After losing Mitchell Robinson to the Boston Celtics in free agency, the Knicks have found a new backup center.
New York is signing veteran Andre Drummond to a one-year, $3.9 million deal, SNY NBA insider Ian Begley confirmed.
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Drummond, who turns 33 in August, averaged 6.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game over 63 contests in the 2025-26 season with the Philadelphia 76ers.
The 6-foot-11, 279-pounder spent the past two seasons with the 76ers. Previously, he was with the Chicago Bulls for the 2022-24 campaigns.
Drummond split the 2021-22 season between the 76ers and Nets. In 24 games with Brooklyn, Drummond averaged 11.8 points and 10.3 rebounds in 22.3 minutes.
A two-time All-Star with the Detroit Pistons (2016, ’18), who selected him from UConn with the 2012 NBA Draft’s No. 9 overall pick, the Mount Vernon, N.Y., native’s career includes stints with the Pistons (2012-20), Cleveland Cavaliers (2020-21) and Los Angeles Lakers (2021).
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