The New York Knicks are exploring a trade involving Karl-Anthony Towns to the Brooklyn Nets to alleviate salary cap pressures and avoid second-apron penalties. This potential deal would send Towns to Brooklyn in exchange for Nic Claxton and two first-round picks.

The NBA offseason has come to a standstill, and while there are a number of restricted free agents yet to sign deals this summer, 95% of basketball business has come to a conclusion.

The New York Knicks are bringing in Guerschon Yabusele after he left the Philadelphia 76ers in the offseason. The French forward joined the Sixers last season a

Marcus Morris, the former New York Knicks forward and a current free NBA agent, was arrested in Florida 's Broward County on Sunday, and faces fraud charges. The news was first reported by TMZ, but not much details were provided on Morris' crime. However, we have you covered in that regard.

That’s an issue for the Knicks, who have been hard-capped at the second apron now two years in a row. If the Knicks reach extensions for both Bridges and Robinson, the payroll will check-in at $226.2 million. That’s $2.6 million below the old projection — and close to $4 million above the new one.

After recording the most wins they've had in a season since 2015-16 (44) and securing the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Detroit Pistons sea

Mohamed Diawara is headed from France to New York. It's not clear yet whether he'll get a standard contract or a two-way.

NBA free agency is a game of musical chairs ... Unless the Celtics are willing to change the way they play to accommodate him, we can likely do better. How about the Knicks? The key to maximizing Simmons will be surrounding him with shooting.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/knicks as Knicks Front Office Among NBA's Best. The New York Knicks front office has been unafraid of big moves. They traded for OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns in the past two seasons and fired Tom Thibodeau despite advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.