Buckets Over Broadway · Yesterday
Knicks' hold on Towns, Hart, and McBride extensions is proving ruthlessly efficient
Four days after the New York Knicks won the 2026 NBA Championship, governor James Dolan declared on WFAN that any plans to surpass the salary cap's second apron would be strategic suicide. The self-imposed budgetary limit eventually helped complicate offseason negotiations with Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, and Miles McBride on potential contract extensions.
Before the 2026-27 regular season began, both Towns and Hart shared their discomfort with the lack of long-term security. The star center went as far as to ask reporters during training camp if there was something else he needed to prove to the Knicks — and the rest of the NBA — to be worthy of the kind of offer he was looking for.
