What the New York Knicks can do this offseason
- ›Can add an outside free agent up to $3.1M via the Taxpayer MLE.
- ›Over the first apron: capped at 100% salary matching in trades.
- ›Draft capital: 9 extra incoming picks, owes 8.
CapTax1A2A
Taxpayer MLE$3.1MMinimum$3.9M
Projected record
50-32
Projected net rating
+4.4
Current baseline
50 wins · +4.4 net
Full standings · models the position-aware rotation, a real-age aging curve, perimeter defense, and a bounded penalty for a structural hole; a talent-on-hand projection, not a full-season forecast (no coaching or playoff translation).
Team profile · on-court identity + fit
Offense
B-
57
Defense
B
59
Spacing
A
78
Playmaking
D
31
Rim protection
D+
33
Perimeter D
B
61
Rebounding
C
45
Spacing +2.5Defensive core +1.7Two-way balance +1.2Connectors +0.6Thin playmaking -1.1
Grades are minutes-weighted from the projected rotation; the chips are the fit read — how much each strength or gap is worth in net rating, on top of raw talent. Dimensions come from each player’s real 2025-26 box profile. Injuries are real reported facts, factored into projected minutes.
Projected rotation · minutes by position, best players first
PGPoint
74Jalen BrunsonST30y34m
50Jose Alvarado28y12m
55Miles McBride26y2m
SGShooting
58Josh HartST31y16m
74Jalen Brunson30y1m
55Miles McBride26y25m
50Jose Alvarado28y7m
SFSmall F
57Mikal BridgesST30y22m
58Josh Hart31y11m
49Landry Shamet29y15m
PFPower F
62OG AnunobyST29y32m
57Mikal Bridges30y10m
58Josh Hart31y4m
48Mohamed Diawara21y2m
CCenter
66Karl-Anthony TownsST31y31m
62OG Anunoby29y2m
48Andre Drummond33y8m
48Mohamed Diawara21y7m
Out of rotation · no projected minutes in the 240-a-night budget
48Tyler Kolek46Pacôme Dadiet40Jordan Clarkson
Projected minutes from the position-aware rotation model: five on-court spots share a fixed 240-minute-a-night budget, best players first, with versatile players (their secondary spot shown on hover) sliding to a second position. ST = projected starter. Not a coach’s actual rotation.
Roster (13)
66CKarl-Anthony Towns$57.1M
62PFOG Anunoby$42.5M
74PGJalen Brunson$37.7M
57SFMikal Bridges$33.5M
58SGJosh Hart$20.9M
49SGLandry ShametNO-TRADE$5.6M
50PGJose AlvaradoNO-TRADE$4.6M
55SGMiles McBride$4.0M
46SFPacôme Dadiet$3.0M
48PFMohamed DiawaraNO-TRADE$2.6M
40SFJordan ClarksonNO-TRADE$2.4M
48CAndre DrummondNO-TRADE$2.4M
48PGTyler Kolek$2.3M
Draft capital
Own first-rounders
’27 → BKN’28 swap w/ BKN’29 → BKN’30 kept’31 → BKN’32 kept
Incoming picks & swap rights
’27 2nd · from OKC’27 2nd · from WAS’28 2nd · conditional’28 2nd · from IND’29 2nd · from PHX’29 2nd · from SAC’30 2nd · from PHI’32 2nd · from DAL’33 2nd · from PHX
Full ledger — 9 in, 8 out
in 2027 — second round draft pick from Oklahoma City, Houston, Indiana or Miami (third most favorable)
in 2027 — second round draft pick from Washington
in 2028 — second round draft pick from Boston
in 2028 — second round draft pick from Indiana or Phoenix (less favorable)
in 2029 — second round draft pick from Phoenix
in 2029 — second round draft pick from Sacramento
in 2030 — second round draft pick from Philadelphia
in 2032 — second round draft pick from Dallas
in 2033 — second round draft pick from Phoenix
out 2027 — first round draft pick to Brooklyn
out 2028 — first round draft pick to Brooklyn (Brooklyn or Phoenix incoming)
out 2028 — second round draft pick to Detroit
out 2029 — first round draft pick to Brooklyn
out 2029 — second round draft pick to Detroit or Chicago
out 2030 — second round draft pick to Atlanta
out 2031 — first round draft pick to Brooklyn
out 2031 — second round draft pick to Chicago