NY Knicks Rumors ft. Malcolm Brogdon, Gary Trent Jr & Larry Nance Jr

NY Knicks Rumors ft. Malcolm Brogdon, Gary Trent Jr & Larry Nance Jr

[Music] we’re about three weeks away from NBA free agency being here and on today’s show we’re going to react to some rumors on Nick’s Twitter where NBA Trade Report the account has linked the New York Knicks to three veteran free agency uh three free agency options that maybe the New York Knicks could pursue before we dive into that I just want to take a zoomed out view of this team and kind of try to put things into perspective for everybody that’s watching this channel everyone always says “Marshall we got to run it back.” We do we just got to run it back with the same people well if you do run it back you’re $4 million over the first apron and you’re $8 million below the second apron which in normal human being terms means you have no cap space and if you have no cap space you can’t improve the roster all that much in NBA free agency and if you want to bring back campaign and you want to bring back Landrew Shamut and you want to bring back Dylan Wright you’re going to have absolutely zero money to go out and sign any NBA free agents you have the starting five under contract and Jaylen Brunson Male Bridges Oenei Josh Hart Carl Anthony Towns you also have Mitchell Robinson under contract still have Duce McBride under contract got Tyler Kick under contract you’re going to pick up the team option on Ariel Huck Py but you got to get out to 14 players on this roster i anticipate them bringing Kevin McCuller up to the big leagues for this team but once again you look at this graphic and it’s like well how did the New York Knicks stay under the second apron while improving this team the answer you don’t really get to the NBA gives you one little tool to do so and they call that the taxpayer midlevel exception which is a two-year deal that you can offer free agents where year one is $5.6 million and year two is $5.2 million so the most the New York Knicks could offer anybody in free agency right now is a 2-year 1.6 million deal and if you use this deal it hardcaps you at the second apron meaning you can’t go above that amount of money spent you also wouldn’t be able to use this tool if you bring back campaign and you bring back Landrew Shamut and you bring back Don Wright so wave those three guys goodbye if you want to use this if you want to run it back in totality you’re going to have to sign veteran minimum free agent guys and who are those guys like what minimum free agent players are going to elevate the Knicks to NBA champions if you can’t tell I’m trying to paint the picture with color for you to understand the New York Knicks cannot run it back and improve this roster there’s no running it back and adding depth the depth would be veteran minimum free agent targets so let’s go ahead and say the next wave goodbye to campaign i don’t think he’s coming back i also don’t think Landry Sham’s coming back unless it’s a veteran minimum free agent deal i also don’t think Dylan Wright is coming back unless it’s a veteran minimum free agency deal and who knows if those guys would sign those deals let’s say the New York Knicks have more than $8 million under the Second Apron and they’re able to use the taxpayer mid-level exception here are some guys that according to NBA trade report they would be interested in let’s start with Gary Trent Jr who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks trent Jr 26 years old 6’5 about 210 pounds he’s bounced around the NBA a little bit he’s had some moments in the NBA with Toronto he was decent last year with the Milwaukee Bucks his calling card in the NBA is letting it fly from downtown and he wants to get threes up and he is someone that has been able to make threes as well this past year for the Milwaukee Bucks he had some success after essentially being a veteran minimum player played 74 games averaged 11.1 points per game shot almost six threes per night and made him at a 41.6% clip the year prior to that he shot 39% from three the year before that he shot 37% from three and 38% from three the year before that in his career he shoots 39% from downtown on 6.3 attempts to put that into perspective Muel Bridges and OG and Obi combined to shoot 33% from three from the playoffs the Knicks need more shooting and Gary Tren is a guy that could shoot the piss out of the ball and the Knicks need more guys that can shoot the piss out of the ball they didn’t advance in the playoffs for a lot of different reasons turnovers not making shots male missed a lot of shots og missed a lot of shots josh Hart he missed a lot of shots you got to be able to score in the modernday NBA i like Gary Trent i do but I like him more as a veteran minimum target than a taxpayer midlevel exception target i’m not really just in love with the idea of going out and giving Gary Trent a two-year 11 million deal where he’s making five and a half essentially each year is it the worst decision in the world no but it would be a lot better if you can get him for the veteran minimum and then you still have that tax p taxpayer mid-level exception to offer to somebody else another name that has been linked to the New York Knicks is veteran guard Malcolm Brogden played this last year for the Washington Wizards and he’s bounced around the NBA before won the six man of the year award a couple of years ago with the Boston Celtics was involved in that Drew Holiday trade where he went from Boston to Portland he’s had some success in the with the Indiana Pacers before and we all know what Brogden is a veteran who makes shots can score can handle creates a little bit for others but the injuries are hard to ignore this past year he didn’t shoot the ball well only 28.6% from three but the prior two years he was able to lace it from deep 44.4% in 2022 when he played 67 games for Boston that’s when he was the sixman of the year in 2023 2024 he shot 41.2% from downtown and while I don’t love the fact that he’s only played 24 games this past year and 39 games before that and he’s played more than 66 games one time in the last four years I like the player profile of Malcolm Brogden a veteran who’s been in big moments has been a part of winning teams he can create on his own he can score on his own he can knock it down off the catch from three he can also playmake for others he can create for himself while also setting the table for others the Knicks need a guy like that they need Brunson to play a little bit more off ball but man there are red flags flying over the shoulders of Malcolm Brogden due to his injuries and the lack of durability that’s a major concern for me but that’s why you might be able to get him for the veteran minimum i wouldn’t love the idea of giving a two-year 11 million dollar deal to Malcolm Brogden but yeah if he wants to come be a Nick for the veteran minimum come on down baby i’ll pick you up from the airport that’s about as much as I can offer you um I like the idea and he’s someone that I could see them pursuing when it comes to Larry Nance Jr the last name that was mentioned by the NBA trade report as a free agent target for the New York Knicks uh not so high uh on this one i like Brogden more than him look Larry Nance Jr he’s a power forward and a small ball five that’s 6 foot7 um I I don’t want to be mean to Larry An Jr but I don’t even see where he would play for the New York Knicks i’d rather have a guy like Ariel Huckporty play more than him i’m tired of undized guys what I will say about Nance he has upped his stock in the NBA over the last couple of years because he’s been able to shoot the ball a little bit better this past year shooting 44.7% from downtown on 3.2 attempts per game so not the highest volume in the world but decent volume and he’s knocking it down at a pretty damn high clip but he’s an average rebounder he’s a below average defender he can playmake a little bit for the big man spot and like the other guys I don’t want him at all or unlike the other guys I don’t want him at all on the taxpayer mid-level exception sure Larry Nch you want to come be a vet minimum guy here guy 13 14 15 on the bench sure i’d rather have him than a guy like PJ Tucker even though Tucker was a great locker room guy from what I have heard but I just think the Knicks could do a little bit better than giving the taxpayer mid-level exception to Larry Nance i’ll ask you guys this question if you could only have one of these three players join the Knicks this off season in free agency who would it be would you bring Trent Brogden or Larry Nance Jr onto this team in order i got Brogden number one Trent number two and Nance i could be okay with flipping Trent and Brogden i’d like to get one of those guys on the vet minimum deal are those guys willing to sign a vet minimum deal that’s probably the next question that unfortunately I can’t answer i think if you ask them they’d say “No I want more money than that.” But you don’t always get to decide how much money you’re going to make in the NBA uh if I had to pay the taxpayer mid-level exception I’d probably do it for Gary Trent just because the age and the durability he’s proven he has one elite NBA skill which is catching and shooting especially above the break not really a great corner three guy but um I think the Knicks could do a little bit better uh than these three guys for the taxpayer but for veteran minimum deals I’d be cool with really any of these three make sure you are following me on social media we can continue the conversation about who the Knicks should go out and target in free agency it’s going to be a busy busy off season champ Shania says he expects the New York Knicks to be aggressive i wouldn’t consider signing these guys aggressive but hey it could be more than a couple steps to a plan and uh I think the Knicks have one we’ll see you later let’s go Knicks [Music]

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