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Allonzo Trier had to think quickly. He only had a moment to make a life-changing decision during the middle of the 2018 NBA Draft. The 35th pick had just passed and the Knicks were on the board. Right before selecting Mitchell Robinson, executives from the team made a phone call.

“After the Knicks picked at 36, I kinda knew I was gonna go undrafted,” Trier remembers. “They had called

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