New York Knicks Rumors
Get a free trial NBA Central: Carmelo Anthony says he wouldn’t have taken the $113M pay cut that Jalen Brunson took with the Knicks (🎥 @PodcastPShow ) pic.twitter.com/iRHJQir8PP
Joe Cowley: Minor happenings, but Jim Paxson was still involved with the Bulls as a consultant/NBA scout, and it sounds like he’s walked away. Also, it’s hard getting details on Mo Cheeks departure from staff, but a source said Bulls FO botched things, and Thibs of course swooped in.
Ian Begley: With regard to annual amount on Tom Thibodeau’s extension, the number is in line with the current market for head coaches, per SNY sources. Annual coaching salaries on new deals have hit eight figures regularly in recent seasons. Thibodeau’s extension is through 2027-28 season.
Ian Begley: Knicks, Tom Thibodeau always knew they’d find common ground on extension. Team wanted to get through major offseason player moves before working in earnest on extension, per SNY sources. New deal will have Thibodeau under contract through ‘27-‘28, as ESPN first reported.
Knicks agree to three-year extension with Tom Thibodeau
Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau has agreed on a three-year contract extension that’ll take him through the 2027-2028 season. A two-time NBA coach of the year, Thibodeau has led the Knicks to consecutive conference semifinal berths.
Knicks fans were the latest to learn that. “There’s nothing like the Garden,” he says. And throughout New York and Indiana’s Eastern Conference semifinal in May, Haliburton felt one pocket of seats across from the Pacers’ bench was consistently on him the most. As he tells it, a pregame interaction set the tone for their series-clinching win: “So, Game 7 came around, and I’m like, I gotta come up with something to get me going. Like I heard Tom Brady say that one time, like he would look for things to get him going, and Michael Jordan said the same thing—like, sometimes he would make things up. So there’s a dude courtside, he’s chirping to me in warmups … and then he was really talking crazy. And I wasn’t going to say anything, I’m like, I’m gonna let this go. I’m gonna get him later. And then [Pacers teammate and karate black-belt] James Johnson walked over. And James obviously is the muscle of the NBA. And when James walked over, the dude got quiet. So I just went over there. I was like, ‘Why are you quiet now? Like, are you scared of him?’ And then that’s kind of what got us going. “From there I mean, I got hot, I got going and it was like, every bucket I’m looking at him just to keep the blood flowing and keep the juices flowing. And honestly, as a team, we just flowed off that.”
Jorge Sierra: Biggest share of minutes given to drafted players in the 21st century: 29. Miami: 27.36% 28. New York: 27.63% 21. LA Lakers: 36.75% 5. Boston: 48.68% Would you guess the Top 3? hoopshype.com/lists/ranking-…
ClutchPoints: “Switching back to #25 .. have a blessed day .. sorry for the ones that bought #1 jerseys already😓” Mikal Bridges to Knicks fans after announcing that he’s changing his jersey number 😭 pic.twitter.com/bzBqK03KVN
Last Euroleague season, Jokubaitis averaged 5.3 points and 2.8 assists per game. His best season was in 2021/22, also with Barcelona, averaging 7.1 points and 2.6 assists per game. Raised in Zalgiris, Jokubaitis was selected 34th overall in the 2021 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder, but has not yet played in the NBA. He recently participated in the Summer League with the New York Knicks, averaging 9.8 points and 3.8 assists per game.
