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Knicks Camp Battle Outruns The Rumor Mill

Every report on this roster got run over by a transaction within a day, sometimes hours.

$217.9Mcurrent payroll, over the tax line
By the Knicks Nightly Desk · Thursday, September 17

New York signed Bruce Brown, Drew Eubanks, Ochai Agbaji, James Wiseman and John Konchar to non-guaranteed camp deals this week and waived Liam Robbins, confirming reports almost as fast as they landed. Igor Milicic Jr.'s Exhibit 10 agreement checked out too, but he was gone from the roster within a day of joining it.

$217.9M: current payroll, over the tax line

Confirmed, Fast

Hoops Rumors marked the Robbins waiver confirmed on September 17, and it lines up with the actual move. Bruce Brown's non-guaranteed deal carried the same confirmed tag on September 16, one day before Denver's swap of him to New York actually cleared. When the report and the paperwork land a day apart, there isn't much left to check.

Two Camp Bigs

Drew Eubanks and James Wiseman both joined September 16 and 17 on Exhibit 9 contracts, the same tier as Konchar and Agbaji. None of those four deals threaten the guaranteed money already committed. They fill camp bodies. They don't move the payroll number at all.

Milicic's Quick Exit

Karol Wasiek reported an Exhibit 10 agreement with Igor Milicic Jr. on September 12 at 45 percent confidence, still marked open. He actually joined the roster September 16, then was off it again September 17. That's the full lifespan of a camp scrap: agree, sign, get squeezed out days later.

Konchar Never Left

Hoops Rumors also floated Heat, Magic and Raptors interest in Konchar on September 15, a 43 percent read. New York had him signed the very next day. Three other clubs sniffing around didn't slow this one down.

Bottom Line

None of this touches the number that matters: $217.9 million, over the tax line with a $200.4 million threshold already well behind it. Exhibit 9 and Exhibit 10 deals are minimum-scale and mostly non-guaranteed, so they can't move that figure either way. This fight is for a handful of open roster spots, not for cap space that isn't there.

Did the Knicks actually sign Bruce Brown?

Yes. Denver moved him to New York on September 17 on a non-guaranteed deal, matching a report from a day earlier.

Is Igor Milicic Jr. still with the Knicks?

No. He joined the roster September 16 on a reported Exhibit 10 deal and was off it again by September 17.

By the Knicks Nightly Desk, written from the club's data and the reports on file, with every name and number checked against them. How the desks work.

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