When Tony Wroten was waived by the Philadelphia 76ers, it was apparent that he would receive interest around the league. According to ESPN’s Ian Begley, one of the teams interested in signing the guard is the New York Knicks:
The Knicks are among several teams who’ve looked into the possibility of signing free agent guard Tony Wroten, league sources familiar with the team’s thinking say. The Knicks’ level of interest in Wroten, who was released by Philadelphia earlier this month, is unclear at this point. But sources say that the club has expressed interest in obtaining a guard via trade or free-agent signing in recent days. They have also been monitoring D League players as potential additions, sources say.
The Knicks are somewhat of a surprise in the Wroten sweepstakes. The team already features several rotation guards. Wroten would either be unable to get off the bench or he would take away minutes from more deserving players.
Nevertheless, a young team like the Knicks can never have too many good, young players and Wroten certainly qualifies as just that. At worst, the Knicks will be able to gauge his ability especially in comparison with young guards Jerian Grant and Langston Galloway. In doing so, they will either be able to find a decent future backcourt pairing or create a trade asset that they could use to find other pieces.
This may all be a moot point, of course, as the Knicks will have competition among other NBA teams with regards to signing Wroten.
