I might go with Svi and Archi over Harris and Jefferies at this point, and I really like Jefferies.
We are getting into very situational waters here.
Having basically played sans point guards in 2021-22, who's to say we are not intent on keeping a substantial supply in the larder, for game AND practice contingencies.
Hell, Thibs even played THREE POINT GUARDS [Rose, Quickley, McBride] with Hartenstein and Toppin the other night.
Arcidiacano's Villinova connection to Brunson and his three point range kind of gives him a leg up.
In 2018-2019, he got some burn for the Bulls, starting 32 games and averaging 24.2 minutes, a FT% of .873% and .373% from trey. Useage came down over next two seasons, but has shown he can hit the three, which means something to Thibs. He'll be 29 next March,
Svi's size and range suggest an Alec Burks scaled big wing, who at 6'7" can offer coverage at SG & SF. Basically gave the Pistons 9-2-2 in over 22.6 minutes in 56 games back converting at treys at a .404% clip [115-285] and an .814 FT%.
Worth noting, that [potentially] with the 6'8" Reddish, the 6'7" Mykhailiuk, the 6'7" Fournier, the 6'6" Barrett and the 6'5" Grimes, Thibs would have a reasonable range of size at the SG-SF position, given that our PGs are in the Mighty Mouse Range, with the 6'1" Brunson, the 6'2" McBride, the 6'2" Rose, the 6'3" Quickley and the 6'3" Arcidiacono.
While big PGs such as Doncic and Ball, Gilgeous-Alexander and Simmons are the next evolutionary wave of the species, smallish [well, relatively smallish] PGs abound and prosper in the NBA, where the 6'0" Paul, 6'0" Lowry, 6'1" Garland, 6'1" Van Vleet, 6'1" Young, 6'2" Lillard, 6'2" Curry, 6'2" Nunn, 6'2" Maxey, 6'2" Irving, 6'3" Wall, 6'3 Westbrook, 6'3" Holiday, and 6'3" Smart
take a back seat to no one. So when people take note of Brunson's HEIGHT, I reference his HEART and bulldawg physique.
Anyway, our Knicks have a ways to go in a brutally competitive East, but I like how our squad is shaping up, and RJ is looking like he is entering 2022-23 in take no prisoners mode, looking for respect for his game and HIS TEAM.