The Knicks waive guard Garrison Mathews

The Knicks will waive the guard Garrison Matthews before Saturday’s 5 p.m. deadline, league sources told SNY’s NBA Insider Ian Begley.

New York was impressed with Mathews’ play during the preseason and training camp, but with the club limited financially by the second apron, there was no room for the 29-year veteran.

Mathews, thanks to this strong preseason, is expected to draw interest from teams around the league looking to add shooting ahead of the regular season.

Entering the preseason, the Knicks had some veterans Landry Shamet AND Malcolm Brogdon fighting with Matthews for the last available roster spot. With Brogdon announcing his retirement earlier this week and Matthews’ release, the final spot will go to Shamet.

Shamet joined the Knicks last year, playing 50 games off the bench, averaging 5.7 points on 46.1 percent shooting (39.7 percent from three) in 15.2 minutes.

Mathews did not play in New York’s preseason finale Friday. Shamet played 20 minutes off the bench, scoring 11 points on 3-of-5 shooting (all threes) and was a plus-3 in the 113-108 win over Charlotte.

Mathews, undrafted by Lipscomb in 2019, broke into the league with Washington, where he spent two years before bouncing around Houston for parts of two seasons and spending the final two years in Atlanta. In 314 career games (64 starts), the 6-foot-1 guard has averaged 6.5 points on 40 percent shooting (38.2 percent from three) in 17.5 minutes.