Drew Eubanks

And they've got, what, five guys that they're going to choose from for that one spot.

They obviously signed John Conchar, who else? Octavio Bargi, Drew Eubanks, and Bruce Brown was the other one.

And I would, Bruce Brown not being able to get a, guaranteed contract is a little bit shocking and even he's going to have to be like the one guy out of five to if I had to guess Bruce Brown would probably be the guy that gets it but yeah Jimmy Wise is up against it but maybe they think they need a third big and maybe he can beat out Drew Eubanks we'll wait and see but good luck to him good luck because you know if he can get an opportunity in New York Big stage, really nice place to restore his value and reputation.

It's kind of why I think I'm surprised a little bit that Ben Simmons chose the Kings over now.

Obviously, there's a bit more security from a contract standpoint from the Kings, but the Warriors and Knicks were also interested in Ben Simmons.

And he did show some ability to be multidimensional defensively.

uh in summer league but again it's a great point you made summer league is summer league for a reason next up and this guy i think has fans in definitely on its twitter uh and across reddit and elsewhere because of how rough he is he's a rough net big man and he can play the four and five spot i'm talking about drew eubanks fritz i'll let you go first on him but i'll drop the stats for our audience to have some context around him last season in sacramento shout out scott perry He played in 42 games with 11 starts and an average 13 minutes.

His stats were 5.2 points, 3 rebounds, and half a block.

His season ended early in March when he had his surgery on a torn UCL in his left thumb.

He signed a camp deal with us, and I think he'll be fighting for a standard spot.

I believe he's been in the lead too long to have a two-way, but he's someone who I think it's competition between him and James Wiseman potentially for that backup bid.

Fritz, what are your thoughts on Drew Eubanks?

i i really like drew eubanks um not only you know as a third string center but he is very flexible and in a team where you have cat who could play power forward or center there are a lot of combinations that mike brown may be able to play with him um Beyond just third string center.

They're all more or less just tryout training camp deals.

The main names are James Wiseman, John Conchar, Drew Eubanks, Bruce Brown Jr., and Ochai Agbaje.

I don't have...

I'm going to be brutally honest with the bigs.

It's a fine flyer.

Go for it.

There are people that have thoughts on Drew Eubanks.

He can do some rim-running, roll-gravity dunk stuff.

So with that being said, if that's like the conditions that the Knicks are operating under.

Why would you prefer, not you Gavin, but the proverbial you, why would one prefer a serviceable, solid third string to fourth string center like a Drew Eubanks, who we'll talk about in the next segment? Why would you prefer that to a guy who has just truthfully insane upside? And I'll still say that.

The fact of the matter is James Wiseman was injured repeatedly and those injuries have derailed his career consistently between the meniscus, the knee, the Achilles, and he's Probably going to be hopefully fully healthy for the first time in two years.

He didn't get to play much in college.

that I all recognized, and I am actually surprised that are getting these Exhibit 9, Exhibit 10 deals for just make good, let's see if they can make the roster.

In one fell swoop, they signed Jon Conchar, Bruce Brown, Ochai Abaji, James Wiseman, Drew Eubanks.

I gotta be surprised.

Like, just say something about the state of the league that these guys are trying to play their way onto teams in the first place.

Yeah, I think it's less the market and more of the incredible run, fairy tale story, incredible energy in the city and with that team.

Who wouldn't want to be a part of that? That said, these are names we recognize, but we cannot pretend that any of these guys set the world on fire.

Bruce Brown was... fine as a denver nugget again drew eubanks is a is a serviceable plug and play big like honestly if i were to pick one of the bunch that kind of makes sense for them it might be john conchar like yeah and and we say this look these are fringe guys who are going to play like a minor role for the knicks but landry shamit was in his position last season and he became an absolutely vital piece of their championship formula so maybe there is something here that's going to be important for them

Well, it's amazing what kind of like opportunity, the clarity of the hierarchy of that team, especially now that they've won and it's inarguable.