The New York Knicks are one of only a handful of teams in the association this year to have a payroll that exceeds the league's $207.8 million, second-apron threshold. With this comes severe hardships in determining whom they can add to their talent pool and how they go about it.
Fortunately, despite the crippling restrictions that come with dipping into the second-apron, there are ways to navigate around them. Interestingly enough, the Knicks are already showing signs of being capable of doing so here in their first season dipping into the dreaded tax region.
Knicks have multiple, low-cost players showing signs of potential
With this new CBA in place and, in turn, the existence of the first and second aprons, hitting on second-round picks, undrafted free agents, and minimum-scale contracts is now more valuable than ever for an organization.