Thaindian News

By Madhuri Dey
New York, July 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The former point guard of the Charlotte Bobcats who entered NBA Free Agency this year after the end of his five-year tenure with the team has reportedly selected his new team. Wooed by many NBA teams, Raymond Felton has supposedly agreed to a three-year contract with the New York Knicks. The New York Knicks have agreed to pay the player $25 million for the tenure of three-years. No further details about the contract have been disclosed to the media sources as the player is yet to sign the deal with the team.

The player, who had played a major role in the success of the team he had been with for the past five years, will be seen replacing Chris Duhon who joined the Orlando Magic early this week. However, the position of the starter point guard is a crucial one in the game of basketball offense play and under Coach Mike D’Antoni’s fast pace offense based play Raymond Felton will be seen taking a leading role according to many analysts.

Raymond Felton has an impressive career record which makes him one of the worthy players to have entered the NBA free agency this season. The player who has played 399 games in total, has a played as starter point guard in 369 games. He also has a career average of 13.3 points, with 6.4 assists and 3.6 rebounds. He ended his last season with the Charlotte Bobcats and led his team for the first time to the postseason. Last season he recorded an average of 12.1 points with 5.6 assists and 3.6 rebounds. In his new team Raymond Felton will get the opportunity to play with the amazing power-forward Amare Stoudemire.