FRIDAY, 2:16pm: The Knicks have officially re-signed Thomas, the team announced today (via Twitter).
MONDAY, 7:10pm: The Knicks have reached a multi-year agreement with their restricted free agent forward Lance Thomas, a league source informed Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com (Twitter link). The contract is a four-year deal starting at around $6.1MM, Ian Begley of ESPN.com tweets. That would make the contract worth approximately $27.3MM.
The 6’8” small forward, who has played five NBA seasons, averaged 8.2 points and 2.2 rebounds in 22.3 minutes last season for New York while appearing in 59 games. He has also played for the Pelicans franchise and Thunder in his NBA career.
Thomas had received interest from the Thunder as well as the Timberwolves, Spurs, Clippers, and Pelicans in the free agent market.
Very nice move locking up lance. He is a nice solid player to have on any team. Hustle player that defends well, can shoot, and has great intangibles.
lol maybe I should stop asking questions. they keep getting answered with news. Good job to keep Thomas, who I’ve said they needed to keep. I thought he could get somewhere between $7-11 million per for 3 years from someone. 4 years/$27.3 million, so thats pretty comparable, and a little less. Arguably a steal to keep him with the early bird rights. Team is looking pretty good, if they can stay healthy, but they probably need to look to keep Galloway now, if they can, and/or add a cheap option at a bench 2 guard/wing that can shoot
Rose, Lee, Thomas, Melo, Porzingis
Noah, Galloway, Jennings, wing, O’Quinn, Holiday is a pretty good looking start to the roster for the Knicks, considering how they looked before
Maybe Early is the wing?
Galloway now a UFA