New York would benefit mightily from bringing on a free agent recent Sixth Man of the Year, an NBA insider posits.
The New York Knicks would benefit mightily from bringing on a free agent former Milwaukee Bucks standout, a longtime NBA insider posits.
The Knicks have undergone a major renaissance since they hired team president Leon Rose to reshape their roster in 202.
Unlike the summer of 2024, New York's offseason has been fairly quiet. Last year, the Minnesota Timberwolves shipped out five-time All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in the summer of 2024 in a three-team move that saw New York ditching rotation pieces Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, the rights to the No. 17 pick in the 2025 draft (which the Timberwolves used on former Cedevita Olimpija center Joan Beringer), and Keita Bates-Diop.
Bates-Diop was a throw-in acquisition from New York's other massive trade last offseason, in which the Knicks acquired former All-Defensive Team wing Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets.
The reconstituted Knicks went 51-31 and advanced all the way to the Eastern Conference, where they fell in six games to the Indiana Pacers.
This summer, nothing quite so drastic happened — although New York did ditch head coach Tom Thibodeau, replacing him with ex-Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown. The Knicks also signed power forward Guerschon Yabusele and guard Jordan Clarkson to fill out their bench.
Still, the Knicks' bench depth was its Achilles heel last year. The 2023 Sixth Man of the Year could help with that, suggests Michael Pina of The Ringer.
wrote about 5 unrestricted free agents who still don’t have a home, and tried to find a good fit for each one (if such a thing exists) https://t.co/Hv9nSpSf3C
— Michael Pina (@MichaelVPina) July 29, 2025
Malcolm Brogdon, a dogged two-way player who won the Sixth Man of the Year honor while with the Boston Celtics, has struggled mightily with his health of late. The 6-foot-4 Virginia product, 32, appeared in a combined 63 regular season games across the past two seasons (out of a possible 164) while with lottery-bound Portland Trail Blazers and Washington Wizards squads.
In just 24 healthy games for the Wizards last season, Brogdon averaged 12.7 points on .433/.286/.880 shooting splits, 4.1 assists, and 3.8 rebounds. That long distance mark is hopefully just an anomaly however. He's a career 38.8% 3-point shooter on 4.2 triple tries a night.
Brogdon, when his body is right, is a solid two-way guard who can thrive in various tempos and can function well both on and off the ball.
Pina also floats the Minnesota Timberwolves and Brogdon's hometown Atlanta Hawks as potential destinations, noting that Minnesota could even use its bi-annual exception to sign Brogdon.
"Don’t rule out the New York Knicks, either, even though they’ve already signed Jordan Clarkson," Pina writes.
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