The New York Knicks are going through the problem of filling out their roster underneath a second-apron onerous cap for a second consecutive season. That is obtained the Knicks poised to signal 2025 second-round decide Mohamed Diawara to a typical contract.
New York has to signal at the least two extra gamers to straightforward contracts. The problem is that the Knicks solely have room to signal one veteran minimal deal and one rookie minimal deal. The caveat being that the rookie minimal deal needs to be for a participant the Knicks drafted. The rationale for that’s that an undrafted rookie would depend in direction of the luxurious tax and tax aprons on the two-year veteran minimal quantity.
New York triggered a second-apron onerous cap through signing Guerschon Yabusele utilizing the Taxpayer Mid-Degree Exception.
With Malcolm Brogdon and Landry Shamet presumably competing for the veteran minimal spot, that leaves the rookie minimal spot to fill. That spot will apparently go to rookie ahead Diawara.
Final season, the 6-foot-9 ahead performed for Cholet in his native France. Diawara averaged 6.1 factors, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 19.6 minutes per recreation. The then 19-year-old ahead appeared in 49 complete video games for Cholet final season.
Very similar to final season, New York shall be managing the top of their bench all year long. The Knicks ought to ultimately have sufficient house to fill out the roster to full quantity of 15 gamers on commonplace contracts earlier than the top of the common season.
