Knicks add DEMON 3 Point Sniper...

As we know, the Knicks do want to avoid the second apron at all costs. And guys, there is so much to go over on this, so we're not going to waste your time. We are going to jump right into things as per usual. Real quick, make sure to go ahead and subscribe to Knicks Digest. We've got videos like this coming out every single day, breaking down all the latest New York Knicks news, reports, and everything else on this team, and we are having a whole lot of fun while doing it. Now guys, here's the thing. We know over the years Leon Rose has been good in the second round of NBA drafts. We've seen it a lot. We saw it with Deuce McBride. We've seen it with Mohamed Diwara. And now we have seen it again with Tyler Nichol, as he is even better than people thought initially. Now, Tyler Nichol has gotten nothing but love ever since the Knicks picked him. This man is ready to play instantly. He shot 40% from three last year in college and now went in to none other than the entire Summer League and shook up the world. As guys, here's the deal. Tyler Nichol just put up historic shooting numbers in Summer League, averaging over nine threes a game at 41%, making him only the second player this decade to do that in Vegas. The Knicks, they might have found a steal, and it's not a might. The Knicks certainly have found a steal, and you yourself could get some steals as well through prize picks. Thank you to prize picks for sponsoring today's video. We have a promotion to talk about later, how you can make some steals, and prize picks is the number one sports picks app in America, where you can get in on all the action. Download prize picks and sign up using code Digest. You can play $5, get 50 instantly in lineups. That's one steal, and we'll get some more later talking about some promotions. But guys, diving into the video, it was talked about by Tommy Beer how insane Nichol has become. Say again, he shot 41.3% on three on 9.23 point attempts per game at Summer League. He is just the second player this decade to average more than nine three point attempts per game and shoot over 40% from downtown in Vegas. The other cat in this club is Cleveland Cavaliers Sam Merrill, who has been a very important player to the Cavaliers and is an important role player who can be on a championship team. And now the Knicks have one in Tyler Nichol himself. As Tommy Beer said, Leon Rose found one now. At the same time, early on in Summer League, he led all players in made three pointers with 10, being 10 for 21 from behind the arc, which was shooting 48%. Now, his percentages did kind of get a little bit back to normal, but not really to the point where it stops being anything insane. The man's shooting was still great. And that's the thing about Tyler Nichol that we've seen. This guy's shooting has been downright incredible ever since he's gotten the chance to show up and show out. And Nichol, he knows he's this good. He said himself, I definitely feel like I have some comparisons in the league. I feel like I'm a mix of some different guys, my size, my strength, my shooting ability. I feel really comfortable shooting off the move. So like Detroit's Duncan Robinson, Cleveland's Max Struess, Boston's Sam Hauser. But I have my own type of way of being. So it's kind of a mix of a lot of people, but also myself. There was then a response after that when he was doing this interview where it was noted that to Nichol that everyone he named did happen to be a similar vibe of a white three-point shooting wing. And Nichol's response was, they all have roles in the league, don't they? And he's absolutely right. I mean, Struess has been a very effective player for multiple teams. I mean, honestly, I'd like the Sam Merrill comparison a ton also in Cleveland. I like it better than Max Struess. I obviously see Duncan Robinson, except Nichol is a little bit more aggressive, especially on the defensive end. He's less of a liability there than Duncan Robinson. And then at the same time, you look at Sam Hauser. Hauser is a little bit bigger and more of a forward, I would say, more of a three-four. I'd say Nichol is more of a two-three personally. But all the comparisons do make sense because he is the same thing. He is a shooter. He is there for one specific role. We know what the deal is with Tyler Nichol. Nobody's walking around questioning what he does or doesn't do. We know what he's here to do. The man is here to go and shoot threes at a very efficient and a very effective clip. So because of that, when we look at Nichol and where he's at already, he's showing that he's game ready and that he was not someone who's going to need some time to cook and to continue to learn the NBA's game. This guy played a lot of years in college, came out of Vanderbilt, and was able to perform. And now that he's showing this performance, it's a really good sign going forward. And TJ Saint did say this as well, the Knicks summer league coach. He said, he's been shooting all right. His defense has actually been impressive in the camp as well. When we were in the airport the other day, I went over to talk to him, and he was studying our playbook. So I already like where he's at. He's getting ahead of the game. So Nichol understands, like all second-round picks, you're fighting an uphill battle. You're on a shorter contract, and for a team like the Knicks that's in a weird financial situation, it's likely that if Nichol is to get a deal, Leon Rose will sign him to that rookie minimum exception deal. That's what the Knicks signed Mohamed Diawara to, and I would expect that they would do the same with Tyler Nichol. They wouldn't switch much up. They would put Nichol into that situation, and it would be on Nichol to perform if he is to get that contract. He wouldn't be someone who's in the rotation a lot, but he'd certainly get his moments and his time in there for sure. I mean, Landry Shamit's dealt with some shoulder stuff over the last couple of years, so if he does miss any time because that shoulder pops out, then Nichol would likely get more playing time or at least be kind of situationally ready to get in the game. Regardless of if he's signed to the team or not, he's going to be playing for the Westchester Knicks in the G League. So we're going to also see him play in higher volume with the ball in his hands. We're going to see the same with Jack Cahill. They can likely only sign one of them, and again, because Musa Cissé's contract got declined, or not declined, but since it got matched by the Dallas Mavericks and Cissé is going back to Dallas, what this means going forward is the Knicks do have money to still sign one of these two rookies, and Ian Begley did discuss this. Begley said, The Musa Cissé offer sheet from the Knicks starts at veterans minimum of 2.5 per league source. If the Mavs don't match the offer sheet by 11.59 p.m. on a Monday, which obviously they did it pretty much instantly, the Knicks would land a young center to bolster depth after Mitchell Robinson and Ariel Huckporty signed elsewhere. If the Mavs do match, or if they don't match, the Knicks would lose the ability to sign their draft picks to contracts be at the second round minimum, while also staying under the second apron. So, Tyler Nichol and Jack Cahill would need to agree to two-way deals to play with the Knicks in 2026-2027. ESPN reports that Cissé's offer sheet is half-guaranteed in year one and non-guaranteed in year two. Obviously, again, Cissé is back with Dallas, so because of that, what we look at is a situation where overall, we look at this team and understand, now, maybe the Knicks do sign one of these rookies. Now, it depends on the contract they sign a third center to. We know that is the priority right now for the Knicks, as it should be. But there is a lot of an argument to put Tyler Nichol in that situation, because you get Nichol there, you put him on a roster spot, and all of a sudden, this guy is going to be able to go and perform for you instantly and going to give you a role that teams like to have. Mind you, it's very possible that McComb.EA does get traded in a cap dump, so the Knicks free up three extra million dollars and give a second-round pick to a team that would take him on, a team like the Bucs or the Grizzlies or the Nets, willing to take him on and eat a little bit of cap space for a second-round pick, and that would give them the opportunity to sign a center and also to sign one of Cahill or Nichol, while the other one ends up on a two-way contract and then furthers their career with the Knicks down the line once they figure out their financial situation a little bit more certainly. And guys, before we do wrap the video up, I do want to say happy Tuesday and that the tacos are going nowhere. Boost your end, not your end of the week, but boost your payouts on Tuesday as our board is serving up discounted deals all day long. Guys, like this video, subscribe, turn on post notifications. Have a great day.