“No doubt, he would love to get that,” Bartelstein said on SiriusXM NBA Radio.
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Bartelstein → love → Radio
“But at the end of the day, you work for the Knicks and it takes two sides to get a deal done.
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deal → work → sides
And if the Knicks aren’t ready to do extensions right now, then we just gotta buckle up and go have a great season.
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we → do → season
He’ll be a free agent this summer, but we’ll see.
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we → see → ?
We’ve got a great relationship with [president] Leon [Rose] and the front office.
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We → get → office
We’ll see: there may be opportunities during the season, maybe in the near future.
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We → see → future
Who knows where we’ll be able to have those conversations.
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we → know → conversations
McBride is set to make just under $4 million in the final year of his contract this season and will be in line for a dramatic raise if he hits free agency next summer.
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he → set → agency
Operating under owner James Dolan’s demand to stay under the second apron, it will be extremely difficult for the Knicks to have all five starters on big contracts and still have space left over to give a significant contract to a bench player.
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starters → operate → player
That makes McBride the most likely trade candidate on the roster before the Knicks potentially lose him for nothing in the summer.
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Knicks → make → summer
And he is someone, as a proven bench contributor currently on a cheap deal, who would actually bring back a strong return.
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who → prove → return
McBride has not been as pointed as Karl-Anthony Towns about the negotiations, but he did make it clear that he felt he deserved an extension before the Knicks shut down talks.
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Knicks → make → talks
“We’ve spoken to the Knicks throughout the summer,” Bartelstein said.
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Bartelstein → speak → summer
“Miles, like any player in his position, would love to get an extension.
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Miles → love → extension
I think he’s earned it.
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he → think → it
He’s been a huge part of where that organization has gone over the last three or four years.
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organization → go → years
A lot of people don’t realize how hurt he played last year in the playoffs.
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he → realize → playoffs
He had abdominal surgery that caused him to miss a couple of months.
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him → have → months
He came back and he wasn’t really right yet, but he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to be there for his teammates.”
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he → come → teammates
Dink Pate’s wild basketball journey has landed him back with the Knicks.
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journey → land → Knicks
The team signed him to an Exhibit 10 contract Saturday and quickly waived him — a housekeeping procedure to get him to their G-League team.
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team → sign → team
Since Exhibit 10 deals are basically just training camp deals, they expire at the start of the regular season.
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they → expire → season
But as long as he clears waivers as expected, it means the Knicks will keep his G League rights.
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Knicks → clear → rights
Pate, 20, spent last year with the Westchester Knicks.
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Pate → spend → Knicks
Then, as part of college sports’ increasingly Wild West-like system, he tried to play in college this year at Providence.
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he → try → Providence
He didn’t have previous college experience, having instead opted to play for the G League Ignite before entering the draft last year, where he went undrafted and signed with the Knicks.
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he → have → Knicks
But the NCAA recently denied Pate’s amateur status and ruled him ineligible.
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him → deny → status
So with his college hopes dashed, he’s likely headed back to the G League.
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he → dash → League
What’s happening on and off the Garden court
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happening → happen → Sports+
Thank you
Pate, a 6-foot-8 guard, averaged 16.0 points and 3.7 assists with the Westchester Knicks during the G League regular season last year.
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Pate → thank → season
Joel Embiid isn’t planning on taking in the Knicks’ championship festivities before their season opener Tuesday night against the 76ers and Madison Square Garden.
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Embiid → plan → 76ers
“I don’t really feel like watching that whole ceremony,” Embiid said.
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Embiid → feel → ceremony
“I guess I’ll be in the locker room.”
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I → guess → room
Jaylen Brown, though, had a different sentiment.
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Brown → have → sentiment
“It’s an honor,” Brown said.
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Brown → ’ → ?
“Opening night, it’s primetime, the former champions, I think it’s serendipitous.”
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it → ’ → ?
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