Knicks Cap Situation 2025 off-season. Who wants to talk cap space?
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 4:04 am
The 2025/26 Salary Cap is set
Salary Cap: 154.6 million
First Apron: 195.94 million
Second Apron: 207.82 million.
Knicks (and this is where I might start making errors), but looking at guaranteed contracts:
Kat, OGA, Brunson, Bridges, Hart, Mitch, McBride, Dadiet, Kolek, (McCullar - who I assume they keep but maybe not) and Huk (team option, probably keep),
That's 11 players, about 198 million, just under 10 million left to spend.
They have the tax payer MLE (5.6 million)
PJ Tucker is theoretically tradable and will be cut if he isn't traded. Mitch could be traded, but if he's healthy, I think they need him and he might get a better return on a mid-season trade. McBride is cheap enough to be coveted by another team, but NY can't take on salary and he was our 6th man a lot of last year.
Shamu might come back on a vet minimum deal. I'm not sure about Payne. If they sign a tax payer MLE, Precious will have to take a pay cut to come back. I'm not sure he'll get more than that elsewhere.
I love the financial aspect of the game. It's like chess . . . or maybe checkers, but it's still interesting to me. They have some room, but not a lot.
If they're going to have a suitable bench next year, I think a lot of it will depend on the 2024 rookies, Kolek, Huk, Dadiet & McCullar. I have mixed feelings on how well that will work, leaning in the direction of full-blown skepticism.
Salary Cap: 154.6 million
First Apron: 195.94 million
Second Apron: 207.82 million.
Knicks (and this is where I might start making errors), but looking at guaranteed contracts:
Kat, OGA, Brunson, Bridges, Hart, Mitch, McBride, Dadiet, Kolek, (McCullar - who I assume they keep but maybe not) and Huk (team option, probably keep),
That's 11 players, about 198 million, just under 10 million left to spend.
They have the tax payer MLE (5.6 million)
PJ Tucker is theoretically tradable and will be cut if he isn't traded. Mitch could be traded, but if he's healthy, I think they need him and he might get a better return on a mid-season trade. McBride is cheap enough to be coveted by another team, but NY can't take on salary and he was our 6th man a lot of last year.
Shamu might come back on a vet minimum deal. I'm not sure about Payne. If they sign a tax payer MLE, Precious will have to take a pay cut to come back. I'm not sure he'll get more than that elsewhere.
I love the financial aspect of the game. It's like chess . . . or maybe checkers, but it's still interesting to me. They have some room, but not a lot.
If they're going to have a suitable bench next year, I think a lot of it will depend on the 2024 rookies, Kolek, Huk, Dadiet & McCullar. I have mixed feelings on how well that will work, leaning in the direction of full-blown skepticism.