Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Monday that restricted free agent Mohamed Diawara intends to sign a multiyear deal worth more than $10 million with the New York Knicks.
- Sources say the teams have reached terms but final paperwork had not been fully finalized at the time of reporting and is expected to be completed.
- Diawara, a 2025 second-round pick, played 69 regular-season games as a rookie and averaged about 3.6 points and 1.4 rebounds in 9.2 minutes per game while seeing only limited playoff minutes and no time in the Finals.
- The Knicks held only Non-Bird rights to Diawara, which allowed them to offer a team-friendly multiyear contract roughly tied to scaled veteran minimum rules and keep the club short of the punitive second-apron cap line.
- Keeping Diawara secures a cost-controlled, developmental wing as New York prepares for larger offseason decisions on veterans such as Mitchell Robinson, Landry Shamet and Jose Alvarado and preserves short-term roster flexibility.