s/general - Knicks will WIN the 2026 Finals but they must sign this Free Agent 1st.

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Knicks will WIN the 2026 Finals but they must sign this Free Agent 1st.

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Knicks

+2 players ($35.4m),

Cap Impact - $5.1M

Donovan Mitchell

SG, 6' 3", 3.6 LEBRON
Primary Ball Handler

$35.4M

4yrs

Roster Moves

Carmelo Anthony

SF, 6' 7", -2 LEBRON
FA Signing | Versatile Big

$2.3M

1yr

Notes

Signed free agent Carmelo Anthony to a 1 year contract worth $2.3M.

2024 $2.3M

+1 Wins

-12.58 MPG

+4.25 Off.

-1.86 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$12.6M

-$5.3M

$5.4M

($183.5M)

This team will be a 1st apron team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 2nd Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$42,691,766

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$35,410,310

Allowable Incoming Cap

$42,691,766

Money Added

(FA Signings)

$2,393,887

Cap Difference

- $7,281,456

Standard Contracts

13 Salary Matching

Incoming < $42.6M x 1 + $0

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $7,281,456

Roster Compliance

New York would have 13 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

Stepien

Consecutive draft years 2025 & 2026 would be missing a 1st round pick. The pick for 2025 may be traded away on draft day after the team officially makes their selection.

Recently Signed

Landry Shamet cannot be traded at all this season. Since he could be a free agent this upcoming summer, he can not be traded after the trade deadline of his final season under contract.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Landry Shamet since his contract is ending.

Cavaliers

+2 players ($41.0m) +9 picks,

Cap Impact + $4.8M

Kyrie Irving

PG, 6' 2", 0.71 LEBRON
Contract Over | Shot Creator

$41.0M

2yrs

Landry Shamet

SG, 6' 4", -1.66 LEBRON
Contract Over | Movement Shooter

$1.3M

1yr

MINIMUM

2025 - Round 1

via WAS

2026 - Round 1

2026 - Round 2

BOS or WAS holds rights to swap

2026 - Round 2

via DET, MIL OR ORL

2027 - Round 2

2028 - Round 1

BKN holds rights to swap

2028 - Round 2

via IND OR PHX

2030 - Round 1

2031 - Round 1

-3 Wins

+7.36 MPG

-2.05 Off.

-2.01 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$3.1M

$428K

$11.2M

($173.9M)

($177.7M)

This team will be a over the cap/tax team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$37,497,829

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$41,000,000

Allowable Incoming Cap

$47,122,286

MSE's Used

(Min. Salary Ex.)

$1,343,690

Cap Difference

+ $3,502,171

Standard Contracts

13 Salary Matching

Incoming < $37.4M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $6,122,286

Roster Compliance

Cleveland would have 13 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Tristan Thompson since his contract is ending.

Mavericks

+3 players ($36.6m),

Cap Impact + $2.4M

OG Anunoby

SF, 6' 7", 0.8 LEBRON
Movement Shooter

$36.6M

5yrs

Miles McBride

PG, 6' 2", 0.07 LEBRON
Secondary Ball Handler

$4.7M

3yrs

Tristan Thompson

C, 6' 9", -0.49 LEBRON
Contract Over | Roll + Cut Big

$2.0M

1yr

MINIMUM

+2 Wins

+31.21 MPG

-2.50 Off.

+2.17 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$6.8M

-$1.2M

$9.5M

($177.6M)

($179.3M)

This team will be a 1st apron team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$41,000,000

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$36,637,932

Allowable Incoming Cap

$41,000,000

TPE's Used

(Traded Player Ex.)

$4,710,144

MSE's Used

(Min. Salary Ex.)

$2,087,519

Cap Difference

- $4,362,068

Standard Contracts

16 Salary Matching

Incoming < $41.0M x 1 + $0

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $4,362,068

Must Waive Players

Dallas would have 16 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 1 player.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Kyrie Irving since he has a player option next year which is worth $42.9M.

LEBRON (Luck-adjusted player Estimate using a Box prior Regularized ON-off) impact data is provided by BBall Index . See how LEBRON is calculated, and explore the data.

Knicks will WIN the 2026 Finals but they must sign this Free Agent 1st.

Knicks

Roster Moves

Notes

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$12.6M

-$5.3M

$5.4M

Outgoing Cap

$42,691,766

Incoming Cap

$35,410,310

Allowable Incoming Cap

$42,691,766

Money Added

$2,393,887

Cap Difference

- $7,281,456

Standard Contracts

13

Salary Matching

Incoming < $42.6M x 1 + $0

Cavaliers

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$3.1M

$428K

$11.2M

Outgoing Cap

$37,497,829

Incoming Cap

$41,000,000

Allowable Incoming Cap

$47,122,286

MSE's Used

$1,343,690

Cap Difference

+ $3,502,171

Standard Contracts

13

Salary Matching

Incoming < $37.4M x 1.25 + $250K

Mavericks

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$6.8M

-$1.2M

$9.5M

Outgoing Cap

$41,000,000

Incoming Cap

$36,637,932

Allowable Incoming Cap

$41,000,000

TPE's Used

$4,710,144

MSE's Used

$2,087,519

Cap Difference

- $4,362,068

Standard Contracts

16

Salary Matching

Incoming < $41.0M x 1 + $0

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