Knicks and Boo Buie agree to two-way deal

The Curtsy have agreed to sign rookie guard Boo Buie to a two-way contract, sources tell ESPN's Shams Charania (Twitter link). It will fill the two-way slot that this opens Ariel HukportiPromotion to the standard squad.

Buie, a 6-foot-10 guard, went undrafted in June after spending his entire five-year college career at Northwestern. As a super senior in 2023-24, he averaged 19.0 points, 5.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 36.9 minutes per game in 34 starts and posted a .438 shooting percentage. 434/.858. He was named to the All-Big Ten first team in both 2023 and 2024.

Draft night coverage indicated that Buie would sign a Schedule 10 contract with Phoenix, but he ended up signing a Schedule 10 contract with the Knicks instead. He was with the team briefly and reported to the Westchester Knicks – New York's G League affiliate – this fall.

While Buie will likely still spend a lot of time in Westchester, his new two-way contract will also allow him to play for the Knicks' NBA team and give him a significant raise. Assuming the signing is made official on Tuesday and he spends the rest of the season on this two-way contract, the 24-year-old will make $532,025.

Signing Buie to a two-way contract means the Knicks intend to sign Matt Ryan to a standard offer. On Monday, it was announced that New York had agreed to sign Ryan, but it was not clear whether the veteran sharpshooter would be added to the roster along with Hukporti or whether he would fill the open two-way slot. We now know it is the former.

The Knicks' other two-way players are Jacob Toppin and newbie Kevin McCullar.