As the Knicks head into August, their focus is on maximizing the back end of their roster. While third-string center and two-way deals are the biggest agenda items, New York could also explore a trade to free up additional roster and financial resources.
You can check out our glossary entry to learn more about two-way contracts, but in short, two-way deals allow NBA teams to carry three extra players in addition to the 15 on their regular season roster.
Another contract will be on Karl-Anthony Towns’ radar in the near future. If it’s one with the New York Knicks, one might be nearby for the star center.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has finally responded after New York Knicks guard Josh Hart took issue with comments Green made about Jalen Brunson’s contract nearly two years ago.
The Knicks have already made it clear that this offseason they have their eye on the Pelicans' frontcourt. New York reportedly called multiple times about Yves Missi, but was turned away.
An athlete's peak tends to coincide with the youthfulness of their 20s. Sometimes, though, that apex happens when they've had more time to marinate in experience, and that's sometimes true in the NBA.
Before the 2025-26 season, Jalen Brunson performed as one of the NBA’s best guards. Now, he’s the face of the defending champions. After leading the New York Knicks to their first NBA title in 53 years, Brunson enters the 2026-27 season with something he’s never had before: legitimate MVP expectations.
For anyone missing Knicks basketball, the reality is New York will be back on the court sooner than most realize. The start of training camp is likely less than two months away, and preseason games will follow soon after that.
August is approaching, and the New York Knicks still have a glaring need at center. Coming off a championship season in which depth proved to be one of the Knicks’ greatest strengths, the current center rotation, as it stands, is a serious problem.
WWE and the New York Knicks became somewhat intertwined during the NBA side’s run to the Finals this year. Danhausen was invited to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks in action after he promised to ‘uncurse’ them.
The offseason still isn't over. Like a few other teams, the Knicks still have work to do. It likely won't come in the form of a blockbuster trade, such as the one that landed Karl-Anthony Towns just days before the beginning of the preseason.
The Knicks are far from the only team looking to shore up the back end of their depth chart as the free agency craziness slows down. On Tuesday, the Clippers added another frontcourt option in a trade with the 76ers, acquiring big man Johni Broome from Philadelphia.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
Although the two are no longer teammates, New York Knicks’ Josh Hart still carries on a tradition that Mitchell Robinson first implemented. After winning the 2026 NBA Finals, Robinson joined the Boston Celtics on a three-year deal worth $47.4 million.
As the Knicks head into the second half of the offseason, figuring out their currently unused two-way contract slots for 2026-27 is a sneakily big agenda item.
The New York Knicks just completed one of the greatest postseason runs of the 2020s, and statistically, one of the greatest in league history. New York finished the playoffs 16-3, won 12 games by double digits and lost its three games by only six combined points.
The New York Knicks’ playoff run will go down as one of the most memorable in franchise history. New York won their first championship in 53 years, defeating the San Antonio Spurs in five games.
The New York Knicks have $3.3 million to spare below the second apron and there’s room for one more minimum spot. That's essentially the last order of business for Leon Rose, but there's also three two-way spots up for grabs.
It has been a long couple of months for Jalen and Ali Brunson, who appear to finally be enjoying their offseason after the former led the New York Knicks to their first championship in 53 years.
Karl-Anthony Towns will forever live in New York lore for aiding the Knicks in winning their first championship in 53 years. Obviously, Leon Rose and company want to keep their starting five together to make this happen again, but with the big man due for another lofty pay day, things get complicated.
Josh Hart publicly called Draymond Green out Tuesday for “counting other people’s pockets.” A video of Green recently resurfaced showing him discussing the New York Knicks on an episode of the “Club 520” podcast hosted by Jeff Teague.
Anthony Bennett. Greg Oden. JaMarcus Russell. Matt Bush. Alexandre Daigle. The list seems to extend to the horizon. There are few greater honors in sports than hearing your name called first on draft night.
Draymond Green tends to be one of the most divisive players in the NBA. Not only is his physical play and enforcer ways on the court polarizing, his comments off the court don’t help matters whatsoever as far as public perception of his goes.
It’s easy to overlook the foundation that Tom Thibodeau set for the Knicks‘ title run, but Karl-Anthony Towns made sure to credit his former head coach, along with current coach Mike Brown, in a podcast interview with The New York Times (YouTube link, hat tip to BasketNews).
After the flurry of offseason transactions across the Eastern Conference, which four teams now sit atop the conference hierarchy entering the 2026-27 season?
The New York Knicks are the reigning NBA Champions, but that doesn’t mean they are perfect. They still have one major need to address in NBA free agency: Their lack of depth at the center position.
Three years ago, James Dolan found himself at the center of a controversy that extended far beyond basketball. The New York Knicks owner’s decision to use facial recognition technology at Madison Square Garden to deny entry to lawyers from firms involved in litigation against the company sparked a high-profile dispute with New York regulators.
The New York Knicks are on top of the world right now, and Karl-Anthony Towns has plenty to do with that. But that might not be enough to keep him in New York long term.