Knicks’ newfound cap space opens a world of free agency possibilities
NY Post
Knicks president Leon Rose should probably explain Thursday’s draft night wheeling and dealing on a media Zoom call, but he’s on a streak of 12 straight months without talking to the press.
Nobody has given the exact reason for his reticence, but it’s likely the agent turned Knicks godfather feels he has spoken with the 41-31 record this past season that brought an end to the franchise’s seven-season playoff drought. According to an NBA executive who has spoken to Rose, the Knicks’ most baffling draft-night trade — moving the 19th pick for a heavily protected future first-rounder from Charlotte — was done partly to save $2.4 million in cap space for free agency. They never were going to use both of their first-rounders, for cap reasons.More Related News
The Knicks had lost a couple of games in a row, on the road, to the two acknowledged beasts of the NBA East. They’d gotten steamrolled in Milwaukee in the quarterfinals of the In-Season Tournament, getting trucked by 24 and surrendering 146 points, followed that up with a 133-123 humbling in Boston.