Knicks sign Moses Brown to Exhibit 10 deal, waive 3 players

Boo, Alex, and Damien shown the door, Moses welcomed aboard.

The New York Knicks made four different roster moves on Wednesday leading up to their second preseason game against the Washington Wizards.

The Knicks started the day with the release of former Northwestern standout Boo Buie, who had recently signed an Exhibit 10 contract with New York.

In Buie’s place, the Knicks signed free agent center Moses Brown to a similar Exhibit 10 deal, as announced by the team shortly after.

Finally, the Knicks waived two more players on Exhibit 10 contracts in Damion Baugh and Alex O’Connell.

Most interesting is the singing of big man Brown, who has played for several NBA teams since his debut in 2019.

Brown arrives in New York having averages of 5.2 points and 5.0 rebounds in 11.9 minutes per game throughout his professional career.

The young man spent the 2023/24 season with the Portland Trail Blazers, appearing in 22 games and posting averages of 3.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per contest. Most recently, he played in the NBA Summer League with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Brown is expected to compete during training camp, but he’s likely to be waived before the season begins and join the Knicks’ G-League affiliate, the Westchester Knicks. As is always the case, if he spends at least 60 days with Westchester once he’s moved there, he will be eligible to earn a bonus of up to $77.5K on top of his standard G-League salary.

After the four moves, the Knicks opened two roster spots leaving the current roster at 19 of the maximum 21 players it can boast before the start of the season later this month.

Those 19 contracts include 12 players on guaranteed deals and three on two-way contracts.

The regular-season roster deadline is set for October 21, when the Knicks will finally settle on their 12+3 players for the season, that being 12 on guaranteed, standard contracts and three bonus players on two-way deals.