Should the Knicks give Brandon Goodwin a shot?

Photo by Evan Yu/NBAE via Getty ImagesToday marks the first day in which NBA franchises can sign players to standard 10-day contracts (read all about this type of deal here), which count against team salary for cap and tax purposes and require an opening on the 15-man roster to complete, per HoopsRumors.

No starter-caliber player is available for those types of contracts, let alone willing to sign one in the first place. That’s why 10-day deals are usually reserved for subpar players and teams having bad seasons and digging for gems hidden in the deep depths of the G League ocean. Another type of player usually signed to a 10-day contract is the mythological maybe-washed-maybe-not veteran,…