Coming on the heels of Tubby Smith's sudden departure as Kentucky's head coach, there's
this news about a UK player who was operating under a weird provision of the NBA collective bargaining agreement:
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The New York Knicks signed Kentucky center Randolph Morris, who played his junior season as an NBA free agent, to a contract Friday.
The Knicks did not announce terms of the signing, but an NBA source told ESPN Insider Chad Ford that it is a two-year deal worth $1.6 million. Morris joins the Knicks in their fight for an Eastern Conference playoff berth. New York plays in Cleveland on Friday, but there is no immediate word on when Morris would join the team.
Morris declared himself eligible for the 2005 NBA draft after his freshman season at Kentucky, but he did not sign with an agent. After going undrafted, he returned for his sophomore and junior seasons under Tubby Smith. Morris sat out the first 14 games of his sophomore season because of an NCAA penalty related to contact with an agent.
Due to a provision in the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, Morris is prohibited from re-entering the draft and had free agent status throughout the 2006-07 season at Kentucky.
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His last game for UK was their second round loss to Kansas, which was this past weekend, and now he'll be on the Knicks less than a week after that! Though maybe they'll send him to the D-League at first.