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Season snapshot
Strong regular season results · competitive results veteran coreNYK finished 53-29 (0.646) with 19 playoff game(s). Its governed core had 10 players and a rotation-weighted age of 29.1. The team had 0 critical/structural basketball problem(s), 2 future pick-control row(s), and 30.0% future core salary schedule coverage. This describes the planning position; it does not recommend a direction.
Record
53-29
Playoff games
19
Playoff wins
16
Core age
29.1
Primary creator
Jalen Brunson
Current decision lanes
Transactions, injuries, rumors and staff changes are separate evidence lanes — never merged.12transactions1injuries0rumors0staff changes
TransactionTrey Jemisonfree agent exitAug 4, 2026Completed
Departure side derived only from the named completed/reported destination move; evidence status is preserved. Signed from New York to a two-way slot. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Identity resolved by unique accepted canonical/source-name match in nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
TransactionJeremy Sochanfree agent exitAug 2, 2026Completed
Departure side derived only from the named completed/reported destination move; evidence status is preserved. Officially announced. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Injuries & availability
Governed medical episodes — evidence about players, separate from team decisions.| Player | Injury | Body part | Out | Returned | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG Anunoby | left knee contusion | knee | Dec 17, 2025 → Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | left knee soreness | knee | Dec 9, 2025 → Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | — |
| Miles McBride | left ankle sprain | ankle | Dec 8, 2025 → Dec 21, 2025 |
Last observed season rotation
Players with actual NBA minutes for the latest eligible season; not a complete current registration ledger.| Player | Role | Strongest functions | Minutes | On/Off | Stab. RAPM | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jalen Brunson | — | — | 3,298 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
 Mikal Bridges | — | — | 3,289 | — | — |
On/Off and stabilized RAPM are separate impact lanes on a per-100 scale — never combined into one grade. A dash means evidence is unavailable, not zero.
20 of 20 — complete
Basketball functions
Eleven separate function readings — need, coverage and redundancy stay apart; no team score.CreationNo immediate need
Functional Strength · led by Jalen Brunson, then Josh Hart
Full reading
NYK 2025-26 Creation: production percentile 87.5; largest contributor Jalen Brunson (34.9% of above-replacement production); no_immediate_function_need.
Defensive event creationMonitor Not Priority
Middle Tier Distributed · led by Mitchell Robinson, then Mikal Bridges
Full reading
NYK 2025-26 Defensive event creation: production percentile 58.3; largest contributor OG Anunoby (31.3% of above-replacement production); monitor_not_priority.
Shot creation
Team performance and shot-creation architecture.NYK ranked 16 of 30 in self-created shot share (46.8%), 14 of 30 in self-created eFG, and 5 of 30 in assisted eFG. Primary creator: Jalen Brunson. Team-level creator attribution: 96.8%. Creation profile: balanced creation mix; dependency: tilted to lead creators; shotmaking: high end advantage conversion.
Self-created FGA share
46.8%
Self-created eFG
49.9%
Assisted eFG
60.9%
Jalen Brunson share
34.1%
Contracts & cap
Selected player charges under the serving definition — not full cap legality.SupportedSecond Apron Restricted Threshold State
Selected player charges
$209.9M
Share of cap
136%
Tax line
$22.0M over
First apron
$14.0M over
Second apron
$2.08M over
NYK 2025-26 carried $209,901,407 of selected player charges (135.7% of the cap), placing it in at or above second apron on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was creation at 21.1% of the cap; highest measured need was interior_finish. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.
Future core salary schedule
Upcoming decisions
Governed contract events ahead — dates carry their honest quality.Josh Hartteam option decisionJun 29, 2027reported $22.4M
Josh Hart has a reported team option for the 2028 season at a reported $22,375,280. Team controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.
Karl-Anthony Townsplayer option decisionJun 29, 2027reported $61.0M
Karl-Anthony Towns has a reported player option for the 2028 season at a reported $61,015,192. Player controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.
Miles McBridecontract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Miles McBride has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
OG Anunobyplayer option decisionJun 29, 2028reported $48.4M
OG Anunoby has a reported player option for the 2029 season at a reported $48,362,068. Player controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.
Future assets
Draft-control coverage: provisional future pick control tradability unresolved. Partial coverage renders as partial — never as a zero-asset team.2027 round 2Tradability not confirmed
NYK has a provisional-control row for the 2027 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
2029 round 2Tradability not confirmed
NYK has a provisional-control row for the 2029 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
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Organization
Basketball authority and staff context — descriptive, never a grade.Authority regimeJul 7, 2025 → present
CoverageResolved
withheld: falseresolved team: true
Supporting relations (7)
- gb_state.frontend_team_season_overview_v
- gb_state.team_functional_coverage_v
- gb_state.frontend_team_roster_card_v
- gb_state.team_asset_control_timeline_v
- gb_state.team_roster_decision_calendar_event_v
- gb_organization.role_tenure_assertion
- gb_state.nba_team_decision_feed_at
