Sunday was the deadline for NBA teams to extend qualifying offers to certain players, including Frank Ntilikina. We Frank stans had been dreading this day for months, and sure enough, the axe fell on our French Prince.
Frank Ntilikina, longest-tenured Knicks, going to be an unrestricted free agent. Knicks didn’t submit a qualifying offer at 5 pm deadline, taking off restricted tag. Could still re-sign him.
— Marc Berman (@NYPost_Berman) August 1, 2021
In truth, this was inevitable, particularly with the way Leon Rose and the Knicks brain trust have been wheeling and dealing to grow their cap space.