Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2026.06.25)

By: Lil' Penny

Lil' Penny — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:21:40 +0000

I don’t buy that they were blindsided. They were $53,000 and change under the SA two years ago and $230,000 and change under the SA last year. They’ve rarely drafted and haven’t put a 1 in the regular, normal 1 draft slot number for years — clear evidence of picking and choosing your spots, and pinching pennies.

They didn’t go right up to within a rounding error of the SA, but not put their toes over the SA, by accident or coincidence. Plus it’s in the interest of the FO to paint it as them being surprised rather than not planning well. Can’t buy it. I can maybe buy “we can talk the boss out of it if and when we need to but let’s try to not need to,” but a full-on shock? No way.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:09:01 +0000

I also have to wonder why persuasive voices like Rose, WWW, and Brunson can’t talk Dolan into going over the second apron line. Are their hearts just not into it? Is there dissent? Maybe medical is telling Dolan it’s a bad idea? If they pushed hard enough with airtight arguments (the most compelling of which might be that they could probably unload Mitch before the deadline for assets which would be better than losing him for nothing), would Dolan relent?

I guess we’ll have the answer by Wednesday.

By: marechal

marechal — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:40:10 +0000

Dolan is an idiot.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:29:25 +0000

We know that Dolan is far more spiteful than frugal. On that note, I wonder how much of Dolan insisting on staying below the second apron is out of spite, i.e. to keep the tax bill down because the money would go to the rest of the teams. He hates the other owners and the commissioner and vice versa. He hates that his media empire has been impacted by Silver’s deals with Prime, Peacock, etc. and ranted about it.

I also wonder if he is more angry at Mitch than the rest of the brass and Brown. Meaning that if Leon, Brunson, Browm, etc. are all trying to convince him to go over the second apron to retain Mitch, his response is “Not for that guy who almost cost me a championship…” It seems like that really is that is the only reason to do it, and it’s probably a hard sell, just like keeping Lin was a hard sell.

Dolan just burned liked $40M on Thibs, and before that, tens of millions on Phil. The Knicks are the most valuable franchise in the league and he’s raking in the championship spoils. It can’t be just the money, and if he’s saying no to Leon et. al., it can’t be for strategic reasons alone.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:15:36 +0000

Last I heard, Nnaji is going back to college and then re-entering the draft.

By: clydefraziersblazers

clydefraziersblazers — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:40:31 +0000

Knicks will grab James Nnaji of their draft rights stash scrap heap and problem solved

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:00:33 +0000

They could carry 14 players and just give Sochan’s extra money to the backup center. I probably should’ve put Huk as 2nd string, but thought there’s a slim chance they could find a decent center in free agency.

I mean, none of it’s ideal: Deuce is small for a 2-guard, Shamet is small for an SF, but hey, we won a Chip that way.

Yet one could also argue that losing Mitch could start a domino effect with the whole bench, and suddenly we’ll need more rebounding and defense from other positions. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:40:39 +0000

PG: Brunson, Alvarado, Kolek
SG: Hart, Deuce, Dadiet
SF: Bridges, Shamet, Nickel
PF: Anonuby, Diawara, Sochan
C: Towns, FA Signing, Hukporti

Without Kayil on the main roster it might be a squeeze to bring Shamet back and get a decent C.

With Brown willing to play OG at C, I wonder if they’re going to really carry Huk, Sochan, plus another C.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:37:55 +0000

“Sign-and-trade to his hometown Hornets?”

Roman Moroni Deported to Sweden: Claims He’s Not From There.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:02:13 +0000

Here’s how I see it shaking out (as of now):

PG: Brunson, Alvarado, Kolek
SG: Hart, Deuce, Dadiet
SF: Bridges, Shamet, Nickel
PF: Anonuby, Diawara, Sochan
C: Towns, FA Signing, Hukporti