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Knicks Morning News (2026.07.08)

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  • NBA free agency 2026: Why blockbuster trades have taken over the East – ESPN
  • Best value acquisitions of the NBA offseason – The New York Times
  • Knicks, Andre Drummond agree to one-year deal – SNY
  • ‘Knicks Still Champs,’ Josh Hart Reacts to USMNT’s World Cup Loss to Belgium in Knockout Bracket – BleacherReport
  • Wizards hiring Knicks legend Patrick Ewing as assistant – SNY
  • Monday Posted & Toasted Notes: Mitch reveals the truth, afraid Melo take – Posting & Toasting
  • Tuesday Posted & Toasted Notes: Mo’s turn, Andre vs. Mitch, veterans on parade – Posting & Toasting

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  • Pod Strickland Episode 609: Filling Out the Fringes – The Strickland
  • Why the Knicks should NOT sign DeMar Derozan #Knicks #NBA – Knicks Film School

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    Warriors not matching the Quinten Post offer sheet. First time that’s apparently happened with an RFA since 2020?

    https://x.com/SamQuinnCBS/status/2074634996241801292

    Yesterday, Brad Stevens mentioned how much harder it would have been to build around the Jay’s at 70% of the cap compared to the 47% they made when they won at title.

    As part of something I’m working on, I looked at how much the last 10 champions spent on their top two players.

    What I’m discovering in this process is that there’s no cheat code in the NBA like underpaying your best player. Notice that the best player on the 2026 Knicks, 2024 Celtics, 2019 Raptors or 2017 Warriors is not listed in this graphic.

    Similarly, notice how the only team above that 70% figure Brad Stevens cited are the 2022 Warriors… who were probably the single team most responsible for the CBA environment we now exist in. Remember when Windy called one of their Finals games a “checkbook win.” He was absolutely right. The 2022 Warriors paid just under 124% of the cap to their top four players.

    The tweet has an attached graphic that notes that KAT and OG combined to take up slightly less than 60% of our cap (Brunson was only our third-highest-paid player), and the only teams over 60% in this stretch where the 22 Warriors (Steph and Klay at almost 75%) and the 17 Warriors (Steph and KD at slightly over 60).

    Knicks are likely OUT on DeMar DeRozan…

    “But I don’t think the Knicks are on his wish list and I don’t think the Knicks have strong interest in bringing DeRozan in, so you can put that to bed at the moment”
    – @IanBegley on @SNYtv

    Or, to put the salary thing another way:

    @Betsycashmoney
    Going back to 2017, every Finals winner except the 2022 Warriors featured a star making 25% of the cap or less:

    2017 – Steph 13%
    2018 – KD 25%
    2019 – Kawhi 23%
    2020 – AD 25%
    2021 – Giannis 25%
    2023 – Jokic/Murray 25%
    2024 – Tatum/Brown 25%
    2025 – SGA 25%
    2026 – Brunson 22%

    The Knicks now have pretty much a set rotation. It wouldn’t be a great landing spot for DeRozan.

    We need a 3rd string C. That’s about it. If Clarkson wants to tag along, sure, but he needs to understand that he will probably get even less minutes than last year.

    I don’t think Derozan can hold up on defense well enough to be on a contender, and I’m not looking to catch lightning twice by betting on another high usage player committing to defense

    His defense is bad, but he’s a very good scorer who can pass a bit. That’s useful if you need that, but I don’t think we really need that all that much. I also think that, as we saw with Clarkson, defenses in large port about effort. Demar could probably be coached up to make the effort, but still, he’d be taking playing time away from somebody already in the rotation. And that wouldn’t be healthy for the locker room.

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