{"id":70241,"date":"2025-08-15T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70241\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:53:08","slug":"knicks-have-window-to-acquire-gem-free-agent-combo-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70241\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks have window to acquire gem free agent combo guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/category\/new-york-knicks\/#google_vignette\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/category\/new-york-knicks\/#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks\u2019<\/a> pursuit of an NBA Finals berth in 2026 could be strengthened with the addition of a stout free agent guard still on the open market.<\/p>\n<p>Knicks: De\u2019Anthony Melton available on FA market <\/p>\n<p>De\u2019Anthony Melton is still seeking an NBA home this summer, which the Knicks could provide him. <\/p>\n<p>Melton, 27, last played for the Golden State Warriors a season prior. The USC product scored 10.3 points per game in 2024-25. <\/p>\n<p>A reliable ball handler, Melton would be a great depth option next to Jordan Clarkson, as well as Miles McBride, in the second unit for New York.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NBA-Brooklyn-Nets-at-Utah-Jazz-25176134.jpg\" alt=\"NBA: Brooklyn Nets at Utah Jazz\" class=\"wp-image-384519\"   fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Melton\u2019s talents are needed for Knicks\u2019 woeful bench<\/p>\n<p>The former second-round pick from 2018 would increase the league\u2019s worst-scoring bench (21.7 PPG) last season.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but Melton\u2019s stout rebounding \u2014 at a career rate of 3.7 rebounds per game \u2014 allows him to make plays quickly in transition.<\/p>\n<p>A quality spot-up three-point shooting defender of his caliber would be well worth an investment in a veteran\u2019s minimum deal for the Knicks next time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks\u2019 pursuit of an NBA Finals berth in 2026 could be strengthened with the addition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-70241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}