The NBA Draft Combine is a time for assessments and it isn't any different for the New York Knicks, presented with an opportunity to add more talent with the ninth pick in this year's iteration.

Among them, Kentucky's Kevin Knox fits the bill — a 6-foot-9 forward with good shooting touch and a high ceiling after averaging 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds in his lone season with the Wildcats.

Head coach John Calipari, as usual, lobbied for his former player, saying that the soon-to-be 19-year-old has a ton of untapped talent waiting to be harnessed.

“Someone is going to take him and everybody’s going to say, ‘How did people pass on him?’ ” Calipari said, according to Al Iannazzone of Newsday. “You’re going to say because he was 18 at the time and who would have known. That’s what I think will happen.

“He’s not even close to what he’s going to be.”

The Knicks have been aiming at the small forward position since even before the regular season ended, knowing it would be an area of need to start the 2018-19 season. But like other prospects such as Mikal Bridges of Villanova and Wendell Carter Jr. of Duke, the prospect drafted will have to fit in with Kristaps Porzingis — a 7-foot-3 giant with a finesse skill set.

“With Scotty Perry I think they know: ‘Stuff hasn’t worked, we better be more patient. We better build,’” Calipari said. “I’ve known Scott for years and years. I think he gets it. So I think they’ll be fine and if they go that route.

“What they’re going to see is, this kid is really big. Really long. Skilled player, but he’s young. You just got to know you’re taking one of the youngest kids in the draft. But I think he’d do well there. The league has become a hit-or-miss league. If you shoot it, you’re good. If you can’t shoot it, you’re probably not good. And he can shoot.”

Carter was given one final question at the end of his interview with the Knicks, one that will likely be repeated with every other player the Knicks look at during this combine.

“That was kind of how we ended our interview,” Carter said. “If I was to come to New York, how it would work playing alongside him, learning his style of play, fitting in with him in the low post.”