Knicks add Malcolm Brogdon on nonguaranteed deal, reshaping depth

The New York Knicks continued to reshape their depth chart in mid-September, signing veteran guard Malcolm Brogdon to a one-year nonguaranteed deal and filling out a crowded training camp roster with multiple veterans, rookies and two-way candidates. The moves come as the club prepares for training camp later this month and preseason games in early October, while operating under tight salary-cap constraints.

Brogdon’s addition is the most consequential. The 32-year-old former Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year arrives on a low-risk, one-year nonguaranteed contract and will compete for the last veteran minimum spot on New York’s regular-season roster. The Knicks also re-signed Landry Shamet to a similar nonguaranteed deal and brought in sharpshooter Garrison Mathews on a camp agreement, creating a three-way battle for what currently amounts to a single guaranteed veteran opening unless the club sheds salary.

The front office remains hardcapped roughly 3.7 million below the NBA’s second tax apron after using the taxpayer midlevel exception earlier this summer, leaving only enough room for one veteran minimum signing and a rookie on a standard deal. Team officials are...