With picks one, two and three locked and loaded, #4, with New York, is where this Draft truly begins. There’s talk of Cauley-Stein’s former teammate Trey Lyles going to Madison Square Garden, as the Knicks worked him out. I don’t get this either as Lyles is slotted go around 14 or 15; and NYK is obviously up fourth. But here’s more on that.
The Knicks are very unpredictable, because the Knicks are the NBA’s…..well, I think the NBA on TNT summed it up best with their “Gone Fishin” segment on the Inside the NBA:
Here’s where we have Trey Lyles projected in our latest 2015 NBA Mock Draft.
15. Atlanta (from BRK)-Trey Lyles, PF, Kentucky, 6-10, Fr.
A skilled, energetic, versatile forward, Trey Lyles has the potential to play either forward spot at the next level and would provide the Hawks with some athleticism, versatility, and insurance inside since Paul Millsap is a free agent.
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Here’s what John Calipari had to say to the media when asked about Trey Lyles working out with the Knicks.
“Phil (Jackson) watched practice, watched shootaround, watched games. What I’m hearing is he walked away saying, ‘This is the kind of player in the Triangle who has great (size).’ He’s 6-10. We played him at a three.” I could have had him closer to the elbows and basket, and he could have scored more and done more, but people that really know the game walked away saying, ‘Wait a minute, the kid can shoot, he can pass. He’s really skilled. He’s got size. He’s physical enough to be able to come in and guard his position right now.’ So I think they really liked him.”
“now you’re saying with a guy like Trey Lyles , you’re talking the low number into what, 12? And again, he may be one of those guys that people pass on to take a flyer and they make look back and said, ‘Oh my god, 6-10. In college they played him at the three. He’s a stretch four.’ When you’re talking about these teams that are going small, now you think about your four being a stretch four who can shoot the 3 and play that way, but he’s 6-10.”
Here’s the Trey Lyles highlight reel:
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