The NBA loves to needlessly punish teams for tampering, and the Knicks are the latest victim of the league’s investigations. This time, for their major signing of the summer.
The NBA has announced that the Knicks are losing their 2025 second-round pick, after finding that the team “engaged in free agency discussions involving Jalen Brunson prior to the date when such discussions were permitted.”
Did the Knicks tamper by talking to Brunson before the official start of free agency? Sure they did, but so does every team every year when they’re making signings.