New York Knicks: 5 players Luke Kornet should study

1. Chris Bosh

Luke Kornet has a natural advantage over most players he encounters: A unique combination of size and skill. What many players struggle with, however, is putting those abilities together and developing into the overwhelming force they’re capable of becoming.

One of the best big men in recent memory to display that critical balance was two-time NBA champion and 11-time All-Star Chris Bosh.

Bosh is one of the players responsible for the current wave of small-ball rotations. His ability to play out of position as a center for the Miami Heat confirmed the belief that it’s a productive approach in the modern NBA, thus opening the door for teams around the league to employ a similar strategy.

Bosh may never receive the credit he deserves, but he’s one of the writers of the book on how big men can stretch opposing defenses and still defend at a high level themselves.

Luke Kornet is more of a three-point shooter and less of a rebounder than Bosh, but that doesn’t change the point here. Bosh is the perfect player for Kornet to study as he attempts to not only find his place offensively, but learn how to influence games on defense.

Bosh understood that big men in the NBA must be able to adapt, and Kornet can develop an understanding of how to do so by studying his ways.

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The New York Knicks have a chance to develop the perfect complement to Willy Hernangomez and Kristaps Porzingis between the NBA and the G League.

Studying these five players could help Luke Kornet achieve that status.