There is a bit more clarity surrounding Tyler Nickel’s Knicks future.
There is momentum toward the second-round pick joining the team this year rather than returning to college, a league source confirmed to The Post.
Nickel, whom the Knicks drafted with the No. 47 pick in June, is part of the 2022 class of college athletes who were granted a fifth year of eligibility — after a ruling from U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney late last month — if they’ve already exhausted their four years of eligibility.
Nickel played four seasons of college basketball — one year at North Carolina, one year at Virginia Tech and then the past two seasons at…
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