New York Knicks: Ariel Hukporti in, PJ Tucker out

29/06/202523:05

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The New York Knicks will exercise their $1.9 million team option for centre Ariel Hukporti

The New York Knicks will exercise their $1.9 million team option for centre Ariel Hukporti. SNY reports.

Class of 2002, 214 centimetres with a German passport and from Togo, the Ludwigsburg youth sector product has played 28 games this NBA season with an 8.5′ average.

The franchise would instead waive the $3.4 million team option for veteran PJ Tucker, who has played only four games this season.

The Knicks are exercising the $1.9 million team option on center Ariel Hukporti, league sources tell SNY. New York is planning to decline the $3.4 million team option on veteran PJ Tucker, per league sources.

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