After a longer-than-usual delay, the Knicks have officially signed rookie Cleanthony Early, who was taken with the 34th pick in this year’s NBA draft. Early is set to make the NBA Minimum Salary, just a shade over $507,000.
Raymond Felton had some highs and lows during his time with the Knicks. As time went on, we started seeing a lot more of the lows. I made an Andrea Bargnani Music Video last week, so I figured I’d try making one for Raymond Felton. Enjoy, and share!
Special thanks to ObGlobal.net for providing so many Felton clips for me to work with.
The video above leaves out most of Felton’s defensive catastrophes, but there were more than enough problems for Ray on offense. Good riddance…
-Tommy Rothman
There are probably far more productive things JR Smith could be learning about right now. The Triangle Offense, perhaps? But upon second thought, that is not intertwined with any of my affairs.
Anyway, these are all screenshots of posts from JR’s Instagram. And speaking of Instagram, follow us at @NewYorkKnicksMemes !
At least, Andrea Bargnani THOUGHT he was the man.
Sorry, Bargs!
The Knicks have used their $3.27 million Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception on big man Jason Smith. Smith, 28, played for the New Orleans Pelicans last season and averaged 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 block in 27 minutes per game. The 7-foot, 240 pound Smith is one of the game’s top mid-range shooters and a capable team defender, help defender, and shot-blocker (although he can be beaten in 1-on-1 situations). Smith is also a 78% shooter from the line.
Smith was the Pelicans’ starting center until he went down with a knee injury in January. He has a chance to get some big minutes on this Knicks team, but he will likely have to compete with Amar’e Stoudemire, Andrea Bargnani, Samuel Dalembert, Jeremy Tyler, and Cole Aldrich. This signing likely spells the end for Kenyon Martin’s time in New York.
Smith should fit well in the Triangle Offense, in which bigs who can shoot fare far better than your typical slow, lumbering, mass-cultivators. With Smith, Bargnani, and Stoudemire, the Knicks have 3 bigs who can shoot the mid-range jumper. Smith is by far the best defender of the 3, although less of an offensive threat all-around than Bargs and STAT.
The Knicks had been reluctant to use their MLE because they often end up being multi-year deals, but New York was able to land Smith on a 1-year deal which will not eat into next summer’s cap space.
RealGM was first to report.
-Tommy Rothman
Jordan just released a commercial honoring retiring Yankee Captain Derek Jeter, who is making his final All-Star appearance this week. Knicks fans will see a few familiar faces in this ad.
I hate the Yankees, but this is awesome. -Tommy
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