Knicks' Shumpert happy he won't be 'standing in the corner' in new offense

New York Knicks guard Iman Shumpert is excited about his role in the team's offense under new head coach Derek Fisher.

The 24-year-old says it will be much more team-oriented than the previous system favored by former coach Mike Woodson.

"The way it's set up, you can start three guards, it really doesn't matter," Shumpert told ESPN Tuesday. Everybody's going to get touches, everybody gets opportunities to cut."

The Knicks will employ a triangle offense similar to the one Knicks president Phil Jackson utilized with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers.

"It's constant action going on. So I think that I'll be able to capitalize on that and I'll be able to use my athleticism a lot more than standing in the corner."

Shumpert averaged a career-low 6.7 points and 1.7 assists last season, while hoisting up a career-high 228 three-point attempts in 74 games.

"I know this year in the offense, I will have a lot more opportunities to cut and get to the basket," he said "I just want to work on the strength of my leg. Been working on that and being able to pull up off one or two dribbles [and working] on corner [3-pointers] and open threes."

Shumpert has been plagued by knee injuries in his first three NBA campaigns. He tore his ACL in his rookie year and sprained an MCL last season.

"All I've been working on is getting that trust in my left leg to take off from further and take off earlier and use it a lot more cutting and slashing to the basket. Definitely trusting going off two legs than going off one leg last year ... This year I want to go off one leg just as much as I go off two."

[H/T CBS Sports]