According to league sources, Ronnie Brewer will join the New York Knicks for a one-year contract worth the veteran's minimum, $1.4 million.
"He will be a great fit," Brewer's agent Henry Thomas said. "He is a tremendous wing defender and offensively he simply knows how to play-moving without the ball, slashing to the basket. His outside shooting has improved and will continue to, and he is an excellent passer and underrated ball-handler."
Brewer, who spent last season with the Chicago Bulls, said joining another playoff team and the opportunity to start were attractive factors for him joining the Knicks.
The 6-foot-7 guard has career averages of 9.0 points and 1.4 steals in seven seasons. Brewer is viewed as an upgrade over Landry Fields, who the Knicks let go after not matching the Toronto Raptors three-year, $20 million offer sheet.
His lockdown abilities, that were likely most attractive to Knicks, will supplement the teams loss of defensive specialist Iman Shumpert (knee) for the first half of next season.
Brewer appeared in all 66 games last season for Chicago, averaging 6.9 points per game.
He'll join the Knicks guard core that will include Raymond Felton, Jason Kidd, Pablo Prigioni and J.R. Smith. Brewer is likely expected to start over Smith, which will leave Smith to continue to be the Knicks sixth man providing an offensive presence off the bench.
