Knicks guard OG Anunoby has opted out of his contract and into free company, based on a number of studies.
Anunoby signed a four-year, $72 million take care of the Toronto Raptors in 2020 with a participant choice for the 2024-25 season. When he was acquired by the Knicks from Toronto final season, New York inherited the phrases of the deal however risked dropping Anunoby as an unrestricted free agent.
The choice was price $19.9 million subsequent season, and his subsequent contract may simply high $35 million per season.
Well being is the largest query mark. Anunoby missed 76 complete video games the previous three seasons due to accidents and didn’t play throughout Toronto’s NBA title run in 2019 after an emergency appendectomy.
Anunoby turns 27 subsequent month. He averaged 14.7 factors, 4.2 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists final season in 50 complete regular-season video games with the Raptors (27 video games) and Knicks.
In the course of the 2024 playoffs, Anunoby went from an important a part of beating the Philadelphia 76ers to making an attempt to battle via a hamstring damage within the seven-game collection with the Indiana Pacers.
In 418 profession video games, Anunoby has averaged 12.0 factors, 4.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals throughout his first seven NBA seasons.
The Knicks are negotiating with unrestricted free agent middle Isaiah Hartenstein, 26, in hopes of maintaining him however are restricted to a most wage of $16.2 million per season. Hartenstein represents a dearer choice for groups angling to draft UConn’s 7-foot-2 middle Donovan Clingan on Wednesday night time.
NBA free company begins Sunday.