Team: New York Knicks · Status: standard contract · Position: PG · Season age: 25 · Experience: entering third NBA season · Role: contingent organizer · As of: 2026-07-18
2026-27 median projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 9.0 | .435 | .720 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Kolek has zero minutes in the neutral healthy rotation; the displayed MPG is conditional on his 40 projected appearances. Nine-cat: outside top 300. Points: D-. Dynasty: 4.8/10.
Role and evidence
Kolek averaged 4.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.7 threes, and 0.9 turnovers in 11.7 minutes across 62 games in 2025-26, shooting .435 from the field (Hashtag Basketball). His assist rate is the bankable skill; limited size, stocks, and scoring keep the fantasy ceiling role-dependent.
Alvarado's new three-year deal is a direct obstacle. Kolek can still win injury-replacement minutes because he is the roster's most pass-first deep guard and has produced large G League scoring/assist games, but no current evidence puts him in the healthy top ten.
Role branches
- Ceiling: two guards are unavailable and Kolek reaches 22 minutes, producing five-plus assists with low turnovers.
- Median: spot appearances and Westchester development.
- Floor: Kayil earns a contract and splits developmental lead-guard reps; Kolek spends most NBA nights inactive.
Market and confidence
Hashtag ranked Kolek 361st in analyst dynasty and 514th on the keeper crowd board. Assist rate is high confidence; games and minutes low; percentages/stocks low-medium because the NBA sample is small.
Career record
Pre-NBA: George Mason (2020-21), then three seasons at Marquette (2021-24). Junior year (2022-23): Big East Player of the Year, First-Team All-Big East, and Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Senior year (2023-24): 15.3 PTS, 4.9 REB, 1.6 STL and a nation-leading 7.7 AST on 38.8% from three. Draft: 2024, Round 2, Pick 34, Portland — draft rights traded to New York on draft night.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23 | NYK | 41 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .329 | .765 | 0.4 |
| 2025-26 | 24 | NYK | 62 | 11.7 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .435 | .700 | 0.9 |
| Career | — | — | 103 | 9.9 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .409 | .730 | 0.7 |
Durability: No injury history of note in two NBA seasons; the modest GP totals (41, 62) are rotation-driven, with Westchester assignments filling the gaps.
Trajectory: The record shows a pass-first specialist making the right year-two jump — FG% from .329 to .435, 3P% from .298 to .386, assists up on more minutes — while the assist-to-turnover profile (2.7:0.9) stayed elite for his tier. But 103 NBA games have produced exactly one start, and Alvarado's new deal keeps him fourth on the depth chart. In 2026-27 he competes for the injury-replacement organizer role behind Brunson, McBride, and Alvarado. He becomes fantasy-relevant only in deep leagues when two Knick guards sit and he clears 20 minutes, at which point five-plus low-turnover assists per night is a realistic streaming line.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · Wikipedia · Marquette bio
Open questions
- Can Kolek defend well enough to earn regular minutes beside a scoring guard?
- Does New York keep four or five point-guard-sized players through camp?