'Odd man out' Knicks guard likeliest to be traded this year, insider claims

'Odd man out' Knicks guard likeliest to be traded this year, insider claims originally appeared on The Sporting News

A veteran New York Knicks guard could be the likeliest piece to be dealt away this season, an insider claims.

That's not necessarily due to any sourced intel, more just a reasonable inference based on the Knicks' current roster after a summer of subtly crafty team-building around the periphery.

New York advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in a quarter century last spring, then canned head coach Tom Thibodeau as a reward in the offseason.

Still, the team brought in two-time Coach of the Year Mike Brown to spruce up the Knicks' offense, and signed free agent vets Guerschon Yabusele and Jordan Clarkson to fill out the team's bench.

New York also will be the beneficiary of some unfortunate health news for the Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, all of whom lost an All-Star to an Achilles tendon tear during last year's playoffs.

The Bucks opted to stretch-and-waive theirs, Damian Lillard, and bring in a decided non-All-Star, Myles Turner, with the cap space it earn from ditching him.

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The Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers have now, sort of by default, emerged as the class of the conference. Some recent trades from the Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks seem to have put those two teams just below New York and Cleveland near the top of the East.

One roster-tweaking mechanism for the Knicks could be a trade.

Sam Amico of HoopsWire posits that one incumbent player could now be expendable, thanks to a fresh free agent signing.

ICYMI. At least one trade candidate from all 30 teams. https://t.co/3BBpiX9PwG

— Hoops Wire (@WireHoops) August 15, 2025

"For the Knicks, Miles McBride is a good player who sometimes can be the odd man out in a minutes crunch," Amico writes. "That probably won’t improve after Jordan Clarkson signed on. That makes McBride the name to watch here."

The 6-foot-1 combo guard out of the University of West Virginia has been with the Knicks since his 2021-22 rookie season. Last year, he averaged a career-most 9.5 points on .406/.369/.813 shooting splits, 2.9 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals across 24.9 minutes per. Clarkson can be thrive both on and off the ball, and might indeed effectively supplant McBride this season.

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