Knicks signal center Dmytro Skapintsev to 2-come contract

As anticipated after shedding Mitchell Robinson to what would be ready to be the the rest of the season, the Knicks made a switch to bolster their center region, signing Dmytro Skapintsev to a two-come contract, SNY’s Ian Begley stories.

Forward of the signing, Skapintsev had been with the Westchester Knicks in the G-League. In 13 video games this season, the 25-yr-historical has averaged 5.9 capabilities, 4.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 18.6 minutes per sport.

Begley reported earlier in the week that the Ukrainian native had been on Recent York’s radar now not too prolonged ago after the accidents to Robinson and Jericho Sims left the Knicks with few alternatives at center. Skapintsev joins Isaiah Hartenstein and That Gibson on the depth chart.

In lieu of the switch, the Knicks are waiving Jaylen Martin to assemble room for the 7-foot-1 sizable man. Recent York has G-League rights on Martin.

It’s unclear whether the Knicks conception to assemble any additional strikes for center depth, but they did recount for a Disabled Participant Exception (DPE) earlier in the week, per Begley, after Robinson’s injure – first and well-known conception to be 8-10 weeks – might perchance perhaps preserve him out for the the rest of the season.

If they receive the DPE, this will likely be for half of of Robinson’s salary, or $7.8 million. The Knicks would then be ready to make exhaust of the exception in a alternate, but they’re exhausting-capped at $172.3 million so they’re microscopic financially in salary they’ll clutch lend a hand in a alternate.