New York Knicks have a calm off-season compared to their two massive trades a year ago when they acquired Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns to reshape their list.
Their central group will remain intact in the 2025-26 season, but there is still work to do around the margins to try to develop a conference final and solidify their place as one of the best favorites of an Eastern Conference at great opening this year.
One of their areas of need consists in adding an additional punch on the bench, because they depend incredibly on Jalen Brunson and their departure unit to create a large part of their offense. Finding someone to alleviate part of this pressure from Brunson and direct a bench unit, even if mainly for the regular season, had to be a focal point and it seems that the Knicks are about to find their response.
Jordan Clarkson became a late addition to the free agency market on Monday when he and Utah Jazz accepted a takeover. The former sixth man of the year wanted to join a competitor and, apparently, he and the Knicks have a mutual interest in concluding an agreement once he has erased the derogations, in several reports.
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Knicks journalists, Steve Popper, Ian Beggley and Stefan Bondy, all reported that the two parties had to conclude an agreement once Clarkson, 33, erase the exemptions later this week. Knicks can offer Clarkson the taxpayer of intermediate level ($ 5.7 million) or a minimum agreement if it is ready to take one after having already obtained his jazz salary.
If the Knicks could put it at least, this would allow them to try to add another free impact agent with the tax Mle, but anyway Clarkson’s punch on the bench will be welcome to New York. Clarkson collected on average 16.2 points, 3.7 assists and 3.2 rebounds per match on 40.8 / 36.2 / 79.7 shooting in 37 appearances for jazz last season.
