Precious Achiuwa

While there are some free agent options still available to the Knicks, including bringing back Precious Achiuwa, New York still has some avenues to make a bigger upgrade at center via trade.

Selected with the final pick of the 2024 NBA Draft, Hukporti started his summer league debut on Saturday. He was solid as a rebounder, but the more experienced Dmytro Skapintsev (nine points, seven rebounds, two assists, and one blocked shot in 20 minutes) played more minutes off the bench. Hukporti is on a two-way contract, and the Knicks not filling the void left by Isaiah Hartenstein at this point in the offseason could open the door for Ariel to fight for rotation minutes, especially if New York does not re-sign Precious Achiuwa.