{"id":83116,"date":"2024-06-26T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T22:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=83116"},"modified":"2024-06-26T18:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T22:43:42","slug":"knicks-top-free-agent-priority-og-anunoby-agree-5-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/26\/knicks-top-free-agent-priority-og-anunoby-agree-5-year-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks, Top Free Agent Priority to Agree to 5-Year Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks will enter 2024-25 with one of the most formidable perimeter defenses after free agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/anunoog01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Anunoby<\/a> decided to ink a five-year contract to remain in the Big Apple, per ESPN senior insider Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal will pay Anunoby a grand total of $212.5 million, with a player option in the final year. Should the Knicks decide to move him down the line, the contract also has a trade kicker.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Free agent F OG Anunoby intends to sign a five-year, $212.5 million contract to return to the New York Knicks, sources tell ESPN. Deal will include a player option and a trade kicker. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q5VcjOeryW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/q5VcjOeryW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1806088339470397766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Knicks, OG Anunoby to Agree to 5-Year Contract<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday night, New York acquired swingman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bridgmi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikal Bridges<\/a> from the Brooklyn Nets. This required them to trade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogdabo02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bojan Bogdanovi\u0107<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/26\/knicks-make-a-huge-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">five first round picks<\/a>, and more. Nonetheless, the deal was considered to be worth it due to Bridges\u2019s collegiate connection with several members of their core.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem was that it made it more difficult to imagine Anunoby returning.<\/p>\n<p>For all of the fanfare surrounding Bridges, there\u2019s a lot of overlap between he and Anunoby. Both are most valued for their defensive prowess, from their ability to suffocate ball-handlers on the perimeter to their penchant for switching onto various players. At the other end, they\u2019re among the most efficient and consistent 3-point threats in the NBA. However, their bag isn\u2019t quite developed enough for them to excel in one-on-one situations.<\/p>\n<p>This didn\u2019t mean that Anunoby wouldn\u2019t sign. Nonetheless, it would have led to him questioning his role. Especially as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/divindo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Hart<\/a> are likely to have significant roles. Furthermore, they have to feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/randlju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julius Randle<\/a>, the only Knicks player besides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> who has proven he can consistently score 20+ points per game.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Anunoby still wonders exactly where and how he fits with his squad. $200-plus makes those voices a bit quieter though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks will enter 2024-25 with one of the most formidable perimeter defenses after free agent OG Anunoby decided to ink a five-year contract to remain in the Big Apple, per ESPN senior insider Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal will pay Anunoby a grand total of $212.5 million, with a player option in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":83118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1608,6,62,3],"tags":[1484,297,4557,1382,1082],"class_list":["post-83116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knicks","category-basketball","category-nets","category-nba","category-news","tag-mikal-bridges","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-nba-offseason","tag-nba-trade","tag-og-anunoby"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}