The Knicks may have found a new starting point guard.
In the Knicks’ sixth signing of free agency, general manager Scott Perry landed a player he drafted in 2014 in Orlando: Elfrid Payton.
The Athletic reported Payton will receive a two-year, $16 million deal with the second year being a team option.
Perry still adores Payton’s penetrating game, and made a big push to trade for him entering the 2018 trade deadline. The Knicks instead wound up with Emmanuel Mudiay, who is a free agent and now has no chance of returning.