Bye Bye Mr. Burks

The Knicks lose a mainstay. Plus, we dive deep on another potential option at center.

Good morning, and Happy July 4th! A quick note: there will be NO NEWSLETTER tomorrow in celebration of the national holiday. HOWEVER, I fully anticipate the Knicks making some sort of move to amend the Mikal Bridges trade before the end of the week. If and when that happens, count on an emergency newsletter coming to your mailbox in short order.

Enjoy the hot dogs, everyone.

News & Notes

🏀 How could you, Alec.

You couldn’t pick one of the other 28 teams, huh?

I kid (kinda).

For as up and down as Burks’ Knicks career has been, he’s had quite a few big performances and always seemed to rise to the occasion. I can’t say how or when, but he’ll be missed.

🏀 After much discussion of taking a discount, LeBron James agreed to a two-year, $104 million max contract with the Lakers that includes a player option and no trade clause. Must be nice to be the king.

Mr. Fantastic?

In yesterday’s HoopsHype report, Walker Kessler wasn’t the only name that was mentioned as a possible Knick trade target. Charlotte’s Nick Richards was also named, and it wasn’t the first time he’s come up. Ian Begley has also recently brought him up as a possible target, so this is someone we should probably get to know a bit.