3 Free Agents The New York Knicks Must Avoid

The New York Knicks have plenty of available names remaining on their wishlist with the 2015 NBA free agency period heading into its first weekend. These three names, however, should be crossed out, crossed out again and then whited out for good measure. Here's our list of 3 Free Agents The New York Knicks Must Avoid.

SG/SF Mirza Teletovic

Teletovic has an unearned reputation as one of the best shooters in this free agency class, seeing that he shot just 32 percent from three-point range this season (and can’t do much else from an on-court standpoint). The Nets have already put in a qualifying offer, and there's no need to for the Knicks to overspend on such a limited commodity in hopes of wresting him away from their Brooklyn rivals. 

PF Elton Brand

Brand was an ineffective, overpriced space-eating big in limited time with the Atlanta Hawks in 2014-15, averaging 2.7 points and 2.8 rebounds in 13.5 minutes per game over the span of 39 contests (36 regular season, 3 postseason). The 36-year-old has been besieged by injuries as of late and would be a mistaken investment on anything other than a veteran minimum deal.

PF LaMarcus Aldridge

The joke here would be that the Knicks did a fine job avoid L.A. since his agents informed the team they were out of the running for his services. However, there's a major silver lining here. Fielding a forward duo of Melo and Aldridge would be fantastic if we were playing in the Arena Basketball League, especially from a triangle offense perspective. However, Aldridge is a leaky defender who is consistently slow laterally and sometimes gets lost on switches. He'd be a great marquee name for MSG, but the Knicks' defense would be in traction as a result. So...great job Phil Jackson on avoiding that one (?)

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