Knicks Player Season Reviews: Chris Copeland

We last profiled the other older-than-usual, out-of-nowhere Knicks rookie, so it makes sense to transition directly to the other. Like Pablo Prigioni, Chris Copeland was an total unknown when the Knicks scooped him up. Most of us figured he wouldn’t make much of an impact, he’d spend most of the season as the 14th or 15th man, playing garbage time and look cool while doing it. And for a lot of the season, that’s exactly what Copeland was, but just like Prigioni, he proved himself to be much more valuable than most could have reasonably expected. The numbers: 56 gp, 13 gs, 15.4 mpg, 8.7 ppg, 42.1 3-point % This season, Copeland proved he can score at the NBA level. He showed he’s versatile enough that he can play both as a spot-up 3-point shooter and as a one-on-one isolation threat. Early in the year, Copeland did some damage in garbage time. Almost every team has one of those guys, the ones that come in when games are out of hand and look great and make fans think “Hey! ...