Knicks Morning News (2017.06.23)

Knicks owner James Dolan sang the blues — literally — during Thursday’s NBA draft

Jackson extols Ntilikina’s hoops IQ, ‘athleticism’

Youth served as record 16 freshmen go in 1st

Sources: Celtics, Knicks talk Porzingis trade

Draft prospect: Phil dozed during my workout

There was a lot of chatter about the Knicks acquiring a higher pick in a blockbuster.

Not that it was in doubt, but the draft reinforced that Carmelo Anthony doesn’t fit into New York’s plans.

The trade talks and Phil Jackson’s acknowledgment that they were fielding calls was the Knicks way of retaliating.

He’s a shooter who can help spread the floor, averaging 17.4 points as a senior.

Phil Jackson can’t even get home court advantage in New York City.

What a difference two years makes.

Dick Vitale is not a fan of Phil Jackson, and the energetic basketball announcer called out the Knicks’ team president Thursday night

With the NBA Draft Thursday night, here are six interesting facts to know about the first round.

New York City-born actor and comedian Michael Rapaport has a few choice opinions about the Zen Master’s job performance.

The Knicks’ president may not have the best first-hand knowledge when it comes to making a decision.

With rumors swirling about a potential Kristaps Porzingis trade, people are flocking to Twitter to recuit the Latvian.

The Celtics, as of now, are unwilling to meet his asking price, which would include two draft picks the Daily News has learned.

Stephen A. Smith isn’t buying Phil Jackson’s master plan for the Knicks either.

Phil Jackson was a the Knicks’ offices in Tarrytown for the NBA draft Thursday night, but right outside Madison Square Garden, he was under attack. A digital billboard pleading with the Knicks to keep Kristaps Porzingis went live at the corner of 33rd and 7th. The pleas, of course, were answered as Porzingis made it…

Knicks president Phil Jackson talked about wanting guards in the draft and pulled off a trifecta. After nabbing point guard Frank Ntilikina in the lottery, Jackson took two guards in the second round, including a 6-foot-6 shooting guard with a sketchy past but a solid offensive game. With the 44th pick, the Knicks tabbed Damyean…

Knicks fans weren’t alone in their disappointment over the team’s first-round pick. “I actually thought the Knicks would take me,” said Malik Monk, a high-scoring shooting guard out of Kentucky. Instead, they went with French point guard Frank Ntilikina with the eighth-overall pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft. The selection got a mixed reaction, cheers…

So the sky didn’t fall on Madison Square Garden Thursday evening, and cooler heads prevailed. The Knicks weren’t able to pull off a heist, and neither were they snookered into a bad trade. There will be no charts and graphs recalling Bill Russell for Easy Ed Macauley, or Joe Barry Carroll for Robert Parrish and…

The Knicks kept the Latvian and added a Frenchman. After failing to reach a blockbuster for Kristaps Porzingis, the Knicks selected 18-year-old point guard Frank Ntilikina with the No. 8 pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, hoping they have their future triangle operator. The Knicks had four Europeans on their roster last season, and Ntilikina, dressed…

French point guard and potential Knicks draft pick Frank Ntilikina was up at 7 a.m. Thursday morning doing basketball drills at the gym Carmelo Anthony owns at the apartment complex in which Kristaps Porzingis and Sasha Vujacic live. The workout was run by Chris Brickley, who left the Knicks as player developmental coach two months…

Phil Jackson has made some baffling moves since taking over as president of the Knicks in 2014. As recently as this week, the Zen Master confirmed he would consider trading franchise player Kristaps Porzingis. All of it has led Knicks fans, among others, to question just what the heck Jackson’s problem is. Turns out the…

Charley Rosen, Phil Jackson’s longtime confidant, offered a counter-argument in his column before Thursday’s draft on why Kristaps Porzingis may need to be traded. Rosen, a former assistant coach with the Albany Patroons, normally has the pulse of the Zen Master and predicted over the winter that Carmelo Anthony had “outlived his usefulness in New…

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Kristaps Porzingis remains on the Knicks’ roster and has a new guard to pass him the ball.

The 2017 NBA draft finally has arrived.

There were no big surprises among the early selections in the draft, but Chicago sent Butler, a three-time All Star, to Minnesota.

Donovan Mitchell Jr., the son of the Mets’ director of player relations, is a 6-foot-3 guard with a 6-10 wingspan, a cool nickname and a chance to be a lottery pick.

The former N.B.A. player has become a beloved celebrity since decamping for professional basketball in China, and a sequel is in the works.

While the pieces seem to be falling into place in Los Angeles, turmoil surrounds the directionless Knicks and their president, Phil Jackson.

Ntilikina, 18, was an intriguing first-round pick, but his selection was almost anticlimactic after days of speculation that the Knicks might trade Kristaps Porzingis.

We asked readers to send us their stories about being a helicopter parent, having such a parent or seeing the phenomenon play out in their workplace.

The Knicks selected point guard Frank Ntilinkina with the eighth overall pick in the first round of the NBA Draft on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Frank Ntilikina reacts to being drafted by Knicks on GEICO SportsNite.

Unable to trade up in the lottery, the Knicks held on to the No. 8 pick and selected French point guard Frank Ntilikina, who was promptly greeted with a mix of cheers and boos when his name was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver at Barclays Center.

GEICO SportsNite looks back on the Knicks draft night.

The Knicks selected SG Knicks SG Damyean Dotson with 44th overall pick in the second round of the NBA Draft on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The Knicks selected Serbian point guard Ognjen Jaramaz with the 58th overall pick.

Multiple teams — including the Celtics — have been engaging the Knicks in trade talks for Kristaps Porzingis, but none are willing to meet the Knicks’ demands yet.

What will the Knicks do on draft night?

French prospect, PG Frank Ntilikina, met with the Knicks Wednesday morning, according to Adam Zagoria.

Knicks owner, James Dolan, won’t be present for the 2017 NBA Draft because his band “JD & The Straight Shot” have a show to perform, per CBS Sports’ Jack Maloney.

Since the news of the Knicks possibly trading away F Kristaps Porzingis surfaced, teams have taken to social media to recruit the young star, per NY Post’s Jaclyn Hendricks.

Duke SG Luke Kennard thinks he can work well in the Knicks’ triangle offense after his workout with the team last week, per NY Daily News’ Daniel Popper.

SNY’s Eamon McAnaney reports on the state of basketball in New York City, which may be losing its claim as the epicenter of hoops talent.