New York Knicks guard Miles McBride says he is disappointed that talks on a new contract have not produced an agreement. In the final year of his deal, he said he wants to stay in New York and will remain professional while continuing to do his job.
McBride played 41 regular-season games, averaging 12.0 points, 2.6 assists and 2.4 rebounds. In the playoffs, he averaged 5.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists; his 25-point outing helped New York sweep Philadelphia in the second round and reach the Eastern Conference finals.
The article says no agreement could leave New York weighing a trade before the deadline against the risk of McBride leaving in free agency next summer. It attributes the team's reluctance to pay role players to salary-cap constraints and cites Mitchell Robinson's departure to Boston as an example.
