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Latest Sporzzio coverage, playoff reads, and explainers about the New York Knicks.
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Josh Hart has not agreed to a new contract, but a reported three-year extension worth roughly $54 million to $62 million would replace uncertainty with long-term security while keeping his annual salary near its current level. The Knicks would preserve a championship starter without paying anything close to his theoretical $132 million ceiling.
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Amar’e Stoudemire never won an NBA championship, but his six All-Star selections, five All-NBA honors, elite peak and central role in Phoenix’s influential offense built a credible Hall of Fame case.
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The 2026-27 NBA season begins October 20 with an NBC and Peacock tripleheader and ends April 11. Here are the biggest games, broadcast details and the reason each team initially has only 80 assigned matchups.
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The 2026 NBA Cup begins October 30, sends eight teams to single-elimination play and ends December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Here are the groups, national TV schedule, tiebreakers and impact on the 82-game season.
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The 2026 Basketball Hall of Fame class will be enshrined Saturday, August 15, at 7 p.m. ET on NBA TV. Amar’e Stoudemire, Doc Rivers and Mike D’Antoni headline a nine-member class spanning the NBA, WNBA, college basketball, officiating and the Olympics.
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The 2026 NBA Christmas schedule features five games on ABC and ESPN, beginning with a Spurs-Knicks Finals rematch and including LeBron James’ first scheduled trip back to Los Angeles as a 76er.
Team Pulse
Jalen Brunson is expected back on the court during the summer, but no exact return date, rehabilitation schedule, or clearance date has been established.
Team Pulse
Andre Drummond's Knicks deal is a frontcourt depth patch around Karl-Anthony Towns after Mitchell Robinson's departure, not a headline swing.
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The Knicks' depth question is not whether they like their role players. It is which useful pieces still fit under their second-apron line.
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James Dolan's second-apron line gives Knicks fans the practical roster question after the title: keeping the champion intact still has a ceiling.
Team Pulse
The Knicks' title makes every roster decision more expensive, more public, and more tied to what just worked.
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The Knicks last won the NBA championship in 2026, ending a drought framed in current coverage as 53 years in the making.
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Injuries change playoff rotations because teams have to replace a player’s job, not just his minutes: matchup, spacing, creation, and closing trust all move.
Debate
Jalen Brunson's Finals MVP does not make the No. 1 option debate disappear. It flips the burden onto anyone still arguing he cannot be that guy.
Debate
Close playoff wins can be a warning sign, but they are not automatically luck if the same late-game advantages keep showing up.
Explainer
A role player can win Finals MVP, but only when his series impact becomes too central for voters to treat him like background help.