{"id":547,"date":"2025-07-31T22:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:21:03","slug":"knicks-sign-1-star-to-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/knicks-sign-1-star-to-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Sign 1 Star To Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_454762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454762\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-454762 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Indiana Pacers v New York Knicks - Game One\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2216353929-1024x683-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-454762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Al Bello\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/sports\/nba\/new-york-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Knicks<\/a> have secured another key piece of their potential championship puzzle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/tag\/mikal-bridges\/\">Mikal Bridges<\/a> reportedly has signed a lucrative deal that signals their commitment to the core group that reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNew York Knicks forward Mikal Bridges has agreed to a four-year, $150 million contract extension with the franchise, agents Sam Goldfeder and Jordan Gertler of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN. The new deal includes a player option for 2029-30 and a trade kicker,\u201d Shams Charania wrote on X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: New York Knicks forward Mikal Bridges has agreed to a four-year, $150 million contract extension with the franchise, agents Sam Goldfeder and Jordan Gertler of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN. The new deal includes a player option for 2029-30 and a trade kicker. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xuiYvzykqJ\">pic.twitter.com\/xuiYvzykqJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1951036775868080529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bridges joined the Knicks last offseason in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets, with New York parting with five first-round picks.<\/p>\n<p>He averaged 17.6 points, 3.7 assists and 3.2 rebounds this season while helping the team reach the conference finals for the first time since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Bridges has never missed a game in seven NBA seasons, providing the kind of reliability that championship teams require.<\/p>\n<p>The extension keeps Bridges alongside Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart.<\/p>\n<p>The core offers the Knicks a blend of scoring, defense and basketball IQ that few teams can match.<\/p>\n<p>Bridges proved his value during the playoffs with clutch defensive stops and timely baskets against the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n<p>Though he struggled at times during the series loss to the Indiana Pacers, his overall impact remained clear.<\/p>\n<p>The contract came in slightly below the maximum available, which gives New York additional flexibility as it continues building around a promising foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/knicks-sign-1-star-to-contract-extension\/\">Knicks Sign 1 Star To Contract Extension<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Al Bello\/Getty Images) \u00a0 The New York Knicks have secured another key piece of their potential championship puzzle. Mikal Bridges reportedly has signed a lucrative deal that signals their commitment to the core&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/knicks-sign-1-star-to-contract-extension\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Knicks Sign 1 Star To Contract Extension&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":550,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions\/550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}