The Knicks have signed guard Anthony Roberson to a 2-year contract. Roberson last played in the NBA in 2006-07 with the Golden State Warriors. He has played in 36 games (1 start) in his NBA career and he has averaged 8.8 minutes, 4.1 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. He will likely be a backup at shooting guard this season for the Knicks but he probably won’t play a whole lot.

The Knicks have reportedly signed free agent point guard Chris Duhon to a 2-year, $12 million dollar contract. I have to wonder if the Knicks are smoking something in the front office as Duhon has never been good enough to hold a starting job in the NBA. It appears as if the Knicks will likely try to get rid of Stephon Marbury and make Duhon the starter at point guard and that is a recipe for disaster. Duhon played in 66 games (18 starts) with the Bulls last season and he averaged 22.6 minutes, 5.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Duhon has now played in 300 games (159 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 25.8 minutes, 6.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. But, Duhon is not a good shooter as he has only hit 38.7% of his field goal attempts in his NBA career. This was another poor move for the Knicks if they are planning on starting Duhon.

The Knicks just had too many players on the roster so they decided to cut rookies Jared Jordan and Demetris Nichols. Jordan played in six games in the pre-season and he averaged only 4.5 minutes, 1.0 point, 0.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. Nichols played much better than Jordan. He played in 5 games in the pre-season and he averaged 7.8 minutes, 4.8 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. He also shot really well as he hit 57.1% from the floor, 66.7% from three point range and 80% from the free throw line. Look for Nichols to get a shot with another team at some point this season.

The Knicks have released backup point guard Dan Dickau.  Dickau played in 50 games (3 starts) last season for the Blazers and he averaged 8.9 minutes, 3.3 points, 0.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.  The Knicks felt they had too many guards after they traded for Jared Jordan of the Clippers so that’s why they let Dickau go.  He was part of the Zach Randolph trade with Portland in the off-season.  Dickau has now played in 233 games (49 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 6.0 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game over his career but he will have to add to those numbers in another city.

The Knicks have acquired guard Jared Jordan from the Clippers for cash considerations.  Jordan will likely find minutes hard to come by in his rookie season for the Knicks.  Jordan is 6?2?, 187 pounds so he has nice size but he played his basketball at Marist so this will be a pretty good jump in competition for him.  He played in 117 games at Marist and he averaged 13.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game.  Jordan is an average shooter for a point guard as he hit 44.6% from the floor, 32.6% from three point range and 70.2% from the free throw line.