2020 Offseason & Free Agency Thread

[cheetos185]

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status...680458242?s=20

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[Bubba313]

I can tell Jalen Suggs is already ranked too low by most draft experts.

(P.S. - Yes, we already need a 2021 NBA Draft thread.)

[ShadyOne]

I can tell Jalen Suggs is already ranked too low by most draft experts.

(P.S. - Yes, we already need a 2021 NBA Draft thread.)

So we can start talking about all the players we will either miss, or pass on. Should just have a special draft that only has Power Forwards

[Bubba313]

So we can start talking about all the players we will either miss, or pass on. Should just have a special draft that only has Power Forwards

I'm ready to be hurt again.

[ShadyOne]

I'm ready to be hurt again.

Although, I joke. But I’d have drafted Deni and played him at PF. Not a traditional one though

[Bubba313]

Although, I joke. But I’d have drafted Deni and played him at PF. Not a traditional one though

Same. Or I would've taken Haliburton and lived with his low ceiling.

But I'm warming to Obi. It's hard not to like him - seems like a really good dude. I'm willing to give him a chance to prove everyone wrong about his defense and low-volume 3 point shooting.

[AI]

Why did we hard-cap ourselves to acquire the draft rights of a 33 year old PG?

[Bubba313]

Why did we hard-cap ourselves to acquire the draft rights of a 33 year old PG?

The hard cap line is like $138M. We're not hitting that.

And it was just to get creative, potentially get more cap space for a trade, and acquire draft rights to int'l players that can be used in later trades.

[ShadyOne]

Same. Or I would've taken Haliburton and lived with his low ceiling.

But I'm warming to Obi. It's hard not to like him - seems like a really good dude. I'm willing to give him a chance to prove everyone wrong about his defense and low-volume 3 point shooting.

Yeah he does. It was never that I hate him, or think he’s a bum. Just gonna sit back and see what happens.

[smood999]

I can tell Jalen Suggs is already ranked too low by most draft experts.

(P.S. - Yes, we already need a 2021 NBA Draft thread.)

Yeah he looked good yesterday. Normally by now we would have a draft thread.

[AI]

The hard cap line is like $138M. We're not hitting that.

And it was just to get creative, potentially get more cap space for a trade, and acquire draft rights to int'l players that can be used in later trades.

You mean the draft rights to the international players who are all 33 or older? Wouldn’t hard-capping ourselves actually be detrimental to how creative/flexible we can be going forward?

If we lose an opportunity to acquire someone in the near future/mid-season because we can’t make it work financially due to hard-capping ourselves to sign Rivers, I’m going to lose it. That would be the most Knicks thing ever.

[ShadyOne]

You mean the draft rights to the international players who are all 33 or older? Wouldn’t hard-capping ourselves actually be detrimental to how creative/flexible we can be going forward?

If we lose an opportunity to acquire someone in the near future/mid-season because we can’t make it work financially due to hard-capping ourselves to sign Rivers, I’m going to lose it. That would be the most Knicks thing ever.

Aren’t we still 20M under the cap?

[smood999]

You mean the draft rights to the international players who are all 33 or older? Wouldn’t hard-capping ourselves actually be detrimental to how creative/flexible we can be going forward?

If we lose an opportunity to acquire someone in the near future/mid-season because we can’t make it work financially due to hard-capping ourselves to sign Rivers, I’m going to lose it. That would be the most Knicks thing ever.

What are you talking about? How are the Knicks hard capped? They’re not even at the cap floor yet.

[east fb knicks]

So we can start talking about all the players we will either miss, or pass on. Should just have a special draft that only has Power Forwards

[AI]

What are you talking about? How are the Knicks hard capped? They’re not even at the cap floor yet.

UPDATED KNICKS CAP

By acquiring Austin Rivers via sign-and-trade, the Knicks are now hard capped at the apron ($138.9MM)

Until the Payton signing becomes official, they have ~$23.6MM in remaining cap space (+ $4.8MM Room Exception)