New York Knicks Should Select A Small Forward In 2017 NBA Draft

The Carmelo Anthony Conundrum

Recently, Chad Ford of ESPN did his Mock Draft for the month of April. Quite surprisingly, he doesn’t have a point guard going to the New York Knicks. Ford has the Knicks passing up on De’Aron Fox and Frank Ntilikina.

In his mock draft, the Knicks will draft Jayson Tatum of the Duke Blue Devils.

I agree with Ford. The Knicks will look to draft a forward instead of a guard for many reasons. Since the Knicks are rebuilding, this upcoming draft means a lot for New York.

Finding Anthony’s replacement is the best thing to do for the Knicks’ rebuilding process.

Anthony has been signaling to the world that his time in New York may be up. Rebuilding equals a red flag in ‘Melo’s book.

Here are some interesting old quotes from Anthony when he was in Denver. What he said is quite similar to what he’s saying now in New York. In 2011, ‘Melo told Adrian Wojnarowski that he did not want to be apart of the rebuilding process.

"“People didn’t know the business side of this situation we were in. Everybody’s contract was up. They had plans of going younger and rebuilding. People on the outside looking in didn’t get it,” Anthony said."

Also, Anthony told Marc Berman of The New York Post that he, “Sees the writing on the wall.”

You can’t trust Anthony to stick with New York for the rest of his contract. Finding his replacement will be crucial for the Knicks.

In the draft, several prospects have enough talent to prosper in the future. Let’s take a look at the forwards in the draft that have lottery talent.