LOS ANGELES — The Knicks are bringing a tough, veteran NBA champion into the mix.

P.J. Tucker, 39 years old, plans to sign a 10-day contract with the Knicks, league sources confirmed Saturday.

New York’s attraction to Tucker, who hasn’t played this season, is rooted in his experience and enforcer mentality, a source said.

Tucker’s game has certainly diminished from his 3-and-D wing prowess with the Rockets, so it’s unclear if he’ll help on the court, but he’s always provided a tough and hard-nosed presence to his teams.

He is a free agent after being waived by the Raptors, who acquired Tucker as a salary filler in a deadline deal.

Tucker has only played 31 games the past two seasons. He started this campaign with the Clippers, but both sides agreed he could leave the team while they worked out a relocation.

The deal with the Knicks wasn’t expected to be finalized Saturday, according to sources.

Since it’s a 10-day contract, the team wants to maximize his days. Once the contract is up, the Knicks can re-sign Tucker to a second 10-day contract, sign him to a standard contract or allow him to hit free agency again.

Tucker was a two-way force with the Suns and Rockets for several seasons.

He won a championship with the Bucks as the starting forward in 2021. He was also a big part of the Miami Heat’s run to the 2022 NBA Finals.

Tucker has appeared in 104 playoff games.

His toughness should be a welcome addition to a locker room that lost much of its intensity with the departures of Donte DiVincenzo, Isaiah Hartenstein and Julius Randle.

Whether Tucker can still make an impact playing, however, is more doubtful after such a long layoff. Tucker will be, by far, the oldest and most experienced player on New York’s roster.

Currently, Delon Wright is the eldest at 32 and Josh Hart, who just turned 30, is No. 2.

With the Knicks needing extra guard bodies in the wake of Jalen Brunson’s ankle injury, Tyler Kolek was recalled from the G-League ahead of Monday’s game against the Kings, the team announced.

Kolek, the second-round rookie, was en route to meet the team in L.A. as the Knicks were losing to the Clippers on Friday night, according to coach Tom Thibodeau.

Despite the promotion, Kolek remains more of an emergency option with Miles McBride and Cam Payne residing 1-2 in the point guard rotation.

Kolek has appeared in 29 NBA games this season — mostly in garbage time — while averaging 1.8 points and 0.5 assists while shooting 38.3 percent.

In the G-League with Westchester, Kolek logged eight games with averages of 33.3 minutes, 18.5 points and 8.9 assists on 39.5 percent shooting.

Of their four 2024 draft picks, only Ariel Hukporti cracked the rotation for a meaningful amount of time, but he suffered a season-ending meniscus tear last month.

Kolek, Pacome Dadiet and Kevin McCullar Jr. are the other picks.

It was a missed opportunity from the front office because the Knicks could’ve used a rotational bench piece (they passed on Phoenix’s Ryan Dunn to draft Dadiet) after splurging on the starting lineup.

Dadiet, taken 25th overall, was always considered a project and not ready for the NBA.

Mikal Bridges, who has been reluctant all season to drive, attempted a season-high six free throws in the first game without Brunson on Friday.

Amazingly, it was the first time Bridges attempted more than four free throws since December.

In the context of Karl-Anthony Towns missing two difficult 3-pointers in the fourth quarter Friday night — including a 30-footer early in the shot clock — Thibodeau said his center has earned the right to not have his shot selection judged too harshly.

“Sometimes it can be misguided where you want to win so bad and you don’t do it within the context of the framework and the teamwork. [But] he’s a gifted offensive player and I’m not going to measure every shot that he takes,” Thibodeau said. “If he thinks it’s open, I want him to be aggressive and I want him to attack. So he got time off [Towns missed a game to attend the funeral of a family friend] and now he’s got to get back into rhythm. He’ll be in rhythm. We know how good he is.”