Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2026.06.27)

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:12:07 +0000

If you believe John Hollinger’s BORD$ figures are anywhere near reasonable, Alvarado’s new deal is a steal. Three years for less than $15M versus an estimated yearly value of over $10M is quite a good deal.

Here’s the text from https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7376646/2026/06/26/nba-free-agency-point-guards-harden-marcus-smart-kevin-porter/

11. Jose Alvarado, New York (PO): $10,549,738

The newly minted NBA champ has a player option for just $4.5 million that he seems likely to decline, even if it’s just to sign a longer deal to stay with the Knicks. New York will have full Bird rights on him, so for the Knicks, it’s more a question of where his contract fits in their tax-apron strategy. He’s one of the best backup point guards on the market, so New York will have competition.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:11:44 +0000

Damn, didn’t even bother looking it up. Just figured he played his usual 200min

By: JK47

JK47 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:48:50 +0000

Timelord won’t be playing on a minimum. He balled out last year, played 1000 minutes of genuinely ass-kicking basketball.

He’s probably gonna end up going back to Boston, which is actually kind of an ominous development.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:43:16 +0000

Fuck it. We should double down on the injury-plagued supersub and sign Robert Williams III on a minimum.

I like Sochan. He’s young and has a nice toolkit. He passes. He rebounds. The defense is at a high-level and very switchable. The free throw shooting numbers aren’t bad, so developing a 3pt shot isn’t out of the question. Plus he gives us optionality in the playoffs. He was guarding Wemby for the final play of game 5.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:36:41 +0000

Looney is old and his usefulness is waning, but for his career he is basically an 80/20 guy for Robinson (except that he is closer to 90/40 but that math is uglier cause nothing good adds up to 130). (He’s also beloved by his teammates and coaches, for whatever that is worth).

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:26:47 +0000

What’s going on geo?

By: Hubert

Hubert — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:10:03 +0000

I don’t even want two, CDiggy. I just want to continue watching the team that won us one — the entire team.

I’m a sentimental person and I am emotionally attached to everyone on the team. I don’t want to see Mitch come to town to get his ring in a Kings uniform or Landry playing on the fucking Pistons. Hell I even want Jordan Clarkson back! These guys deserve to go out on their shields.

I don’t doubt that the starting 5 will still be good or that the front office can do something within these constraints. In fact now that I understand the CBA better I can see them pulling off a sign-and-trade to generate a trade exception. But I do doubt we’ll ever be able to rebuild the chemistry of this team, and that’s something important.

Rest assured if Mitch does come to town to get his ring, I’ll be the one shouting fuck james Dolan, and he will hear me.

By: geo

geo — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:01:21 +0000

man, I’ve been falling to pieces and leaning heavily on you all here for quite some time…

what would I do without you all…don’t wanna know…

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:23:25 +0000

This is the thread from the day after the Jalen Brunson signing was announced, 4 years ago this coming Wednesday. My, how things have changed!

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:14:20 +0000

The conference was in a small Japanese city called Himeji that is famous for a picturesque old castle. It rained all the time, but the food in the town was good. I did give a talk snd it was well received and I saw some people I knew, which was very nice.