New York Knicks: Free Agent Shooters To Target

Marcus Thornton, Unrestricted Free Agent

Position: Shooting Guard
Age: 29 (6/5/1987)
Slash Line: .399/.337/.848
Season Averages: 18.2 MPG, 9.7 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.8 SPG, 1.5 3PM

There’s a reality that New York Knicks fans must embrace: with minimal cap space comes minimal opportunity. The Knicks have already built a starting lineup worth discussing, and will invest more money in re-signing key contributors.

That makes a low-cost player such as Marcus Thornton a potential per-dollar value signing to consider.

Thornton struggled from 3-point range in 2015-16, but he’s been a respectable 3-point shooter throughout his career. He’s averaged 1.6 3-point field goals on 35.9 percent shooting through seven NBA seasons, which implies he can excel in the right role.

He’s made at least 100 3-point field goals in four different seasons, and converted 91 in 2015-16 on two teams that lived in ISO: the Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards.

The Knicks promise to have better structure than Houston or Washington did during the 2015-16 season. Rather than creating in isolation, Thornton would work off-ball in a motion offense that’d enable him to space the floor and attack closeouts.

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Regardless of which player New York targets, all five of these shooters would help the Knicks with the vital task of spacing the floor.