2019-2020 New York Knicks Season Recap to date

2018-2019 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

        17-65                                     9-32                            8-33

2019-2020 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

         21-45                                     11-22                            10-23

Fun Facts for the season

-Despite having a young, talented big man in Mitchell Robinson, the Knicks signed four bigs prior to the start of the regular season: Marcus Morris, Taj Gibson, Bobby Portis and Julius Randle

-Despite getting drafted third overall by the Knicks in 2019, RJ Barrett is currently the third worst rookie by win shares (-0.5), with only Jordan Poole and Darius Garland ranked behind him

-The Knicks hired Michael Miller to be their head coach after they fired David Fizdale mid-season, making Miller only the seventh NBA head coach who has previously coached in the G League (formerly D League)

-While Julius Randle provided 6th round per-game value in points leagues and 8th round per-game value in 8-cat leagues, he was on pace to finish with 12th round per-game value in 9-cat leagues; a result of the 3.0 turnovers per game he is averaging

-Mitchell Robinson was on pace to produce the highest per-game value out of anyone on the Knicks roster despite averaging the 7th most minutes per game on the roster (23.1 minutes per game)

-RJ Barrett has the lowest rank in 8/9-cat leagues out of any player who averaged more than 30 minutes per game so far this season (22nd/27th round per-game value)

For a closer look at how the season has gone, be sure to check out our Season So Far series. The Knicks’ entry can be found right here.

Rosterable in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Mitchell Robinson (7th round/5th round)

-Julius Randle (8th round/12th round)

-Elfrid Payton (9th round/11th round)

Showed flashes of fantasy value in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-N/A

Rosterable in standard points leagues

(This is Yahoo’s standard scoring system, we’ll be using them as a reference for the rankings but obviously things will be different in your league if you use a custom scoring format or play on ESPN/CBS/Fantrax)

-Julius Randle (6th round)

-Elfrid Payton (7th round)

-Mitchell Robinson (10th round)

Flashes of value in standard points leagues:

-N/A

Predicting standard league relevant players for 2020-21 season

-Mitchell Robinson (all formats)

-Julius Randle (points leagues, 8-cat)

-Elfrid Payton (points leagues, 8-cat)

-RJ Barrett (points leagues)

Potential for standard league value for 2020-21 season

-Julius Randle (9-cat)

-Elfrid Payton (9-cat)

-RJ Barrett (8-cat)

Upcoming Notable Free Agents

-Mitchell Robinson (team option of $1.66M for 2020-21)

-Bobby Portis (team option of $15.75M for 2020-21)

-Taj Gibson (team option of $9.45M, partially guaranteed contract of $1M)

-Elfrid Payton (team option of $8M, partially guaranteed contract of $1M)

-Wayne Ellington (team option of $8M, partially guaranteed contract of $1M)

-Reggie Bullock (team option of $4.2M, partially guaranteed contract of $1M)

-Moe Harkless (unrestricted)

-Allonzo Trier (restricted)

-Damyean Dotson (restricted)

Key Additions

-Moe Harkless (Acquired via trade)

Key Departures

-Marcus Morris (traded to Clippers)

Upcoming Draft Picks

-2020 first round pick

-2020 first round pick (via Los Angeles Clippers)

-2020 second round pick (via Charlotte)

-2021 first round pick (Better of New York or Los Angeles Clippers pick, protected top 4; if the Clippers pick falls within the top 4, Clippers obligation is extinguished)

-2021 first round pick (via Dallas)

-2021 second round pick (via Charlotte)

-2021 second round pick (via Detroit)

-2022 first round pick

-2022 second round pick