Josh Hart, Knicks agree to extend player option deadline

Josh Hart, Knicks agree to extend player option deadline

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Josh Hart, Knicks agree to extend player option deadline

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Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Josh Hart and the Knicks have agreed to extend a midnight ET deadline for his $12.9M player option until Thursday. Hart, a key trade deadline addition to the Knicks, is a priority to retain on a new deal.
Source: Twitter @wojespn

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Albert Nahmad @AlbertNahmad
It’s interesting. Why would Josh Hart and NYK extend his option deadline to 6/29? To give him more time to exercise. Which he’d do to give NYK more room vs apron. Which they’d want if they were doing something hard-capping. Like using NT-MLE… or taking back >110% in trade. (1/2) – 10:51 PM
Ian Begley @IanBegley
If Josh Hart opts in, NYK would have access to full non-taxpayer MLE (see @BobbyMarks42’s tweet). Another scenario: a Hart opt-in could give NYK some room against the apron. If they take back more than 110% of what they send out in a trade, NYK would be hard-capped at apron. – 9:51 PM
Fred Katz @FredKatz
Wrote a couple of weeks ago about the possibility of Josh Hart picking up his player option and then extending with the Knicks.
Story here — with a $1 A MONTH SUBSCRIPTION OFFER inside the link: theathletic.com/4596744/2023/0… pic.twitter.com/a7fPmFR06o9:49 PM

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN story on Josh Hart and Knicks extending deadline to decide on his player option — and how an opt-in and extension could positively help New York’s cap espn.com/nba/story/_/id…9:44 PM
Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Wrote in depth earlier this month about why bringing back Josh Hart should be a top priority this offseason.
And one route to bringing him back would be via Hart opting in and and extending.
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open.substack.com/pub/tommybeer/…9:06 PM
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN Sources: Josh Hart and the Knicks have agreed to extend a midnight ET deadline for his $12.9M player option until Thursday. Hart, a key trade deadline addition to the Knicks, is a priority to retain on a new deal. – 8:59 PM
Yossi Gozlan @YossiGozlan
With the New York Knicks declining Derrick Rose’s $15.6M option, they’re projected with the $12.4M non tax MLE if Josh Hart picks up his $13M option.
If Hart opts out and re-signs with a raise, clearest path to full MLE is to reduce more payroll, like by trading Evan Fournier. – 1:15 PM
Fred Katz @FredKatz
That’s 1 of 2 option decisions for the Knicks out of the way. The other: Josh Hart has until 11:59 p.m. tonight to pick up or decline his $13M player option. Hart could earn more than $13M as a free agent, but there’s an off chance he picks up the PO & signs a 4yr/$81M ext in Aug – 12:59 PM
Ian Begley @IanBegley
“They moved (a 2023 1st rnd) pick for Josh Hart. Assuming Josh Hart’s back, it’s hard to argue (against) moving a pick in the 20s for a guy who’s a really good rotation player.”
– @TimBontemps on why NYK’s quiet Draft night was a success on The Putback:
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…2:06 PM
Josh Hart @joshhart
Always going to be rocking with Mason Mount ✊🏽 – 12:39 PM

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