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Knicks Morning News (2026.02.05)

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  • Game Preview: Knicks vs Nuggets, February 4, 2026 – Posting & Toasting
  • Knicks vs. Wizards odds, prediction, spread, time: 2026 NBA picks for Tuesday, February 3 from proven model – CBS Sports
  • Knicks’ Guerschon Yabusele talks trade rumors, open to playing overseas: ‘I ain’t closing no door on nothing’ – SNY
  • Knicks’ Guerschon Yabusele Addresses Speculation Over European Move – Posting & Toasting
  • Knicks Shouldn’t Move Karl-Anthony Towns at Deadline Amid NBA Trade Rumors – BleacherReport
  • Knicks don’t need to trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo — but they do need to make a move – New York Daily News
  • Knicks’ Jalen Brunson earns first defensive player of the game team honors of season – SNY

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  • LIVE reaction to the Knicks trading Yabu to the Bulls WITHOUT including any picks! #Knicks #NBA – Knicks Film School
  • EXTENDED: NUGGETS at KNICKS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | February 4, 2026 – NBA
  • Knicks Buyout Targets After Anthony Davis Trade And More – Knick of Time
  • The Knicks Trade Guerschon Yabusele! | Key Details – Knicks Fan TV
  • The Putback with Ian Begley: Knicks trade deadline updates with Jon Macri – Begley Putback

    • 9 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2026.02.05)”

    Okay, so the Dalen Terry trade solved a next year problem by getting rid of Yabu’s player option. And it cost us zero draft capital, because the Bulls are stupid. But we can’t aggregate Terry’s salary with anyone else’s before the deadline, and Yabu was supposed to be the main salary piece for us to pick up a more useful bench guy. Have they given up on that? Have they found a trade candidate who can be gotten just by aggregating, say, Clarkson, Dadiet, and Huk, plus various seconds? Or is the plan at this point to grab a buyout guy? And, if so, does this trade save us any money under the apron, enough that we could sign a buyout guy immediately?

    UPDATE: Had to go to The Bad Place to answer (some of) my own question:

    @YossiGozlan
    Knicks also increase their second apron space from $148,359 to $249,241.

    This moves up the date in which they can sign a 15th player to a rest of season contract from April 2 to March 26.

    They’ll have a better chance at creating more space and acquiring targets with Dalen Terry’s expiring salary than Guerschon Yabusele’s.

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    I’m guessing Dalen Terry won’t crack the rotation soon, but he does shoot 41% from behind the arc and seemingly plays D.

    FWIW, I think we could aggregate Terry as long as the receiving team has a trade exception he fits into, and the Pelicans seem to have multiple.

    Terry himself is <emostly just expiring salary and it’s a minor miracle we were able to painlessly dump Yabu, but he is 6’6” or so and has always graded out well as a defender. So there’s this.

    Maybe Mikal microdosed prior to last night’s game and was afraid to tell Coach for fear of his iron man streak ending.

    There’s chatter about Zubac being on the block with the Pacers having interest. DS has little interest in facing Halli, Zubac, and a top-5 pick next year in the East.

    I think I like OG, Hart, and Bridges more than most folks here, but when fantasizing about trades, I do wonder whether we need all 3.

    I believe the move also lets them sign a single 10-day contract… for whatever that’s worth.

    Also, do we know if the trade is official? If not, we can try to incorporate a 3rd team into the deal

    Yes, I belatedly realized that last part, EB. If the trade isn’t official yet, we can add a third team somehow.

    @TheCohencidence
    Assume the Pelicans didn’t want Yabu’s 2026-27 PO. With a verbal deal, Terry can still be rerouted to NOLA with enough $ from NY to get Alvarado and Missi. But if the trade is finalized, Terry’s $5.4M salary is the most NY could send in a trade if he were to be used as outgoing $

    @TheCohencidence
    For those curious, yes, the Knicks could (for example) get Terry for Alvarado in one deal and add other salaries for Missi in a second deal. A potential downside for NOLA is they’d get two minuscule TPEs instead of one larger TPE. It is doable as two separate transactions though

    @TheCohencidence
    If Terry stays in NY, he could be a RFA this summer, but that’s only if the Knicks extend a qualifying offer. His QO is $7.7M. If he were to accept it, he’d have a full no-trade clause. That’s bad. I don’t expect NY to extend the QO if he sticks with the team. He’d then be a UFA

    Unreal that Leon found someone who would take Yabu without also asking for draft capital. I thought only Scott Perry and Dumars were left as the suckers at the table but can’t forget Karnisovas.

    by the way – i know this seems unimportant but is anyone else loving the Kevin McCullar experience? Knicks really have some interesting young players between Diawara, McCullar, and I still think Hukporti has potential.

    Very very small sample size but McCullar’s averaging 8.5 rebounds and 6.9 assists per 36, and it really seems like he makes a great pass or two every time he’s in the game. He really is Hart-ish with his rebounding and with his ability to handle and pass. And def says something that Brown put him in the game for the last defensive possession of (I think 1st?) OT.

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