The Knicks have signed free agent guard Jalen Harris, the team’s public relations department announced (via Twitter). The details of the agreement weren’t released, but it’s likely an Exhibit 10 deal designed to get Harris to play for New York’s G League affiliate.
Harris, 24, was banned for one year from the NBA in July of 2021 for violating the terms of the anti-drug program. He appeared in just 13 games with the Raptors before that. Toronto drafted him No. 59 overall in 2021 after he played collegiately at Louisiana Tech and Nevada.
Harris averaged 7.4 points in 13.2 minutes with the Raptors, shooting 50% from the floor. While serving his suspension, Harris also played in Italy and Canada.
The Raptors reportedly gave Harris a two-way qualifying offer after he was reinstated by the NBA in August. That qualifying offer would theoretically have given Toronto the right to match any rival offer he received, so it seems the team either dropped the QO or opted not to match the Knicks’ deal.
The Knicks now have 19 players under contract with training camp set to start this week.
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PG Arcidiacono
SG Keels
SF Harris
PF DaQuan Jeffries
C Hunt
Great joke, you could make it for any team if you used ex 10 contracts and 2 ways too.
Didn’t the Raptors give him a RFA tender after he was reinstated from his suspension?
I thought the same, maybe they had to create room on the roster after they signed Bo Cruz
The Knicks were at the maximum 20 contracts going into training camp but just waived a couple of their Exhibit-10 guys (Omot & Brooks) prior to camp, which allowed them to make the offer to Harris; apparently the Raptors weren’t willing to waive any of their 20 guys in order to match the Knicks offer, not even Gabe Brown (their only Exhibit-10 guy), who is also likely headed to the G-League (but if so, only after participating in their training camp!)
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As a 15th man you could do worse.
This picture is hilarious. Dude looks shocked by the news.
Good on you Jalen!