NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks brought Jimmer Fredette back to the NBA, though they don’t seem ready to put him in a game.

Interim coach Kurt Rambis said there were no plans to play Fredette on Monday against Toronto, hours after the Knicks signed the former college player of the year to a 10-day contract.

In fact, Rambis didn’t seem committed to using Fredette at all while he’s here.

“He’s going to have to exhibit bringing something to the table that’s better than what we already have here. He’s going to have to outplay somebody,” Rambis said.

“I’m not going to displace somebody that’s been here all year and has been working hard in practice, and we kind of know what the individuals on our team bring, their strengths and weaknesses. So if there’s something that he could bring that’s a little bit better then he’ll get an opportunity. If not, it’s really hard to just throw somebody in like that, but we’ll see.”

Fredette has spent most of the season with Westchester, the Knicks’ NBA Development League affiliate, averaging 21.8 points and shooting 40.5 percent from 3-point range. He was the MVP of the NBA D-League All-Star Game after scoring 35 points.

“I feel like I’m pretty confident with my ability right now, just being able to get consistent minutes on a nightly basis, being able to go out there and show what I can do again and feel comfortable playing a lot of minutes and getting my shots off and knowing exactly where I’m going to get my shots,” Fredette said. “And then continuing to work defensively and I feel like I’ve gotten better at that end of the floor as well.”

Fredette was the No. 10 pick in the 2011 draft after leading the nation with 28.9 points per game that season at BYU. But he has managed just 6.0 per game for three teams in the NBA, including a brief stint with New Orleans earlier this season.

Asked what he had seen of Fredette at Westchester to think he could be successful this time, Rambis said: “Well, a lot of that comes from management, too.”

“He’s had some good offensive nights there, he’s also struggled shooting the basketball,” he said. “But he’s been in the league a little bit, he’s had some moments in the league and he is somebody that can shoot the ball, and if there’s a time when we need that sort of versatility, that floor spacing, somebody that’s very aggressive offensively, then that might be something that we’d use.”

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