout D'Angelo Russell at some point before the draft.
