New York Knicks | Game Theory Offseason Preview

Sam Vecenie· Host0:00

[whistle blows] Hello, and welcome to the Game Theory Podcast Offseason preview series, where Bryce Simon and I break down all 30 NBA teams offseason, and there will be no sweeter offseason this time around than the New York Knicks. The NBA champions after 53 years, we talked about them on the show on Saturday night after their thrilling victory over the San Antonio Spurs in five games. Bryce, the cool thing about the off-season when you've won the title is you, [inhales] I would assume, given that most of their guys are under contract, are basically just running this back, and this will probably be a relatively short conversation just because it's a lot of contractual stuff. It's talking about some minimum, you know, players maybe coming in and trying to make decisions on really two key free agents to me.

Bryce Simon· Host0:48

Yeah. I mean, they're in a good spot in terms of their entire starting lineup is under contract for a- at least 26, 27. Mm, four of the five are under contract for 27, 28. Karl-Anthony Towns has a player option for 27, 28. I, I do think that the moves on the margins, how they're gonna fill out the roster, I think those are important discussions here for a team that will now be looking to repeat for the first time in multiple years, uh, that we've seen that in the NBA. But obviously, it's, it's a lot of celebration right now for the New York Knicks and their fan base, and rightfully so. They, they also have a first-round draft pick, which