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Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
New York Knicks: Ariel Hukporti in, PJ Tucker out sportando.basketball/en/new-york-kn… – 5:05 PM
New York Knicks: Ariel Hukporti in, PJ Tucker out sportando.basketball/en/new-york-kn… – 5:05 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
The New York Knicks are picking up the $2 million team option for center Ariel Hukporti, his agent Tadas Bulotas tells ESPN. – 4:45 PM
The New York Knicks are picking up the $2 million team option for center Ariel Hukporti, his agent Tadas Bulotas tells ESPN. – 4:45 PM
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Stefan Bondy: The Knicks extended a qualifying offer to Kevin McCullar and picked up Ariel Hukporti’s contract option, league sources told the Post. They are not planning to pick up contract option of PJ Tucker. -via Twitter / June 29, 2025
PJ Tucker on Wednesday posted a message on social media to address any rumors about him retiring. The 40-year-old posted on his Instagram Story that he will not be retiring and that he plans to continue playing. “Since we are in the era of not doing any fact checking and just repost what we hear from uncredited sources smfh i (sic) have to take time out of my vacation to set the record straight so yall can stop sending me the dumb s-it!” Tucker wrote, profanity censored by LBS. “Never have a mentioned retirement or even given any indication that may be a thing.. I’m 40 years young 100% healthy, able, and will continue playing the game I’ve dedicated my lief to… HOOPIN!!!!!!” -via Larry Brown Sports / June 11, 2025
Some people in the organization wanted to use the 15th roster spot to sign a player who could contribute on the floor, while others wanted a veteran who would be OK with not playing and helping behind the scenes, per league sources. The latter group won out and Tucker signed with the team near the end of the regular season to be a veteran voice. “The situations to get stops, to have help, you know what I’m saying?” Tucker continued. “That, to me, we have talent, but that’s 80 percent of everything else – being able to communicate, be able to get stops, to be on the same page on offense and be able to read each other. We needed to do those things instead of putting our hands up and looking at each other. -via New York Times / June 1, 2025
Ian Begley: Ariel Hukporti is available tonight, Knicks say. Hukporti had surgery to repair torn meniscus in knee on Feb 28. -via x.com / April 19, 2025
James L Edwards III: Apparently Ariel Hukporti did practice today even though we never got an update on it and no one mentioned he returned all week. Questionable for tomorrow after meniscus surgery. I’d be shocked if Thibs threw a rookie into fire at any point after surgery but who knows anymore. -via x.com / April 18, 2025