New York Knicks: Top 5 hybrid forwards in 2018 NBA Draft

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BOISE, ID – MARCH 17: Kevin Knox #5 of the Kentucky Wildcats reacts during the first half against the Buffalo Bulls in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Taco Bell Arena on March 17, 2018 in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

The New York Knicks are embracing positionless basketball. Having addressed the combo guards, who are the top five hybrid forwards?

The New York Knicks are in the process of shifting gears in one of the most significant ways in franchise history. Head coach David Fizdale is turning back the clocks by more than 40 years by embracing a strategy that helped New York win its only two championships.

As stated by the recently hired head coach himself, Fizdale is committed to adapting to the positionless trend of the modern NBA.

The NBA is a cyclical league that proves the notion that history repeats itself. While the positionless style of the modern era may seem new to those who haven’t dug into the Association’s archives, it actually mirrors the way the game was played in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Knicks of the early 1970s were a shining example of this, as they often had five players on the court who could shoot, dribble, and pass.

Those three principles sound like basic basketball abilities, but we would be lying to ourselves if we said that every player can do all three at an NBA-caliber level. The few teams that qualify as such, however, are those which tend to prosper.

The question is: Who are the hybrid forwards in the 2018 NBA Draft who could help the New York Knicks run a positionless system?

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