Shooting guard Trevor Keels has signed a 10-day contract with the Knicks, the team announced via a press statement (Twitter link). This represents a promotion for the rookie guard, who had been on a two-way deal.
After being drafted with the No. 42 pick out of Duke by the Knicks last summer, Keels joined New York on a two-way contract, appearing in just one game for the club to date.
Keels has been playing much more frequently with Knicks’ Westchester NBAGL affiliate. For Westchester, the 6’5″ swingman has been averaging 14.9 PPG, 3.6 APG and 2.9 RPG across 17 contests during the regular 2022/23 G League season.
As we outlined earlier in the week, Thursday was the final day New York could carry just 13 players on its standard roster, which in part seems to explain the decision to sign Keels to this 10-day deal now. New York’s plan for the 19-year-old beyond this short-term contract remains to be seen.
Haven’t been to Westchester since 2019 but at that time the Knicks would promote the top couple of players around this time, hope culturally that has stayed in tact but Keels even with a low ceiling seems like a solid 8-10th man on a good team honestly.
The fact that he’s gotten barely any time on the main roster and has shot pretty poorly even in the G-League is not a great sign. The conversion to a 10-day and not just a rest of season contract may mean that his NBA time is coming to an end (for now). I was high on him going into the draft and thought it was a great pick for the Knicks at the time.
Just saying Melo is out there
Stanley Johnson out there too. Veteran wing defender for the playoff run. Can guard Butler, Tatum, Brown, etc
i think i haven’t seen a two-way player get converted to a 10-day contract, has this happened before?
They treating these call-ups like ‘layaway. I think they trying to offer these guys a last opportunity to make an impression for next yr. Also for practice pieces. They def won’t make their way into a team’s rotation.