The Knicks are exercising their $1.84MM team option on Miles McBride for 2023/24, league sources tell Fred Katz of The Athletic (Twitter link).
The 36th pick of the 2021 draft after two years at West Virginia, McBride just finished his second NBA season, both with the Knicks. The 22-year-old point guard had a limited role in ’22/23, averaging 3.5 PPG on .358/.299/.667 shooting in 64 games (11.9 MPG).
However, McBride is an excellent defensive player who makes a real difference on that end of the court, so it’s not surprising that his minimum-salary option was exercised. As our team option tracker shows, the Knicks previously declined their option on Derrick Rose‘s contract, making him an unrestricted free agent.
This is a great move!!!! Derrick Rose will go and play somewhere else. Miles McBride should be the backup Point Guard to Jalen Brunson. He’s a great on ball defensive player. If he can shoot 36% from three he can become a household name.
IQ is the BU to Brunson. Grimes, RJ, and Hart rotate the SG/SF with Hart off the bench.
Duece is a keeper and hopefully stays long term.