Burks is a guy they'll keep or jettison depending on the Brunson free agency. My gut tells me the NYK will end up with Brunson and Burks will have to go. Shooting guard with a 38.0 3FG% over his career and over 40% for each of the last 3 years. His defense under Thibs has been better than before. Burks played himself back into a decent contract after earlier injuries almost had him out of the NBA. Over the last three seasons, he's averaged 65+ games per year and was available for 87% of the games the Knicks played. That's better than the combined average for the Js and Smart over the same time frame.
If his foot passes muster, I'd be fine with him for scoring off the bench. He played in 81 games last season, so whatever the surgery was for, it wasn't something that hindered his availability.
I don't expect we'll get a potential star like Murray with our TPE and late picks, but will have to look for multiple worthy cap casualties to greatly improve our bench. JayMychal Green is another guy like that.