With a franchise rebuilding plan focused on acquiring high-priced free agents, it's important the New York Knicks find value in the lower-profile guys.
Cue Langston Galloway, who the Knicks just signed for the league minimum through 2016 with a partial guarantee for next season, according to ESPN's Ian Begley:
Galloway had slipped through the 2014 NBA draft cracks right into President Phil Jackson's lap, who brought him in for summer league and a couple of recent 10-day contracts.
In eight games since being called up, he's averaged 12.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for the Knicks. ''At first, the tempo (in the NBA) was a little different but I've definitely adjusted to it,'' he told The Times Picayune's John Reid after going for 21 points in win over the Pelicans January 19.
According to the New York Post's Marc Berman, Jackson was initially hesitant "to donate the $800,000 minimum for next season it would take to keep Galloway in the fold," given the cap space he's looking to preserve for the bigger prizes on the market this summer.
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Why New York Knicks’ Gamble on Langston Galloway Could Pay off Next Season
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