The Knicks reshuffled their training camp group on Thursday, moving on from John Konchar and N’Faly Dante while lining up a new look in the frontcourt.
Konchar, a seven-year NBA veteran, was waived after being on a non-guaranteed Exhibit 9 deal. He had been in the mix for a regular season spot and was expected to compete with Bruce Brown, Ochai Agbaji, James Wiseman, and Drew Eubanks. But he had been away from the team this week because of a personal matter, and sources told Ian Begley of SNY.tv that the Knicks and Konchar agreed to part ways so he could remain away from the club a little longer.
A 30-year-old wing, Konchar has never averaged more than 5.1 points per game, but he carved out a steady role with the Grizzlies for six-and-a-half seasons before being traded to Utah in February. He brings rebounding, ball-handling, positional defense, and a little shooting touch, with a career 34.9% mark from three.
Dante’s exit came after he arrived on an Exhibit 10 deal and appeared headed toward a G League path. The plan now appears to be for him to join the Westchester Knicks as an affiliate player, though his timetable remains uncertain after he tore the ACL in his right knee last December in a G League game. The 6’11” center logged four NBA games as a rookie with Houston in 2024/25 and four more with Atlanta last season before Atlanta waived him in February.
With those two roster spots opened up on the 21-man preseason group, New York quickly filled one of them by bringing back Toby Okani on another Exhibit 10 contract. It’s the second time this month the Knicks have signed Okani to a non-guaranteed camp deal, and it’s still unclear whether he’ll actually get a real run in training camp or be waived again.
The other move came later in the morning, when the Knicks confirmed they had signed Tony Bradley to an Exhibit 9 contract. Bradley, 28, is a veteran center with eight years of NBA experience who spent last season with Indiana and Atlanta, playing 41 games and averaging 4.0 points and 2.8 rebounds in 11.0 minutes per night.
To make room for Bradley, the Knicks also waived Okani again, opening space to sign Jaden Akins to a two-way contract. The team has already pointed to Bradley as another name still on its radar as it continues to sort out the back end of the roster.
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