{"id":907961,"date":"2026-09-24T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/907961\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:44:11","slug":"a-knicks-center-move-could-still-be-coming-before-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/907961\/","title":{"rendered":"A Knicks center move could still be coming before opening night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/new-york-knicks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knicks<\/a> signed two centers to training-camp deals, yet they may still need another one before the season begins. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7617083\/2026\/09\/23\/knicks-preseason-preview-jalen-brunson-tyler-nickel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">James L. Edwards III reported<\/a> that adding center insurance through free agency or a trade would not be surprising. At the moment, Karl-Anthony Towns and Andre Drummond are the only centers on standard contracts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The camp competition does not erase the depth issue. James Wiseman and Drew Eubanks can earn a spot, but neither arrived with a guaranteed standard deal. I would take the center problem seriously even if one of them looks good in preseason. A defending champion should not be an ankle tweak away from asking its starters to cover every frontcourt minute.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/category\/new-york-knicks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knicks<\/a> camp win may not finish the job<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/1630164\/james-wiseman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wiseman<\/a> has the size and talent that made him the No. 2 pick in 2020, but he played only four NBA games for Indiana last season. Eubanks offers a different, more experienced look. Camp should tell Mike Brown who can help right now; it should not be treated as proof that New York has a full season\u2019s worth of reliable depth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club brought Drummond in after Mitchell Robinson left for Boston. <a href=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/new-york-knicks\/andre-drummond-is-about-to-get-the-knicks-job-that-got-much-bigger\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His role was already going to be larger<\/a> than a routine backup assignment. If Towns misses time or gets into foul trouble, there is not much established center play behind Drummond on the current standard-contract roster.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/knicks-center-body-v2-reuters.jpg\" alt=\"Knicks center addition Andre Drummond sits with Joel Embiid during a 2026 playoff game\" class=\"wp-image-429664\"  \/>Drummond was with Philadelphia at the time. Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no reported agreement with another center and no reason to claim a trade is imminent. Edwards\u2019 report is about the roster need and what New York may still do, not a completed transaction. The Knicks can use camp to see whether Wiseman or Eubanks is a workable answer, then decide if the market offers someone better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The front office has time before opening night. It does not have the same margin for a mistake that it had when Robinson was still behind Towns.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790261051_328_IMG_1384.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks signed two centers to training-camp deals, yet they may still need another one before the season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-907961","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\/907961","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=907961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}