New York Knicks: Ranking the Top 10 players on 2017-18 roster

By Jared Wolff | Oct 3, 2017

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8. Kyle O’Quinn, C

With the trade for Enes Kanter, Kyle O’Quinn’s role on this team becomes even cloudier. O’Quinn is entering the third year of a four-year deal with the Knicks. While he has never developed into anything more than a backup center, O’Quinn is a very efficient player.

Of the players on the roster entering training camp, O’Quinn had the second-highest PER in 2016-17 at 20.59.

While he only averaged 15.6 minutes of action, O’Quinn shot 52.1 percent from the field with marks of 6.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.3 blocks per game. His defense can be inconsistent, but he has a ton of skills on offense.

With Willy Hernangomez and Kanter as the top two centers, and Joakim Noah on a huge contract, I wouldn’t be shocked if O’Quinn were used as trade bait at some point.

General manager Scott Perry denied that the team needs to do something about the logjam at center, but things may change once the games get going.

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