The New York Knicks are planning to sign forward P.J. Tucker to a two-year contract, ESPN reported Monday. The second year will reportedly be a team option.
Tucker had signed two 10-day contracts with the Knicks over the past month. However, he only appeared in one game for the team, logging two minutes.
The 39-year-old veteran has had a long, productive NBA career, playing in 884 total games with eight different franchises. He won an NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021.
During the 2022-23 season, Tucker started 75 games for the Philadelphia 76ers, averaging 3.5 points and 3.9 rebounds, while shooting 39.3 percent from 3.
Three games into the 2023-24 campaign, Tucker was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers as part of the James Harden deal. After suiting up in 28 games for the Clippers, he found himself out of the rotation.
Eventually, the Clippers and Tucker mutually agreed for him to be away from the team, while they looked for a trade destination for him. He was eventually moved to the Utah Jazz, then quickly flipped to the Toronto Raptors, who waived him.
Tucker has career averages of 6.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
