The Knicks did not make the playoffs last year, but this does not hinder their ambition to spend money.
Following Brunson, Barrett also received a contract worth 100 million yuan, including various incentive clauses, up to 120 million yuan in four years.
The agreement will be signed as soon as next Monday. The reason for the delay is that the Knicks are still negotiating with the Jazz. Both parties are unwilling to make concessions on the bargaining chip issue. New York even reduced its offer today and is only willing to give Barrett two more Draft picks.
If you want eight first-round insults to my IQ, then I will only give you the value of two to insult you. Insult each other, and no one can say anything bad about the other.
Considering that Barrett's contract triggered the poison clause, the Knicks got Mitchell , and the prediction ended in failure.
is willing to lock up Barrett with a 100 million yuan contract, which shows that the Knicks are still optimistic about him.
A guy who has just turned 22 years old is improving every year. He often has to guard the opponent's best player. He has no tactics around him on the offensive end. In this situation, he can still average 20 points per game. Is it expensive to earn an average annual salary of only 30 million? , not expensive at all.
And as I said before, NBA is negotiating a new broadcast contract, and the salary cap will increase significantly.
At that time, these annual salaries of 20 to 30 million will become standard prices that can be obtained by rotation, instead of the current situation, only core members are eligible to receive them.
Barrett can still improve. When he was in college, this guy was a combo guard that the offensive organization grabbed. In 38 games, he had more than 4 assists in 22 games. However, because of someone in the Knicks, he had to transform into a 3D player. The position has also been moved from defender to frontcourt.
If the cancer can be eliminated, all the vacated ball rights will be absorbed by Barrett.
After all, except for him, the other Knicks guards do not have much value in training. They are old, short, and slow.
The contract extension is about to be finalized. In addition to attaching importance to Barrett, the Knicks management also has another small calculation.
RJ, Brunson, Miro, Randall , the contracts of the four core players all expire in 2026.
Fournier , Ross , Harten and other rotating contracts all expire in 2025. They are quite neatly unified. They were signed at different times but expired at the same time.
The purpose of this move by the Knicks management is to completely release the space in 2026, and then give up one or two of the above players, and finally try to sign a bigger fish.
will become a free agent in 2026, and New York is interested in signing him. Currently, Antetokounmpo is the only super giant who meets the above two points.
It is worth mentioning that since 2016, the Knicks have signed the second brother Antetokounmpo twice, and signed the younger brother Antetokounmpo earlier this month.
