VDesai wrote:I was eyeing McCullar for our first rounder all year. The injury pushed him back. I like him better than Dadiet personally. Would hate to give him up - we didnt really need to play him in NBA games last year

Yeah I guess the 4 games really hurts him here.

GustavBahler wrote:I'n surprised that Chris Paul hasnt been on the FO's radar as far as we know. As much as Id like to see Kolek settle into the backup PG position, Paul would give us a HOF backup PG.

Paul played all 82 games last season, and we could offer the MLE. Would be a good mentor for Brunson as well.

He made it pretty clear I think he’s staying west coast near family.

He wants Donte Exum with our final vet min deal.

Big PG/SG that defends and can knock down 3. Could play limited minutes off of ALL of Brunson/Clarkson/Deuce.

He's a guy that could relive ball pressure off Jalen, take ball out of Clarkson's hands some and would add someone who could provide full-court and extended ball pressure to our D.

Think he's hit +40% on 3's past 2 years on limited volume but last year on roughly 2.3 attempts and played about 20 mins per game past 2 years.

SergioNYK wrote:Seth Curry of MerDermott or just bring back Shamet or Payne.

Do feel with more trust and playing time, Payne and Shamet would probably produce at a higher click.

LivingLegend wrote:Exum re-signed with Dallas.

Begley now saying Exum considered Knicks before re=upping with Mavs which I assume means Knicks wanted Exum.

That gives me hope (along with Simmons)that they are still looking for another solid ball handler and passer.

Have said that major weakness on this club is simply enough guys who can complete basic dribble/pass/shoot without turning ball over.

I guess a kid like Cole Anthony could be an option, maybe Brogdon.

I think I might prefer Brogdon next to Clarkson off the bench but that would mean Deuce starting or gone.

Knixkik wrote:Knicks have a bunch of options here for their final 2 (or 3) spots with about 3.5M in space until they are hard capped at the second apron (207.8M):

1. They can just sign McCullar and either Diawara/ Nnaji. Easy math. But I think this is unlikely.
2. They can sign Yabusele to about 40K less than the full TMLE and squeeze in a vet minimum guy plus Diawara/ Nnaji
3. They can sign a vet minimum guy and wait until after the season starts to covert Diawara or Nnaji from a 2-way to a standard contract to make it work. If they wait long enough, they can maybe squeeze some extra space to sign a PJ Tucker type late in the year as 15th man. This falls in line with what they did last year to make the money work after the Towns trade.
4. They can get super creative and go out shopping via trade for another team’s draft rights guy that they really like. Trade for that player and bring him over in combination with one of these other options. Or although unlikely, bring in jokubaitis or that other guy they got draft rights to in the Sims/ Wright trade. Brock loves his draft rights guys so here’s where they come in handy. Second round exception (1.2M) is a great thing

Ultimately we won’t get full clarity on this until after summer league at the very least. We can narrow down options a bit based on if they sign 1 more vet or not. I assume they still have some interest in bringing back Shamet or Wright and would make the money work. Nothing needs to be done for a bit since the Yabusele/ Clarkson deals aren’t official for a while. I bet they sign another vet and let Nnaji and Diawara duke it out for the 14th spot in SL. The guy who misses out gets a 2-way deal along with McCullar and Watson. Just a guess. But these are the options regardless.

#2 it is. Knicks sign Yabu to less than the TMLE, and open up a little space for another vet minimum guy, plus a second round exception player.