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Deni Avdija is not like most potential NBA lottery picks. With the Israeli League season indefinitely suspended, Avdija, a 6-foot-9 forward for Maccabi Tel Aviv, was inducted into the Israeli Defense Forces on April 1. Avdija showed up with his parents and agent Matan Siman-tov at the Tel HaShomer army base to start the completion …

With the NBA season suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s impossible to even know when the lottery will be held, or how far back the draft — slated for June 25 at Barclays Center — will get pushed. But if the order stays the same, here is The Post’s first stab at a mock …

One interview or one brief workout in 2015 could have dramatically changed the history of the Knicks and 76ers. The Knicks may not have drafted Kristaps Porzingis, who could have been plying his trade in Philadelphia on the cusp of a title. And the 76ers would still be under the control of former team president …

ESPN draft guru Fran Fraschilla has a message for the Knicks: Take the best player available with your lottery pick and save the late first-rounder for a point guard. The former St. John’s coach believes there are flaws in each of the projected top-10 lottery picks in this year’s draft, including the trove of point …

Nobody knows the steps Knicks president Leon Rose would have taken had the NBA season — and normal life — not been suspended by the coronavirus on March 11. For now, Rose is proceeding as status quo with an inherited front office in following an unofficial NBA hiring/firing stoppage with the world stopped cold. According …

Five point-guard prospects have emerged as lottery options for the upcoming NBA Draft — whether it is held on June 25 or pushed back because of coronavirus. In what is considered a mediocre class, LaMelo Ball, Cole Anthony, Tyrese Maxey, Tyrese Haliburton and Killian Hayes have separated themselves. Knicks president Leon Rose has a giant …