Breaking Knicks News! Mikal Bridges Agrees to 4 Year $150 Million Contract Extension | Live Reaction

Breaking Knicks News! Mikal Bridges Agrees to 4 Year $150 Million Contract Extension | Live Reaction

Yo, what up Nick Knicks nation? We got some breaking news today. Thank you Sham Shirania for helping us have a little bit of an active off season. Okay, one Macau Bridges decided thanks to the agreement between him and the New York Knicks to extend for four years and $150 million. All right, and there is a trade kicker to boot on top of all this. So, we’re going to break this all down, man, because we need to know how does this impact the cap? Are the Knicks going to be over the second apron? How are we going to be able to sign Mitchell Robinson? That’s why we got our guy Yosi Goslin here on the show to help break it all down. So, make sure make sure that thumbs up button for your boy. Subscribe to the channel if you haven’t already done so. Let’s get into this. Yosi, how you doing, my man? How you feeling today? I’m doing good, Alex. Thanks for having me on. And this was uh something that I um we I feel like we had more heard more buzz about Mikuel getting extended last summer when they first traded for him then this off seasonason once he’s actually able to sign it. uh took a little while, but finally they got the deal done and at like even though that contract in itself is somewhat of a discount based on like what he’s the the player he is, he took like a discount on top of that which is pretty nice for the Knicks. Nice gesture commitment with them long term. So, uh just another expected order of business for the Knicks uh that finally came through for sure. And I didn’t think that the Knicks were going to let him get to the point where, you know, one, he could potentially sign for a Max deal, but also just put themselves in a position where he could easily walk. You know, after you trade the draft capital that you did, you want to make sure that you have this guy for long term and that he is part of what you see as a championship contender team. So, not shocked about that at all. But let’s get into the nitty-gritty, man. How does this impact the Knicks salary cap moving forward? Are they a second April team? You know, looking at the numbers, thanks to Bobby Marks, they it seems like they’ll be slightly under as of right now moving forward. But what’s your whole read on the situation? So, yeah, I’ve got it pulled up in front of me. We don’t know the exact structure, though. I would guess it’s going to start low, go high. Uh because that way they, you know, just the lower the number it is right now, uh better chance at trying to keep your expenses, uh not, you know, without going too deep into the tax, if that makes sense. So, uh assuming Mikuel was going to take this extension, uh they are very likely to be a second apron team next year. So, this extension kicks in next year. series on the last year of his four-year $90 million dollar deal I believe it was that he signed with the Suns. Uh so one I I think this extension I think with when Jaylen Brunson signed his extension which is like pretty much an identical deal. Uh there was a lot of uh discussion of how meaningful it is and how big of a difference that extension is going to be for the Knicks. extending their window as long as possible because if Jaylen didn’t and he became a free agent and he demanded a max contract, which he would have probably gotten from the Knicks or something close to it, they’d be over the second apron right now. So, just that alone, like you get one year, uh that extends the Knicks timeline by a year with that. Uh with Mikuel, he probably could have become a free agent uh and probably gotten a little bit more money. I don’t know how much more, but I think he probably could have gotten some more. There’s going to be more cap space team uh next year, and he takes slightly a bit less. I think I’m guessing his trade that trade bonus will help cover it in case he uh does get traded. Maybe could help push it to what that maximum amount he could have gotten is. But it’s really not that big of a difference. It’s like maybe a million less uh annually. A little bit maybe a million and a half less annually. So yeah, right now like you said they are technically still below the second apron next year when you look at the projections. I get the feeling the Knicks asked for a little bit of a discount because the salary cap is not expected to rise by too much next year. There was a thought that it would go up by about uh 10% for the first few years and now instead it’s only g it’s projected to go up 7% next year and it might which which is kind of not a great sign because maybe it’ll end up coming up even less than that. So I think the Knicks push for a little bit of a discount to help cover their bases in case uh the the cap continues to not rise like a that high. But, uh, Mitchell Robinson’s still extension eligible and assuming he gets a deal done, they’re going to be over the second apron. So, I don’t think this makes I think like for the most part this deal was exactly what uh it’s like 99% of what was expected uh for him to get last year. Mhm. Um, so it’s going to be more so about like them kind of timing how much they want to spend going forward where they’re going to be in the taxes year but below second apron. Then the way the second apron rules are structured is that you if you’re going to be in it, you don’t you don’t want to be in it for no more than two years in a row. Uh, so I I’m kind of looking at this like as a three-year window right now where they’ve got these next three years uh to try to win uh win a championship and then after that, okay, maybe they got to scale back a bit. Maybe they got to move someone from the core. That’s another problem for years from now. But the Knicks are doing a really good job as far they’ve done already a really good job as far as keeping the the cap sheet as clean as possible to try to u have a long window like this is going to be like a basically a four-year window if you count last year with this iteration for it to if if they can complete four years that’s really impressive under this new CBA. Absolutely. you know, with the limitations of what the second apron can cause for this team as to you, as what you already mentioned, the Knicks are doing a good job navigating it. But still, we have some, you know, amongst the fan base saying that, yo, this is quite an overpay for someone like Mau Bridges who had an up and down season last year. Now, for me, I think it is a slight overpay, but I think in today’s league, you’re you’re always going to have to pay slightly over what the player is actually worth just to retain them. Make sure you keep them on good graces. you know, you don’t want any commotion in the locker room. I think they’re always going to be a slight overpay for most part, especially if the player is a good quality player, which I do believe Macau Bridges is. I think last year, what we saw with Tom Tibido as the head coach, he wasn’t fully maximized. Uh I also think that he did show enough even in this, you know, first year being on the Knicks and with the amount of talent there is on the roster. He came up big in the postseason, especially defensively and on some nights, he got some good offense for him. With all that said, where do you look at this as a contract? Is it an overpay? Did the Knicks get a bargain deal from him? What do you look at this as? I think it’s a it’s a better deal for the Knicks. I think uh that the maximum extension he could have gotten was it’s like roughly either way like 150 versus 156 million. It’s like the same percentage of the cap. Like I think that’s kind of below his value. like, yeah, he’s not the level of defender that he was in Phoenix. That tends to happen with a lot of uh defensive players that start to take more of an offensive load. Um, and even then, the offense wasn’t quite at the level that the Knicks were hoping uh to get from him. But maybe that’ll change uh with Mike Brown. We’ll see. Maybe he can use him a little more efficiently. Um, but for a starting level wing who still is a positive defender, uh, and who’s really taken a lot of strides to be a great scorer and connector, and I think this is like a pretty like good deal, more team friendlier deal for the Knicks. Uh because like I think I I said if Mikuel Bridges enters free agency next if he chose to enter free agency next year I think he probably would have gotten this may and maybe a little more when you consider there’s going to be some competition for him. Um, so, uh, and then, you know, you compare with OG, I think OG, you know, he is, uh, I do think he’s he is a much better player than Mikuel Bridges right now. But when you’re looking like OG is getting paid, uh, you know, I there’s like different It’s interesting how like the sub allstar level wing there’s like it’s kind of all over the place. you guys like you got OG at the top and then you got like Muel and then under there you got like Jada McDaniels and it started there’s kind of like a hierarchy. Uh so knowing that it’s still like well below the max I think that’s a great deal for the Knicks. Hey that’s you’re wor Knicks fans right now man because some people are still angry with that you’re that the Knicks are paying a guy who you know is a fourth option on this team. And to me, I think the biggest thing looking at this deal is, you know, the way that the contracts are structured and the limitations that you have once you get into the first apron, you know, you can’t take more money than is actually going out. I think that you structured this deal potentially in anticipation if you do need to trade him because you don’t want to have a contract that’s too low where you have to aggregate too many players. You don’t want a contract too high where he’s overpaid for his value. Do you read the same way when you look at this contract? I think it’s a tradeable contract. Um, you got to keep in mind the cap it’s even though it’s not going up at the level the NBA projected it to be, it’s still like those numbers compound. Um, and Mikuel’s basically going to make like a little under 20% of the cap and there’s three different levels of the max. The lowest one is 25%. So, um I and I so I think like this is a really good deal for the Knicks. I think that you know I and I you can ask some of my best friends that are Knicks fans. I’ve been very critical of Mikuel in the past year, but with that said, this this is like a I think this is still a great deal. Uh and I think there’d be a lot of teams that if he becomes available in the future will still trade for him at this number. There you have it. There you have it. People Yosi believes that teams will still trade for Macau Bridges even at this number. So, it doesn’t seem like it’s that t that much of an overpay. All right. This is what I like to hear, man. That’s what I like to hear. Salute to Nick Station. Thank you all for tuning up for another breaking news segment. Macau Bridges extends for four years, 150 million. All right. Make sure you hit that thumbs up button for your boys. Make sure you subscribe to the channel if you haven’t already done so. We’re just rolling along here making sure that we get all these questions answered by our guy Yosi on the other side, man. All right. So, what does this with Macau extension? What what does this leave Mitch now? Like where does this leave for Mitch? Do we expect him to get the extension this year? Should we expect that? Is there a time frame for Mitch to get an extension? Because sometimes there’s implications if there’s like where you wait too long for how long they could be traded such as Mau Bridges as we saw recently, right? He’s within that window. So, you can still make it within that time period to be traded before the trade deadline. Is there anything like that for Mitch that we should be on the lookout for? So for both Mikuel and now Mitch, there was no deadline since they were expiring contracts. They had up until June of next year to sign extensions. They could have played things out. They Mikuel could have played things out to the very end. Uh maybe tried to raise his value a little more and see if he gets a little more money if if he wanted to. Um Mitch, I don’t think I I would guess he’d want to try to get something done earlier than later. uh just because he’s not I don’t know what I I’m not sure what the market is for him in free agency. I don’t think I think for the most part uh players that are not max guy still want to try to avoid being a free agent. Uh just not a lot of money to go around. So Mitch does have a long time. So you mentioned the trade thing. Yeah. Male now cannot be traded for six months because of the length of the deal. So, he can be traded in January, like right before the trade deadline, basically. Uh, so yeah, if the Knicks dep again, it depends on the contract because if they’re going to give Mitchell a contract that’s like three years and it’s not too big of a raise, then they could potentially even trade him immediately. Uh, if it’s within the the there’s like the extended trade rules. Uh, McIll’s outside of that. It went beyond it. So, uh, I guess it just depends what the structure is going to be because if Mitchell also wants to get a four-year deal, that alone would make him untradeable for 6 months. In which case, yeah, there is a little bit of a time crunch where a week from today, I believe or even less than that is going to be the sixmonth uh period away from the trade deadline. Exactly. The February uh the trade deadline is going to be February 5th. So that means uh you’ve got until August 5th to sign like a big extension for any player in the league and and and uh still be able to be traded by the trade deadline. So if that’s important for the Knicks, if they want to keep that option open in case a certain all-star becomes available that maybe the Knicks still want to try to get, then yeah, you want to try to get a deal done uh this week. that might be something that uh somewhat of a soft deadline for a lot of other extensions. Uh or it could be the other way around like Larry Markin, he signed his right after that day so he wouldn’t get traded. I don’t know if there’s any player who wants that uh who requires that, but uh yeah, just a kind of a a date to keep in mind uh that could push more extensions uh forward over the next week. So you said till August 5th, right? until August 5th would be that deadline to keep Mitch within that window if they did want to trade him. Right. Yeah. If they give him like a four-year extension if that’s if they give him a big enough extension then yeah they got to get it done by the fifth. Now if eligible by the trade deadline now if you were the Knicks would you try to get it done then before the fifth or like are you rushing or you just because the thing with Mitchell Robinson right is injury prone. Do you really want to extend it for that long? you know, the best ability is availability. So, I could see the Knicks being in, you know, indecisive right now, saying, “Well, we saw his impact in the postseason. We saw how much of a defensive anchor he can be.” And when you’re thinking about having Carl Anthony Towns on this roster, they saw what they did out in Minnesota, having Rudy Gobear next to him. So, it makes sense where you want to keep Mitchell Robinson just because, you know, versatile big, capable of guarding the pick and roll. He can you can hide Mitchell. You can hide Carlanthony Towns next to Mitch defensively and you can still have a potent offense with him. Brunson Bridges and OG out there on the floor. The converse is that going back to all right well this guy’s injury prone. Should we really put our money in this? Because if he is injured again is he still a tradable asset? So Yosi where do you land on that? I think if you’re Mitch, you’re just looking for the best deal possible. I think given the injury concern, something probably length probably matters. I think Mitch will probably get a higher annual salary range to put his uh salary kind of like more in line with some of the other like lower tier starter level players like what Yaka Purle’s making right now, what like Zubos is making right now. Um but uh as far as the Knicks then the longer the deal is maybe they got to add a little bit of protection. I look at what Josh Hart got with the Knicks in his extension. He got it the maximum he could that four for 80 I think it was something like that. Uh but then they made the last year team option. So, just an example, maybe the Knicks could do something where, okay, we’re going to give you as much money as you can get, uh, and we will, uh, you know, give you a long deal as possible, give you a chance to make all the money, but maybe just in case something goes wrong, uh, you know, we get a little protection on the back end. I but as far as the things you just mentioned, even if they want to keep trade Mitch tradable, I don’t really anticipate them trading him because they they need him. They need his rim protection. Uh, you know, we know Kat can’t protect the rim and I think we’re still, you know, we I haven’t paid too much attention to Ariel Hookport. I don’t know if he’s going, you know, if he’s going to get there to the level the Knicks need. So, they need Mitch right now. it’s very hard to replace him if they do trade him. That’s why they haven’t traded him despite the constant uh injuries. And like one of my biggest uh probably one of my biggest mistakes I guess from last year like or like opinion wise is that the Knicks probably should trade Mitchell Robinson to get like a a three and D wing and I was wrong about that. Uh it was right for the Knicks to hold on to him and and let him heal and come back and because he made a real difference in the playoffs. Like again, unless they’re getting like a Giannis or something, uh like if they’re getting literally the second best player in the NBA, I just don’t really anticipate they’ll want to trade Mitch even if they keep him trade eligible in an extension. What do you think a number a fair number for Mitchell Robinson would be in this case? So, I’m not sure what the exact maximum he can get is. I don’t have it off the top of my head or I’m trying to see my data. Uh, but I know, yeah, I think it’s like the max he can get is four for 85, something like that. Uh, so something I could see making some sense. Uh, because this is it’s this is kind of basically what Josh Hart got, but with the salary cap rising as a percentage, like the same percentage, even if the money is a little higher now, uh, what if you give that to Mitch? Maybe a little bit less, but for the most part, you’re kind of in that ballpark. you’re kind of putting then you’re getting him in that same range as some of the other centers I talked about, but maybe you do a couple things to protect yourself on the back end. Um, maybe you can even if you can get the money lower, if you don’t have if you could get him at less than 85, maybe you could do the same thing they did with his current contract. Start it high, go a little lower. That would help them with their tax stuff with the with the second apron stuff in the future. So, I I’m definitely I I think there’s a deal to get done even if the number puts them above the second apron because like I like they’re going to be in the second apron for 26 27 27 28. I see you have it pulled up. Uh so maybe you can get a declining that would help them with the beyond that point. Then I think the question is what can you do with cat where he’s also extension eligible? He’s got that player option. I see you have it pulled up for 61 million. Mhm. Can you potentially get him to decline it? Take a lower number as well because listen, Jaylen gave a little bit back. Male gave a little bit back. Maybe Cat does the same thing and that can help potentially even uh get below the second apron earlier so they don’t have to trade anybody uh any of their core guys. I haven’t looked into that. This is like way into the future. too early to be able to project that stuff. But there’s still a lot of things in play with a Mitch extension, a CAT extension because after those two, that’s kind of I think everyone’s kind of taken care of. Yeah, for the most part, everyone’s taken care of. But there is also one Deuce McBride. But before we get into that, I we got some people on the lines, man. We got to get to some people on the line because look, they everyone’s excited. Everyone wants to know what’s going to happen with this team moving forward. So, let me bring in some people right now so that way they can join the conversation. Let’s bring in my guy Dan from New Jersey. Dan, what’s happening, my man? What’s going on? Dan from New Jersey, are you there? Going once. Going twice. All right, Dan’s not ready. Dan, we’ll get back to you, man. We’ll get back to you at one point. We got Yuri on the line. I know Yuri might be ready. Yuri, what’s happening? Yo, what’s happening? What’s happening? What’s going on, my man? How you feeling about the Muel Bridges extension right now? I am excited about the Muel Bridges extension. I am part of the Muel Bridges hive. There we go. I’ve been defending this man and I got something to say. I’ve been wanting them apology letters. Where they’re at? I’ve been waiting since the Boston series. Where they’re at? Oh man. So, you’ve been You want the apology letters? I get it, man. I get it. I get I I I officially submitted an apology later in this uh in April. No, in all seriousness though, I’m very happy about the Mikuel Bridges signing because when the Knicks gave up, you know, a lot to get Muel Bridges, the obvious, you know, solution to me was like they’re going to keep him after the season regardless what happens. So, and I like that the Knicks stuck with their guns, you know, they they signed Mikuel Bridges. They got they managed to give him a six mill discount. Not the full not the full contract. They managed stay under the second apron again while building a contending team staying under the second apron. Now I do have my concerns about the second apron because we are hearing that Bobby Marx said that they are going to try to probably extend Mitch as well. They’re going to test the second apron. I feel like I think the Knicks go into the second apron. I think there’s one more move that needs to be done. I think the Knicks give Mitch their his extension, but at the same time though, I’m like, do you really want to give Mitch an extension with the injury bone? Right. Mhm. What’s the one move that you think that they make, Yuri? What’s the one move that you’re thinking they’re doing? Like going for Giannis or something like that in the future? No. Then uh yeah, we just found out that the Nick that the Knicks were doing due diligence. It was in the um Discord chat just now. Giannis didn’t want to request a trade. So, well, for not this year, but I’m saying in the future. Is that what you’re talking about? No, I don’t think the Knicks get Giannis at all. Okay, I’ll tell you the truth. I would. So, then what’s the big move, man? What What are you alluding to? There’s a move that I’m thinking. I don’t know what it is. I But I do think it has to do with Mitch, though. I don’t know what it is. I would say Giannis is still on the table for next year, but as of this year, that’s a tough one. Okay. So, you just believe Mitch is going to get traded? You have no idea, but you’re just throwing something out there into the to the atmosphere that something’s going to happen to him. All right. I think Mitch is going to get traded next year. I do. All right. Interesting. It’s a tricky situation for me. I wish I knew exactly what they were going to do, but I But back to the topic at hand. I’m happy about Mikuel Bridges. You know, the two uh the two games that he had with Boston sealed a deal for his contract. I think for sure. Absolutely. Appreciate the call as always, Yuri. Appreciate the call. So, Yuri out here, you know, trying to read the tea leaves, thinking that Mitch is going to be get traded next year, you know, for even even something even bigger. All right, we all know that Giannis isn’t gonna get traded this year. Of course, we get that. But what do you think about that? Turner. He’s like Miles Turner in the way that Miles Turner’s been in trade rumors for so long and he just cannot get traded. It seems like Mitch is he’s just untradeable for whatever reason. They can’t it can’t get done. But what do you think? Do you think so with this move and let’s just even play this game because I know the Giannis idea is still out there too. Uh Yosi do is that even possible with what the Knicks are doing? I even a second apron team. I don’t think they should trade Mitch unless they’re getting a better slash younger rim protecting center and I don’t think Mitch has enough value to pull that off especially considering that and then the Knicks don’t have any first round picks to trade right now. Uh next off seasonason they’ll be able to trade one their 2033 first round pick if they wanted to go in that direction to get another big man. I just I I I can’t see them trading Mitch unless they either are getting a a rim protector just as good back or they’re able to develop another one, which I don’t really see on the horizon right now. Okay, let’s get back to uh let’s get back to other guys who are on this team that you know are that are extension eligible. There is Duce McBride. He’s another guy that’s been considered a core piece of this team. You know, he’s now right this off seasonason. And the man’s been on uh quite the media tour hitting up everything. He even joined us out in Vegas and uh you know graced us with his presence for KFTV. CP did a phenomenal job interviewing him. What about McBride? What about him getting an extension with this team? So I don’t think he can I think he can extend like starting in December because he signed his extension the same day as the OG trade. So he can do it cuz he only signed for three years. So yeah, he can he can extend on the second year anniversary. No, no, he won’t be able to extend until next off season cuz Okay. since he has multiple years left on his deal. Uh he wouldn’t be able to extend mid-season. So next off seasonason he could extend. Yeah, he will. So he will be coming up. Um but he’ll now he just he just finished his first year. He’s going to be in his second year. So, yeah, I think the Knicks will want to try to get something done next year as soon as he’s uh eligible. And that’ll be interesting because his extension maximum is going to be the same thing as Mitch. Uh like like he could technically get up to like four for 90, something like that. I don’t think McBride will get quite that amount. But just to show that there’s not going to be any limitations because you might look at McBride’s number, he’s making like just a little bit above the minimum. Uh can they, you know, so you might wonder, can they actually give him enough money in extension? The answer is yeah, they they’ll they’ll have no limitation. So I guess the big question is what can they what is the number? And I think we still have some time because I think McBride’s really good. I think he still has another level to go. I sometimes wonder if he might be too good that maybe he gets priced out for the Knicks, but we’ll see. But that’s why I bring up uh a potential CAT extension because McBride’s next deal would align with uh it would start the same year uh as Cat’s uh with his player option. Yeah, I see you pulled it up. So, he’s un he’s going to be an unrestricted free agent 2728. What if you can get CAT at like a slightly lower number than to help subsidize what Miles McBride uh Miles McBride’s first year salary would be? Maybe it’s like at least 10 million plus something like that. Um so again, that’s just like I’m just kind of that’s not really based on anything. Just like just kind of putting a number. Um so so that’s uh so that’s so we still have time for that. But that’s what I’m looking at to see uh what the cat does cuz I think that’s going to be somewhat related to getting uh to fitting in uh McBride. Okay. And and for the Knicks, like so let’s say they do end up extending everybody, right? And they have everybody under contract for a couple years. You have this team for the next two to four years somewhere around there to compete for this championship they’re looking to do. Is it okay to go into the second apron and just stick with this team if you’re a GM or if you’re working in the front office with the new CBA? Is that something that teams should be willing to do? So the thing with the second apron is kind of the term has just kind of become like a buzzword where I don’t think enough people are like like considering what it is about the second apron uh that is like scaring off teams because when you’re in the second apron the biggest thing the biggest penalty is that uh you have your pick frozen in the future. So, if the Knicks, they’re in the second apron in uh 2627, which they’re expected to be, then that means their 2034 first round pick will be frozen. Means they can’t trade it. But if they get out of the second apron for enough years, then it becomes unfrozen. Uh and then the same thing would apply for their 2035 pick. If they’re in second apron in 2728, where it becomes to be a problem is that if they’re in the second apron for like three years in a row, that 2034 pick that they froze the first year would then drop to the end of the first round. And there’s nothing that could undo that. So that’s number one why they’re trying to they added that as a way to get teams to not want to be in the second apron for so long because the other thing is that when you’re in the second apron, that means you’re deep in the tax. So for some teams and particularly the Knicks, money might not be an object. They might be willing to spend over $und00 million plus in the future in luxury tax pen penalties and they probably will because they’re the Knicks. Like they they could afford that and if the team is good enough, they can justify it. But as so but like they also that what changed in the new CBA is that they changed the tax system. Now it’s the deeper you go, the higher the penalties are going to be. And what coincides with next year when they’re going to be in the second apron is that they’ll have been oh actually no no you know I’m wrong they still have another year before they are enter the repeater tax which is the multiplier goes up. So for 27 28 it’s going to get really expensive. So for the Knicks, it’s more so I think the draft pick penalties. I think that’s the bigger thing is do you how important is it keeping the the TR your your draft pick not dropping down to the end of the first round because that kills its value um for future moves. Um, I’m sure there is somewhat of a of a line that as as far as how much the Knicks are willing to spend, and we’re not going to know what that is until we see how what how uh all these contracts come together. Uh especially in 2728, like if this cat still get that full amount or maybe takes a little something less, that would make a meaningful difference. So, it just gets really expensive. the the short uh gist of what I’m saying. Uh they made him more expensive now and again that might not be a problem for the Knicks, but maybe there is somewhat of a line and we don’t know what that is yet. Yeah, I mean the line is because it’s just interesting like when you look at leaguewide, no one’s willing to go across the second apron, but no team is really in position to do that. And I think with the Knicks, they’re one of the very few teams in that position where they could say, you know what, who else in the East can really compete with us right now. I mean, you look up at this year, Boston doesn’t have Jason Tatum. They’re they’re kind of doing a soft reset this season. They’ll see how he comes back after his injury next year. See how they compete. Pacers, same thing. How burns out. He’s going to miss this entire upcoming season. They’re not they’re not really resetting anything, but there’s a little uncertainty with how far can they actually go without the guy who stirs the entire drink, right? And then you have other teams. Milwaukee that’s in a precurious situation. Not really sure what direction they’re going. Orlando made some interesting moves this off season, especially getting Desmond Bane on that team. You then have the Atlanta Hawks who made some interesting moves. But are those teams good enough now where they’re going to make a massive leap? And so then when I look at the East, I see the Cavaliers and the New York Knicks one and two right there. And it’s to me those two teams. And while I’m bullish this year where it’s like these are probably the two teams you’re going to see in the Eastern Conference Finals, one and two respectively. I don’t know which order. But for the Knicks, I feel like this is the fir they’re going to be the first team where it’s like maybe they should be comfortable being in the second apron just because I don’t know how much else is out there for them to actually upgrade this roster outside of looking at moving somebody like Cad or Bridges or OG. But then if you’re moving those guys, what are you getting in return for like high-end outside of CAT high-end role players? I’m not sure what that return value is. And I think the big thing for them is how do you stay competitive with Brunson on this roster? So I I actually think that they this could be a second apron team for a little bit. What are your thoughts? Well, since they’re already above the first apron, they already have all these restrictions. Like they really can’t there really not many moves to make. Uh like they could aggregate, but they can’t take back more money. They have the small mid-level exception. Next year they won’t have any mid-level exception as a second apron team. they won’t be able to aggregate salaries as a second apron team. It’s going to be way harder next year to like to do moves, but right now it already is hard enough and so they already made their moves. Last off seasonason was that off seasonason they traded for Muel Bridges. They traded for Carl Anthony Towns. They extended uh Duce McBride like they they made their moves like they made the team like the the all these second all the aprons it just kind of designed where you got to like really pick and choose who you want to be your top guys. So by the time you are really expensive in in apron territory, you are you you have the team set. You don’t have to then go out and try to make the moves because it’s going to be really hard. So now, so the Knicks are well prepared for this. Now, I’m pretty sure I I when I I came on the show last year, I said that in my opinion, this upcoming season, the 2526 season, was going to be the Knicks best chance to win a championship because last year they overhauled the roster by making the moves and especially the cat trade, that one was done on the eve of training camp. Uh so it was just like a lot of turnover in such a short amount of time. For them to go as far as they did is really impressive. Uh, now they have a whole year of continuity together. I kind of anticipated that Tibs was could have been gone because as soon as they made those trades, he was on the clock whether he he saw it or not. Uh, when you make when a team makes a big move like that, the coach is on the clock. So now they have a new coach and but but main thing they have continuity, the team is set and now as you mentioned the East is decimated. Uh so even adding further uh to my point where I said that this upcoming season would be their best chance to win a championship. Uh now it really is like their best chance not only to get out of the east but uh yeah not only to win a championship but to get out of the east before everyone reloads. So uh I think this year they really need to uh they they got to at least get back to conference finals. Anything below that I think based on what we know would would not be good. uh because they need a good they need to make at least a deep run to justify the upcoming expenses going forward. Like if they could at least make the finals, then there might be less hesitation in future years about uh spending uh going into second apron and stuff like that. Not that I think there would be any hesitation, but if they have like a really disappointing year, you know, that could that could potentially change things about how long they want to keep this team together. Uh, so they got to capitalize this year. Salute to Nick Nation. Thank you all for tuning for another KFTV. Breaking news segment. Macau Bridges signs a 4-year extension for 150 mil. We got our guy Yosi Gazin on the other side breaking it down with us, understanding how everything is going to work for the New York Knicks moving forward from a salary cap perspective. Hit that thumbs up button for your boy. Subscribe to the channel if you haven’t already done so. Make sure to call in. We are taking calls from the Discord. All right, you just heard Yuri earlier on. All right, believing that Mitchell Robinson is gonna be traded out of nowhere. It doesn’t know who for who, but he he has that out there. Dan from New Jersey. We’re gonna get to you next. But let me uh give a shout out to our sponsor, Wayfair. People, let me tell you something. Still a little bit of summer left. All right. Or maybe you’re like, Yosi, and you live out in LA, so it’s always nice all year round, and you know, you can just be outside grilling, all that stuff. Well, if you’re looking to add to the lawn, to your lawn, to your backyard, Wafer is there just to help you out. You need chairs, grilling, yard games, they’re there to help you out. So, make sure to go to Wayfair. All right. Make sure to go to wayfair.com to shop outdoor furniture, grills, lawn games, and way more for way less. Head to wayfair.com right now. Explore a huge outdoor selection. That’s w afir.com. Wayfair. Every style, every home. Make sure to go support our sponsor and upgrade your yard. All right. Make sure to go do that. And we got a few super chats here with us today. All right, shout out to Sup 5142. Shout out to you for being a franchise channel member and for the $10 super chat. Says Barbie Marks had a cap chart on his X account that painted a very good picture for Nick’s cap sheet going forward. Yep, we’ve been showing that through here. And we got Soup 5142 again with another super chat with the $5 super chat this time. Says, “What are we doing with that last vet minimum spot? Brogden seems like the perfect fit to me, although I could see why they are interested in Simmons. Yosi, I’ll to I’ll throw this up to you. What should the Knicks do with their last vet minimum roster spot? Should it be somebody like a Malcolm Brogden or should be a Ben Simmons? So, I’m sure you guys have talked about that roster spot situation. Uh because yeah, they could only sign one veteran guy and then the last spot based on the roster construction has to go to one of their uh recent second round picks. Uh whether that’s Mo Dawara or uh someone like in previous years like like uh Roas Yokubitis or uh James Nagi who they traded his draft rights for. So they got to really be you got to be pretty careful who they choose that last spot to go to because that’s their last spot. And uh you need, you know, the the the thing about this Knicks off season that differentiates it from last year is that they made so many major moves last year that they were kind of at a disadvantage to fill out the back end of the roster. Uh now it’s the opposite where they got their big moves done. Now they’ve been focusing on getting uh hitting those uh role player uh spots with Yabu and Clarkson. And uh the thing is there’s not a lot of good a lot of great players available right now. I’m trying to pull up my list. Um and I’ve seen like a lot of uh them link to a lot of guards like Shamid, Malcolm Brogden, uh Marcus Mart before he signed with the Lakers. And I think ideally if the Knicks could choose somebody, it’s a three and D wing who could shoot. I think that’s what they need the most off the bench. But you can’t that’s a very tough player type to get. So I I’m guess it seems like the Knicks they’ve been pretty comfortable having multiple guards. I I think if they’re going to get a guard, it better be one who could shoot. So if that’s Mal Malcolm Brogden who can he’s usually shot around 40%. Uh up until last year he really struggled but also struggled with injuries the past few years. I get the feeling it might just be Landry Shamid coming back. I it seems like they really liked him and what he did. Uh I don’t know just it just kind of I’m not really basing it on anything. Uh but you got the continuity factor. It feels like they might just bring him back and then you know hopefully they could trade for a three and D wing around the trade deadline. Yeah. I mean they may feel comfortable with Jordan Clarkson. You know being a wee ball handler with that second unit. I mean he has shown that he can be a decent facilitator. He’s averaged five assists in the past. So maybe they feel comfortable with him. I’ve been asking for Malcolm Brogden just because for the backup in case of, you know, Jaylen Brunson has some miss time as we saw last season or even years past. You want to make sure that you have someone competent that can organize the team and not sure if it’s deuce. Well, I can tell you that right now it’s not deuce unless he takes multiple steps forward uh this off season. Maybe it’s Clarkson, but really he’s more of a shooting guard than he is like a guy that organizes, you You know, I feel like that’s what you kind of need, especially with the way that this team is just set up right now where you have everybody who is looking to get their shot. You need somebody who can just like kind of put that all together, you know, like a Tias Jones almost, I feel like. But that’s not a guy that they’re going to go after. But hey, we’ll see what else they can do, man. Hopefully they can do something else. Uh or not hopefully, hopefully they uh go out there and get somebody. But to your point, Shamut might be the guy and just, you know, nothing wrong with Shamut, but kind of fits that 3 and D mold that you’re talking about. Not necessarily the greatest defender, but we’ll see what happens. All right, let’s give Dan from New Jersey another try. Dan, are you there, my man? What’s happening? Dan going once. Going twice. Dan, what what are you doing, my man? kind of making me sad, bro. Making me a little disappointed right now. If you’re trying to unmute your mic, just hop out of the Discord, hop back in. I’ll pull you I’ll drag you back in. Let’s see if that one works. All right, let’s see if that helps get you on the show. I want to make sure that we get to everyone’s takes and see what everyone’s got to see every how everyone feels right now about Muel Bridges uh extending. All right, it’s tough, man. tough out here as we’re trying to wait for what we got last for the last roster spot. Um, I guess the last thing I got to ask you, you know, as we wait to see if Dan can can hop back on as we’re about to wrap this show, uh, with the Knicks now in position that they are, right, as being a team that I I I don’t know how to put this prop, I want to make sure I put this right so I’m not like going way over the top. They’re in position right now to be what seems like they’re going to be the best in the East, right? Seems like it. Where would you go if if this thing does if like let’s say they if everything doesn’t fall in the in the manner that it does this this upcoming year, like they they don’t meet expectations. What are you doing with this roster moving forward? Are you starting to dismantle it after one season? Probably not. I I think you just got to start where see what what was the issue where what was the weakest link I suppose and go from there because even if if it’s kind of like a calf situation where well first I mean the Cavs were injured uh Celtics were also kind of I don’t know what’s going on with them but the Cavs were injured and they lost in the second round. uh wasn’t even close. If it’s it was something kind of like like that, okay, I think you just run it back because the Knicks have proven that they’re still a contender. But if it’s something a little more concerning, uh they just just they just got beat outright while being mostly healthy. Uh yeah, maybe a change is needed. Maybe you got to look at to see where your weakest link is. I would guess that if it’s like a second round exit, they pro I I probably still wouldn’t do anything major. I’d probably run it back still uh give it another year and then just to make sure. Um but even the thing is with the way the CBA is designed, even if the Knicks win a championship this year or the next, there’s still a solid chance that some form of changes are coming. Uh the Knicks could anticipate somebody might not uh one of their core guys might not hold up uh in the future. Maybe they want to get off him early. I mean, look what happened with the Celtics even before the Tatum injury and that really expedited things. They were expected to do something to blow things up a little bit, trade some of their top guys just to save some money. And I think some of that may have played into the idea, okay, maybe this team was really good in 2024, probably won’t be as good in 2026. So, I would think that any big change for the Knicks won’t necessarily be a reaction to how things play out, but more so just like more of a part of the long-term plan. like it wouldn’t surprise me if they moved off one of their top six guys uh in the just you know despite even if they have a a really good amount of success with them they might just decide hey you know like this is what’s best for the franchise uh you know it might be shocking but uh I think that’s just I think whatever they do it’s just based on how where they what they think is best for the team regardless of success okay you know and I feel like I feel like where most of this goes is based on how not only the team but how far Mike Brown can be that guy to take them to where they need to go, right? So, I feel like and I was talking about this with my guy Dexter Henry earlier this week. If this team underachieves like this, I want to say they don’t make it to the Eastern Conference Finals based on how the East is currently set up with all the injuries, I feel like we could see a good amount of change to this roster and then one more season to the coach to show that, okay, it was something’s got to change. We we’re going to give you one more chance because we already put the statement out there saying that essentially Tibs isn’t the guy. we went to somebody else because they could you could take us to the next to the next step which would be to the finals. I think part of that also goes to who on the roster as you as you mentioned would be the first one to to hit and seeing where that weak spot is. So it hey there’s a lot there’s a lot writing on this team right now especially with how the East is set up and with all the moves and the statements that have been made this off season. There’s a lot writing on this season right now for the Knicks and it’s kind of feeling like it is NBA finals or bust for this team just how things are set up. We’ll see how it all goes, man. We’ll see how it all goes. Dan from New Jersey, I saw that you just popped back out. All right, man. We tried. We tried. We tried around here. We tried to get you up here. Want to hear your takes, man. Thought I was excited, man. I was excited. I was excited to see what you had to add to the show, but hey, it is what it is. I think it’s a good place to wrap. Yosi, I app I appreciate you coming through and helping break down the Macau Bridges extension. Please let the listeners know where they can find you. You got anything up and coming we should be on the lookout for? Once again, thanks for having me on the show. It’s always a blast being on the show. Uh love providing the cap analysis for you guys. Uh you can follow me on Twitter at my name and blue sky as well at Yosi Goslin instance salary cap analysis as soon as any transaction happened except for the Muel Bridges trade extension. I was very busy this afternoon when that came out. Uh but I saved the analysis for here for you guys. There you go. Um yeah, I knew I I kne I had a feeling I had to save it. Uh and then uh yeah, you can see all my salary cap information on capshets.com. I’ve already updated that with a projection on Michaela Bridges’s extension for next year. Uh my show Third Apron uh NBA uh analysis podcast uh I you can catch me there. Uh wherever you get your uh podcast per uh you know Apple, Spotify, all that. And then my newsletter, Third Apron, more that’s more like deeper salary cap analysis if you want to learn a little bit more about the cap. uh just kind of try to understand where things might go uh what could happen uh in the league. I talk about every team. Uh subscribe to me there on Substack. A lot of good stuff there coming up. There we There we go. Make sure to give Yosi a follow and subscribe. All right. Make sure to check out his content. He does phenomenal work covering the salary cap leaguewide. So, make sure to go give him a follow. Shout out to Nick Nation once again for coming through and tapping in to hear about the breaking news on Macau Bridges. Yeah, you know, Dan from New Jersey. Where are you, man? All right. Where are you? Pole fiction style out here. I like it. I like it. But hey, appreciate everyone coming through. Shout out to Nick Nation. Shout out to all the franchise channel members once again uh for being in the chat. We got fav424. Did we just get numbers added to all these people’s names? What’s going on here, man? Why are you getting extra digits in? This is not This is something new. Shout out to First Lady of Sports. Shout out to the Shells for being in here. All right, who else we got in I saw JJ in here. Shout out to my guy uh TM the chief man operation. We got Steven in Carar Incarcion in here as well. Shout out to you Eddie Suarez. Appreciate you for tapping in. All right, we got Eric Garcia as well. Shout out to you for tapping into the show. Appreciate all of you for being franchise channel members. We got one more super chat from Soup 5142 once again with the $5 super chat. says, “Feel like the Knicks roster is stacked with two guards. Hart, Macau, Deuce, and Clarkson. Need a backup point guard with size. Move Brunson off ball.” Hey, I’d like to see Brunson play a little bit off ball this season. We all saw after timeouts he was able to get great looks and knock down threes. But yeah, we got to see, man. Hopefully it’s Brogden. Hopefully we get Brock. We need somebody that can help run because unless Tyler Kick’s going to show more than what he did this summer league, man. It’s not looking too great out there, man. and it’s not looking too great. So Tyler, either you step it up or we go out there and go get Malcolm Brogden. So sweet. Once again, people, thank you all for tuning in for another KFTV program. Mall Bridges gets that extension for four for four years 150 mil. Shout out to him for getting the bag. All right, shout out to our sponsor once again, Wayfair. Make sure to go to wayfair.com and go buy your W outdoor furniture, grills, and lawn games. All right, to enjoy the rest of the summer. And hey, make sure you sign up for the newsletter. All right, we got great content over there as well. Shout out to all the KFTV writers. And that’s where we also get to know about our sponsors, special events, a lot. That’s how you stay tapped and informed if you can’t find us here. All right, so make sure you go sign up for the newsletter as well. And we’ll catch you next time, man. We’ll catch you next time. And we got another guest. We got my guy James Ham coming through to help break down the Mike Brown head coach signing. 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