00:00Malcolm Brogdon made a shocking decision to retire from basketball just a week before the
00:06season opener. He had been slated to make the final roster despite being on a non-guaranteed
00:11deal. But the veteran point guard, from my understanding, it kind of dawned on him during
00:17camp that his hunger wasn't in it. And the physical toll of being in the NBA, nine seasons,
00:23he's in his 30s. It just took a toll. And he decided to retire this year. And what it does
00:30for the Knicks is it leaves a hole of the backup point guard. Currently, Tyler Kolick is the only
00:35natural backup. And he's shown that he may not be quite ready for a rotation role. And Miles McBride
00:45is certainly capable of bringing up the ball, but he's more of a two guard in a point guard's body.
00:51So, you know, it leaves some more questions about the Knicks roster composition and how they're
00:57going to compensate. But what it does is it does clear up a little bit of a logjam with that final
01:03roster spot before the Knicks were, you know, had to make a trade to keep both Brogdon and Landry
01:10Schammett or Garrison Matthews. Now they don't have to keep it. Now they don't have to make a trade if
01:15they want to keep one of them like Landry Schammett, for instance, or whether it's Landry Schammett or
01:20Garrison Matthews. But we'll see what they're going to do with that backup point guard spot
01:24because that was a priority heading into the offseason to take care of somebody to fill
01:29that role. And Malcolm Brogdon was that guy until today.
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