Knicks fans went into the draft lottery this spring pining for Zion Williamson and came out of the draft instead with his Duke teammate, R.J. Barrett, who is going to have plenty of eyes on his play and pressure on his shoulders.

Trae Young can relate. Better than most.

Young ­— at the NBPA/Five-Star Camp at Basketball City on Wednesday — faced scrutiny as the fifth-overall section in the 2018 NBA Draft after the Hawks traded out of a chance to get eventual rookie of the year Luka Doncic. But Young came through by focusing on his own game, and that’s the same advice he would give to the Knicks’ highest draft pick since Patrick Ewing.

“For me, if I could give [Barrett] any advice, it’s just to remain who he is and focus on the important things: that’s playing basketball, that’s getting better every day,” Young said. “And enjoy everything else as far as letting everything else fall behind what you’re here for, which is playing basketball.”

Barrett overcame a slow summer league start to average 15.4 points, 8.2 boards and 4.6 assists earlier this month in Las Vegas.

“If he’s playing well, if he’s working out, if he’s doing things, everything else is going to take care of itself,” Young said of Barrett, who comes from a strong basketball background: his father, Rowan, played at St. John’s and his godfather is Hall of Famer Steve Nash, his father’s longtime friend. “It’s going to be a lot easier to handle. But when everything starts to drift off and other things start to come between basketball [being] the most important thing, then he’ll struggle. But with his circle … I don’t think he’s going to have any hard times out here.”