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Kevin Knox has clawed his way into NBA role after ‘all the BS’ that came with being Knicks draft bust

Kevin Knox didn’t want to go to the G-League.

He’d spent time in the NBA with the Pistons at the start of last season before getting traded to the Jazz in February and waived the next day.

His career — which started with the Knicks, as the No. 9 pick in 2018, then spiraled from there — had stalled, and now, after bouncing around in the middle of a season, there was no clear path back.

Kevin Knox II looks to make a move on OG Anunoby during the second quarter of the Knicks’ 114-102 loss to the Warriors on March 4, 2025. Brad Penner-Imagn Images

So he joined the Rip City Remix for the rest of the campaign.