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Looking At Free Agent To-Be’s On The New York Knicks, Part I

By Sean Linhares

Nov 10, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; New York Knicks guard Langston Galloway (2) drives to the basket as Toronto Raptors point guard Cory Joseph (6) attempts to play defense at Air Canada Centre. The Knicks beat the Raptors 111-109. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 10, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; New York Knicks guard Langston Galloway (2) drives to the basket as Toronto Raptors point guard Cory Joseph (6) attempts to play defense at Air Canada Centre. The Knicks beat the Raptors 111-109. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 27, 2015; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks guard Langston Galloway (2) drives past Miami Heat guard Tyler Johnson (8) during the fourth quarter at Madison Square Garden. Miami Heat won 97-78. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports /

Langston Galloway

This one is easy: Yes.

Galloway burst onto the scene last year as perhaps the lone bright spot of an otherwise abysmal 2014-15 campaign for the Knicks. The St. Joseph’s product dropped 11.8 points per game on a shooting percentage of 40 percent after being called up from the D-League. To put those numbers into perspective, he was the Knicks fourth leading scorer after Carmelo Anthony was shut down for the season.

Man, the Knicks were bad last season.

Langston has made some nice steps this season, as well. While his points per game are of course down, both his field goal and three point percentages are up while his turnover percentage has dropped from 10.1 percent down to 8.4 percent.

They aren’t huge jumps, but it’s enough to warrant at least another season with Galloway to see if he can a part of the Knicks’ future backcourt alongside Jerian Grant.

Verdict: Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

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Once again, we’re only 42 games into the Knicks’ season and these verdicts are almost certain to change. Because of that, we’ll be revisiting these players both after the trading deadline in February, as well as after the season to once again predict what Phil Jackson and company will do with the expiring contracts on their roster.

All statistics courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com and NBA.com/Stats

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