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NBA Mock Draft 4.0 — Warriors Take Wiseman First, Hawks grab LaMelo

By Dallin Duffy

WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 25: Lamelo Ball of the Hawks celebrates hitting a three point shot late in the final quarter during the round 8 NBL match between the Illawarra Hawks and the Cairns Taipans at WIN Entertainment Centre on November 25, 2019 in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 25: Lamelo Ball of the Hawks celebrates hitting a three point shot late in the final quarter during the round 8 NBL match between the Illawarra Hawks and the Cairns Taipans at WIN Entertainment Centre on November 25, 2019 in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) /
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AMES, IA – DECEMBER 8: Tyrese Haliburton #22 of the Iowa State Cyclones dunks the ball in the first half of play against the Seton Hall Pirates at Hilton Coliseum on December 8, 2019 in Ames, Iowa. (Photo by David K Purdy/Getty Images) /

New York Knicks. Tyrese Haliburton. 6. player. Prospect Profile. Pick Analysis. PG, Iowa State. 27

Unless you count Linsanity, the Knicks haven’t had a solid starting point guard since Stephon Marbury, and with this year’s free agency class being as weak as it is, they’ll have to turn to the draft again to find one.

Haliburton is a do-it-all playmaker whose shooting percentages were heads and shoulders above his fellow lottery guards. The Iowa State sophomore shot 50 percent from the field, 41 percent from three and 82 percent from the stripe in his 22 games last season.

There’s less upside to the 20-year-old than say Ball or Hayes, but Haliburton might be more pro-ready than either of them. He’s smart with the ball and should boast a great assist to turnover ratio throughout his career.

The 6’5 point guard lacks inside physicality, and won’t finish through contact with regularity. He averaged just two free throws per game in nearly 37 minutes. At 175 pounds, Haliburton has room to tack on some muscle and improve in that facet.

He could be the player to finally bring solid point guard play back to the Big Apple.