The Knicks have spent training camp sorting through veteran options for one last roster spot, and Bruce Brown has done enough to stay in the conversation.
Brown arrived as one of the more interesting invites, but his path to a standard deal was complicated by New York’s cap situation. He wound up on an Exhibit 10 contract instead, even after coming off a season in which he played 82 games for a title contender. As Stefan Bondy of the New York Post wrote, the market for him was thin and the same obstacle kept coming up: “the second apron.”
That has left the Knicks juggling priorities. The team still needs another center, and The Athletic’s James L.
Edwards III said New York will likely use the 14th roster spot on that need. James Wiseman has been the first big man on a training-camp deal to check in during games, with Drew Eubanks and Tony Bradley behind him.
Edwards added that the Knicks “should strongly consider adding Bruce Brown to the main roster given his championship experience and positional versatility, but all signs point to the team keeping a center right now.”
SNY’s Ian Begley took it a step further, saying the Knicks may need to move someone if they want to keep Brown. “Bruce Brown has also put himself in good position to get roster spot, but Knicks would need to trade a rostered player to make that happen.
Brown, in my opinion, would be a great value addition for the Knicks, giving them strong veteran depth in case of injury. ESPN reported Eubanks will be waived after suffering pectoral injury,” Begley posted.
Brown’s appeal is easy to see. He brings championship experience, gives New York another versatile piece, and can help spell Josh Hart or Jalen Brunson when needed. In that sense, he looks like the kind of player every contender wants sitting at the end of the bench: reliable, adaptable, and ready to do whatever is asked.
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