The New York Knicks and the rest of the NBA are keeping an eye on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers after the King accepted his $52 million player option.

Rich Paul added fuel to this fire with comments about LeBron wanting to compete for a championship in this late stage of his career. This discourse has also stemmed from the fact that LA has a new young superstar to build around for the future in Luka Doncic.

This start to free agency is as close to spotless as it can get for a Knicks team that had clear goals to improve the team's depth.

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As free agency rages on in the NBA, one player in search of a contract is Ben Simmons. Amid recent developments, the former Philadelphia 76ers star could find a

The New York Knicks made it clear when they fired Tom Thibodeau that anything short of an NBA championship isn't good enough.

The New York Knicks have offered their coaching job to Mike Brown and are working to finalize a deal with the two-time NBA Coach of the Year.

A person with knowledge of the details says the New York Knicks have offered their coaching job to Mike Brown and are working to finalize a deal with the two-time NBA Coach of the Year