Knicks sign Shake Milton

The New York Knicks announced today that the team has signed guard Shake Milton.

Milton most recently appeared in four games with the Detroit Pistons recording 6.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists over 15.8 minutes.

Before being acquired by Detroit, Milton spent the beginning of the 2023-24 season playing in 38 games with the Minnesota Timberwolves, where he averaged 4.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists over 12.9 minutes.

He registered a season-high 17 points on 66.7 percent shooting, two rebounds, and one assist while shooting 60 percent from the three-point line vs. Memphis (Dec. 8, 2023).

Before Minnesota, Milton spent five seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, where he appeared in 254 games (45 starts), recording 9.3 points, 2.7 assists and 2.4 rebounds over 20.8 minutes.

In the 2020-21 season, he posted a career-best 13.1 points to go along with 3.1 assists and 2.3 rebounds over 23.2 minutes in 63 games (four starts) finishing 12th in Sixth Man of the Year voting.

Milton owns career averages of 8.7 points, 2.5 assists, and 2.3 rebounds over 19.7 minutes in 296 games (45 starts) over six seasons with the Sixers, Timberwolves, and Pistons.