{"id":147700,"date":"2025-09-16T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/147700\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:52:07","slug":"do-the-knicks-have-enough-frontcourt-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/147700\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the Knicks have enough frontcourt depth?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a loss in the Eastern Conference finals last year to the Indiana Pacers<\/a>, the New York Knicks<\/a> have been active this offseason.<\/p>\n

They signed veteran sixth man Jordan Clarkson and former Celtics and 76ers stretch big Guerschon Yabusele. The front office then decided on a new coach, hiring Mike Brown, formerly with the Sacramento Kings<\/a>. More recently, the Knicks added guards Malcolm Brogdon and Landry Shamet. With so much focus on the backcourt, Knicks fans are justified to ask: Do the Knicks have enough frontcourt depth?<\/p>\n

Outside of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson, New York lacks another proven center. Former second-round pick Ariel Hukporti has appeared in only 25 career games and may not be ready for a rotation role. Yabusele can play as a stretch five, but gives up size to traditional centers. With Precious Achiuwa leaving in free agency, the Knicks appear thin at the position.<\/p>\n

If Brogdon and Shamet both stick on the roster, New York will have no open roster spots. That could complicate a potential move for Thomas Bryant, the best available big man on the market, who recently worked out for the team. Centers Trey Jemison III and 12-year veteran Alex Len have also worked out for the Knicks recently.<\/p>\n

Despite already rostering guards Clarkson, Miles McBride, Brogdon, Shamet, Pacome Dadiet and Tyler Kolek, the Knicks appear set to open the 2025-26 season light on frontcourt options.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With Bryant unsigned and reportedly interested in New York, the Knicks\u2019 decision to pass on him \u2014 at least for now \u2014 remains puzzling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a loss in the Eastern Conference finals last year to the Indiana Pacers, the New York Knicks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-147700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}