Knicks Announce Move Before Lakers Game

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Garret Schnitker | Last updated Mar 6, 2025 6:46 PM ET

The New York Knicks lost to the Golden State Warriors Tuesday night 114-102 ending their three-game winning streak. New York, who was without All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns, struggled to compete from the three-point line as the Warriors made five more threes than the Knicks.

As the Knicks sit comfortably in the third seed in the Eastern Conference (four games ahead of the fourth seed Milwaukee Bucks), they are looking to add more to the team to potentially increase their chances of making a deep playoff run. New York signed former Los Angeles Clippers forward Marjon Beauchamp to a two-way contract for the rest of the season, along with claiming forward Anton Watson off of waivers.

A long with their external additions, the Knicks are also making some moves internally.

Ahead of their matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday night, the Knicks announced they assigned both Pacome Dadiet and Tyler Kolek to the G-League Affiliate Westchester Knicks. This comes after recalling them both from the G-League on Feb. 26.

The two rookies are officially listed as questionable for the matchup at Crypto.com Arena against the Lakers.

The New York Knicks Assign Pacôme Dadiet and Tyler Kolek to the Westchester Knicks
— NY Knicks PR (@NY_KnicksPR) March 5, 2025

Dadiet has averaged 1.9 points per game on 33.3% shooting in just 6.8 minutes over 14 games. Kolek has averaged 1.8 points per game on 38.3% shooting in only 5.1 minutes over 29 games.

New York begins its five-game West Coast trip Thursday against a Los Angeles team that now is led by Slovenian superstar Luka Doncic. Their last matchup was the final game for Los Angeles before trading Anthony Davis to the Mavericks, where the Lakers beat the Knicks 128-112 in Madison Square Garden on Feb. 1.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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