Knicks · NBA 2026 offseason, let the trades and signings begin (page 12)

newyorknewyork wrote:

Chandler wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:Mavs traded for Aldama. Derek Lively in play?

Isn’t he injured in some fundamental, concerning way?

I’m focused more on charlotte. They got that center last year w the long name starts with K, and I think they like him. But also have Diabate who I’d like to snag

Diabate should be #1 target. Hornets probably view Knicks as desperate though and will look to drive up the price. Lively could possibly be used as leverage.

I'm watching out for news on Diabate

The Hornets are the best chance due to their current overstocking of the frontlines after acquiring Naz Reid

We actually have one or two players they can use now and add cheaply to their lineup

Deuce is the primary card we hold to make a deal like this and it may take adding in someone like Dadet plus some 2nd round picks depending on the salary match requirements

Diabate would be an upgrade over Mitch and Huk in terms of versatility and long-term value so buckle up and hope for the best, because this would be great news if the Knicks can pull it off

BlueKnickers wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

Chandler wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:Mavs traded for Aldama. Derek Lively in play?

Isn’t he injured in some fundamental, concerning way?

I’m focused more on charlotte. They got that center last year w the long name starts with K, and I think they like him. But also have Diabate who I’d like to snag

Diabate should be #1 target. Hornets probably view Knicks as desperate though and will look to drive up the price. Lively could possibly be used as leverage.

I'm watching out for news on Diabate

The Hornets are the best chance due to their current overstocking of the frontlines after acquiring Naz Reid

We actually have one or two players they can use now and add cheaply to their lineup

Deuce is the primary card we hold to make a deal like this and it may take adding in someone like Dadet plus some 2nd round picks depending on the salary match requirements

Diabate would be an upgrade over Mitch and Huk in terms of versatility and long-term value so buckle up and hope for the best, because this would be great news if the Knicks can pull it off

Hoping

Wishing

Waiting

How does he get here? They love him in CLT? He got another on his contract?
We thinking Trade? CLT have other centers?
Costs?

Ayton to WAS for Hardy. So obtainable and yet so far away. Not really understanding our offseason.

Patience, patiences, patience, and more patience

EwingsGlass wrote:Ayton to WAS for Hardy. So obtainable and yet so far away. Not really understanding our offseason.

How is he attainable with the Knicks cap situation?

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:Ayton to WAS for Hardy. So obtainable and yet so far away. Not really understanding our offseason.

How is he attainable with the Knicks cap situation?

Ayton is awful and not a serious player... Duece + Dadiet probably works cap wise but I wouldn't want Ayton on this team even for free.

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I said this in the other thread let’s sign Mo Bamba. Bring this kid home he’s always been on a terrible team he’s 7’3 with a 7’10” wing span can spread the floor, lob city and he rebounds and blocks . We can get him on a minimum or 2way deal:

fitzfarm wrote:I said this in the other thread let’s sign Mo Bamba. Bring this kid home he’s always been on a terrible team he’s 7’3 with a 7’10” wing span can spread the floor, lob city and he rebounds and blocks . We can get him on a minimum or 2way deal:

Hey bring back Willie Hernan Gomez

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I see your DeAndre Jordan and raise you an Andre Drummond

nycericanguy wrote:

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:Ayton to WAS for Hardy. So obtainable and yet so far away. Not really understanding our offseason.

How is he attainable with the Knicks cap situation?

Ayton is awful and not a serious player... Duece + Dadiet probably works cap wise but I wouldn't want Ayton on this team even for free.

+100

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"After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....

The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.

Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.

This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the
@TheNBPA
has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.

The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.

Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.

The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.

This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table."

Kuz is 100% right. This is such a hard cap Dolan wants to stay below it. He never had problems spending before.

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"After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....

The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.

Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.

This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the
@TheNBPA
has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.

The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.

Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.

The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.

This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table."

Kuz is 100% right. This is such a hard cap Dolan wants to stay below it. He never had problems spending before.

The one nuance: Dolan has railed on about not doing revenue sharing, repeatedly so and I think voted against the apron stuff say the NBA governors level, and THAT’S perhaps why he didn’t want to go over and give money to other teams.

Boohoo. Top players make $50-60MM+ a year
If the players don't demand to make the max the rest of the team can be fleshed out and maintained. Its dog eat dog and greed prevails on every side.

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It’s tough to make moves when he labels every player on his team as untouchable

Does Kuz understand that the first and second aprons are for teams that go over the agreed split in revenue in the CBA? Because it seems like he's arguing that the aprons limit spending, which they do but only in a very qualified sense: they limit teams who are already spending more from spending even more.

I think the proof is in the pudding, this is the greatest stretch of parity the league has ever seen. Blaming Milwaukee's post championship struggles on the aprons is silly. They haven't gotten one decision right since then.

Ironic, in the post starphuch world the Knicks win a championship!
The league needs rules to prevent owners from being ignorant.
Blame the "The Process"? League does not want shitty teams on the road where fans don't want to see them.
The 65 game rule? I have been to charlotte to see kmicks and Melo and co. were taking the night off. Pissed me off!
Milwaukee won a chip and did waht they could to keep Giannis. Much like Cavs did to keep Lebron years ago. Different era but similar result.
What is incredible is how "parity" works as guys like Giannis and Leonard still command big price and a sort of shifting of assets.
Teams get "replenished" of sorts. KNicks will do this. Mikal won't bring back 5 picks but something valuable. This after a chip.
One day perhaps Brunson will go play somewhere else as he wants to "win" and chase one more ring say in Chicago were he played HS. ball?
Able to go from worst to first in a few short years keep fan base engaged.

As for knicks staying under the apron? is it wise? Owner being cheap? Owner getting ready to sell (improbable)?
Knicks can figure out its rostar as season goes on. Seeding is not that important. Knicks proved season is not as important as getting shit right for the playoffs. Maybe this is how we operate going forward?

Nalod wrote:Ironic, in the post starphuch world the Knicks win a championship!
The league needs rules to prevent owners from being ignorant.
Blame the "The Process"? League does not want shitty teams on the road where fans don't want to see them.
The 65 game rule? I have been to charlotte to see kmicks and Melo and co. were taking the night off. Pissed me off!
Milwaukee won a chip and did waht they could to keep Giannis. Much like Cavs did to keep Lebron years ago. Different era but similar result.
What is incredible is how "parity" works as guys like Giannis and Leonard still command big price and a sort of shifting of assets.
Teams get "replenished" of sorts. KNicks will do this. Mikal won't bring back 5 picks but something valuable. This after a chip.
One day perhaps Brunson will go play somewhere else as he wants to "win" and chase one more ring say in Chicago were he played HS. ball?
Able to go from worst to first in a few short years keep fan base engaged.

As for knicks staying under the apron? is it wise? Owner being cheap? Owner getting ready to sell (improbable)?
Knicks can figure out its rostar as season goes on. Seeding is not that important. Knicks proved season is not as important as getting shit right for the playoffs. Maybe this is how we operate going forward?

When I watched you on tv as a child, I never imagined I would meet you 50 years later on an internet forum

BlueKnickers wrote:

Nalod wrote:Ironic, in the post starphuch world the Knicks win a championship!
The league needs rules to prevent owners from being ignorant.
Blame the "The Process"? League does not want shitty teams on the road where fans don't want to see them.
The 65 game rule? I have been to charlotte to see kmicks and Melo and co. were taking the night off. Pissed me off!
Milwaukee won a chip and did waht they could to keep Giannis. Much like Cavs did to keep Lebron years ago. Different era but similar result.
What is incredible is how "parity" works as guys like Giannis and Leonard still command big price and a sort of shifting of assets.
Teams get "replenished" of sorts. KNicks will do this. Mikal won't bring back 5 picks but something valuable. This after a chip.
One day perhaps Brunson will go play somewhere else as he wants to "win" and chase one more ring say in Chicago were he played HS. ball?
Able to go from worst to first in a few short years keep fan base engaged.

As for knicks staying under the apron? is it wise? Owner being cheap? Owner getting ready to sell (improbable)?
Knicks can figure out its rostar as season goes on. Seeding is not that important. Knicks proved season is not as important as getting shit right for the playoffs. Maybe this is how we operate going forward?

When I watched you on tv as a child, I never imagined I would meet you 50 years later on an internet forum

What has thousands of posts, claims no predictions, presents logic and context as an adult, and spells his nemisis name backwards?

Is he using the word "logic" ironically there?