The Knicks added two acquainted faces to coaching camp on Wednesday, agreeing to offers with guards Quinton Rose and M.J. Walker, the workforce introduced.
The duo each performed for the Westchester Knicks, the workforce’s G-League affiliate, and likewise appeared in three video games apiece for the Knicks in the course of the Las Vegas Summer season League in July.
Rose, a capturing guard who performed for Temple and went undrafted in 2020, averaged 7.4 factors, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.6 assists for the Westchester Knicks.
Walker, a Florida State star and likewise a capturing guard, averaged 10.6 factors, 2.8 rebounds and a couple of.4 assists for Westchester.
On Saturday, the Knicks signed Svi Mykhailiuk to a one-year, partially assured contract.
Mykhailiuk — one in every of two Ukrainian gamers within the NBA — had been on a assured veteran’s minimal deal however was waived by Toronto final month. The 6-foot-7, 205-pound swingman averaged 4.6 factors in 56 video games for the Raptors.
The Knicks additionally re-signed Ryan Arcidiacono, which means he'll reunite with Jalen Brunson who was his backcourt mate at Villanova, the place the duo gained a nationwide title within the 2015-16 season.
It has been a blended offseason for the Knicks, who signed the 26-year-old Brunson, who was a free agent, to a four-year, $104 million deal on June 30, however missed out on the 26-year-old Donovan Mitchell, whom the Jazz traded to the Cavaliers on Sept. 1. Brunson additionally not too long ago introduced his engagement to to girlfriend Ali Marks.
The Knicks additionally gave R.J. Barrett, 22, a four-year, $120 million rookie contract extension on Aug. 29.
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