By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
“Kris wants to stay in New York; he feels at home there. There is no question about it. The only thing he wants is for the Knicks to create an environment where he can develop and grow as a player and win,” Janis Porzingis said in an interview with ESPN. “If he were traded, he would play out his contract and head into free agency, where he can choose his own destiny.
The Knicks can offer Porzingis a contract extension after next season. If no agreement is made next offseason, the Knicks can extend Porzingis a qualifying offer after the 2018-19 season, making him a restricted free agent. The qualifying offer would allow New York to match any offers Porzingis receives from other teams. If Porzingis doesn’t sign another team’s offer sheet in the summer of 2019 or chooses not to sign an extension with the Knicks, he probably would accept New York’s qualifying offer for the 2019-20 season and become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2020.