Welcome to NY Matt Ryan

[StlHawksFan]

Granted he may be waived tomorrow but he's a Knick tonight.

[BKlutch]

Granted he may be waived tomorrow but he's a Knick tonight.

This could be the audition of a lifetime. I expect he will play a lot today, at least 27.

Seconds.

[AfroThunder]

Another sharpshooter is always welcomed

[whocares1]

Another sharpshooter is always welcomed

I’ve never seen Thibs incorporate a shooter that can’t play defense well into his scheme. Will be shocking if he does anything significant with this team.

[j4remi]

Fills a need.

[BadNewsBarnes]

He's on the G-League roster...

[mpharris36]

Fills a need.

yup we are thin at the wing spot. At minimum he can come in an stretch the floor in a pinch. Historically OG's health hasn't been great and we don't have too many backup 4's on the roster outside of precious when he comes back and he doesn't shoot well. This would at least be decent insurance for a spacing 4 on the roster.

[sol537]

He can only get spot minutes if we surround him with 4 plus defenders. So maybe when Precious returns.

[B8RcDeMktfxC]

Fills a need.

yup we are thin at the wing spot. At minimum he can come in an stretch the floor in a pinch. Historically OG's health hasn't been great and we don't have too many backup 4's on the roster outside of precious when he comes back and he doesn't shoot well. This would at least be decent insurance for a spacing 4 on the roster.

Dadiet

[B8RcDeMktfxC]

I think I'd have opted for McCullars

[mpharris36]

Fills a need.

yup we are thin at the wing spot. At minimum he can come in an stretch the floor in a pinch. Historically OG's health hasn't been great and we don't have too many backup 4's on the roster outside of precious when he comes back and he doesn't shoot well. This would at least be decent insurance for a spacing 4 on the roster.

Dadiet

we shall see how much thibs trusts a 19 year old rook

[MrDollarBills]

More spacing for Brunson

[stuporman]

Who?

[HarthorneWingo]

Fills a need.

Shamet placeholder?

[HarthorneWingo]

I think I'd have opted for McCullars

McCullers is still injured, isn’t he? Plus, is he a sharpshooter from 3?

[BKlutch]

Fills a need.

Shamet placeholder?

If he's a Shamet placeholder and KAT or OG is a Giannis placeholder, this team's chemistry will be totally for sh⥜t.

[B8RcDeMktfxC]

I think I'd have opted for McCullar

McCullar is still injured, isn’t he? Plus, is he a sharpshooter from 3?

Yes, he is still injured, and, no, he's not a good 3pt shooter. However, Thibs seems to have been fine having a 12 man squad this far and I think the Knicks could have gainfully used the next six weeks to figure out if they really want Ryan or whether what they really need to spend one vet min salary on is some reinforcement for the C/PF. Signing McCullar would have allowed them to kick that decision down the road a bit.

However there would be a cost in signing McCullars. This way around (signing Ryan), the Knicks can sign another vet min on 24th February. If they had signed McCullars it would have meant there is enough money for a total of 120 days of vet min salary. Obviously that could all go to one person, but it could go to two people on 14th March - but then the Knicks would have to cut someone from the roster.

[Jeffrey]

"Welcome to NY" ... but he's from NY? Sorry stupid dad joke LOL

[Jeffrey]

Thibs, "why do we need more players on the bench?" I just need 8 players

[8516knicks]

I think I'd have opted for McCullars

Is he even healthy yet, though???