BREAKING: Knicks Draft Mohamed Diawara Reaction

BREAKING: Knicks Draft Mohamed Diawara Reaction

all right Knicks fans what is going on everybody leon Rose makes his draft selection in the 2025 NBA draft of course it’s not a real New York Knicks draft without a trade the New York Knicks traded down from pick number 50 to pick number 51 with the Los Angeles Clippers and the Knicks are selecting a Frenchman all right mohamad Diara is your newest member of the New York Knicks he’s expected to be part of the New York Knicks summer league roster let’s talk about him right here on Knicks Media i’m excited to talk about this guy because he has a lot of interesting qualities to his game and I’m excited for the Knicks summer league first of all because we got a lot of fun players from last year’s draft class that did not get a lot of playing time with Tyler Kohic Ariel Hooky Pakome Daddy Kevin McCuller and now our second round pick in the 2025 draft a 6’9 wing a 6’9 power forward that can move that could put the ball on the floor attack the rim has a shot so interesting stuff i believe he was actually eligible and looking to go into the last year’s draft until he decided to no I’m going to wait for the 2025 draft that’s exactly what he did so let’s learn a bit about Mohamad where does he come from what’s his background what are his strengths what are his his weaknesses his early development was he was in France’s elite sports academy and then played for Paris basketball starting in 2021 right so this is someone coming from France as we’ve all realized up until this point breaking news everybody the New York Knicks have made their official draft pick he was named the MVP at the 2022 FIA basketball without borders Europe camp in Milan all right so he definitely has some cool accolades we got to research right and you talk about what he is known as what type of player is he he’s known as by his coaches as the Swiss Army knife of their basketball team able to cover multiple positions and handle the ball with confidence his ability to guard multiple positions he’s a versatile player 6’9 right and you can tell right away when you turn on the tape of this specific prospect that he has the intangibles of a long-term project that you want to develop now what do we expect from a second round pick at this stage of the New York Knicks right you think of the New York Knicks and all their draft picks right ariel Hook Py for example second round pick last year he came in this season and every time he got on the basketball court I’m like you know what Ariel Hook Porty looks like he deserves some more minutes and now with Tom Thido gone you never know the type of potential we’re going to get with these young players now we have no idea who our head coach is going to be just yet but I do feel like he provides you know whatever head coach we’re bringing in i have a feeling we’re going to play with a lot of youth right our seven guys are solidify the starting five of Jaylen Brunson OJ Anobi Bridges and Josh Hart and Carl Anthony Towns and then Deuce and Mitch now there of course could be a trade that breaks up the roster for for now but you look at the youth movement mohamd is now an addition to the youth movement for these New York Knicks and I’m curious to see how it’s all going to work itself out i do like when you look up his game and you talk about his strengths and his weaknesses i like the tools that he possesses already right somebody that is 6’9 that can shoot the ball that could put the ball on the floor that can attack the paint guard multiple positions it’s a late second round pick and usually when you go into this stage of the NBA draft you’re looking for guys that you feel like you can develop with proper coaching the unique thing the unique position the New York Knicks are in right now is we don’t have a coach we literally don’t even have a coach so it’s not even like oh yeah we have a great development system in place now what we do know is we’ve had a fantastic development system mitchell Robinson just want to remind everybody second round pick more in the early side of things but look what happened and Duce McBride second round pick another early second round pick and I feel like this Knicks basketball team drafting the 20-year-old Frenchman is an intriguing intriguing name and I can already tell you right now that this is somebody that Knicks fans are going to attach themselves to 100% based off of all the research that I’ve done already and I feel like you look at his six foot n ability with elite positional size and tools for a modern forward and having ball handling at that size i think that is really what separates him that’s what makes him a unique prospect because when you’re 6’9 and you could put the ball on the floor and size people up and attack the rim that’s when you become a potential unicorn and I feel like in today’s NBA look at Victor Webbyama the reason why the guy is taking over the league in terms of just I mean unfortunately he got shut down this past year but a guy at that size 7 foot plus putting the ball on the floor the way that he’s capable of it’s unreal now I’m not even I’m not don’t even make it seem like I’m comparing him to WBY at all but my point is you know they’re both from France and in today’s NBA if you can find a talent that is has this type of size and athleticism and ball skills you never know right you never know and I feel like when you’re drafting somebody at this stage folks we’re not expecting him to play right away whatsoever he is going to be in the summer league he’s going to be in Westchester for the New York Knicks developing this is a long-term goal and if you’re a Knicks fan you want to dig deep into this roster but what we can hope for as Knicks fans is that Leon Rose drafts well because we want the bench unit to be through the draft right now the Knicks roster is established with veterans young players in the prime of their careers the seven guys that we know is under contract that we talked about obviously a trade can break things up but Jaylen Brunson Josh Hart OG Anoi Male Bridges Carl Anthony Towns Deuce McBride Mitchell Robinson are the core seven and then how are we going to fill out the rest of the bench is it going to be youth it will Tyler Kohlick year two pome dad will he get some minutes ariel Hookporty of course free agency is right around the corner the Knicks are going to add some veterans on the bench but I feel like right here right now we want a guy like Mohamad to either number one develop on our bench and become a bench piece a year or two down the line or he’s a valuable asset that we trade for a star eventually down the line right let’s be honest here we know who Leon Rose is at this point nobody is attached onto this roster drafted RJ Barrett traded him now Leon did not draft R.J but you get my point drafted Obie Top and Emanuel Quickley both IQ and Obie got traded quinton Grimes drafted in the first round developed great development of Grimes is fantastic traded him away so at this stage of the Knicks tenure with Leon Rose I know for certain that these draft picks that we make it’s a high percentage chance that they’re going to get traded down the line now it’s not guaranteed duce McBride is still with the New York Knicks mitchell Robinson still with the Knicks right it’s not like they trade everybody but I do think that you look at a guy like Mohamd and you look at his ability to have upside as a three-point shooter right he shot 32% from three on two and a half attempts per game right that’s not jumping out of the gym that’s not super high potential but I think that his high arching release and solid mechanics off the catch make make him an actual player that you feel like he can develop now you look at what he is not good at what is his weaknesses how come he’s so getting so late in the second round why was he not a first round pick because he’s a raw prospect and you know who was the most raw of any prospect that ever come out of the NBA especially the Nick who the Knicks drafted mitchell Robinson mitchell Robinson was as raw as you can possibly imagine coming out of not even college by the way he came out of high school right and look who Mitchell Robinson turned into second round pick was molded perfectly and developed into the beast that we saw this past season now obviously I’m not comparing him to Mitch they’re completely different beasts right now you look at his three-point shooting it’s not like he has the the touch of a Chris Perzingis at that size or a Wemi but there is upside to be you know excited about if it can you know develop at the NBA level i think that sometimes he gets a little bit overzealous with the ball he likes to dribble a little bit too much and he turns it over because he’s capable of sizing you up and attacking the rim and doing something special he’s capable of doing it but the question is is he going to be able to put his game together and realize that hey you know what i should slow down a little bit sometimes he gets a little overzealous apparently right according to all the scouting reports that I’m reading so I’m really excited to see the type of talent the type of personality is he gonna fit in with this current Knicks youth movement we’re going to see him in the summer league right which is also exciting i think the summer league is going to be a really good opportunity for to see what this Knicks team is all about and I feel like if you’re a Knicks fan and we’re at this stage of the NBA draft without a first round pick this is literally our only draft pick coming out of this year’s class this is a guy that we can be excited about right not be delusional that he’s going to take over the league or anything but you talk about a raw piece of clay to mold for the future why not take a flyer on a player from France 20 years old has the ability to put the ball on the floor has the ability to show some type of upside from downtown not someone that’s just a liability from shooting has upside from that status but the defensive versatility I think is the most intriguing element to his game the defensive ability to guard multiple positions right this is somebody that we can’t even expect him to play any minutes honestly as a rookie i’m not unless there’s devastating injuries which we never want to see this is someone that you’re a Knicks fan you look at okay he’s going to develop on the bench he’s going to be in Westchester for probably his rookie season into his year number two and the NBA is so unique when it comes to these draft picks especially second round picks it’s rare even Duce McBride developed beautifully for the New York Knicks as a second round pick out of West Virginia gave Deuce McBride a lot of time when Deuce went down to Westchester he balled and you saw the Knicks draft class last year the four rookies they brought in you know they all were in Westchester they were balling out Westchester so we saw a little glimpse of Tyler Kolic we saw a little glimpse of Daddy glimpses of Hook Py mcculla was injured so we didn’t get a lot we didn’t get to see him much but I feel like you know this is somebody that you look at the intangibles you look at what could be exciting you never know you never know he has a six wow i’m just seeing this now he has a 7 foot4 wingspan as a 6’8 forward okay his standing reach is 9 ft and 2 in his height without shoes is 6’7 his standing vertical leap is 28 all right his max vertical leap is 35 so you look at his agility you look at his ability to be you know athletic he is right there with the most athletic players in the NBA already right he averaged 5.8 points per game on 38% shooting last season so you got to look at it as a project this is purely a project folks the Knicks did not find the steel of the draft maybe you never know i’m not going to say we didn’t yet but if you want to go into this with a realistic mindset it’s a project folks that’s all it is and that’s okay the Knicks have positioned themselves where we’re not desperate for you know lottery picks anymore do you guys remember going into drafts where we would lose the lottery we would have terrible seasons be hopeful that we can get a top five pick and we can’t even get that we get the eighth pick every year here we draft Frank Ilikina and then we draft Kevin Knox i mean those days were abysmal where we’re relying on lottery picks do you guys remember when we were hoping that Kevin Knox could be the guy and no he was obviously not we passed up on Miguel Bridges we passed up on Shade Gilas Alexander by the way that draft don’t even get me started on the players that we passed up on in previous years so the reason why I’m bringing this up is the Knicks days of drafting in the top 10 are done and news flash that’s a good thing we don’t want to be drafting in the top 10 we do not want to be in the lottery unless we make a crazy trade and we have somebody else’s pick we do not want the New York Knicks to own their own lottery pick again for a long time because the lottery means you miss the playoffs and this Knicks basketball team is built to win a championship and I’m going to say this if you’re a Knicks fan and you’re getting uptight and pissed off about a late second round pick in the 2025 NBA draft and you’re going to be pissed off and pointing fingers at Leon Rose come on what are we doing what are we doing here come on drafted a 6’8 project out of France we’re going to whine about it the guy’s not going to see the court and you could argue all the best prospects that we all wanted were gone they’re off the board proctor someone that a lot of Knicks fans wanted it was right there right a lot of players you had a feeling oh could they slide to 50 could they slide to the New York Knicks no nobody saw this one coming i can guarant and if you did see this one coming kudos to you if you saw the Knicks drafting Muhammad you guys let me know right i He’s going to play in the summer league for the New York Knicks and he’s gonna try to fight on this roster and he could be balling out there go look up his highlight reel he has some real intangibles that you’re like “Wait a second.” Like he has the physical ability he has the defensive versatility he has valuable experience as a starter in France’s U20 gold medal team and if you guys know France basketball they take basketball very serious over there i mean the world has caught up to the USA in terms of basketball still not there yet usa is still number one but you saw what the Olympics is like you see that team France he was brought up in that mindset okay he’s a type of role accepting type of player and when you are at that size and you have that type of physicality he’s got the NBA build folks he’s got the length he’s got the size he’s got the athleticism he’s got the basketball IQ okay he’s got the wingspan he’s got the vertical now his defense in terms of rim protection isn’t fantastic for his size but he’s better at I believe being on the perimeter showing off his athleticism his lateral quickness and that type of stuff so I feel like this is just an intriguing prospect that if you can dig deep into his mind perfect his craft and that’s what the draft is all about the NBA draft is all about player development unless you’re Cooper Flag or anybody in the lottery or anybody in the top echelon upper echelon and the cool thing about the NBA draft is there’s steels everywhere there’s probably someone that went in the late first round last night that’s could be a star in this league there’s someone that got drafted tonight in round two that’s going to be a star in this league you never know what he does have is traits this is a traits type of pick this is somebody that has the physicality the athleticism okay and the best case scenario is this is a guy that the Knicks are going to try to dig deep into and unlock a beast within you never know you never know i feel like his intangibles and his size and also his youth it’s going to mesh well and you look at the Knicks roster right the depth at the that spot this could be a potential replacement of I mean not this upcoming season but a precious Aua right precious Aua’s entering free agency we don’t really had a lot have a lot of depth at the center front court area he’s a small forward/power forward you think of that position you think of OG Ariel Hook Porty Mitchell Robinson and Cat are the bigs we don’t really have a lot of depth at that spot the Knicks are going to go into free agency and probably add another power forward/s smallforward type of player here but I feel like I’m curious was there another prospect that if you’re a Knicks fan that was on the board you rather the Knicks have they brought in instead i mean you guys let me know because I look at somebody like Muhammad Dawara and you look at someone with pure upside 6’8 putting the ball on the floor can dunk on you can defend and has impressive ball handling ability for his size i mean hey I’m not going to sit here and say I’m complaining and if you’re complaining about this like come on man what are we doing we can’t complain over a late second round pick and let’s also not forget about the Mr leon Rose himself trading now we started off the show with that but I want to make sure you guys are aware that the New York Knicks did indeed make a trade right the Knicks traded away their 50th pick moved back one slot all right so shout out to Jake Fischer of the the People’s Insider okay he’s also does stuff here on Bleacher Report he said that the Clippers are trading the 51st overall pick plus draft rights to Luca Mitravich in order to jump from 50 and select Kobe Sanders the Knicks get more draft rights so the Knicks basically got draft rights to a player Luca Mitravich in order to move back from pick number 50 to pick number 51 okay the Clippers traded up to get Kobe Sanders so I find that very interesting that and I can tell you right now bro if you’ve watched every single move that Leon Rose has made since he was hired to be the Knicks president when’s the last time he did not trade down or up most likely down and most likely out when I saw him trade that pick I’m like tell me Leon just traded out of the entire draft because that’s just what Leon does he never is a simple man in the draft who never stays put in drafts who is available he’s got to make some type of trade and he did just that transactional Leon Rose now the big question is who are the Knicks going to hire at head coach is that going to happen this weekend because free agency is right around the corner folks four days is NBA free agency i mean the Knicks got to have a head coach i mean how are they going to go after free agents how are they going to go after free agents without a head coach i mean I’m sure they have a plan absolutely but I feel like you know some people are looking at this next team and they’re a championship contender mohammad Deara is on X already and he tweeted New York from Paris France there we go he’s He’s ready to go he just sent out this on X absolutely love to see that okay absolutely love to see that he’s already on X tweeting out to the people new York yeah baby that’s pretty awesome i got to respond to him welcome to NYC baby that’s what we got to say to Mr mohamad Diawara i just feel like if you’re a Knicks fan hating on this pick bro come on give him Give him a a second what do we We’re better than that Knicks fan let’s not go jump the gun and hate on the kid before he even steps foot on the court i feel like this could be an intriguing i think the summer league is going to be fun this year man who’s excited for Nick Summer League basketball who’s excited for some summer league Knicks basketball and then all of a sudden you’re going to blink your eyes folks and the NBA season’s going to be here i mean we’re four months out it’s not like we got to sit and wait for a long time right it’s not like we got to sit and wait for a long time before all of a sudden preseason training camp starts and another thing about the Knicks the Knicks traded for MueL Bridges last year around this time few days ago last year nobody saw that coming the Knicks also traded for Carl Anthony Towns right before training camp started nobody s saw that one coming either and I just wanted to say that to remind the people that the Knicks do not like to get their stuff out there leon Rose likes to move in silence folks so there could be a trade in the works there could be something massive that we just do not see yet so remain patient and believe in Leon Rose because I personally believe that Leon Rose has earned the trust from at least me i think of Leon Rose I think of someone that you know what I trust this guy i trust that he’s going to bring in the right head coach and he’s going to do some type of tweak of this roster for the better because since he came here he’s had an articulate plan and he’s executed flawlessly now of course it has not been perfect there’s been some trades that you can question some other moves you can question he is not perfect but what Leon Rose has done is assembled a roster that in my opinion is championship caliber they were two wins away from the NBA finals right and the Knicks felt like Tom Thibido was not the guy to get them over the hump and that is a gigantic decision that Leon Rose made and now the pressure is on to try to find the right man for that job to replace Tom Thibido who is that going to be uh we shall see the Jason Kid dream keeps on flying down the Knicks interviewed Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins and you know we we got the Timberwolves assistant coach as well that we brought in Mike Nory so I I’m expecting the Knicks to keep interviewing candidates or maybe there’s breaking news tomorrow the Knicks hired somebody you never know okay so let’s get back into the draft pick of Mohamd Dawora because I’m really intrigued of this type of player because the Knicks don’t have a type of player like this right carlanthony Towns is 6 foot what 11 he can put the ball on the floor he can shoot the rock but he can’t defend mohamd he can defend he’s a versatile versatile defender that could put the ball on the floor attack the rim and has some upside at that position so I I just feel like you need to keep up with the NBA you got to keep up with the trends around basketball and I think that’s something that I want to real I want to highlight here nba the NBA world is expanding internationally every single season and I feel like where the league is headed are players like Muhammad from the standpoint of 6’9 that can dribble the rock and shoot attack the rim and defend now of course right this is a 51st overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft that’s what this is there’s nothing but just hopeful upside and guess what let me just say this if Muhammad Dawara stinks and he’s an absolute bust that is not the end of the world like that’s another thing like if you’re complaining about this as a Knicks fan come on relax this is like you’re hoping that you can find some gold and if you can’t ah man better luck next time right and he’s shown some flashes of the shooting ability from downtown he shot what 32 and a half% from three and limited sample size i’m not going to sit here and say he’s a sniper cuz he’s not but I think he has upside at that size when you can shoot 32% from three and you have that high arcing ability with the combination of NBA coaching and training you never know what’s possible right you can’t just look at what he what uh these all these prospects whether they went to Duke University whether they went to Kentucky wherever they’ve gone to college internationally you can look at where they’re coming from and their highlights but you never know what they’re going to be in the NBA their games transform okay some people are saying Pascal Seakum 2.0 i wouldn’t go that far i mean that’s the best case scenario right that that people are saying this is Pome Daddy’s friend and other people in the chat are saying he’s Frank Nilina hey Frank Nilina but but a larger version of him why cuz he’s France and French hey Pome Daddy and him are friends that’s a cool connection they’re both Frenchman coming on in can’t complain about that cannot complain about that so I feel like another thing that you need to keep in mind about this draft pick by the New York Knicks all the best players that Knicks fans wanted were off the board if you went into tonight and said “You know what this is my these are the five players I want i guarantee all five of those players got drafted before the Knicks pick at 50.” So I think that Leon Rose had a short list of guys he really wants right and at the end of the day the guys that they really really wanted was not there so they traded down and they got a project that they feel like is someone that they can develop for the long haul and basea best case scenario folks you look up and all of a sudden two years from now Muhammad Diari is one of the top role players to the Knicks best case scenario or maybe he’s traded for part of a big package you never know what the capability is or he becomes a starter you never know i mean best case scenario he’s like a Mitchell Robinson/Duce McBride that’s the goal all these second round picks all these late round picks you want them the best case scenario is a guy like Mitchell Robinson like a guy like Deuce McBride two second round picks who grinded their way into the positions they are in today jaylen Brunson was also a second round pick by the way if you forgot early early second round pick and with Dallas completely different team completely different organization and different player of course but my point is you never know we’ve seen players go late in the second round and be ballers in the NBA and listen you never know when you can bring in a guy with this type of size this type of athleticism and combine the speed the ball handling and defense if they can unlock confidence within this kid you never know what’s possible these Frenchmen are they’re built different i’m telling you these French kids are built different out there and he’s been playing professional ball since he was a baby since he was a young kid so that right there you never know what’s possible right he’s not somebody that you know a lot of NBA analysts are going to hype up but he’s a dynamic young French player who’s making strides somebody that a lot of people within the French basketball community was intrigued with his size his versatility they feel like that is going to be able to help him develop his skill set on both ends of the basketball court for the long haul right and you talk about his strengths and his weaknesses right i’m not going to say his shooting is either a strength or a weaknesses weakness but I think that is part of his game that he can grow i really do believe that and all the stuff we talked about so hey bro if you can get this guy out in space you never know what’s possible you absolutely never know what’s possible so let’s see what he can do welcome to the New York Knicks Mohamad Diara wow wow wow wow so you guys let me know if you guys are also new to the channel don’t forget to hit the subscribe button right here on Nick Media really do appreciate you guys tuning in to the channel much love to everybody in the chat right now hit that sub button as we’re live right now on Knicks Media talking Knicks basketball right now as the Knicks make their 2025 NBA draft selection all right the Knicks are bringing in a Frenchman how many like buttons do we have hit on this show we have 78 like buttons we got to be able to get more than 78 likes bro way more than 78 likes i also want to ask you guys in the poll do you like this pick vote in the chat folks do you like this pick for the New York Knicks make your presence be felt in the chat right now by voting all right love to hear what each and every single one of you guys have to say as always in the chat make sure you guys hit that sub button if you’re new to the channel my name is Richie Malora if you’re just coming in for the first time and just discovering the YouTube channel we cover the New York Knicks all offseason long all the latest news i try to be as consistent as I possibly can for you guys a lot of people are saying that they remind him of Pascal Seakum i find that an intriguing comparison the long lengthy Pascal i mean if he can become a Pascal Seakum yeah that’s a home run i mean but hey you never know you never know what’s what what’s capable of so I’m going to sit here and give him all the reasons to have an open mind so I made the poll live we got 66% of you guys saying yes you like this pick so far okay or he’s just another Precious AU precious was not bad right precious was not bad and by the way Precious is not here precious is gone right precious Aua is no longer going to be with the Knicks he’s a free agent and I’m not expecting the Knicks to bring him back i’m not I don’t know about you guys right the Frenchman is coming to the New York Knicks all right woo all right folks well I’m going to wrap up the show here i appreciate you guys tuning into this show breaking down this Knicks draft pick we’re definitely going to go deeper into him as a prospect right i think that there’s a lot of intriguing elements to his game in terms of the length and the size and the athleticism he has the intangibles and I feel like if you want to throw a dart at a specific prospect in the NBA draft especially late in the second round you got to bring in somebody that has the raw talent 6’8 long arms athleticism off the charts that’s fantastic everybody that’s going to his highlights is coming away with his highlight reel saying he’s the next Pascal Seakum which I absolutely love all right we’re back Knicks fans that’s the energy we like we got the next Pascal Seakkum we got some people saying he’s a boss the next Frank Dillakina and we got some Knicks fans saying “Nah bro he’s not he’s Pascal Seakum right and I just feel like at 6’8 you never know it’s possible bro that’s all I’m saying you never know is he the next Frank Nilina in terms of being a bust or will he be an absolute dog and now the Knicks got two young French players Pakome Daddy and Mohamed Dawara and you know that they’re friends right you know that they are friends and I feel like this is also someone by the way who was almost entering the draft last year but pulled himself out pulled himself out so I think that he is someone with a lot of interesting intangibles and we’ll see what happens so folks we’re going to wrap up the show here thank you so much for tuning in to this episode of Knicks Media breaking you guys the news of the Knicks officially drafting Mohammad Aawara i appreciate all the love and appreciate all the support would love to hear your guys’ thoughts in more detail about this draft pick in the live chat in the comment section down below right someone in the chat says “This kid will likely never play for the Knicks.” Also a possibility absolutely there’s also a world where he becomes a beast in the Westchester program and then the Knicks elevate him maybe he’s just a summer league guy you never know before we label this kid a bust or comparing him to anyone let him develop into the best player he can be facts i feel like a lot of Knicks fans and NBA uh fans in general with the NBA draft they just completely hop onto a narrative and they run with that no matter what good or bad you got to let the kid go out there and prove who he is before we just box him in to be a bust or box him in to be a really good basketball player so we shall see folks don’t forget the like button on your way out and subscribe to the channel i’m out of here love you guys have a great night

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