While still relatively early in the offseason, the Knicks have gotten the bulk of their work done.
With no major trade seemingly on the horizon, the Knicks’ goals were to make their draft pick and try to find playable depth in free agency with their limited resources. After drafting Mohamed Diawara at No. 51 and signing both Jordan Clarkson and Guerschon Yabusele, they had appeared to have done what they needed to do. Time to sim to October, right?
Not so fast.
Yabusele was assumed to have taken the full taxpayer mid-level exception (TPMLE) that would put his 2025-26 salary at $5,685,000.