Trade Radar · open rumor · Saturday, September 5 · 2 d ago
Eastern Notes: Knicks Extension Candidates, Brink, Pacers Roster, Bucks Minicamp
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Karl-Anthony Towns, Miles McBride and Josh Hart of the Knicks are all eligible for extensions. Stefan Bondy of the New York Post (subscription required) takes a look at the extension cases for each player, writing that Towns seems likely to be the highest priority right now. Towns is eligible to sign a four-year max extension […]
Confidence
43%
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Who it involves
Karl-Anthony Towns
Knicks · C-F · 20.1 pts · 11.9 reb · 3.0 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $57.08M · next season $61.02M
Indiana Pacers
$203.7M · in the tax · 13 contracts · cap sheet
Milwaukee Bucks
$191.4M · over the cap · 19 contracts · cap sheet
New York Knicks
$217.9M · above the first apron · 13 contracts · cap sheet
What would have to happen
Build it in the Trade Machine →Miles McBride → Pacers
Send out at least $1.85M
The Pacers are in the tax, so to take on $3.96M they need to send out $1.85M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
Miles McBride → Bucks
Send out at least $1.85M
The Bucks are over the cap, so to take on $3.96M they need to send out $1.85M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
Josh Hart → Pacers
Send out at least $13.42M
The Pacers are in the tax, so to take on $20.92M they need to send out $13.42M or more under the outgoing + $7.5M rule.
Josh Hart → Bucks
Send out at least $13.42M
The Bucks are over the cap, so to take on $20.92M they need to send out $13.42M or more under the outgoing + $7.5M rule.
Karl-Anthony Towns → Pacers
Send out at least $45.46M
The Pacers are in the tax, so to take on $57.08M they need to send out $45.46M or more under the 125% + $250k rule.
Karl-Anthony Towns → Bucks
Send out at least $45.46M
The Bucks are over the cap, so to take on $57.08M they need to send out $45.46M or more under the 125% + $250k rule.
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