If Kristaps Porzingis made the call, he would have his Spanish League buddy, center Willy Hernangomez, on his side next season.
No, the Knicks don’t have a first-round pick this June — unless you consider the potential arrival of 6-foot-11, 255-pound Hernangomez next season as that guy.
On the night the Knicks drafted Porzingis last June, they also selected his Sevilla teammate, Hernangomez, with the 35th pick of the second round after buying the pick from the Sixers, using it as a so-called “stash pick.’’
“I hope he’s here,’’ Porzingis told The Post. “If it was in my hands, I’d obviously want him to be here. I think he really wants to be here. I’m not sure — both sides have to make a decision. I’d really love to see him here.’’
Hernangomez, 21, played in Sevilla with Porzingis for two seasons — his contract on loan from Real Madrid. Now Hernangomez, stockier than Porzingis and more of a low-post big, is back with Real Madrid.
Though he’s coming off the bench on a stronger team, Hernangomez is developing more because of Real Madrid’s facilities being better than the ones in Sevilla, according to his agent, Andy Miller.
Miller, who runs New Jersey-based ASM Sports, also reps Porzingis. He said he believes if Hernangomez were in this June’s draft: “He’d be a top-20 pick.’’
“I talk to him every day [by text],’’ Porzingis said. “The last two seasons, we were really good friends, hung out all the time outside of basketball. We have a really good connection.’’
Hernangomez’s English isn’t as strong as Porzingis’, so they communicate in Willy’s native tongue — Spanish.
“He does speak [English], but not that good,’’ Porzingis said. “I think he’s getting better, playing on Real Madrid, playing with a lot of American players. He wants to learn English more.’’
Playing sparingly early in the season, Hernangomez had a very tough adjustment to his new team. In the last month, his minutes have climbed. On the season, he has played 27 games, averaging 12 minutes, and 5.8 points per game on 68 percent shooting.
(Porzingis, too, averaged less than 20 minutes per game last year.)
“He’s big, very good hook shot with both hands,’’ Porzingis said. “He really knows how to hold his defender. He’s really good in the post. The triangle offense would fit very well.’’
Porzingis makes as good a press agent as Miller, who believes his lesser-known client has come into his own physically.
“His body filled out,’’ Miller said. “He’s not long and lanky like Kris. He’s bigger, stronger, thicker. He’s a very hard worker and [his] body transformed over last year. When we first started working with him there was a lot of baby fat. But he’s tightened. And the difference in Sevilla, he didn’t get to do a lot of individual work last season. Real Madrid has its own facility and it’s much more sophisticated with more coaches and gym time.’’
Miller said that also hurt Porzingis, too, last season.
“It was an issue with Kristaps when [coach] Scott Roth was there,’’ Miller said. “Scott couldn’t get Kris extra gym time because the owners of the gym loaned it out to another entities. Sevilla got it for two hours a day.”
The logistics of Hernangomez being on the Knicks’ roster next season is complicated.
Hernangomez made the Spanish National Team last summer and will begin Olympic training camp sometime in July — which would preclude him from playing in the Las Vegas summer league. Hernangomez’s Spanish season also runs until late June so the Knicks coaches won’t have much time to work with him before they may have to decide.
Plus the Knicks will have a lot of holes to fill and have to sign him within the constraints of the salary cap and only after July 1.
“There’s a lot of variables that have to evolve,’’ Miller said. “They have to get through free agency and the draft and he has a long season. My perspective is I’d like to get him being here to train and develop sooner than later. It’s my job to balance it as an intermediary between the parties. Will the Knicks want him only if he plays summer league? There’s a lot of factors that can’t be answered now. It will get hectic.’’
Ironically, Hernangomez’s brother, Juan, likely will be drafted in June and is getting a lot of buzz as an outside-shooting small forward who could go late in the first round.
“Unless they trade him, Willy will be a Knick some day,’’ ESPN’s European expert Fran Frascilla said. “But his brother may be a little better because he’s more athletic.’’
“It was a good investment for the Knicks in the second round,’’ NBA draft consultant Ryan Blake said. “He’s a power-forward/center. If he’s a stretch 4, he’ll still have to prove it.’’