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The Essential Versatility of Precious Achiuwa
The Knicks' backup big man has flashed multiple skills since returning from injury, a key to solving the team’s bench issues.
Omar Zahran
January 8th, 2025
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Heading into this season, the most glaring hole in the Knicks’ roster was the backup center, with only Jericho Sims available to spell Karl-Anthony Towns. The reinforcements started to appear a month ago when Precious Achiuwa returned from a 21-game absence.
Achiuwa has provided a spark the bench desperately needed as a versatile big man who can give KAT time to rest and offer more offensively than Sims or rookie Ariel Hukporti.
As my colleague Jalen Martin said shortly after Achiuwa’s return to action, he is a hybrid player, and his skillset can help unlock a variety of elements for the Knicks on both ends of the floor. For a team based on positional versatility up and down the roster, Achiuwa is a good solve for the backup big man problem, something that he continues to show as the season progresses.
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