The Pistons have opened a roster spot by waiving Ryan Arcidiacono, the team announced (via Twitter).
The 29-year-old point guard was acquired Thursday in the trade that sent Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks to New York. Reports at the time indicated that Arcidiacono was likely to be released sometime after the deal was complete.
Arcidiacono has an expiring minimum-salary contract, so the Pistons won’t be on the hook for any money beyond this season.
This marked the second straight year that the Knicks have traded Arcidiacono at the deadline — they sent him to Portland 12 months ago. He returned to New York on an Exhibit 10 contract in September, but saw limited playing time, averaging just 2.3 minutes per night in 20 games.
Teams will have 48 hours to submit waiver claims for Arcidiacono. Because his salary is less than this season’s non-taxpayer mid-level exception, Arcidiacono will be eligible to sign with any team except New York if he goes unclaimed.
Arcidiacono is the fifth player the Pistons have waived since Thursday’s trade deadline, joining Killian Hayes, Joe Harris, Danuel House and Danilo Gallinari.
Someone needs to sign him! He has a record breaking scoring streak going.
Knicks should have kept Ryan A. I don’t know why Brown or someone else wasn’t included in the deal. Anyway maybe he’ll be back next fall. He could sign in Brooklyn to stay close to his friends. Good luck. Definitely a future coach in the league
Arcidiacono was needed for salary-matching purposes, so Brown and the other two-way players couldn’t have been used in his place because they have no cap hits. Not including Arcidiacono in the package would’ve meant adding someone who actually plays (Sims, McBride, Achiuwa, etc.). I’m sure they would’ve rather kept Arcidiacono, but he was the most expendable player they could’ve put in that spot.
I wonder if the Knicks could sign him as a bench coach, which is basically the main purpose he served.
Old rules then it would be a no. Now silver does whatever he wants then idk