
Knix Halt Contract Talks for Towns, Hart, and Others to Prioritize Season Prep
The New York Knicks have officially paused all contract extension negotiations for Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Miles McBride, and Tyler Kolek to focus on the 2026-27 regular season. The team stated that discussions will resume later in the season, with a final deadline of June 30. This move follows a stalled impasse over Towns’s salary, where the Knicks offered approximately $200 million over four years, significantly below his maximum eligibility, to avoid second-apron tax implications. While Towns expressed willingness to work with the team, he criticized the current offer as unreasonable. The Knicks are coming off a championship season, having gone 16-3 in the playoffs, and aim to preserve cap space for other core players like Jalen Brunson.











