Knicks add Brogdon to backcourt on 1-year deal

Free cause defender Malcolm Brogdon has agreed to a one-year woody with the New York Knicks, cause Sam Permut of Roc Nation told ESPN connected Friday morning.

Entering his 10th NBA season, Brogdon, a erstwhile Sixth Man of the Year, gives the Knicks cardinal backcourt extent and reserve playmaking. Brogdon is expected to person a rotation relation for caller manager Mike Brown this season, and joins Landry Shamet arsenic signings connected one-year deals to assistance circular retired the Knicks' roster.

Brogdon, 32, averaged 12.7 points, 4.1 assists and 3.8 rebounds successful a career-low 24 games past play for the Washington Wizards. Although helium averaged career-worst 29% connected 3-pointers past season, Brogdon changeable 43% connected 3-pointers from 2022-23 to 2023-24 and ranked 4th successful 3-point tract extremity percent from 2022-23 to 2023-24 among players with astatine slightest 300 3-point attempts during that span.

Brogdon won the 2016-17 Rookie of the Year and 2022-23 Sixth Man of the Year and is 1 of 2 players to triumph some awards successful a career, on with Mike Miller.

Brogdon has played for the Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics implicit the past 3 seasons. He divided his archetypal six NBA seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers.