According to the NY Post the Knicks have decided not to offer a qualifying offer to Frank Ntilikina. Not really a surprise since it was $ 7.03 million, which allows the franchise not to lose flexibility when opening the free agency.
He will therefore be free agent and if a re-signing is not impossible, it is difficult to see the French leader re-signing when he was clearly not in the plans of Tom Thibodeau. You might think that a lot of franchises should be interested in its services.
He only played 33 games and posted his worst career stats. It was thought he could become an important part of Tom Thibodeau’s rotation thanks to his defensive qualities, but he never had a role, even multiplying games where he only came in for one or two defensive possession. He shot 2.7 points at 36.7% including 47.9% from distance, 0.9 rebound and 0.6 pass in 9.8 minutes.
Frank Ntilikina, longest-tenured Knicks, going to be an unrestricted free agent. Knicks didn’t submit a qualifying offer at 5 pm deadline, taking off restricted tag. Could still re-sign him.
— Marc Berman (@NYPost_Berman) August 1, 2021
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