New York Knicks: Out Of Town Articles
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
The Knicks have hired Peter Patton as a shooting coach, league sources tell James L. Edwards III of The Athletic (Twitter link). Patton previously served as a shooting coach for the Timberwolves (2016-18) and Mavericks (2018-23). He joined the Bulls in 2023 as the team’s director of player development and spent the past two seasons […]
HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) —
The Pistons have added Feron Hunt on a training camp contract, Spotrac contributor Keith Smith tweets. Detroit had an opening on its camp roster. The SMU product appeared in two games with the Knicks as a rookie in 2021/22. Otherwise, Hunt has mainly spent his pro career in the G League with a stop in Montenegro […]
HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) —
Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson will have to get used to Mike Brown’s offensive system, which will be more uptempo than the pace that former coach Tom Thibodeau preferred. So far, there’s been mixed results in the first two preseason games, Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News writes. “I’m comfortable,” Brunson said. “We’re […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
At a meeting in Athens in July with one of his agents, Giorgos Panou, and Bucks general manager Jon Horst, star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo expressed some concern about whether Milwaukee will be capable of competing for a title and wanted to explore the idea of a possible “alternative path forward,” league sources tell Shams Charania […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
In his latest subscriber-only article for The Stein Line, Jake Fischer expresses some doubt that there will be much more action on the rookie scale extension front before the regular season begins. As Fischer writes, just five players – Paolo Banchero, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Jabari Smith Jr., and Nikola Jovic – have signed rookie […]
HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) —
Malcolm Brogdon got first-half minutes Saturday in Abu Dhabi as part of the competition for a Knicks‘ roster spot, writes Stefan Bondy of The New York Post. Coach Mike Brown is giving all three veterans with non-guaranteed contracts a chance to be on the floor with rotation players. Landry Shamet got his opportunity on Thursday, […]
HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) —
If they want to keep Landry Shamet and Malcolm Brogdon on their regular season roster, the Knicks will have to make a cost-cutting trade due to the team’s proximity to its second-apron hard cap. Both players are currently signed to non-guaranteed training camp contracts. Assuming they’re both healthy, Ian Begley of SNY.tv thinks the two […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
After alternating between Mitchell Robinson and Josh Hart in the starting five during training camp practices, Knicks head coach Mike Brown opted to start Robinson alongside Karl-Anthony Towns in the team’s preseason opener on Thursday, writes Stefan Bondy of The New York Post (subscription required). It was a move that “gained momentum” during training camp, […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Knicks head coach Mike Brown made it clear on Tuesday that his philosophy regarding his minutes distribution for starters and rotation players won’t look the same as what the team got accustomed to under former coach Tom Thibodeau, writes Stefan Bondy of The New York Post (subscription required). “The biggest thing is trying to make […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
The Knicks appear to be leaning toward hanging onto two of their veteran camp invitees for the regular season, according to James L. Edwards III of The Athletic, who hears from league sources that guards Malcolm Brogdon and Landry Shamet are the frontrunners to make the team. Due to their lack of flexibility below a […]
HoopsRumors (Dana Gauruder) —
The Knicks and guard Donovan Williams have agreed to a training camp deal, Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype tweets. Williams averaged 17.8 points and 4.7 rebounds for their G League team, the Westchester Knicks, last season. He also had stints in Canada and China. Williams played in the Canadian Elite Basketball League this summer. Williams […]
HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) —
New Knicks head coach Mike Brown wants to empower his players to freely let loose from long range, writes Kristian Winfield of The New York Daily News. As Winfield notes, only one expected rotation player — center Mitchell Robinson — won’t be able to make at least an NBA-average three-point conversion rate, provided both Malcolm […]
HoopsRumors (Eli Cohen) —
Malcolm Brogdon has joined the Knicks on a non-guaranteed deal, and he is confident in his ability to win a spot in training camp, writes Kristian Winfield for the New York Daily News. That confidence showed Brogdon’s claims that he turned down other chances with NBA teams in order to join New York. “I come […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Despite modest projections from experts and outside observers, Coby White believes the Bulls have a chance to be “really good” in 2025/26, he tells Marc J. Spears of Andscape. Besides being positive about his team’s outlook, the 25-year-old guard has set a personal goal as he enters his seventh NBA season. “I want to win […]
HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) —
Although it doesn’t match the sacrifice that Jalen Brunson made by giving up a potential $113MM in his latest contract, it’s still significant that Knicks forward Mikal Bridges accepted $150MM in the four-year extension he signed this summer when he was eligible for roughly $6MM more, writes Steve Popper of Newsday (subscription required). There was speculation […]