Kevin Knox will return to the Trail Blazers on a one-year contract, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. It’s likely a minimum-salary deal, and there are no details yet on whether it includes any guaranteed money.
The 24-year-old forward became an unrestricted free agent after Portland declined to pick up his $3MM option for the upcoming season. With the start of training camp about three weeks away and most teams close to having complete rosters, he decided to join the Blazers for another year.
Knox began last season with the Pistons, but was sent to Portland in a four-team deal at the trade deadline. He appeared in 21 games with the Blazers, averaging 8.5 points and 3.3 rebounds in 17.1 minutes per night.
Knox was a lottery selection in 2018, going to the Knicks with the eighth pick in the draft. He spent more than three seasons in New York, but was never able to establish himself as a rotation player and was traded to the Hawks in 2022.
Knox will have one more season to try to build his value before re-entering free agency next summer.
Once the Knox signing and their other reported deals are official, the Blazers will have 19 players under contract, two short of the offseason minimum. Portland currently has 12 players with fully guaranteed deals, Moses Brown with a partial guarantee, and a pair of two-way players. They’ve reportedly reached Exhibit 10 agreements with three other free agents.
A lineage of Knicks bad first round picks
Dame does this satisfy you. Championship move by the Blazers.
I still can’t believe how obvious it was that Mitchell and Shai were better options than Frank and Kevin.
Nobody thought Mitchell would be who he is
Don’t know that Shai was obvious, but Mitchell was for sure. The way he played for L-Ville the season before, you could see a star in the making.
Don’t forget Toppin over Halliburton. Knicks desperately needed a PG that draft, not a PF. It was obvious that Ty would be a good NBA player, and he’s proven to be even more than that.
Well that should make Liliard Happy. Portland making big moves now
SGA was the 11th pick in the draft …..
Mitchell was the 13th pick in the draft …..
The geniuses are all about the Knicks. Get them out your head. Learn the game.
The past in sports has nothing to do with the present. You play with the guys you got. The game is about today. Not what could have been. Takes a lot of moves and some luck to make a team.
Knox is a guy who has talent. Unfortunately it seems he’s not really invested. He’s happy with an NBA contract. We all know people who just don’t like to work. And show up just to get paid.
Well sports can’t be like that. I’m not sure you can see that in a player the first few yrs. But I know I would be looking for all Info on him. It’s why the Rockets were able to draft Cam. Knox hasn’t progressed since the day he was drafted. Wasted talent ….
Knox and Frank biggest draft mistakes in recent memory. Definitely prolonged the Knick fans misery.
Yes for sure. But we got Randle and Jalen as FAs to offset that. This FO has drafted well. Thank god