Lottery yet again

best avenue toward improving the roster. Asked whether the Knicks could nab a star at No.9, Perry noted that the Jazz took Donovan Mitchell last year with the 13th pick.

However, his expectation stopped at “contributing player.”

“You never know. You look around and Utah had good success where they were,” he said. “A lot of times in the draft. . . a lot of it is fit, too. Some guys may get drafted in a particular place where it’s not a great fit initially or it is a great fit. I think that’s the important thing for us – finding the personality whose game is going to be the closest fit to how we want to play and what we want to be. It’s important whoever we get becomes at least a contributing player to our cause of getting better.’’

Going into the lottery, they had six possible outcomes: first overall (1.7% chance), second (2.0%), third (2.4%), ninth