In a league where it often takes young players years to earn the trust of their coaches, second-year undrafted free agent Langston Galloway is defying expectations.
A 6' 2" guard out of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Galloway went undrafted in 2014. He was so unheralded that he doesn't even have a DraftExpress scouting report—this page just has physical information and statistics.
He played for the Knicks during the Las Vegas Summer League and scored himself a training camp invite as well. He didn't make the team out of camp but turned enough heads to secure a spot on the Westchester Knicks, the team's new D-League squad. Once the big club traded Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith to Cleveland, Galloway got called up.
He then worked his way into coach Derek Fisher's good graces with his performance the rest of the way. Signed to a pair of 10-day contracts in January, Galloway played well enough to earn himself a two-year contract (with the second season partially guaranteed), as well as a spot on the NBA's All-Rookie Second Team.
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Article written by Jared Dubin