As day two of free agency continued it became apparent that, as he has since taking over as team president, Leon Rose was going to remain patient.
He continued to regroup the team that reached the No. 4 seed in the East, adding Taj Gibson, who agreed in principal to a low-cost, one-year deal. And according to a source, the deal Rose and his front office orchestrated a day earlier actually was formulated to fit in his Early Bird Rights, allowing the Knicks to hold onto enough cap space to remain players in the free agent market.
That calculation is important because the Knicks bolstered their lineup with Evan Fournier Monday, but remain in the hunt for a starting point guard.