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The Knicks are in contract limbo with three key players, after tabling all contract extension talks on Oct. 9. Owner James Dolan said this summer that New York wouldn't dip into the punitive second apron to keep the team together. Hart has a team option and on media day said there hadn't been any discussions on a new deal. Towns is eligible for a four-year, $276 million deal. Before talks were halted, the Knicks' offer was at $200 million, which represents a pay cut from his current salary (four years, $220.4 million). Towns hoped for a contract extension at the start of last season and didn't get it. The disappointment was quiet, but he played through an up-and-down regular season as he and Brown struggled to get on the same page; then it clicked in the postseason.
Ian Begley: Knicks are outscoring Nets 26-9 in the fourth quarter to take control of the game. Josh Hart propelled Knicks early in the fourth as lineup of Hart, Tyler Kolek, OG Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns gave club life after listless start. Knicks will improve to 3-4
Of course it was him. With the game on the line, of course it was LeBron James who made the difference. He made the biggest plays down the stretch as his 76ers handed the Knicks a 98-93 loss Friday night. “Obviously, when you add arguably the greatest player of all time,” Karl-Anthony Towns said, “obviously you’re gonna get a lot better.”
Kristian Winfield: KAT is in tonight against the 76ers
Kristian Winfield: Mike Brown on KAT’s foul trouble: “You’re not gonna dictate to any officials how the game should be called… he can’t pick up any cheap fouls where he may stick his foot out.”
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Bobby Marks: With 9 players under contract in 2027-28, New York is $14.7m below the second apron. The room includes the options of Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart and Tyler Kolek. Dadiet is free to sign with NY as a FA but for no more than $5.37M (the declined team option).
K.C. Johnson: Knicks 133, Bulls 127 Powell 30 pts Wilson 20 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists, 2 steals Smith 17 pts, 11 rebs, 5 assists Buzelis 17 pts, 6 rebs Brunson 38 pts, 7 assists Anunoby 23 pts Towns 19 pts, 13 rebs, 5 assists Clarkson 18 pts off bench after DNP-CD last night
Knicks head coach Mike Brown revealed how Towns' mindset shift and sudden aggressiveness allowed them to dominate the Detroit Pistons in their 111-97 win. "KAT is a grown man and obviously a perennial All-Star. I just told him the truth. [Paul Reed] was killing us on the glass, and when he got a rebound, he was putting it back. Anything he got in the paint, he was putting it back. If he caught the ball on the perimeter, he needed to guard him, and he did those things," Brown told reporters. "I have to take my hat off to KAT because I thought his shift in mindset was really big for us in the second half."
With 22 points in the loss to the Magic, Karl-Anthony Towns passed Tobias Harris (16,440) and moved to 120th on the career scoring list (16,447).
Fred Katz: FINAL: Magic 111, Knicks 102. Knicks fall to 0-3 on the season. Jalen Brunson 28-4-3 • Karl-Anthony Towns 22-14-4 • OG Anunoby 22-3-2 • Franz Wagner 23-13-9 (21 pts in fourth quarter). Magic shoot 18-42 from deep.
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NBA Trade Machine: On HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours, Karl-Anthony Towns showed up in 3.6% of all trades built. Among those, he was most often sent to Houston (18.5%), Detroit (9.3%), and Denver (7.4%), and the return pieces that came up most often were Jabari Smith (16.7%), Alperen Sengun (13.0%), and Reed Sheppard (11.1%).
Oh No He Didn't: Malika: "You're willing to take less (money)?" KAT: "Oh yeah, because I want this team to stay together. That's always been my main priority was to keep everyone here, to keep this core, this special team that we have. So it was the first thing on my mind as soon as it was. And there was nowhere in my mind a max was even thought of" Jalen to KAT: "Sign the contract" 😁
Although he might also become one of the most exciting stories to watch mid-season as he could emerge as one of the most sought-after trade candidates this season. "I would just say that one player to watch this year just in general is Michael Porter Jr.," NBA insider Brian Windhorst reported on The Hoop Collective podcast. "There's been a lot of attention paid to whether Karl-Anthony Towns got a contract extension which naturally why wouldn't there be, the man's a champion. Porter has not gotten a contract extension, he's in the last year of his contract and he had a pretty good year last year after getting traded there by Denver and you know if a guy's not in the contract extension you think about you see a possible trade candidate."
McBride has not been as pointed as Karl-Anthony Towns about the negotiations, but he did make it clear that he felt he deserved an extension before the Knicks shut down talks. “We’ve spoken to the Knicks throughout the summer,” Bartelstein said. “Miles, like any player in his position, would love to get an extension. I think he’s earned it. He’s been a huge part of where that organization has gone over the last three or four years. He’s been their sixth man. A lot of people don’t realize how hurt he played last year in the playoffs. He had abdominal surgery that caused him to miss a couple of months. He came back and he wasn’t really right yet, but he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to be there for his teammates.”