8:36pm: The Knicks have confirmed that Kidd-Gilchrist has been waived, along with guards Bryce Brown and Myles Powell (Twitter link). Brown and Powell both had Exhibit 10 contracts and are likely to play for the team’s G League affiliate in Westchester.
New York is now at the roster limit for the season, with 15 guaranteed contracts and a pair of two-way players.
7:29pm: The Knicks will place veteran forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist on waivers, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Kidd-Gilchrist was in a difficult position because New York had 15 other players with guaranteed contracts for the upcoming season. An illness slowed him throughout training camp, and he didn’t appear in any preseason games. Kidd-Gilchrist had an Exhibit 10 deal, which would have paid him the minimum salary for one year if he had made the team.
The Knicks believed it was worth gambling on the 27-year-old, who was the second overall choice in the 2012 draft. His career has sputtered in recent years, and he played a combined 25 games last season for the Hornets and Mavericks.
New York still has to trim two more players off its roster before Monday’s deadline.
Couple of former Charlotte top 10 picks got waived today. Surprise surprise.
That’s too bad hoping he made the roster.
In fairness to MKG and Charlotte I will say this:
In 2012 there was no way to predict how crucial 3FG% would become. In a previous era MKG may not be a star but he’d probably be a starter and maybe even a key contributor on a good team.
As is though 27% career 3FG% is going to buy you a ticket overseas, unless you’re an elite rim protector
He always had the option of improving his 3P% through hard work and practice, which plenty of other players have done. He apparently chose not to.
He would still be mostly useless. 8 rebounds per 36′ best stat.
This is tragic. MKG is going to have to take his 75M career earnings and live his life as a loser at 27 years old.
That salary cap spike flooded the market with bad contracts
What’s up with the account name, are you related to Curtis Rowe?
He’ll be broke by 35
@ Curtisrowe & TJECK… very nice… you know, both of you sound like losers. just saying.
you right bro, 75mil should help him get to 40. Just saying
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He should head overseas to get playing time
Knicks Coach Tom Thibodeau is still planning on waiving 7 more players as he only will actually be using 8 players during the upcoming season.
Let frank go