New York Knicks Team Salary
Quick: Spent over the cap.
Salary Cap: $109,140,000
Luxury Tax Threshold: $132,627,000
Projection for 2020-21 ($116 million cap): Up to $53.8 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, Allonzo Trier, Wayne Ellington, Kadeem Allen (two-way)
SF: Marcus Morris, Kevin Knox, Damyean Dotson, Ignas Brazdeikis, Reggie Bullock (injured)
PF: Julius Randle, Bobby Portis, Ivan Rabb (two-way)
C: Mitchell Robinson, Taj Gibson
*Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.
Exceptions
- Room Exception — $767,000 (Reggie Bullock)
Non-Guaranteed Salaries
- None
Waived Players: Amir Hinton, Zak Irvin, V.J. King, Lamar Peters, Kenny Wooten
Traded Players: None
G-League Affiliate: Westchester Knicks (general manager Allan Houston, Mike Miller head coach)
Two-Way Contracts: Kadeem Allen, Ivan Rabb
Two-Way Daily Rate in NBA/G-League: TBD
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: David Fizdale
Assistants: Howard Eisley, Corey Gaines, Jerry Sichting
Trainer: Roger Hinds, Anthony Goenaga (assistant)
Basketball Executives
- Steve Mills — executive vice 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 second-rounder from Charlotte Hornets (Guillermo Hernangomez).
- 2020 — Owe 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 second-rounder from Charlotte Hornets (Guillermo Hernangomez).
- 2021 — Owed first-rounder from the Dallas Mavericks (Kristaps Porzingis).
- 2021 — Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Guillermo Hernangomez).
- 2023 — Owed 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
- 11/22/19 — No-trade restriction lifts on Ivan Rabb.
- 12/15/19 — No-trade restriction lifts on Marcus Morris, Elfrid Payton, Julius Randle, Taj Gibson, Bobby Portis, Wayne Ellington and Reggie Bullock.
- 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.
- 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 approximately January 10.
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.
Trade Kickers
- None
Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses.
No-Trade: None
Expired 10-Day Contracts: None
Free Agents (with Cap Holds)
- None
Unsigned Draft Picks
- First-rounders: None.
- Second-rounders: Ognjen Jaramaz (2017-58th), Louis Labeyrie (2014-57th)
Arena: Madison Square Garden
Archives
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2016-17
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
Cap Holds
For notes on some of the rules and an explanation of cap holds, please refer to the following Salary Notes.
Salary and team data change quite often. If you notice a discrepancy, please notify Basketball Insiders Senior Writer Eric Pincus.
(Updated on 10/24/19)

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