Trade Radar · open rumor · Monday, November 9 · 1 d ago

Knicks Notes: Towns, Bridges, Shamet, Brunson

Reported by James L. EdwardsRead the original report ↗

Knicks guard Jalen Brunson was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday, but his teammate Karl-Anthony Towns — who was nominated for the award — has been the team’s MVP through the first nine games of the season, according to James L. Edwards III and Fred Katz of The Athletic (free link). […]

Confidence

49%

Reporter starting tier	50	editorial tier, not a measured record
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−1	1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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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

Jalen Brunson

Knicks · G · 26.0 pts · 3.3 reb · 6.8 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $37.74M · next season $40.54M

New York Knicks

$220.4M · above the first apron · 14 contracts · cap sheet

Trade Radar · what it would change

If Karl-Anthony Towns moved

Knicks$220.4M payroll · above the first apron

The Shift1 outWho plays Hart's minutesWithout Hart: the rotation that's left On / offTownsThe Knicks with and without himNet rating from every substitution Trade MachineBuild itMake the salaries matchCBA rules and aprons included Cap sheet$220.4MKnicks payroll and apron roomEvery contract and option

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