{"id":99123,"date":"2024-10-03T09:52:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=99123"},"modified":"2024-10-03T09:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:52:10","slug":"knicks-sign-lottery-pick-tj-warren-kat-trade-becomes-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/03\/knicks-sign-lottery-pick-tj-warren-kat-trade-becomes-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Sign Lottery Pick After KAT Trade Becomes Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks have had quite the offseason, adding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bridgmi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikal Bridges<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/townska01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> but losing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harteis01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Hartenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/divindo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/randlju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julius Randle<\/a>. From purely a talent standpoint, this new iteration the Knicks should be better than last season\u2019s. The acquisitions should help them be better defensively and from outside the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, they may not quite match up with the Boston Celtics or Philadelphia 76ers. In fact, the Sixers arguably have the best roster of any team in the NBA, top to bottom. To that point, while New York has a formidable first unit, isn\u2019t as strong as a team like Philadelphia\u2019s. As of today, the players projected to come off of the Knicks bench are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/payneca01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Payne<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcbrimi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miles McBride<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/achiupr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Precious Achiuwa<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/robinmi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Only one of those players, Payne, is considered a consistent scoring threat.<\/p>\n<h2>Knicks Sign Lottery Pick TJ Warren After KAT Trade Becomes Official<\/h2>\n<p>The Knicks attempted to re-sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/morrima03.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Morris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/okekech01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chuma Okeke<\/a>, who they waived in order to complete the Towns trade. Okeke was brought back into the fold, signing an Exhibit 10 contract, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NY_KnicksPR\/status\/1841600472370839992\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">per a team announcement<\/a>. Morris declined the opportunity and is now <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/02\/recently-waived-new-york-knicks-veteran-marcus-morris-denies-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">looking for a new home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New York then signed three more players: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/oconnal01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex O\u2019Connell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/baughda01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Damion Baugh<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/warretj01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TJ Warren<\/a>. O\u2019Connell and Baugh\u2019s additions were announced by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NY_KnicksPR\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the team\u2019s PR account<\/a> on X (formerly known as Twitter). Warren\u2019s signing was revealed by SportsNet New York\u2019s Ian Begley.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Knicks are signing veteran wing TJ Warren to an Exhibit 10 deal, per SNY sources<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Begley (@IanBegley) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanBegley\/status\/1841576930732343368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of the three newest Knicks, Warren has the most solid body of work.<\/p>\n<h3>Is TJ Warren Healthy?<\/h3>\n<p>After being selected 14th overall in the 2014 NBA Draft, the NC State product made a name for himself as a scorer. From 2016-17 to 2020-21, he averaged 17.9 points per game on 50.6 percent shooting from the field and 35.6 percent shooting from three-point range. Then Warren suffered a foot injury that\u2019s limited him to 53 games over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>If Warren has gotten enough distance from his stress fracture to play comfortably, he\u2019s still a rotation-caliber player. The Knicks, who are the first team since 2022 to sign Warren before the season, will be able to determine how healthy he is.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, Warren recently <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/16\/kings-set-work-out-nba-bubble-standout-tj-warren\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">worked out for<\/a> the Sacramento Kings, but it\u2019s unclear why they didn\u2019t ink him to a deal. The first thought may be that Warren\u2019s foot isn\u2019t fully healed or that he\u2019s not the player he once was. Still, the Kings <em>could<\/em> have offered Warren a training camp contract. If the 31-year-old believes he had a better chance to make the Knicks\u2019 roster or have a real role in New York, he might have declined.<\/p>\n<p>Warren also might have just not been a fit in Sacramento. Frankly, the Kings need a high-level defender and off-ball threat. At his best, Warren can fill those roles. Nonetheless, he\u2019s more of an offensive-minded on-ball scorer. That doesn\u2019t quite match the Code of Tom Thibodeau. However, as previously mentioned, the Knicks need to add more firepower to their bench.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks have had quite the offseason, adding Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns but losing Isaiah Hartenstein, Donte DiVincenzo, and Julius Randle. From purely a talent standpoint, this new iteration the Knicks should be better than last season\u2019s. The acquisitions should help them be better defensively and from outside the arc. Frankly, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":99223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1608,62,3],"tags":[213,369,297,49503,3142],"class_list":["post-99123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knicks","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-marcus-morris","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-nba-training-camp","tag-tj-warren"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}