FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK, September 16, 2025 – The New York Knicks announced today that the team has signed Garrison Mathews to an Exhibit 10 contract.
Mathews, 28-years-old (6-6, 215-pounds), averaged 7.5 points (39.0-percent 3PT), 1.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 1.8 three-pointers over 17.7 minutes in 47 games (two starts) for the Atlanta Hawks this past season. He recorded a season-high 25 points (87.5% FG, 87.5% 3PT), two rebounds, one assists, two steals, and tied a career-high with seven three-pointers against Minnesota (Dec 23), which made him the second player in the NBA last season to finish a contest with at least 25 points on 85.0-percent-or-better three-point shooting (min. seven 3PT). As a member of the Washington Wizards, Mathews registered a career-high 28 points (66.7% FG, 57.1% 3PT), four rebounds six three-pointers, and 12 free throws off the bench against Miami (Dec 30, 2019). The six-year vet holds career averages of 6.5 points (38.2-percent 3PT), 1.8 rebounds, and 1.8 three-pointers over 17.7 minutes in 314 games (64 starts) for the Wizards, Rockets and Hawks.
The Franklin, TN-native originally joined the Washington Wizards prior to the 2019-20 season following his four-year collegiate career at Lipscomb. Mathews was named the 2019 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year and earned 2019 First-Team All-Atlantic Sun honors after averaging 20.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists over 30.1 minutes in 36 games (all starts) as a senior. Mathews also earned 2017 and 2018 First-Team All-Atlantic Sun honors. He finished his collegiate career averaging 18.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 0.9 steals over 28.2 minutes in 134 games (112 starts) and finished as the school’s all-time leading scorer in the Division I era with 2,478 points.
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