While this is not a terrible surprise (I would have hoped we could have gotten more talent for the minimum), the Knicks have come to an oral agreement to sign Jared Jeffries (aka butter fingers). No real signings can occur until December 9th, but it has been well known for a while that Jeffries desired to sign with the Knicks if they would have him. His contract will be a 1 year at the veteran's minimum of $1.4 million. (Source Daily News)
The major question that I have is: Is this a sign that the other centers that were discussed as receiving interest from the Knicks are unreceptive to playing here for the price we will be offering. The Daily News report indicates that they believe the Knicks are still strongly looking at more Center depth, but with Turiaf on the roster and all reports signaling that Jerome Jordan will be a Knick at the beginning of the year, does this mean that Jeffries will be our last center signing (absent Shelden Williams for insurance). Is it reading too much into the scenario to think that if we had a verbal committment/serious interest from someone like Jeff Foster, that we might forgoe signing Jeffries and perhaps begin looking for guard depth. To me his signing signals that we are not getting any more help in the big man department (which is not a good sign). It is clear that he is a D'Antoni favorite, but from a talent perspective, you have to say he is a bottom tier center and his signing can only be seen as a last resort.
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