Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2025.06.10)

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:02:54 +0000

Judge almost hit it out of Royals Stadium.

By: Knicks 2025

Knicks 2025 — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:46:18 +0000

canning already given up three runs in two innings dammit

By: Lil' Penny

Lil' Penny — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:35:39 +0000

If they didn’t commit to anything beyond next year, I could go along with KAT for KD, see what happens and have a relatively clean cap sheet in summer 2026.

I don’t, however, expect them to meet the predicate condition. The thought likely won’t even cross their minds and most likely KD wouldn’t even be on board without a contract extension.

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:29:25 +0000

Towns for Durant works fornmeninguess if we have a one year out. Don’t know if I want that long term marriage with KAT. Sure I don’t really.

He’s a classic tier 2 guy. You have to be a two way player to be truly great.

By: Lil' Penny

Lil' Penny — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 22:36:57 +0000

Depends on whether they resign Mikal or not. If they don’t, they’d only have about $117M committed for 2026-27, including Dadiet. In theory, they’ll have at least one Class of ’26 first round rookie as well, so take that up to mid 120s.

Plenty of cap room. In theory.

By: JK47

JK47 — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 22:21:09 +0000

KAT and Dadiet for Durant works in the trade machine. Seems like a lateral move honestly.

Except that Durant’s contract expires after the one year. So, cap nerds, what happens when Durant comes off the books after that one year?

By: Wayloncash

Wayloncash — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:12:37 +0000

I agree with Walker. Many of us play or played hoop. Have any of you enjoyed playing with a highly ball-dominant player, even if he was very good? Makes you feel like a spectator. It absolutely impacts not only your defensive intensity, but it effects the crucial ability and willingness to keep your head in the game. Just my view, but you need to pass the ball, even if it’s to a player that may be less skilled offensively. Sure, you may not get as many points in the short term, but it’s basketball, not HORSE. To me the game is a bit like music and I don’t really want to play with just a shredder. Like a great musician, the great player makes the rest of the team better. Like LeBron. Just my opinion, but if Brunson is gonna be a 1, need to be a 1. If not, get a 1 and have him play off the ball. He is great, but less of a maestro than a loud killer lead guitarist.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:05:33 +0000

Anyway, I didn’t post that as a gotcha as much as to point out that at the time of the trade, the assumption here (including hubert) was that iHart was gone.

I felt from the start that it was an overpay no matter what, and that Mikal’s subsequent level of play would determine the size of the overpay. My hope was that he would play like the Mikal that lit up the league when he first got to the Nets. Obviously that didn’t happen.

The 80/20 analogy sort of applied in this case…you could easily have gotten 80% of the player we ended up with at 20% of the cost in picks (not his salary, which is quite fair, even for who he was this year.)

Now is there still hope that he works on his game and/or is “unlocked” by a new coach? Sure. And if that happens, and the best is yet to come, we can come back around to the position that while he is an overpay, Leon can work with it.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 20:51:42 +0000

Ugh maybe I spoke too soon:

Kevin Durant Trade Rumors Heat Up as Knicks Emerge as Top Suitor.

Per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, Kevin Durant is expected to be traded in the coming weeks, with the New York Knicks among the leading teams in pursuit of the superstar forward.

I know… probably just using NY for clicks, but still…

By: Z-man

Z-man — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 20:50:12 +0000

“All those people did so under the condition that Isaiah Hartenstein was retained.”

https://knickerblogger.net/2024/06/25/espn-com-sources-knicks-to-acquire-mikal-bridges-from-nets/

I deeply hate losing Hartenstein if it comes to pass but we are going to be able to play some incredible small ball lineups now so I actually don’t think it will hurt as much as we think.

https://knickerblogger.net/2024/06/26/knicks-morning-news-2024-06-26/
“Still wildly excited, but with a dash of concern over the details.

We may not have put Hartenstein in the trade directly but it seems like he is part of the cost.”