The Pistons, searching for a way to get back into the lottery, used the Knicks’ troublesome financial situation against them. New York has made it no secret that it would like to pursue Dallas guard Jalen Brunson in free agency, but needed to shed some salary in order to make a legit run, making Detroit the perfect trade partner. After failing in their attempt to pry away Ivey … [Read more...] about
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Keith Smith: Fun cap nerd trade mechanic stuff: -DET created a TPE for Jerami Grant of $20,002,500 by trading him into POR TPE for CJ McCollum -DET then acquired Kemba Walker using $8,729,020 of the new Grant TPE -NYK created a TPE for Walker, but both TPEs will go way for cap space on 7/1 … [Read more...] about
Ian Begley: Statement from NYK president Leon Rose: pic.twitter.com/98mCc6eN82 Statement from NYK president Leon Rose: pic.twitter.com/98mCc6eN82 — Ian Begley (@IanBegley) June 24, 2022 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js … [Read more...] about
Only the Mavericks, possessing Brunson’s Bird Rights as the incumbent team, have the ability to offer a five-year deal that could zoom well past $100 million. But further boosting New York’s chances is a growing belief among some close to the situation that Brunson wants this move to Madison Square Garden despite his considerable rise in prominence as a Maverick and Dallas’ … [Read more...] about
The Knicks are increasingly expected to assemble a four-year offer to Brunson valued in the $100 million range, sources said, after the former second-round pick (No. 33 overall in 2018) played out the final season of his first NBA contract at $1.8 million in 2021-22. When the season ended, sources said, Dallas believed that a four-year offer ranging from $85-to-$88 million — … [Read more...] about
Sources say that New York’s ability during Thursday night’s NBA Draft to offload Kemba Walker’s $9.2 million salary for next season, coupled with a growing belief that it can shed further salary to expand its offer when the marketplace officially opens next Thursday, has established the Knicks as a very credible threat to bring Brunson to Gotham. One source close to the process … [Read more...] about
The issue with opting out is that with the exception of the Knicks and maybe the Heat, it is very unlikely Irving can get to any of his preferred teams while being properly paid. The Lakers, Clippers, Mavericks, and 76ers are already projected to be over the luxury tax, and a sign-and-trade for Irving would be complicated to execute since it would be difficult for them to … [Read more...] about
Jake Fischer on Jalen Brunson: The Knicks offer is almost assuredly going to be four (years), $100 (million). And, at least, and I know people around the week who are preparing for his offer to end up being for $110 (million). … [Read more...] about
The Knicks did . . . something. What now?
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images . . . . . . . I don’t know that the Knicks deserve their reputation for buffoonery. Sure, the last 20 years have been mostly dispiriting. But some of what’s gone wrong happens to everybody. Some of you are not just down on Julius Randle, you’re done with him. And I suspect most NBA fans would rate Damontas Sabonis and … [Read more...] about The Knicks did . . . something. What now?