Knicks’ Mikal Bridges deal means long 2025 NBA Draft wait
NY Post
The Knicks don’t presently own a first-round selection in Wednesday night’s NBA Draft in Brooklyn.
That means they likely will have to wait until the event’s second day to make the first offseason addition to their roster, barring a trade.
While they wait for their current position at No. 50 overall in Thursday’s second round, the Knicks will watch the outcomes of the first two of the five first-rounders they shipped to the Nets in the Mikal Bridges deal last summer.
Brooklyn received what turned out to be the No. 19 pick via Milwaukee in the swap, plus the Knicks’ scheduled pick at No. 26.
The moment hit Justin Dowling after warmups Friday as he walked through the tunnel at loanDepot park and thought about the historic franchise he was about to debut for.
The pinstripe offseason slumber could be nearing a conclusion.
The luck of the schedule draw is again working against the Giants.
Brooklyn center Nic Claxton missed a second straight game due to a personal matter, though he is expected to rejoin the Nets on Monday.
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Calvin Austin III with 55 seconds left, and the Steelers beat the Ravens 26-24 on Sunday night when Baltimore’s Tyler Loop missed a 44-yard field goal as time expired, giving Pittsburgh the AFC North title.
DETROIT — The Knicks are returning to the site of the biggest shot of Jalen Brunson’s Knicks career, the place he silenced those profane chants from Detroit fans by sending Ausar Thompson stumbling out of the frame with a crossover.
Aaron Rodgers went through every emotion possible on his way back to the playoffs for the first time since the 2021-22 season, when he was still with the Packers.
It didn’t take long after Adam Fox’s shoulder injury for his absence on the power play to — again — become glaring. The Rangers had just started to make strides with their first unit after struggling to start the year before Fox exited their Nov. 29 loss to the Lightning and didn’t return for a month.
The Yankees are taking another flier on a veteran to bolster their infield depth.
More like head-banned.
The Raiders clinched the first-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft before they even took the field on Sunday.
Matt LaFleur might have work to do to keep his job.
Veteran quarterback Philip Rivers became one of the NFL’s feel-good stories of the year when he returned midseason for the Colts after a nearly five-year retirement.