The New York Knicks have interest in acquiring Brandon Jennings of the Detroit Pistons, according to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News. Jennings could be a possible answer at the point guard position for team president Phil Jackson and the Knicks. 

Jennings always wanted to be drafted by the Knicks, but he was passed up on for Jordan Hill and instead went as the 10th overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2009 NBA Draft. Jennings might get his dream of playing in New York, just seven years after being ignored by the Knicks in the draft. 

The 26-year-old played for Lottomatica Roma in Italy instead of attending college and taking the court for the Arizona Wildcats, which led the the policy of "prep-to-pro" to receive a ton of debate after the rule was set in 2006. After a year overseas, Jennings declared for the draft. In his rookie year, which was 2010, the guard was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. 

Jennings should fine a starting point guard job sooner than later rather than just as a sixth-man in the NBA. With an expiring contact, the guard is expendable. The Knicks do not have a first-round pick, so an answer will not be found in the 2016 NBA Draft. The Knicks currently have Jose Calderon, Langston Galloway and Jerian Grant as the point guards, but Calderon is aged and Grant is only a rookie. The problem with Grant is that he is not close to ready for a starting job. Jennings will automatically give the Knicks an athletic player who can create space to score, while making players around him look fantastic. 

“Oh yeah, I don’t think there is any doubt,” said Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy. “Brandon is coming back well off of the injury and he’s a guy who just absolutely loves to play, loves to be in the gym. He’s still young, he’s still 26. I don’t think there’s any doubt he’ll be a starting point guard in this league again.”

A trade that makes sense is Jennings and point guard Spencer Dinwidde to the Knicks in exchange for center Robin Lopez. It would give the Pistons some added depth behind Andre Drummond and security incase of an injury. At the same time, New York will get Jennings, who is a big time scorer, and a second or third string point guard to help with back court depth. 

Last season, the season for Jennings was cut short by an Achilles injury. The left-handed shooter played 41 games and averaged 15.4 points, 6.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game. Across two games this season, Jennings has scored 14 total points over an average of 19.0 minutes per game.