Maybe the Knicks didn’t tell Stephen Curry they would pick him if they have the eighth pick in the NBA Draft, but it sounds as if he wishes they had.
“That would be a dream come true,” Curry told ESPN 1050 yesterday when asked about the possibility of being drafted to New York.
“One, to play with an NBA jersey; two, to play at Madison Square Garden every night; three, to play in front of the greatest NBA fans — I think it would be something I would look forward to and I would work very hard to help my team, if that was the case, to be better,” he said.
“I think, with my pointguard skills, I could add a lot to the New York Knicks.”
Curry has left Davidson after his junior season, and there were reports he based his decision on the Knicks telling him they would pick him if he fell to them at No. 8, the lowest they can choose after Tuesday’s lottery determines the order.
“I haven’t heard that with my own ears,” Curry said. “Until [Knicks president] Donnie Walsh calls me and tells me, then I am going to have to say it’s not true right now,” Curry said.
Curry proved himself to be a dynamic guard at Davidson, both handling and shooting the ball. Those are tools that would work well in any system, but more emphasized in Mike D’Antoni’s run-and-gun style.
The big question about Curry is whether he can make the jump from the mid-major Southern Conference to the NBA. But Curry, whose dad, Dell, played 16 seasons in the league, said he believes playing at Davidson would be an advantage if he landed in New York.
“That’s something we did at Davidson, something I’m very good at,” he said.
