Kentucky’s Fox says teaming with Kristaps would be ‘special’

CHICAGO — De’Aaron Fox, the projected top-5 pick and slayer of Lonzo Ball in the NCAA tournament, envisions “something special” in New York if teamed up with Kristaps Porzingis.

The Kentucky point guard said he isn’t familiar with the triangle and Phil Jackson was more of a silent observer during their meeting this week. But he gushed about the potential link-up with the Latvian unicorn if the Knicks get lucky in the draft lottery.

“I don’t know too much about the triangle. Everyone says it's hard to learn but I like to learn but if I go in there I’ll have to learn quickly. And Porzingis he’s amazing,” Fox said. “Watching the NBA this year, I really paid attention to the NBA this year knowing I’m about to go into this business. I had to stop watching it as a casual fan and start thinking of it as a business aspect. (Porzingis) is great and if I get to play with him, I feel like we can do something special.”

Fox was the lone potential lottery pick to attend the NBA combine this year, and he expertly navigated his media session when bombarded by questions from several markets about their respective teams. The Knicks are in the market for a point guard, but would need some help from the Ping Pong balls.

As the seventh-seed, they have an 18 percent chance of moving up into the top3 and landing either Fox, Ball or Markelle Fultz.

“We want to get the first pick. We’re rooting for those little balls,” Jackson said. “We got a lot of bigs. Everyone wants a great big player right now we have four centers, guys with experience we have power forwards. Right now we’re looking for wings and guard — is what we’re looking for.”

Jackson also revealed Saturday he has a surprise person who will represent the Knicks at the lottery.

JEFF: NOT SURE ON PHIL’S ROLE

Jackson’s plan of getting more involved next season — or “mentoring” — is not something he has discussed yet with Jeff Hornacek, the coach said at the NBA combine.

In his post-mortem media session last month, Jackson revealed his belief that the Knicks floundered when he left the team for the West Coast and his solution is, “I’ve got to do a little bit more on-scene, on-target” teaching of players and coaches.

Whatever that means is not yet clear to Hornacek.

“As we go into next year, we’ll talk about a lot of things, how it would work,” the coach said. “I don’t know if he’s talking specifically at practice or meetings beforehand. He has popped into meetings occasionally. That’s all stuff we haven’t talked about.”