New York Knicks Team Salary

Quick: Spent over the cap but can get under to $529,937 by waiving the Morris trade exception.

Salary Cap: $109,140,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $132,627,000

Projection for 2020-21 ($115 million cap): Up to $53.7 million, less with player options and guarantees.

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed, two two-ways

Depth Chart*:
PG: Elfrid Payton, Dennis Smith Jr., Frank Ntilikina
SG: RJ Barrett, Damyean Dotson, Wayne Ellington, Allonzo Trier, Kadeem Allen (two-way)
SF: Reggie Bullock, Kevin Knox, Mo Harkless, Ignas Brazdeikis
PF: Julius Randle, Bobby Portis, Kenny Wooten (two-way)
C: Taj Gibson, Mitchell Robinson

*Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Exceptions

Trade Exception (Marcus Morris, expiring 2/6/21) — $3,988,766
Room Exception — $767,000 (Reggie Bullock)

Waived Players: Amir Hinton, Zak Irvin, V.J. King, Lamar Peters, Kenny Wooten, Ivan Rabb (two-way)

Traded Players: Marcus Morris

G-League Affiliate: Westchester Knicks (general manager Allan Houston, Mike Miller head coach)

Two-Way Contracts: Kadeem Allen, Kenny Wooten (two years)

Coaching Staff

Interim Head Coach: Mike Miller

Assistants: Kaleb Canales, Jud Buechler, Pat Sullivan

Trainer: Roger Hinds, Anthony Goenaga (assistant)

Basketball Executives

Leon Rose – president
Scott Perry — general manager
Gerald Madkins — assistant general manager
Allan Houston — assistant general manager
Jamie Matthews — vice president, basketball operations
Michael Acieri — director, basketball strategy
Harold Ellis — director, player personnel
Craig Robinson — vice president, player development and G-League operations.
Glen Grunwald — basketball advisor
John Gabriel — director, basketball operations

Pick Swaps

2020 — Owed a first-rounder from the Los Angeles Clippers (Marcus Morris).
2020 — Owed a second-rounder from Charlotte Hornets (Guillermo Hernangomez).
2020 — Owe a second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Guillermo Hernangomez) or Charlotte Hornets (Scott Perry, Timofey Mozgov), the higher pick of Brooklyn Nets and Knicks’ pick goes to Philadelphia, lower to Charlotte.
2020 — Owed a second-rounder from Charlotte Hornets (Guillermo Hernangomez).
2021 — Owed a first-rounder from the Dallas Mavericks (Kristaps Porzingis).
2021 — First-round swap rights with the Los Angeles Clippers, provided the Clippers’ pick is lower than 4th (Marcus Morris).
2021 — Owed a second-rounder from the Detroit Pistons (Khyri Thomas, Tobias Harris, Marcus Morris).
2021 — Owe a second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Guillermo Hernangomez).
2023 — Owed a first-rounder (top-10 protected through 2025, otherwise converts to a 2025 second-rounder) from the Dallas Mavericks (Kristaps Porzingis).

Cash Paid ($5,617,000 max): $0

Cash Received ($5,617,000 max): $0

Deadlines

Note: NBA temporarily in a moratorium/on hiatus.
6/28/20 — Taj Gibson’s $9 million guarantees for 2019-20.
6/28/20 — Elfrid Payton and Wayne Ellington’s $8 million guarantees for 2019-20.
6/28/20 — Reggie Bullock’s $4.2 million guarantees for 2019-20.
6/29/20 — Qualifying offer deadlines on Allonzo Trier.
6/29/20 — Team option on Bobby Portis.
6/29/20 — Mitchell Robinson’s $1,663,861 guarantees for 2020-21.
First day of 2020-21 season — Extension deadlines on Frank Ntilikina and Dennis Smith Jr.
10/31/20 — Team options on Kevin Knox and RJ Barrett.
2/6/21 — Marcus Morris trade exception expires.
6/28/21 — Julius Randle’s $21,780,000 (incentives TBD) guarantees for 2021-22.
6/29/2021 — Qualifying offer deadlines on Frank Ntilikina, Ignas Brazdeikis and Dennis Smith Jr.
6/29/2021 — Team options on Mitchell Robinson and Ignas Brazdeikis.
6/29/2021 — Mitchell Robinson’s $1,802,057 guarantees for 2021-22.
First day of 2021-22 season — Extension deadline on Kevin Knox.
10/31/21 — Team option on RJ Barrett.
6/29/2022 — Qualifying offer on Kevin Knox.
Before first day of the 2022 season — Extension deadline for RJ Barrett.
6/29/23 — Qualifying offer deadline for RJ Barrett.

Teams and players can renegotiate guarantee dates. The NBA’s general cut-down date is January 10, although players need to clear 48 hours of waivers.

Transactions

5/14/19 — Received the 3rd pick in the draft lottery.
6/20/19 — Drafted RJ Barrett (3rd) and Kyle Guy (55th).
6/21/19 — Traded the rights to Kyle Guy (55th) and $1,000,000 to the Sacramento Kings for the rights to Ignas Brazdeikis (47th).
6/29/19 — Waived Lance Thomas.
6/29/19 — Declined team options on John Jenkins, Billy Garrett and Henry Ellenson and declined to extend qualifying offers to Luke Kornet and Emmanuel Mudiay.
7/3/19 — Signed RJ Barrett (2019-3rd) to a $35,596,275 rookie-scale contract.
7/6/19 — Signed Ignas Brazdeikis (2019-47th) to a three-year $4,198,912 contract, team option on the final season.
7/8/19 — Renounced the rights to Emmanuel Mudiay.
7/8/19 — Signed Julius Randle to a partially-guaranteed three-year $62,370,000 contract (incentives TBD).
7/8/19 — Signed Wayne Ellington to a partially-guaranteed two-year $16 million contract.
7/8/19 — Signed Taj Gibson to a two-year partially-guaranteed $18,450,000 contract.
7/8/19 — Signed Elfrid Payton to a two-year partially-guaranteed $16 million contract.
7/8/19 — Signed Bobby Portis to a two-year $30.75 million contract, team option on final season.
7/14/19 — Renounced the rights to Henry Ellenson, Isaiah Hicks, John Jenkins, Luke Kornet and Billy Garrett.
7/15/19 — Damyean Dotson’s $1,618,520 guaranteed for 2019-20.
7/15/19 — Signed Marcus Morris to a $15 million contract.
7/16/19 — Signed Reggie Bullock to a partially-guaranteed $8.2 million contract.
9/9/19 — Signed V.J. King to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
9/9/19 — Signed Lamar Peters to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
9/9/19 — Signed Kenny Wooten to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
9/9/19 — Signed Amir Hinton to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
10/16/19 — Waived Amir Hinton.
10/17/19 — Signed Zak Irvin to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
10/18/19 — Waived Zak Irvin.
10/19/19 — Waived V.J. King, Lamar Peters and Kenny Wooten.
10/21/19 — Picked up Frank Ntilikina and Dennis Smith Jr.’s fourth-year rookie-scale option.
10/21/19 — Picked up Kevin Knox’s third-year rookie-scale option.
10/23/19 — Signed Ivan Rabb to a two-way contract.
12/6/19 — Fired Coach David Fizdale.
1/13/20 — Waived Ivan Rabb (two-way).
1/14/20 — Signed Kenny Wooten to a two-year two-way contract.
2/4/20 — Fired executive vice president Steve Mills.
2/6/20 — Traded Marcus Morris to the Los Angeles Clippers for Mo Harkless, a 2020 first-rounder, 2021 conditional first-round swap rights and a 2021 Detroit Pistons second-rounder, and the rights to Issuf Sanon (2018-44th) from the Washington Wizards.
3/2/20 — Named Leon Rose president.