Ryan Arcidiacono to join Knicks on 10-day deal

Former Bulls point guard Ryan Arcidiacono is set to join the Knicks on a 10-day hardship exception deal and could stick with the team for the season, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.

After going undrafted out of Villanova in 2016, the 6’3″ guard played with the Spurs’ NBA G League club during the 2016-17 season. He inked a two-way deal with the Bulls in 2017, and saw that converted to a standard contract with Chicago ahead of the 2018-19 season.

Arcidiacono played four seasons with the Bulls until Chicago ultimately let him walk in free agency during the summer of 2021. The 27-year-old holds career NBA averages of 4.8 PPG, 2.2 APG, 2.0 RPG, and 0.6 SPG. He had most recently been playing with the Boston Celtics’ NBAGL affiliate, the Maine Celtics.

The Knicks are missing five players due to health and safety protocols, but their need for a point guard is a result of injury absences. Derrick Rose continues to recover from ankle surgery he underwent in late December and Kemba Walker sits for at least one night of back-to-back contests.