New York Knicks Salary Archive – 2016/17

Quick: Spent over the cap

NBA Salary Cap: $94,143,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $113,287,000

Exceptions

• Room Exception: $0 (Mindaugas Kuzminskas)

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed

Depth Chart*:
PG: Derrick Rose, Chasson Randle, Sasha Vujacic
SG: Courtney Lee, Justin Holiday, Ron Baker
SF: Carmelo Anthony, Lance Thomas
PF: Kristaps Porzingis, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Maurice Ndour
C: Guillermo Hernangomez, Kyle O’Quinn, Marshall Plumlee, Joakim Noah (injured)

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

Acquisitions

• 6/2/16 — Hired Coach Jeff Hornacek.
• 6/22/16 — Traded Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon and Jerian Grant to Chicago Bulls for Derrick Rose, Justin Holiday and a 2017 second-rounder.
• 6/30/16 — Issued a qualifying offer to Langston Galloway.
• 7/4/16 — Rescinded qualifying offer to Langston Galloway.
• 7/7/16 — Renounced the rights to Derrick Williams, Arron Afflalo, Lou Amundson, Kevin Seraphin, Cleanthony Early and Langston Galloway.
• 7/7/16 — Signed Guillermo Hernangomez (2015-35th) to a four-year, partially-guaranteed $5.9 million contract.
• 7/7/16 — Signed Joakim Noah to a four-year, $72.6 million contract.
• 7/8/16 — Signed Marshall Plumlee to a three-year, partially-guaranteed $2.5 million contract.
• 7/8/16 — Signed Mindaugas Kuzminskas to a two-year, $5,923,035 contract.
• 7/8/16 — Signed Brandon Jennings to a one-year, $5 million contract.
• 7/8/16 — Signed Courtney Lee to a four-year, $48 million contract.
• 7/8/16 — Signed Lance Thomas to a four-year, partially-guaranteed $27.5 million contract.
• 7/12/16 — Signed Maurice Ndour to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1.4 million contract.
• 7/14/16 — Re-signed Sasha Vujacic to a one-year, $1.4 million contract.
• 7/26/16 — Signed Amar’e Stoudemire to a one-year, non-guaranteed $1,551,659 contract.
• 7/28/16 — Signed Ron Baker to a one-year, partially-guaranteed $543,471 contract.
• 8/1/16 — Signed J.P. Tokoto to a one-year, partially-guaranteed $543,471 contract.
• 8/1/16 — Signed Chasson Randle to a one-year, partially-guaranteed $543,471 contract.
• 9/19/16 — Signed Lou Amundson to a one-year, $1,551,659 contract.
• 10/11/16 — Signed Damien Ingles to a one-year, non-guaranteed $980,431 summer contract.
• 10/18/16 — Signed Cleanthony Early to a one-year, non-guaranteed $980,431 summer contract.
• 10/18/16 — Picked up Kristaps Porzingis’ third-year option.
• 1/10/17 — Ron Baker’s $543,471 guaranteed for 2016-17.
• 2/27/17 — Signed Chasson Randle to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1,456,471 contract.

Waived Players: Tony Wroten, Amar’e Stoudemire, J.P. Tokoto, Chasson Randle, Lou Amundson, Damien Ingles, Cleanthony Early, Brandon Jennings

Traded Players: Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon, Jerian Grant

Expired 10-Day Contracts: None

No-Trade: Carmelo Anthony

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Jeff Hornacek (three-year contract starting with 2016-17 season)

Assistants: Jim Cleamons, Brian Keefe, Rasheed Hazzard, Joshua Longstaff (player development)

Trainer: Roger Hinds, Anthony Goenaga (assistant)

Basketball Executives

• Phil Jackson- president
• Steve Mills — executive vice president and general manager
• Allan Houston — assistant general manager
• Jamie Matthews — vice president, basketball operations
• Mark Warkentien — director, player personnel
• Glen Grunwald — basketball advisor
• John Gabriel — director, basketball operations

Pick Swaps

• 2017 — Owed second-rounder from Houston Rockets (Pablo Prigioni).
• 2017 — Owed second-rounder from Chicago Bulls (Derrick Rose).
• 2017 — Owe second-rounder to Utah Jazz (Andrea Bargnani, Steve Novak), may go to Philadelphia 76ers (Tibor Pleiss).
• 2018 — Philadelphia 76ers have right to swap the Los Angeles Clippers’ second-rounder with the Knicks second-rounder (Byron Mullens, Travis Outlaw).
• 2019 — Owed second-rounder from Cleveland Cavaliers (Dion Waiters).
• 2019 — Owed second-rounder from Houston Rockets (Pablo Prigioni).
• 2019 — Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Travis Outlaw).
• 2019 — Orlando Magic have right to swap second-rounders (Kyle O’Quinn), receiving the better of the Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers picks.
• 2020 — Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Guillermo Hernangomez).
• 2021 — Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Guillermo Hernangomez).

Unsigned Draft Picks

• First-rounders: None
• Second-rounders: Louis Labeyrie (2014-57th)

Free Agents

• None

Cash Paid ($3.5 million max): $0

Cash Received ($3.5 million max): $0

Trade Kickers

• Carmelo Anthony — 15 percent

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses, under certain circumstances.

D-League Affiliate: Westchester Knicks

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(Updated on 4/29/17)