Bold predictions for 2024 NBA offseason, including big Knicks moves

NBA teams can begin negotiations with their own free agents one day after the end of the NBA Finals.

So if the Celtics or Mavericks win the 2024 Finals in a sweep, the Knicks can start negotiating with OG Anunoby, Isaiah Hartenstein, and their other free agents on June 15.

With that in mind, we put together some bold predictions about how this summer will unfold in New York and around the league:

Tom Thibodeau extension

Saying Thibodeau will get an extension is an easy prediction. The Knicks head coach is entering the final season of his contract, and he’s coming off of the franchise’s most successful four-year run since the turn of the century. Under Thibodeau, the Knicks have reached the second round of the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 1999-2000 campaign.

If you listen to the players, Thibodeau’s approach resonates in the Knicks’ locker room. For all of those reasons, Thibodeau has earned a contract extension, and he’s hitting the market at a good time. Ty Lue reportedly agreed to a five-year, $70 million extension with the Clippers. Mike Brown reportedly turned down an offer from Sacramento that started at three years and $21 million dollars. Clearly, he’s looking for more years or more money than the $7 million annual salary in that offer.

My prediction for Thibodeau is that he gets two guaranteed years on his extension. Any year beyond two will be at the team option, I think. This would extend Thibodeau through the 2026-27 season. I’m not sure where the money will end up, but it’s reasonable to expect it to land above Brown’s reported offer.

OG Anunoby

The Sixers have interest in Anunoby, and I’m sure he has plenty of other suitors. But I’ll predict here that Anunoby re-signs with New York on a contract that contains some incentives for games played.

It would be stunning if the Knicks allowed Anunoby to go to another team after they moved RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to Toronto to acquire him.

New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby (8) celebrates his three point shot against the Indiana Pacers during the first quarter of game seven of the second round of the 2024…


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Publish date : 2024-05-31 16:00:31

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