The Knicks are still hunting for help up front, and this time they’ve gone after a young center on a restricted free-agent deal.
According to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line, New York has signed Mavericks center Moussa Cisse to a two-year offer sheet. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that the first season is 50 percent guaranteed, while the second year is non-guaranteed.
Bobby Marks added that the 2026-27 salary would become fully guaranteed on Oct. 1.
Dallas now has until Monday night to decide whether to match.
Cisse, 23, spent last season as a rookie in Dallas after being elevated from a two-way contract. In 38 games, he averaged 4.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks. Fischer also noted that the Knicks had previously looked into trades for Pelicans center Yves Missi and Hornets big man Moussa Diabate before turning to Cisse.
Out in Phoenix, the Suns are banking on Luke Kennard to help patch over the perimeter shooting they lost this offseason. Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic pointed out that Phoenix moved on from Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale, leaving Kennard as the team’s main new addition on the wing.
Kennard has been one of the league’s most reliable shooters for years, leading the NBA in three-point percentage three times in his career. He also came off the bench in the Lakers’ postseason run with a more aggressive offensive approach, and Phoenix is hoping that kind of efficiency can help replace some of the spacing it lost.
Elsewhere, former first-round pick Patrick Baldwin Jr. is heading to Serbia. Sportando reported that Baldwin has signed with Crvena Zvezda after spending last season with the Clippers, Sixers and Kings organizations.
And former lottery pick Stanley Johnson has landed in Japan, signing with the Gunma Crane Thunders after helping Nagasaki Velca win a league championship last season.
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