When the Knicks drafted Frank Ntilikina, they expected to bring him along slowly so that he could develop from a raw prospect into a dangerous core piece down the road. The loss of Derrick Rose via free agency, however, suddenly cleared room on the depth chart.
With nobody standing between Ntilikina and a significant workload early, New York went out and signed veteran reserve Ramon Sessions. It turns out, however, that there a few more playmakers the Knicks have been keeping their eye on. Per Ian Begley of ESPN, the club views Jarrett Jack and Trey Burke as potential adds as well.
This isn’t the first time that Jack’s name has been brought up by the New York media – in August Ohm Youngmisuk, also of ESPN, linked the Knicks to Jack and Archie Goodwin.
While Jack had a solid season across town with the Nets as recently as 2014/15, he has been besieged by injuries ever since.
Burke, in contrast, has simply seen his role decrease from season to season as his four-year career has drawn on. Though the former NCAA Tournament star is still just 24 years old, it’s hard to imagine that he’ll be anything but a bit player for the next team that he finds himself on.
If the Knicks are going to make a move to shore up their playmaking corps, they may want to act sooner than later. Begley’s tweet actually came in response to the news that the Trail Blazers had signed the aforementioned Goodwin to a training camp deal.
There’s more from the Knicks:
- This isn’t the first time that New York’s point guard dilemma has been discussed lately. Frank Urbina of HoopsHype took a deep dive into the options the Knicks have available to them.
- Houston-native Damyean Dotson was among those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Marc Berman of the New York Post caught up with the first-year Knicks guard to talk about the storm that he lived through.
- A number of Knicks executives are in Europe watching their young players perform at EuroBasket 2017, Marc Berman of the New York Post writes. Kristaps Porzingis, Willy Hernangomez and Mindaugas Kuzminskas are all currently playing for their respective national teams.
Trey Burke would be an interesting add.
That Knicks backcourt is going to be tragic. Trey Burke will be lucky if he isn’t out of the league this year
Or, the FO may prefer the excuse of a rookie PG to get one more lottery pick.
Doesn’t matter who they play. Knicks are nearly guaranteed to pick in the lotto this year based on their roster