Hey, what's up with Knicks draft pick Louis Labeyrie?

...you ask, having exhausted pretty much every other answerable question you could have about the Knicks right now. Well, Marc Berman's got answers. In what is primarily a report on how much the Knicks spent to acquire Louis Labeyrie, the gangling 23 year-old French big guy who went 57th in last year's draft ($1.5 million), Berman gets some more interesting thoughts from Labeyrie's agent and countrymen. For instance, we may see him in Las Vegas this summer:

The Knicks will only say they hope to see Labeyrie play for their summer-league team in Las Vegas in July. His agent, Bouna Ndiaye, told The Post Monday night: "It's 100 percent definite he will.''

And Rudy Gobert has kind things to say about Labeyrie (who's a few months older than Rudy):

"He wants to play in the NBA and I know he can, I don't know if it can be next season, but maybe, yeah,'' Gobert said. "I haven't talked to him about it yet. He's more of a power forward than center, though. He's not a center.
"He's athletic and can drive and can shoot. I think he'd like to be in New York. I was happy for him.''

Labeyrie's numbers for Paris-Levallois are here. He plays bench minutes, shoots threes frequently and not horribly, and grabs a couple rebounds per evening. He also appears to still be 6'10 and 200 pounds, which is like if Kevin Durant cut off one his legs.

But I digress! A 57th pick even wearing an NBA jersey would be a rare occasion indeed, but I hope we do get to see Labeyrie in Summer League. It's nice to read nice things about him. Players stashed overseas are fun. Hi Louis!