New York Knicks Salary Archive – 2019/20

Quick: Spent over the cap.

Salary Cap: $109,140,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $132,627,000

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed, two two-ways

Depth Chart*:
PG: Elfrid Payton, Dennis Smith Jr., Frank Ntilikina, Jared Harper
SG: RJ Barrett, Damyean Dotson, Wayne Ellington, Theo Pinson
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), Kadeem Allen (two-way), Allonzo Trier

Traded Players: Marcus Morris

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

Two-Way Contracts: Kenny Wooten (two years), Jared Harper

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

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.
• 6/25/20 — Waived Kadeem Allen (two-way).
• 6/25/20 — Claimed Jared Harper off waivers (two-way) from the Phoenix Suns.
• 6/26/20 — Waived Allonzo Trier.
• 6/26/20 — Claimed Theo Pinson off waivers from the Brooklyn Nets.
• 6/27/20 — Kadeem Allen cleared waivers.
• 2/28/20 — Allonzo Trier cleared waivers.

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: Yusuf Sanon (2018-44th), Ognjen Jaramaz (2017-58th), Louis Labeyrie (2014-57th)

Non-Guaranteed Salaries

• None

Arena: Madison Square Garden

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(Updated on 7/1/20)