Rookie ahead Pacome Dadiet agreed to signal with the New York Knicks for 80% of his rookie scale quantity. Gamers picked within the first spherical are eligible to signal for no less than 80% and as much as 120% of the rookie scale. Most gamers signal for 120% of the dimensions quantity.
Dadiet might have gotten a promise from the Knicks that he could be drafted within the first spherical, if he took lower than the dimensions quantity. This may end in over $900 thousand in in financial savings for New York. That quantity is critical, because the Knicks are attempting to create as a lot wiggle room as doable to say under the tax aprons.
Experiences are that Dadiet additionally paid a buyout to return to the NBA this season.