Draft Notes: Grizzlies, Tanner, Withdrawals, Warriors, Hornets
The Grizzlies are working out Vanderbilt’s Tyler Tanner on Wednesday, along with Chase Ross (Marquette), Sam Alexis (Indiana), and J’Vonne Hadley (Louisville), reports Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal (Twitter link).
Tanner, a potential first-round pick, is the most highly regarded prospect of that group and will face a decision in a matter of hours on whether or not to keep his name in the draft. The deadline for early entrants to withdraw and retain their NCAA eligibility is 11:59 pm Eastern on Wednesday.
Tanner is one of the more notable prospects who has yet to finalize his decision — it’s possible the feedback he gets on Wednesday from the Grizzlies, who hold this year’s third, 16th, and 32nd overall picks, will help sway him in one direction or the other.
We have a few more draft-related updates:
- Flory Bidunga, who is transferring from Kansas to Louisville, has withdrawn from the draft, per Joe Tipton of On3 (Twitter link). So has Shane Blakeney, who is transferring from Drexel to South Carolina, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports (Twitter link), as well as Anton Bonke, who is transferring from Charlotte to Michigan State, agent Scott Nichols tells Jon Chepkevich of DraftExpress (Twitter link). Bidunga is entering his junior season in 2026/27, while Blakeney and Bonke will be seniors and will be automatically draft-eligible next year.
- In addition to Dillon Mitchell, Tre Donaldson, and Tyler Nickel, whose participation was previously reported, the Warriors are bringing in Nevada guard Corey Camper, South Carolina guard Kobe Knox, and San Diego State guard Reese Dixon-Waters for Wednesday’s group workout, according to the team (Twitter link).
- Nick Boyd (Wisconsin), Wyatt Fricks (Marshall), Nate Johnson (Kansas State), and Tre White (Kansas) are among the prospects visiting the Hornets for a pre-draft workout on Wednesday, league sources tell Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer (Twitter link). Charlotte currently only holds the 14th and 18th overall picks, while Boyd and White rank 76th and 93rd, respectively, on ESPN’s top-100 list, so the team could be eyeing potential undrafted targets for two-way offers.
- Cincinnati forward Baba Miller had been scheduled to take part in a group workout with the Kings on Wednesday, but he was unable to participate due to an illness, tweets Sean Cunningham of KCRA News.
Hawks Promote, Extend Onsi Saleh
1:19 pm: The Hawks have officially confirmed in a press release that Saleh is now the team’s president of basketball operations and has signed a “long-term” contract extension.
“Onsi possesses a rare combination of valuable leadership qualities and a clear vision that will position our franchise to compete at a championship level. He is a gifted communicator and talent evaluator, widely respected by his peers within the NBA community,” team owner Tony Ressler said in a statement. “He has already demonstrated a level of decisiveness and acumen that has changed the trajectory of our organization, and we are delighted to have him lead our basketball operations for a very long time.”
1:17 pm: The Hawks are promoting general manager Onsi Saleh, according to Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports (via Twitter) that Saleh’s new title will be president of basketball operations. He’ll also receive a contract extension, Charania adds.
Saleh, who had been working in Golden State as the Warriors’ VP of basketball strategy and team counsel, was initially hired by Atlanta in 2024 as an assistant general manager. He was elevated to the GM role last April after the Hawks fired head of basketball operations Landry Fields.
Saleh has been running the Hawks’ front office since last spring, so the promotion to president of basketball operations likely won’t materially change his job description. However, it figures to come with a raise and will solidify his place atop the team’s basketball operations department. It also opens the door for the team to potentially hire a GM down the road to take on some of the day-to-day responsibilities that Saleh currently handles.
Saleh finished second in Executive of the Year voting this spring after a very solid first year on the job. He landed 2026 Most Improved Player Nickeil Alexander-Walker on a four-year, $60MM deal in free agency last offseason, signed 2025 Most Improved Player Dyson Daniels to a four-year, $100MM rookie scale extension, and negotiated a draft-night trade that moved the Hawks down from No. 13 to No. 23 in last year’s draft while netting them this year’s eighth overall pick.
Saleh also acted aggressively on the trade market during the season, sending Trae Young to Washington in January for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert and then landing Jonathan Kuminga in a deal with Golden State. The newcomers helped Atlanta finish the season strong and earn the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks won 20 of their last 26 regular season games.
As Charania notes (via Twitter), Saleh and the Hawks are well-positioned to continue adding to a core headlined by Jalen Johnson, Alexander-Walker, Daniels, and Onyeka Okongwu, armed with extra draft assets and a good deal of long-term cap flexibility.
Fischer’s Latest: Lottery Reform, Thunder, Clippers, NIL
The NBA’s “3-2-1” draft lottery reform plan remains on track to get the votes necessary for it be ratified in advance of the 2027 draft, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line, who explores in his latest Substack article what sort of ripple effect those changes to the lottery could have on the trade market going forward.
As Fischer has noted before, middle-of-the-pack teams may become more reluctant to trade first-round picks going forward, since the value of the selections in the back half of the lottery will substantially increase under the new system. Additionally, since the proposed format includes a sunset provision and could be altered by 2030, teams may hesitate to move first-rounders beyond that, since another lottery overhaul a few years down the road could drastically changed the value of those picks in the 2030s.
“I’m not trading any picks beyond 2029,” one general manager told Fischer.
As Fischer notes, teams selling off star players for draft-heavy packages in recent years have often prioritized far-off picks in the hopes that the team acquiring the veteran star will no longer be a contender in five to seven years, increasing the value of their future first-rounders. But the new system might actually encourage teams to try to compile as many picks as possible in a single draft between 2027-29 in the hopes of maximizing their lottery odds that year. One strategist told Fischer that he’d advise the Bucks to take that approach this offseason if they trade Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Here’s more from Fischer:
- Echoing earlier reporting from Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints, Fischer says rival teams are consistently pointing to the Thunder, who hold the 12th and 17th overall picks, as a strong candidate to trade up. If they stay at No. 12, they’d be “very much open” to moving their second first-rounder, Fischer writes, adding that executives are preparing for Oklahoma City to be aggressive on the trade market. “What’s to stop them from packaging No. 12, 17, and future picks to try to go get (Cameron) Boozer or (Caleb) Wilson?” one Eastern Conference exec asked Fischer. As I noted on Tuesday, I expect a move like that would probably require a significant overpay, given that no teams will be eager to help OKC add another young cornerstone.
- Rival teams are “working hard” to determine how likely the Clippers are to trade the fifth overall pick, according to Fischer, who says there’s “considerable curiosity” around the league about what L.A. will do with that selection.
- With the NCAA’s draft withdrawal deadline for early entrants looming, Fischer breaks down the math on the decisions that several notable prospects are facing, pointing out that star players at high-major schools have no problem earning between $4-6MM per season via NIL. In order to crack $6MM in first-year earnings in the NBA, a player would have to be drafted no lower than 11th. That’s why potential mid-to-late first-rounders like Koa Peat and Tyler Tanner are weighing whether it makes more sense to spend another year at college and try to increase their draft stock for 2027.
Victor Wembanyama Skips Media Session After Game 5 Loss
12:28 pm: The NBA has issued a warning to Wembanyama about violating media access rules but won’t fine him, reports Jeff McDonald of The San Antonio Express-News (Twitter link).
8:56 am: After playing his worst game of the 2026 postseason, Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama exited Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center on Tuesday night without speaking to the reporters who were waiting to hear from him, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic.
As Amick writes, it was a surprising move from a young star who was voted the most media-friendly player in the NBA this year by the Professional Basketball Writers Association. Wembanyama’s decision to duck his post-game media duties will force the league office to decide whether to issue him a fine, since those media sessions are mandated by league rules.
It was a frustrating night for Wembanyama and the Spurs, who were defeated by a score of 127-114 and now trail the Thunder 3-2 in the series. The 22-year-old made just 4-of-15 shots from the floor, including 0-of-5 from beyond the arc. His 20 points represented his lowest mark of the series and his six rebounds were well below his playoff average.
San Antonio was outscored by eight points when Wembanyama was on the floor, marking the first time in the Western Conference finals and just the third time in the playoffs that the Defensive Player of the Year had a negative net rating. The only other two postseason contests in which the Spurs were outscored during Wembanyama’s minutes were the ones he exited early due to an injury (in round one) or ejection (in round two).
Head coach Mitch Johnson acknowledged during his own post-game media session that the team will need a bigger game from its superstar in San Antonio on Thursday in order to avoid elimination and force a Game 7, as Michael C. Wright of ESPN relays.
“He’s got to take more than 15 shots,” Johnson said. “Even with the (12) free throws, he’s going to have to score more than 20 points for sure.”
Asked whether Wembanyama’s off night was a result of a lack of aggression or if it was a game plan issue, Johnson suggested it was a combination of both factors, Wright notes.
“OKC did a good job. We’ve got to do a better job,” Johnson said. “That’s probably the easiest in terms of when you (look at) surface-level stuff that he’ll definitely need to take more shots. But there’s a lot of things all over the place. Even when we had advantages, we just didn’t make simple plays and take advantage of the opportunity, that possession. In this type of game, you’ve got to be sure of everything you’re doing in a very secure, mature way.”
“I think they send so many bodies towards him, it’s hard at times,” teammate Stephon Castle added. “I think he just wants to make the right play and wants to win. So, it’s tough. But yeah, he’s our best player. We need him to be aggressive. I feel like him being aggressive opens up shots for other guys.”
NBA Reveals Full Voter Ballots For 2025/26 Awards
The NBA has formally revealed the full ballots submitted by the 100 media members who voted for each of this season’s awards, per a press release from the league.
Over the past several weeks, the NBA gradually unveiled its major award winners for the 2025/26 season, starting with Defensive Player of the Year on April 20 and wrapping up with Coach of the Year on Tuesday. While the league confirmed at the time of those announcements how many votes each player received, we now know exactly which NBA reporter or analyst submitted each vote.
So if you’ve been wondering who had Neemias Queta on their All-Defensive first team, who gave Cade Cunningham his two first-place votes for Most Valuable Player, or who snuck Cedric Coward onto their Rookie of the Year ballot ahead of VJ Edgecombe, now you can find out.
Here are the results of this season’s award votes, in the order they were announced, along with our stories on each winner and links to the full media voter ballots:
Defensive Player of the Year
- Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)
- Chet Holmgren (Thunder)
- Ausar Thompson (Pistons)
Clutch Player of the Year
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder)
- Jamal Murray (Nuggets)
- Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves)
Sixth Man of the Year
- Keldon Johnson (Spurs)
- Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Heat)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. (Nuggets)
Most Improved Player
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks)
- Jalen Duren (Pistons)
- Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers)
Rookie of the Year
- Cooper Flagg (Mavericks)
- Kon Knueppel (Hornets)
- VJ Edgecombe (Sixers)
Most Valuable Player
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder)
- Nikola Jokic (Nuggets)
- Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)
All-Rookie Teams
First Team
- Cooper Flagg, Mavericks
- Kon Knueppel, Hornets
- VJ Edgecombe, Sixers
- Dylan Harper, Spurs
- Cedric Coward, Grizzlies
Second Team
- Derik Queen, Pelicans
- Maxime Raynaud, Kings
- Jeremiah Fears, Pelicans
- Ace Bailey, Jazz
- Collin Murray-Boyles, Raptors
All-Defensive Teams
First Team
- Victor Wembanyama, Spurs
- Chet Holmgren, Thunder
- Ausar Thompson, Pistons
- Rudy Gobert, Timberwolves
- Derrick White, Celtics
Second Team
- Scottie Barnes, Raptors
- Cason Wallace, Thunder
- Bam Adebayo, Heat
- OG Anunoby, Knicks
- Dyson Daniels, Hawks
All-NBA Teams
First Team
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder
Nikola Jokic, Nuggets- Victor Wembanyama, Spurs
- Luka Doncic, Lakers
- Cade Cunningham, Pistons
Second Team
- Jaylen Brown, Celtics
- Kawhi Leonard, Clippers
- Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers
- Kevin Durant, Rockets
- Jalen Brunson, Knicks
Third Team
- Tyrese Maxey, Sixers
- Jamal Murray, Nuggets
- Jalen Johnson, Hawks
- Jalen Duren, Pistons
- Chet Holmgren, Thunder
Coach of the Year
- Joe Mazzulla (Celtics)
- J.B. Bickerstaff (Pistons)
- Mitch Johnson (Spurs)
The NBA handed out a few more awards this spring, including Executive of the Year (story), Teammate of the Year (story), the Hustle Award (story), and the Sportsmanship Award (story). But those honors weren’t voted on by 100 media members like the ones above, so specific voting results won’t be revealed for them.
Northwest Notes: Valanciunas, Nuggets, Avdija, Jazz
After flirting with a move overseas during the 2025 offseason, Nuggets center Jonas Valanciunas is once again drawing interest from teams in Europe, he confirmed during an appearance this week on the Pikenrolas podcast (YouTube link).
“I received attention,” Valanciunas said, per BasketNews.com. “Yes, there were talks with one team, another team, and the Lithuanian club. There are discussions, and we are deciding. But the final word belongs to Denver. First of all, it depends on whether they trade me, keep me, or not. That’s their decision.
“Right now, I think the bigger question for them is what they will do with the roster overall: who stays and who goes. As I understand it, only Nikola (Jokic) is untouchable, and everyone else can be moved. I think everything will be clear in the first week of July, or maybe even earlier.”
A year ago, Valanciunas appeared to be on the verge of joining the Greek team Panathinaikos, but Sacramento traded him to the Nuggets, who wanted to him to honor his NBA contract and become Jokic’s primary backup. This time around, the cap-strapped Nuggets seem less likely to retain Valanciunas, whose $10MM salary is partially guaranteed for just $2MM. A move to the EuroLeague would become a whole lot more viable if the big man is waived by Denver.
Citing a report from the outlet Sport24, Alessandro Maggi of Sportando says Panathinaikos is once again in the mix for Valanciunas this offseason, with the Turkish team Fenerbahce and Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas also reportedly showing interest.
We have more from around the Northwest:
- There are three types of trades the Nuggets could make this offseason, according to Vinny Benedetto of The Denver Gazette, who weighs the merits of a salary-dump deal, a sign-and-trade involving Peyton Watson, or a more significant move involving an impact player like Jamal Murray or Aaron Gordon.
- Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (Substack link) takes a look at the potential paths the Trail Blazers could take with Deni Avdija‘s next contract, observing that a standard veteran extension is unlikely because Portland’s maximum offer would be well below the forward’s market value due to his modest $11.9MM salary for 2027/28. If they want to avoid waiting until Avdija’s free agency to negotiate a new deal, the Blazers will likely have to open up cap room next summer in order to renegotiate that ’27/28 figure, Highkin writes. Bumping up that ’27/28 figure would increase Avdija’s maximum extension, which could be completed at the same time.
- While there has been some chatter about the possibility that the Jazz could trade up or down in the draft, Tony Jones of The Athletic argues that the team’s approach to the No. 2 pick should be straightforward: take whichever of AJ Dybantsa or Darryn Peterson is available. As Jones outlines, Utah’s roster lacks a starting-caliber shooting guard, and either Dybantsa or Peterson is capable of filling that hole while providing elite long-term upside. In the event that Cameron Boozer is the surprise No. 1 pick, Jones advocates for the Jazz taking Dybantsa over Peterson.
Bulls Get Permission To Interview Cavs’ Johnnie Bryant
The Bulls have been granted permission to interview Cavaliers assistant Johnnie Bryant for their head coaching job, a source tells Marc J. Spears of Andscape (Twitter link).
Michael Scotto of HoopsHype first reported that Bryant was a potential candidate for the head coaching vacancy in Chicago.
Bryant was hired by the Jazz as a player development coach in 2012 and was promoted to an assistant role two years later. After working under Quin Snyder from 2014-20, Bryant left for New York, where he was the Knicks’ associate head coach until 2024. He reunited two years ago with Donovan Mitchell in Cleveland, having been hired by the Cavaliers as Kenny Atkinson‘s associate head coach.
Bryant has received consideration for multiple head coaching positions in recent years. He interviewed with the Cavs before they hired Atkinson and was a finalist last June for the Suns’ job that ultimately went to Jordan Ott.
The Bulls and new head of basketball operations Bryson Graham are casting a wide net as they seek Billy Donovan‘s successor this spring. In addition to Bryant, the candidates linked to the job in recent weeks include Sean Sweeney, James Borrego, Micah Nori, Dave Bliss, Wes Unseld Jr., Lamar Skeeter, Ryan Schmidt, Jerry Stackhouse, and Chris Quinn.
While Borrego and Unseld have previous experience, the other candidates connected to the Bulls would be first-time NBA head coaches.
2026 NBA Offseason Preview: Brooklyn Nets
The Nets entered the 2025 offseason in possession of five first-round picks and the most cap room in the NBA. Brooklyn surprised many people around the league by setting a record and actually making all five selections, taking Egor Demin (No. 8), Nolan Traore (No. 19), Drake Powell (No. 22), Ben Saraf (No. 26) and Danny Wolf (No. 27), rather than packaging some of the picks to try to move up or exchanging a few for future first-rounders.
The majority -- if not all -- of those first-rounders the Nets added in last year's draft were viewed as long-term projects rather than players who could contribute to winning immediately, reinforcing the perception that Brooklyn was more focused on the future than the present. The team also made a significant trade last summer, sending Cameron Johnson to Denver for Michael Porter Jr. and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick.
The Nuggets paid a steep price in that deal, which gave them the financial flexibility to add Jonas Valanciunas, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Bruce Brown last summer to bolster a thin bench. They entered the 2026 playoffs as the No. 3 seed and had home-court advantage over No. 6 Minnesota but were upset in the first round.
Denver's early ouster was theoretically a boon for Brooklyn -- if the Nuggets get more aggressive in pursuing win-now players around Nikola Jokic, the value of that 2032 first-round pick could increase, depending on how the draft lottery (assuming it still exists) works by that point.
Porter was a good on-court fit for the Nets, who surprisingly went 7-4 in December with the top-ranked defense in the league during that month following a 3-16 start to the season. That led to some rumblings that maybe Brooklyn wouldn't be able to land a top pick in a loaded draft that owner Joe Tsai made it clear the team was focused on before 2025/26 began.
While the Nets will undoubtedly point to their December success as a reason for optimism going forward, the rest of the season made it seem more like a mirage than anything that could carry over to 2026/27. The team went 3-17 from January 1 through the February 5 trade deadline and then 7-25 from the deadline through the end of the season, finishing with the second-worst record in the league at 20-62.
Brooklyn's poor overall performance meant the team entered the draft lottery with a 52.1% chance at staying in the top four but 47.9% odds of falling to either No. 5 or No. 6, with the latter being the most likely (26.0%) individual outcome. Much to the Nets' chagrin, they were leapfrogged by multiple teams in the lottery for the second straight year, falling from No. 2 in the pre-lottery order to No. 6 in the draft.
Rather using their excess cap room last offseason or at the deadline, the Nets largely carried it over to 2026, which means they once again project to have the financial flexibility to go in a number of different directions this summer. They also don't control their 2027 first-round pick (Houston has swap rights), though the reported terms of "3-2-1" lottery reform proposal could actually incentivize the Nets to tank again, since finishing in the bottom three would reduce the Rockets' odds of landing a top pick.
The Nets' Offseason Plans
Sean Marks went from never making a lottery pick in his career as the Nets' general manager to having two in a row after the team pivoted to a rebuild following the trades of James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in 2022 and 2023. The problem is that all the losing over the past couple years has only resulted in the eighth and sixth selections. Although that's not an unusual outcome based on the way the current lottery system works, it's a disappointing one for Brooklyn.
Draft Notes: Brown, Jazz, Mitchell, Warriors, Kings, Timberwolves
Projected lottery pick Mikel Brown Jr. will work out this week for the Jazz, Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo Sports tweets. Brown told O’Connor he’s been fully cleared from the back injury he suffered while playing for Louisville. Brown averaged 18.2 points and 4.7 assists in 21 games.
The Jazz hold the No. 2 overall pick, so the visit may be about the team taking the opportunity to get familiar with as many of this year’s top prospects as possible — or performing due diligence in case of a trade down. ESPN has Brown ranked at No. 9 on its big board.
Here’s more draft news:
- St. John’s forward Dillon Mitchell is among the players the Warriors will evaluate on Wednesday, according to Adam Zagoria of NJ.com (Twitter link). Miami guard Tre Donaldson and Vanderbilt forward Tyler Nickel are also visited Golden State on Wednesday, NBC Sports Bay Area’s Dalton Johnson tweets. That trio will be looking to move into the second-round conversation. The Warriors hold the 54th overall selection.
- The Kings‘ staff will take a look at Dominique Daniels (Cal Baptist), Kylan Boswell (Illinois), Elias Ralph (Pacific), Trevon Brazile (Arkansas), Baba Miller (Cincinnati), and Chauncey Wiggins (Florida State) on Wednesday, Sean Cunningham of KCRA tweets. Miller (No. 45) and Brazile (No. 48) are the highest-ranked prospects among that group. Sacramento holds two second-rounders at 34 and 45.
- Ebuka Okorie, Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Jaden Bradley, Nickel and Sam Hoiberg visited the Timberwolves on Friday, Darren Wolfson of KSTP tweets. Okorie (Stanford) and Bradley (Arizona) are each among the top 50 prospects by ESPN, with Okorie at No. 26 and Bradley ranked No. 46.
Knicks Notes: Team Building, Brunson, Brown, Hart, Workouts
The Knicks are patiently awaiting the NBA Finals after sweeping Cleveland. How did they finally turn into a Finals team? The Athletic’s Fred Katz takes an in-depth look at that topic.
Some of the key moments included trading Kristaps Porzingis, which gave them future flexibility, deciding not to trade away assets for Jalen Brunson before they signed him as a free agent, and the subsequent deals for Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart.
The New York Daily News’ Peter Sblendorio, meanwhile, details how the Knicks’ 2022 bet on Brunson has paid major dividends.
Here’s more on the Knicks:
- Brunson could join a very exclusive club if the Knicks go on to win the NBA championship, Vincent Goodwill of ESPN notes. Only two players 6’2” or under have been the undisputed headliners of their teams and led them to a championship. Isiah Thomas and Stephen Curry have done it and Brunson is now four wins away from becoming a member of that group.
- Mike Brown wasn’t the Knicks’ top choice to replace Tom Thibodeau but his strategies and adjustments have proven his skeptics wrong, Stefan Bondy of the New York Post writes, Brown has been fired four times since 2010 but now sits four wins away from joining Red Holzman as the only other Knicks head coach with an NBA championship. “Our business is funny. In my previous job [with the Kings], I supposedly took them to a point that was higher and it didn’t work out,” Brown said. “I truly felt these Knicks were an NBA Finals team. I felt we had a true opportunity. Some jobs you take, you say, ‘OK, we’ll get better and we have to make the playoffs right now.’ But this one, I felt we legitimately had a chance if we could help them figure it out and the players can stay together during the process. Especially when we hit adversity. Because we hit adversity at different parts in this season. Not just us as a whole group, but even guys individually and myself as well. I did have that belief from day one.”
- Hart was acquired from the Trail Blazers for Cam Reddish, Svi Mykhailiuk and guard Ryan Arcidiacono along with a first-round pick. That trade turned out to be a huge reason why the Knicks are now the Eastern Conference champions, Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post opines.
- The Knicks hosted six draft prospects on Tuesday — Arkansas’ Meleek Thomas, Baylor’s Tounde Yessoufou, USF’s Izaiyah Nelson, BYU’s Keba Keita, Missouri’s Mark Mitchell and Akron’s Amani Lyles, according to SNY’s Ian Begley (Twitter links). Thomas and Yessoufou are the most intriguing names in that group, as Thomas is ranked No. 25 overall by ESPN and Yessoufou is ranked No. 34. Ugonna Onyenso, a seven-foot center who played last season at Virginia, has a workout scheduled with the Knicks this weekend, Bondy tweets. He is ranked No. 43 overall by ESPN. The Knicks have the 24th, 31st and 55th picks in the upcoming draft.