Knicks meet with Alabama’s Collin Sexton

By ADAM ZAGORIA

The Knicks already have a glut at the point guard position, but they are doing their due diligence and interviewing various players who might be available at the No. 9 spot in the NBA Draft, including Alabama point guard Collin Sexton.

The 6-foot-3 Sexton told reporters he met with the Knicks on Wednesday in Chicago. Sexton is currently projected to go to the Knicks, per ESPN.com, despite the team already having Frank Ntilikina, Emmanuel Mudiay and Trey Burke at the point.

“We’re still in that talent acquisition phase,” Knicks GM Scott Perry said Thursday afternoon on ESPN. “Obviously it’s no secret that we can use some more help at the wing position.”

“So when we get down to the ninth pick, at the end of the day we’re gonna pick the very best player,” Perry continued. “If it happens to be a wing, so be it. If not — if there’s a clear delineation at another position in terms of talent — then we’ll probably opt to go that direction and get the very best talent we can get.”

An explosive, athletic, competitive player, Sexton averaged 19.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists this past season. He and Oklahoma’s Trae Young — with whom the Knicks will meet on Friday — are considered the top two point guards in the draft.

“I felt that I was very underrated but when I jumped on the scene I just wanted to prove everybody wrong and play with the best of them,” Sexton told ESPN.