A few weeks ago in Las Vegas, the New York Knicks Summer League squad was without a trio of young players who contributed to the club last year. After all, another guy—Pacome Dadiet—from the same draft class did suit up at Summer League for the Knicks, which doesn't paint McCullar's potential return in an optimistic light. Kevin McCullar Jr. isn't essential for Knicks to bring back, despite improvements this past seasonTwo summers ago, fresh off being drafted No. 56 overall by the Knicks, McCullar, didn’t join the Knicks in Summer League while rehabbing an injury suffered during his days at Kansas. In 13 games for the Knicks' minor league affiliate in Westchester, McCullar averaged 11.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 27.8 minutes.