Knicks sign No. 8 overall pick Obi Toppin to rookie deal

The Knicks announced (via Twitter) that they inked their 2020 No. 8 lottery pick Obi Toppin to his rookie contract. The former Dayton forward will earn $4,862,040 in his rookie year and about $22.1M over the first four years of his NBA career, unless he accepts a deal worth less than the maximum allowable 120% of the rookie scale. A full list of anticipated rookie scale salary figures is viewable here.

The 6-9 Brooklyn native Toppin played two years for Dayton, averaging 20.0 PPG, 7.5 RPG and 2.2 APG across 31 games during his second season in 2019-20 (all starts).

Toppin marks the first draft pick of new Knicks team president Leon Rose and will join new head coach Tom Thibodeau‘s revamped New York roster for the 2020-21 season. This offseason, the Knicks appear to be mostly in asset-gathering mode, having made two deals to turn Ed Davis into three future first-round picks.