{"id":135320,"date":"2025-08-10T21:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/135320\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:31:10","slug":"new-york-knicks-should-sign-former-wizards-pg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/135320\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks Should Sign Former Wizards PG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6gy3gbjyz\">The <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_13c38k6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Knicks<\/a> have an open roster spot and they could look to use it on veteran point guard Malcolm Brogdon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_o5bdzz2uv\">SNY contributor David Vertsberger listed Brogdon as a potential option for the Knicks to sign in free agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hrwbcpvi5\">&#8220;New York beefed up its guard position with the addition of\u00a0Jordan Clarkson, rounding out their rotation of\u00a0Jalen Brunson,\u00a0Miles McBride\u00a0and\u00a0Tyler Kolek. Kolek looked the part as a break-glass-in-emergency point guard last season, and is in line to fill that role as the team\u2019s fourth guard this year,&#8221; <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_13c38k6\" href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/5-potential-targets-knicks-last-veteran-minimum-spot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vertsberger wrote.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_i8e4xm965\">&#8220;If the Knicks have any reservations, signing Brogdon would be a nice insurance policy on their backcourt options.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_70318mo8y\">&#8220;&#8230; Brogdon is a career 38.8 percent shooter from three and has evolved into more of a distributor in his last few seasons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rqbdyiu0y\">&#8220;His numbers have been otherwise unimpressive as of late, but he\u2019s spent two years mired in unclear roles in rebuilding situations. Putting him in position to help more sporadically for a championship chaser may be just the thing he needs to have a strong year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Washington Wizards guard Malcolm Brogdon drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell\" title=\"Washington Wizards guard Malcolm Brogdon drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Washington Wizards guard Malcolm Brogdon drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell. Mandatory Credit: Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images \/ Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_biydpb9wi\">Brogdon isn&#8217;t in the prime of his career anymore, but he is a player that the Knicks could rely on off the bench. Brogdon averaged 12.7 points per game with the Wizards this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_optaebgef\">The Knicks have still not signed either Cam Payne or Delon Wright this offseason, so adding a point guard could be in the cards for them down the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_0yjtwcb8n\">A player like Brogdon could fill in that role off the bench extremely well, especially if Kolek is unable to take that second-year leap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_dv17lzeox\">Kolek was drafted by the Knicks in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft and played in 41 games during his rookie season and there&#8217;s a hope that he will be able to contribute more during the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_1igj39r02\">However, the <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_13c38k6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/knicks\/news\/new-york-knicks-hiring-hornets-assistant-chris-jent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Knicks<\/a> have little to no room for error, so getting a steady veteran like Brogdon to help run the second unit could be a safer choice for the team than having Kolek play a decent amount of minutes during the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_be56ypqwb\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_13c38k6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/knicks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Make sure you bookmark Knicks on SI for the latest news, exclusive interviews, film breakdowns and so much more!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks have an open roster spot and they could look to use it on veteran&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-135320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115006608748264310","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}