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The Knicks may have just found their veteran mentor/caddy for Frank Ntilikina. Per Shams Charania, 31-year-old free agent Ramon Sessions will sign with New York on a veteran minimum deal.
Sessions, Knicks have agreed on a one-year, $2.3M minimum deal, league sources tell The Vertical. https://t.co/8AtGe2Yl6G
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 28, 2017
Sessions has averaged 10.6 points, 4.1 assists and 23.7 minutes per game over his 10-year NBA career. The Knicks will become his ninth NBA franchise, assuming you separate his stints with the Charlotte Bobcats (2012-2014) and Hornets (last season).
Sessions is an extremely solid pickup—a player who has generally remained solid despite a nomadic career. He also passes the ball, which is a big step up from the Knicks’ usual point guard:
Sessions has career Assist Rate of 28.8%.
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) July 28, 2017
Only NY PG's to post an AST% > 28 in a single season over last 15 years are Marbury & Ray Felton. https://t.co/JmHfUFrZd9
On the down side, Sessions missed the last 32 games of the 2016-17 season with a torn meniscus. Those injures aren’t as severe as the Achilles tear which felled Brandon Jennings a few years back, but it remains a concern.
Still...one-year minimum, baby! If healthy, Sessions will get Kristaps Porzingis the ball, and Frank will learn from a veteran who actually displays an interest in getting Kristaps the ball. That sure as hell sounds like fun.
Ramon Sessions is a Knick...better late than never, am I right, Marc Berman?
The Knicks signing Ramon Sessions is legitimately eight years in the making. Rumors pretty much every year since then. pic.twitter.com/Fj0tp2FmYW
— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) July 28, 2017