Gradey Dick too

Ingram barely shoots 3s and Wagler is a rookie, calm down

How in any way beyond Kat lol

KAT is a solid defender in the playoffs lol. He’s like kryptonite to the other best centers in the world.

Heat Cavs legend Max Strus as well

Rui cant get his own shot off unlike that light skinned demon

I could see him def going to LA. His wife has Cali ties and then there’s the opportunity for endorsement deals, real deals, not the Kawhi ones

It would be an interesting team to consider

That cat is out of the bag

This is the first decade without a dynasty like, ever. It’s definitely gotten harder

Sure…but its exceptionally hard now with all the apron rules

You just need to convince your #2 star to take a really bad contract like Pippen. Why don’t more GMs do this?

Not sure that fixed anything. Brunson, KAT, OG, Bridges and Hart as the core will be really hard to keep unless someone other the Brunson decides to take less than they might get. Maybe Hart helps the cause, but KAT is the most near term and largest, so a lot depends on him.

There’s no “for a year” fix, and being in the second apron multiple years makes roster construction much harder.

Nuggets lost their 6th man in Bruce Brown. Had to rely on Reggie Jackson who was basically out of the league the year after.

The Thunder just traded Dort and Aaron Wiggins for scraps due to cap issues. The Celtics traded Porzingis and Holiday for the same reason. The Nuggets traded for Cam Johnson bc of mpj’s big contract. LMFAO WHAT🤣

Bubble Lakers but that was more of an own-goal than salary reasons. Also every Knick core is under contract this upcoming season so it’d be as long of a chip roster as MIL, BOS, GSW, DEN have been

It’s not literally immediately but teams are broken up as they need to deal with cap space issues, which usually happens within 1-3 years. Injuries will make it rational for a team to do it earlier than they might otherwise need to do it. You also don’t need to “break up” a team completely for the cap to be effective. Just losing an important bench player, say someone like Mitchell Robinson, can be enough to prevent a team from winning a 2nd time.

Then every team with an underpaid rookie will have an asterisk.

This narrative needs to die. If he blew out his knee while waiting to sign the extensions year later he was out $140 MM. small(ish) guards like him took a lesson from Isiah Thomas who never got a big money contract after his hip injury. Brunson signed for the max that he could

Some players it pays off for like maxey but if maxey got hurt while delaying extending he would also look back with huge regrets

He didn’t take a paycut tho. It’s unfortunate that’s the narrative because now that’s the expectation for KAT

that’s not an asterisk thing lmao

I always wanted to trade for KAT back on the wolves after we got Cade :/ Mike Muscala looked super viable in the PnP w him (eye test, not sure what the PPP was or even frequency)

he didn’t even say the fucking team name. what r u on about bub? jfc. don’t respond to me.

That’s actually a sick idea. How would that work though? Duren sign and trade?

What kind of message does it send if he enters his player option year without another deal already on the table? He was a large part of why they were dominant in the playoffs, and I don’t think they are a title winning team without him. NY is gonna have to bite the bullet sooner or later, waiting until KAT maybe undervalues himself, or looking for a trade to save cap is going to harm team chemistry.

If they lost KAT was 1000 percent getting traded for Giannis, whatever it took to get him.

I don’t think he’s taking a 3 year deal at 30, unless he thinks he won’t decline and can cash in again at 33. Risky. 5 years now, and at 35 he can take a shorter deal, imo.

you need to look at when the extension kicks in, not his current age. The first year would be his age 33 season.

I think ³⁄₁₈₀ makes no sense for the Knicks though, at that point he may as well pick up his player option and they can renegotiate with him next summer.

45m AAV only makes sense if it’s a long contract like 5 years, with a PO at the end as well

he’d be 32 when it starts.

\(45 million is out of the question when he's eligible for close to \)70 mil a year. he’s most definitely opting into the next year’s contract, but Knicks don’t really need to do anything right now and just focus on a repeat

45 Million? He is a Top 20-ish guy who had by far his best post-season and still in his prime.

Multiple teams probably view him as a Max guy (2nd best on a title team).

i mean respectfully he should ask for the max. 45mil/year would be insulting for what he’s done

Hes going to want more than that for sure. Expecting him to take such a big discount to save Dolan money doesnt make sense to me

He won’t get it and no team will give to him either. Jaylen Brown the smartest man he knows unwittingly taught the league that lesson. The only people getting maxes going forward until there is a new CBA are the elite of the elite. Otherwise you are tied to the railroad tracks.

it’s a no brainer for the Knicks but not for KAT

That’s lower than Lauri and JJJ

He’s not taking that

KAT is a great player but only bad teams are going to be willing to pay him the max. I think AAV in the 45-50M range is fair value if he wants to keep playing for a contender. Teams can only pay one player more than that and it’s going to be Brunson.

Hes a top 15 player, you shouldnt expect to pay him $25M below the max lol.

Knicks fans are funny. Kat is awesome and brings you a championship, and now hes expected to take a massive discount because he now supposedly isn’t good enough for a big contract.

No it isn’t lmfao. Delusional. If that was “fair value” he never would have left Minnesota.

No tf it’s not? He’s definitely worth 55 mil min

If young is an albatross then he’s the first albatross to get a $200+ million extension 😂😂😭

“They didn’t get off his contract! They simply got off his contract”

Another team giving up crucial parts of a championship core, and acting like the team can somehow improve. Decade of “parity” continues

They’re not trading Mikal. There’s not a chance they trade Mikal to give more money to KAT.

They’d miss bridges defense more than you’d think. I’d find a Kat replacement personally.

the cloud is the agent doing his job trying to get as much money he can for his client

Probably, Shams doesn’t have any sources within the Knicks FO. Only Woj did in the past, and Fred Katz and Ian Begley have currently

Why would KAT not be a Knicks legend when he was arguably the best player for a championship run?

Think before typing

The guy helped end a decades long drought, so absolutely he’s a fucking Knicks legend.

Nope…Jocic won’t be able to handle the NY Media and the rabid fans

He has no formal training iirc. The guy was a twitter account who turned himself into well known media personality. Can’t knock the hustle

woj was still terrible near the end, he always did that weird thing where it looks like he would bounce on his seat when talking it was so annoying once i noticed it

He was terrible in the 2024 conference finals, but credit where it’s due he was great the whole 2026 playoffs

I really think he was only seriously elite and a playoff elevator this season. Saying this as someone who watched the Wolves and loved that squad before they broke it up

Wolves got to Conference finals after he left, too

He barely jumps on his jumpshots though which is a good sign for longevity to me

Not just body type but his play style. I will always appreciate KAT for contributing to a win, and for all the stuff he had to overcome personally, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I hate his not-infrequent drives to the rim that result in him landing awkwardly on the ground, especially when he’s trying to (but doesn’t) draw a foul.

Yeah, and the question to KAT is if he wants to get paid the max over continued success. Maybe with a chip he feels like he can make a more financial decision, but it’s hard to see what real contender can also give him a long term max deal, if that’s what he’s after.

It was alluded to by Vincent Goodwill, but Vincent Goodwill reporting is about as valuable as the dirt under my shoes.

It’s been clear that Towns, whose 13.8 shot attempts during the regular season marked a new career low while his 20.1 points per game was his fewest since his rookie year, hasn’t been fully deployed in his second season with the Knicks.

How Brown and his staff maximize their All-Star center has perplexed coaches and front offices around the league all season, a theme that will be magnified as the playoffs progress.

So will the questions about Towns’ fit and future – no matter how far New York advances – ahead of what could be an impactful offseason for multiple contenders.

“He so badly wants things to work here,” a source close to Towns told ESPN. “He wants to be a Knick for life.”

Begley refuted Shams report too. Shams just tweeting nonsense at this point.

He did not, Knicks fans assume he will take a 50% discount on his next contract and be a Knick forever