The Knicks have quietly turned one expected roster move into three, and now the final spot battle is suddenly a lot more crowded.
New York entered the day with 13 players on guaranteed contracts and, with only about $3.3 million in cap space before hitting the second apron, the expectation was that the defending champions would bring in just one more body. Instead, the Knicks reportedly added John Konchar, Drew Eubanks and Liam Robbins.
“Free agent forward John Konchar has agreed to a one-year deal with the New York Knicks, agent George S. Langberg of @GSLSportsGroup tells ESPN. Konchar is entering his eighth NBA season,” reported Shams Charania on X.
“SNY sources: big man Drew Eubanks is signing with the Knicks on a camp deal and will be competing for a roster spot,” wrote Ian Begley on X.
“The New York Knicks Sign Liam Robbins to an Exhibit 10 Contract,” the Knicks’ official PR page announced.
Konchar arrives after drawing interest from multiple teams, and he is expected to have at least some guaranteed money in his deal. Even with that, there’s no certainty he ends up on the opening-night roster.
The veteran wing is coming off a 2025-26 season with the Utah Jazz in which he averaged 4.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting 47.2% from the field.
The bigger wrinkle is that the Knicks needed help in the frontcourt after losing Mitchell Robinson, and the two other additions are both centers. That makes the roster picture clearer in one sense and messier in another: New York is clearly looking at big-man options, but it also means the competition for the last job is now among players at the same position.
Eubanks, an eight-year NBA veteran, is on a one-year non-guaranteed deal and could potentially reunite with former Blazers teammate Josh Hart if he survives the roster cut. The 6-foot-10 center spent 2025-26 backing up Domantas Sabonis on the Kings, where he averaged 5.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.6 blocks while shooting 59.6% from the field.
Robbins, listed at seven feet, is coming out of the NBA G League after last playing for the Rip City Remix. He averaged 8.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field.
With the Knicks hovering so close to the second apron, only one of the three is expected to land on the final roster. Even if Konchar’s deal includes guaranteed money, New York can still fit a $2.5 million veteran minimum or minimum-contract deal.
And with Executive Chairman and CEO James Dolan saying the team will do whatever it takes to stay under the second apron, the Knicks now have a clear financial frame around an open basketball question: which of these three ends up sticking?
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