Knicks Rumors: NY Has No Need for Backcourt Help After Addition of Ronnie Brewer

Now that Ronnie Brewer has hopped aboard the New York Knicks roster with a one-year deal, his new employer must carefully pick and choose on whom it spends its remaining cash and roster space. 

With the addition of Brewer, the Knicks have 13 players on the roster for the 2012-2013 season. They'll be paying that squad $75,715,297 during the upcoming campaign, and that's before the undisclosed sum that Brewer is making is included in the equation. 

Now that the defensive 2-guard is locked in for the next season, the focus has to shift away from the backcourt. 

According to ESPN's Jared Zwerling, the Knicks were interested in a number of guards before the signing of Brewer: 

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Since the Raptors recently withdrew their qualifying offer to Sonny Weems, the Knicks have "shown some interest," according to his agent Roger Montgomery, who also represents Jeremy Lin. 

Montgomery also confirmed that the Knicks are interested in another one of his clients, Maurice Evans, who played for Mike Woodson in Atlanta from 2008 to 2010. 

"I think both of them would fit really good in that situation," Montgomery told ESPNNewYork.com. "Mo would fit for a number of reasons because what he does as a veteran, and he's played for Woody. And I think Sonny would be an absolute steal if he was able to go play with them, just because of how athletic he is. I think that he could be a starter and he could be a rotation guy. I think he would be ideal."

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Even though Weems and Evans would be nice veteran presences, the Knicks are already set in that department.

Jason Kidd and J.R. Smith both have enough experience between them. 

The backcourt is also chock-full of options at both positions. Raymond Felton and Kidd can handle the rotation at point guard, while Smith and Brewer (plus Iman Shumpert when he's healthy) have the shooting-guard position under control. 

Looking at someone in the frontcourt to back up Amar'e Stoudemire would be much more useful. 

While convincing someone like Andray Blatche or Kenyon Martin to accept the veteran's minimum would be ideal, the Knicks could also look to Yi Jianlian or even Brian Scalabrine/Brian Cardinal as a new fan favorite. 

Regardless of who they sign to the frontcourt, the deal would be much better than adding someone to the backcourt.