New York Knicks: How players picked after Frank Ntilikina have fared

Age: 21
Height, Weight: 6-foot-3, 200 pounds
Slash Line: .376/.334/.877
Career Averages: 8.1 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG, 1.5 3PM

Malik Monk entered the 2017 NBA Draft as one of the top shooting guard prospects, after a successful season at Kentucky. He rode nearly 20 points per game on 45 percent shooting to the pros but has struggled to approach those numbers since.

While Monk never received a chance to start, he’s done little to prove otherwise. Shooting below 40 percent for the second straight season and just 32.7 from behind the arc in 2018-19, this is just the eighth or ninth man off the bench on an average Charlotte Hornets team.

However, the 21 year old has flashed promise, with five straight double-digit point games earlier this season. He also owns five 20-point performances.

There’s still hope for the young shooting guard, but a long road exists for him to become a viable starter. Depending on how the Hornets change in the offseason, maybe this changes his outlook from potential “bust” to “boom.”

The New York Knicks, at that time, could have used an off-ball player for their point guards, although the latter position was in dire need of a ball-handler.

Still, Monk’s willingness to stretch the floor would have given the Knicks something extra, at a spot they need to add to in July.