Knicks add former first-rounder to their camp roster

The New York Knicks have added center Alex Len on an Exhibit 9 contract and forward Matt Ryan on an Exhibit 10 deal on Tuesday, according to the team’s PR department.

Additionally, they waived Dink Pate and Bryson Warren, who were signed to Exhibit 10 deals earlier in the day. All these moves were expected as the team rounds out its training camp roster.

Len worked out with New York this week. He’s been in the league since 2013, when the Suns selected him with the No. 5 overall pick. He’s also played for Atlanta, Sacramento, Toronto, Washington and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Last season, he appeared in 36 games with the Kings and 10 more with the Lakers. He signed with the Lakers as a free agent after Sacramento traded him in February to the Wizards, who quickly waived him. He averaged a modest 1.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 8.3 minutes during those 46 2024-25 appearances and became a free agent after the season.

As reported earlier in the day, Ryan chose to sign a training camp deal with New York, with whom he played for last season.

He was on a non-guaranteed deal and then on a two-way contract, before being waived on March 1. He appeared in 19 games for the Knicks but played primarily in garbage time, scoring 28 points and grabbing eight rebounds in 68 total minutes of action.

Ryan, who has played in 82 regular season games since making his NBA debut in April 2022, is known primarily as a three-point marksman, having made 40.2% of his career attempts from beyond the arc.

Len and Ryan will try to buck long odds to secure the team’s lone available veteran’s minimum contract.  Landry Shamet, Malcolm Brogdon and Garrison Mathews are also in the mix for that deal.