NBA Free Agency is so quiet, it can only be heard when the Knicks move.
We’ve reached the cricket-inducing part of the summer. Most basketball business has been handled. A few teams are still managing loose ends with key free agents. And then there’s the Knicks — a title contender with one minimum salary slot left and several viable options to fill it.
They’ve done their homework. Names like Malik Beasley and Ben Simmons have gained traction in recent weeks. But two of the safest bets for that final spot were already in the building last season: Delon Wright and Landry Shamet, two familiar faces still flying under the radar despite doing everything asked of them at Madison Square Garden.
Wright and Shamet remain unsigned nearly two months after the market opened on June 30. Yet both m