Now that the New York Knicks’ playoff run is over, the next main focus is the upcoming NBA Draft, which will take place roughly a month from now. The Knicks own three picks in this year’s edition, with picks 24 (via Dallas Mavericks), 25, and 38 (via Utah Jazz).
Unexpected record setting season from the Big Ragu Two A’s and a B plus. Those were the respective grades that Yahoo Sports, SNY, and Bleacher Report gave the Knicks for their signing of Donte DiVincenzo.
The New York Knicks are in unfamiliar territory. They are coming off of a fairly successful season. But New York can’t be satisfied with consecutive playoff eliminations.
New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau has garnered a less-than-stellar reputation during his career. He is known as someone who relies too heavily on his starters, running them into the ground, leading to injury.
When it comes to extending star point guard Jalen Brunson, the New York Knicks shouldn’t hesitate for a second. Brunson is entering what will likely be the last year of his four-year, $104 million deal.
The Block Ness Monster. It might strain your memory to recall such a time, but for the first 21 games of the season, Mitchell Robinson was one of the best defensive centers in the NBA.
Carmelo Anthony is one of the greatest players in New York Knicks history. However, there was a brief moment during the 2011-12 season when Jeremy Lin became the most popular player on the team (Anthony had been injured when Lin began his incredible one-month run).
The Hart & Soul of the Knicks When Josh Hart joined the Knicks before the 2023 trade deadline, he was tinkering between becoming a solid role player and league journeyman.
There were a lot of people skeptical of the New York Knicks signing shooting guard Donte DiVincenzo during the 2024 NBA offseason. He was expected to play a key role off the bench, but New York was sacrificing a lot of size inserting him into the rotation in place of Obi Toppin.
The New York Knicks just completed a Cinderella season, sort of. They dealt with a number of injuries before succumbing to the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
New York faces tough choices with Hartenstein’s free agency looming Stepping up after Mitchell Robinson was derailed by an ankle injury, Isaiah Hartenstein distinguished himself as a dominant center for the New York Knicks this season.
The New York Knicks have multiple moving parts to juggle in their quest to build an indisputable championship roster for next season, and they’ve placed an existing one over an All-Star of theirs on their offseason priority list.
The New York Knicks face a crucial decision this offseason: should they run it back with the same roster? The team showed flashes of brilliance but also faced significant challenges.
A special year from special player As we get ready to start our annual player recaps, it’s only fitting that we kick it all off with Jalen Brunson because it’s impossible to talk about the Knicks’ 23-24 season without bringing up, and being in disbelief of, the season the 27 year old point guard just had.
The New York Knicks had their best season in years despite how it ended. Behind Jalen Brunson, this team made it to the conference semifinals before getting bounced by the Pacers.
The New York Knicks have several substantial contracts to consider this off-season, but one strategic move from last year is already proving highly beneficial.
One of the many players the New York Knicks lost to injury this season was power forward Julius Randle. His loss led to a drastically changed game plan, as Tom Thibodeau was without his second-best player.
The New York Knicks rolled the dice on their ability to retain the defensive-minded forward when they traded for him in December.
Bojan Bogdanovic will be an asset to watch over the side of the New York Knicks in the upcoming 2024 NBA offseason. The veteran sniper could be released by the Knicks and pay him just $2 million in the summer, or they could elect to keep him and commit $19.032 million worth of salary to the Croatian pro for the 2024-25 season.
Alec Burks was not expected to play ample minutes in the 2024 NBA Playoffs for the New York Knicks, but with his team suffering a rash of injuries, he was able to see the floor a lot, especially in the second round versus the Indiana Pacers.
For a long time, the New York Knicks were seen as one of the laughingstocks of the NBA. That narrative seemed to change once Leon Rose came to town. On March 2, 2020, the now 63-year-old was named the Knicks team president.
Randle has just one guaranteed year worth $30.3 million left on his contract — the highest on the team next season.
The New York Knicks were an NBA Finals contender this season. They boasted an All-NBA point guard, an All-Star forward, a thrilling defensive stopper, elite shooters on the wings and big men whose disparate skillsets made it possible for New York to adapt to any opponent.
The All-Defense forward has a player option for $19.9M for next season, one he'll almost certainly decline.
Once perceived by many as a franchise plagued by dysfunction, the New York Knicks have undergone a truly remarkable transformation. In the realm of NBA trade and free agency destinations, few teams have experienced such a dramatic shift in perception as the New York Knicks.
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