Knicks Daily Roundup 3/15: Players Will Continue to Receive Salaries

Shams Charania reported today that the National Basketball Players Association has sent out a memo to agents that explained that they expect players to continue to receive their salaries on their designated paydays. Despite the suspension of the NBA season due to the coronavirus, it seems that players are positioned to continue to receive pay.

Also in COVID-19 news, "NBA Patient Zero" Rudy Gobert has donated $500,000 to arena employees and relief causes in Utah, Oklahoma City, and France. This donation quintuples the donations made by other players, such as Zion Williamson and Giannis Antetokounmpo, which were still incredibly generous themselves. This news was first reported by Shams Charania.

Our own Alex Wolfe wrote a column today which makes the case for the Knicks to extend guard Frank Ntilikina before the 2021 NBA season. Although extending lottery picks past their rookie deals may not seem like a wild concept to most teams, the last time the Knicks gave any of their draft picks a multi-year rookie extension was Charlie Ward (who was drafted in 1994). Give Alex's piece a read here.

Also written for Knicks SI was our own Lauren Russell's column on the best sneakers worn by Knicks in the last week. This edition is special: not just because of the shoes RJ Barrett wore against Oklahoma City last Friday, but because it is what projects to be the last edition of "The Week in Knicks Kicks" for several weeks. Lauren not only does great work finding the flashiest Knicks sneakers, but also giving readers details regarding the shoe, its color-way, and its history.

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