By ADAM ZAGORIA
With their loss in Sacramento Monday night and a win by the Phoenix Suns, the Knicks are back to leading the Zion Williamson Sweepstakes.
New York is now 13-51 and the owner of the NBA’s worst record. The bottom three teams all have a 14 percent chance at the No. 1 pick.
The #knicks are back to leading the Zion Sweepstakes. Bottom three teams all have the same odds at No. 1. pic.twitter.com/QeZ02vQ6Ec
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 5, 2019
The 6-foot-7 Williamson, meantime, could return to the court Tuesday night against Wake Forest after missing three games with a knee sprain. Williamson likely hopes to play in Saturday’s regular-season finale against rival North Carolina after he was injured in the opening minute of the first game on Feb. 20.
The Knicks have officially been eliminated from playoff contention
But they’re in very much Zion contention with the worst record in the NBA pic.twitter.com/I3fYGPDrWE
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 5, 2019
“If they draft me, I would love to play for the Knicks,” the 6-foot-7 Williamson said after Duke beat Texas Tech last month at the Garden. “I don’t really care where I go, just the experience of being in the NBA. Whoever wants me and whoever sees the most in me, that’s where I want to be.”
Williamson also told me that it would be “dope” to play with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, two free-agent targets of the Knicks (and many other teams.)
Photo: Duke
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