At the start of the 2015 period of NBA free agency, the New York Knicks had roughly $30 million in cap space. Their free agency targets included Greg Monroe, Marc Gasol, and LaMarcus Aldridge, among others.
Unfortunately, $30 million doesn’t buy what it used to. The Knicks shot an air ball during free agency and came away with Robin Lopez, Aaron Afflalo, Derrick Williams, Kyle O’Quinn, Kevin Seraphin, and Sasha Vujacic as their new additions during free agency.
Not what fans, or New York media, were expecting to say the least.
After all, Phil Jackson was brought in to attract “big name” free agents to play alongside New York’s superstar Carmelo Anthony at the Mecca.