It seems that the New York Knicks are not going to sign guard Jimmer Fredette once his 10-day contract with the team expires on Wednesday.
According to ESPN’s Ian Begley, the New York Knicks are not going to extend veteran guard Jimmer Fredette another contract, as his 10-day contract with the club is set to expire Wednesday.
Fredette is a former NBA Lottery pick of the Sacramento Kings and while his NBA career hasn’t panned out as nicely as he would have hoped, the former standout of the BYU Cougars is likely going to go back to the Knicks’ D-League affiliate in the Westchester Knicks.
Fredette only played in two games, totaling five minutes of floor time for Knicks interim head coach Kurt Rambis during the life of Fredette’s 10-day contract with the Knicks. While he scored seven points for New York in limited action, the 27-year-old guard has yet to stick with an NBA team this season. He received three DNP’s in his five games with the Knicks during the 10-day contract.
While many speculate that the Knicks are going to aggressively pursue a better option at point guard after Fredette’s 10-day contract expires, according to the New York Post’s Marc Berman, the Knicks aren’t going to pursue veteran point guard Ty Lawson, who was recently released by the Houston Rockets.
The Knicks do need to upgrade their point guard play if they want to sniff at the Eastern Conference Playoffs in the near future. Currently the Knicks are in 13th place in the East, ahead of only division rivals Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Milwaukee is a few games up on the Knicks in the loss column.
While the Knicks may look to sign Lawson next season, they may try to replace Fredette with either Ray McCallum or Tony Wroten, both of whom are available since being released by their respective teams.
Though the Madison Square Garden faithful adored Fredette in his limited time with the Knicks, it’s obvious that Fredette wasn’t part of the Knicks long-term plans, even if he was the D-League All-Star Game MVP. He’ll probably get another opportunity here shortly, just not with New York.