With the Miami Heat next up on the schedule, the New York Knicks are looking to bring in some guys who can defend on the perimeter. As opposed to what they have now which is essentially orange traffic cones to dribble around on your way to the lane.
Enter Earl Clark (who we told you yesterday was close to a deal) and now veteran two-guard Shannon Brown. So reports Chris Broussard at ESPN.
Both of these guys are talent upgrades on defense.
Brown is a good athlete who uses that to jump passing lanes and generally be aggressive. He has a good understanding of team defenses and when/where to rotate. The knock on him defensively is he is a bit undersized and can be exploited because of that, but he is tenacious on that end of the floor. Brown had a 10-day contract with the Spurs this season but didn’t stick.
As we told you on Tuesday, Clark also is long, athletic, a good help defender who is solid on the ball. Clark was getting minutes with Cleveland but was traded to Philly in the Spencer Hawes deal and the Sixers waived him.
Now all the Knicks need to do is fix their predictable defensive schemes.
