With Arron Afflalo holding a player option in his contract and the 2016 cap number projected to leap to $92 million at last projection, the Knicks will most likely lose Afflalo, opening a hole up at the shooting guard position. The market doesn’t have much fruit, either. Nicolas Batum and DeMar DeRozan both appear to be max-contract players, and the next guy up – Atlanta’s Kent Bazemore – seems to be first in line to get overpaid as a 3-and-D wing.
However, the Knicks should keep an eye out on Courtney Lee.