New York Knicks

Report: The Knicks are interested in free-agent point guard Patrick Beverley

Published Jul. 1, 2015 2:14 p.m. ET

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The Knicks have made no bones about it. They want a point guard. Maybe free-agent Patrick Beverley can be their man.

Marc Berman of the New York Post has more:

Beverley averaged 10.1 points and 3.4 assists per game for the Rockets this past season. He made 36 percent of his threes on the way there. Mostly, though, he's known as a defensive stopper, one of the feistiest defensive-minded 1-guards in the NBA.

(H/t to Marc Berman of the New York Post.)

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Though it’s the deepest part of their thin roster, the Knicks have expressed interest in Rockets free agent point guard Patrick Beverley, an NBA source confirmed.

“There’s mutual interest,’’ the source said.

It’s hardly the Knicks’ top priority, but it’s a definite Plan C.

Because Beverley is a restricted free agent, the Rockets can match any offer, but there are rumblings they are plotting to move on. Houston reportedly offered Sergio Llull of Real Madrid a three-year, $24 million package. Llull, 28, was a 2009 second-round pick of Denver’s before the Rockets purchased his rights.

It appeared Knicks president Phil Jackson was set on point guard Jose Calderon and draft night first-round pickup Notre Dame combo guard Jerian Grant. They also have Langston Galloway as a backup guard who can play both positions.