The summer of 2019 always seemed like a circled point of the NBA calendar for the New York Knicks. A star-studded free agent class will headline it, with Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker and others all set to hit the open market.
The Knicks project to have $29 million in salary cap space. Three years ago, that was more than worthy of a maximum contract, except the cap’s spike in 2016 and continued rise makes this not as much as it seems.
There are avenues for New York to shed cap space, as Tim Hardaway Jr.