The Knicks have found their next STAR...

The New York Knicks have found their next superstar of this franchise, and it is becoming painfully obvious that the Knicks got one of the biggest steals of the draft, if not two. But at the same time, this does come at a cost, because the Knicks are close to the second apron, and with one of their older prospects now in Pacome, Dadier, struggling, it's very clear that Dadier is about to get replaced in the coming weeks. And the Knicks will trade Dadier off to free up some money to bring in their rookies. Maybe both of them, definitely one of them on a standard roster spot, and right now, even though there's been all the love towards Tyler Nichol, Jack Cahill has made it very clear that he is a future NBA star. I mean, this man's offensive game is so polished for a 20-year-old, it's genuinely insane. I mean, we're seeing people discuss him on Twitter, saying, one of the most shocking prospects thus far throughout Summer League, because of his ball skill. This is a guy who goes out there and is such a skilled scorer. I mean, look, I was watching the game that he played yesterday against the Golden State Warriors, and frankly, actually, that's two days ago now, considering this video's coming out Saturday. But his game against the Warriors, everything that we saw was a man who looked like he had been a pro for five years, and the truth is, he has been a pro. He's been playing overseas. The man has played professional basketball, and it's clearly given him a leg up as a guard. Now, at the same time, obviously, overseas basketball is different from the NBA, but he's smart, he's careful with the ball, and he knows exactly what to do at all times. And you guys, if you don't know exactly what to do at all times, let me remind you, it's subscribed to Nick's Digest because 66% of viewers are not currently subscribed. It's completely free. We're closing in on the 27K, and we got Nick's videos coming out every single day, and we're having a ton of fun while doing it as well. So, guys, jumping back into the video, there is a lot to look at with Jack Cahill. This has been a guy who has shown up and shown out, and because of the fact that where this summer league is at, where it's over now by the time this video is coming out, now the next time we see Cahill will be with the New York Knicks, with the club. The question is, what will that contract situation look like? And, guys, before we do get any further, I do want to thank PrizePix for sponsoring today's video. PrizePix is the number one sports picks app in America where you can get in on all the action. Download PrizePix and sign up using code Digest, and you can play $5 and get 50 instantly in lineups. It is a great deal for you. It also does help the channel out a ton as well, guys, and there is a pick that I do want to get into later on in this video, but for now, we have a lot to talk about with Jack Cahill because, guys, right now, we look at this rookie, and we understand that Tyler Nichol is also exciting because he's a shooter, but Cahill has shown that he can be an NBA guard today. True combo guard skills, 6'4", so he can handle both spots. His defenses look good. I want to see his screen navigation get a little bit quicker, but with the ball in his hands on the offensive end, this man is dangerous enough that Mike Brown, who has no problem playing young guys if they deserve it, will put him in. Now, Ian Bagley of SNY shouted Ian Bagley the GOAT, and he did mention just regarding the Knicks and where their financial situation is at regarding to the rookies, and he said, The Knicks obviously thought highly enough of Cahill to select them in the second round of the draft. Both Cahill and fellow rookie Tyler Nichol have impressed team personnel in Las Vegas. If their early play in Vegas is an indication, both players will have a future with the Knicks. New York needs to find young players and sign them to team-friendly contracts in order to navigate the NBA's second apron rules. It would be an organizational win if both Nichol and Cahill play their way onto New York's NBA roster. It's only summer league, but it seems as if the Knicks have found two promising young players in Nichol and Cahill. Can they earn a spot on the 2027 roster? Well, that's discussed further by Baggs, who mentioned that New York is currently $3.3 million below the second apron, with 13 players and with room for one more minimum. Owner James Dolan said in June the team would not exceed the NBA's second apron and team salary. New York still needs a third center. If the club signs a center to a veteran's minimum contract, New York would not have enough room under the second apron to either sign Nichol or Cahill to a contract and be the second-round exception. There's a way. There is a way. And it's pretty simple. I love them, but you've got to trade with home Dottie A. That's the way, guys. That is the way. It's the only way it works, because Dottie A is making around $3 million this year. So, if the Knicks are to trade away Dottie A to, let's say, the Grizzlies, and they give a second-round pick and get a protected second-round pick in return, a pure cap-dump, then they could sign at least one of them to that $1.15 million second-round minimum. That's what they'd sign Dior to. They could do that again this year with one of Cahill or Nichol. They have the ability to do that, and then all of a sudden, boom, they have money freed up where? Now, they've traded that away. They could sign a center to a veteran's minimum deal, whoever that may be. There's the idea of Nick Richards. I just floated a video earlier about Moses Brown, potentially. There's maybe my favorite in Moussa Cissé. To me, that's my guy. But overall, we will see the Knicks in some form sign another center. But if they trade Dottie A away, then they could sign a center and also bring in at least one of Tyler Nichol and Jack Cahill. And right now, Cahill, there's kind of a reason they'd have to bring him in. Ian Begley mentioned that New York could offer Cahill or Nichol a two-way contract for next season. But in this scenario, New York would be prohibited from paying Cahill's buyout from his German club. The buyout has to be executed between the player and his overseas team. The Knicks can offer Nichol a two-way contract without this limitation. In this two-way scenario, the Knicks could convert either Cahill or Nichol to a standard contract once the pro-rated amount fits under the second apron, which would be around late March or early April. Whatever happens from here, it's safe to assume that both Nichol and Cahill will have an opportunity to play for the Knicks in the near future. For Cahill, the only question is, is he with New York in 2026, 2027, or in a subsequent season? Cahill is playing well enough that right now, for guys who are not going to be consistently in the rotation anyway, you've got to go ahead and sign Cahill to that $1.15 million contract after trading Dottie and signing a center. The reason is, so then you get him. You don't have to wait for him overseas. Once a player goes back overseas, it's harder to bring them back. We've seen this dance all the time in the second round. It's like, oh yeah, he'll be overseas for one year. I mean, that's happened to the Knicks with guards fairly recently, in fact. I mean, if you want to go 10-ish, yeah, I want to say 10, maybe 9 years back now, there was Anjan Jamarez, who came over for Summer League one year, didn't really impress too much in the Serbian guard, just never ended up coming to New York in the first place. They picked a guy, and I'm completely blanking on his name right now, ahead of Deuce McBride at 32nd overall. And I mean, even then, we look and we saw that we never got to really see him come overseas. He played Summer League at one point. Rokas Jokobaitis. It was Jokobaitis. I got it. I was actually looking up the draft, and it hit me when I was looking it up. Rokas Jokobaitis wanted to play for the Knicks, but he didn't want to sit on the bench. He wanted to actually play for the New York Knicks. He wanted to be a guard who was playing for the Knicks and not jumping back and forth between Westchester and staying on the bench the whole time. But the Knicks couldn't offer him that, so Jokobaitis decided to sign an extra contract overseas. The Knicks still own his draft rights. If Jokobaitis ever wanted to come over, he'd either have to play for the Knicks or ask the Knicks to move on from his draft rights so he can go to a different team where he could actually play. That is what would happen. Jokobaitis was picked 32nd overall, so it's not like he was a late second-round pick. Jamares was a late second-round pick. Jokobaitis wasn't, so Cale, who is not the earliest second-round pick in the world but not necessarily late, we kind of look at him and say, do we want to take the risk that now he never comes over? I don't really like that idea. I would rather get Cale right now, have Nickel on the two-way contract, have Nickel and Cale both play a lot of time in Westchester so they're on the court getting minutes, getting reps, playing, and doing everything right. The Knicks have a really good coach in Dasania Diop as their Westchester Knicks coach, so he would be excellent. He'd be a great extension of Mike Brown in a lot of ways. So overall, I do like the idea of that. To me, that is the right move for the Knicks right now. And again, this all would hinge on moving on from Tacoma Dadier. Right now we look at the Knicks' summer league team. Cale and his second in points, or Nickel's second in points right now, Cale's third. Dadier is first, but he's also shooting 32% from the field and 15% from three. We look at Nickel shooting 45% from deep, and then we look at Jack Cale, whose numbers have kind of slumped efficiency-wise, but still, the man is looking damn good, and it's time to sign Tyler Cale. This is Tyler Colick, too. Give me a break. It's Friday, man, as I'm recording this video. It's Saturday when you're seeing this video. It's been a week, boys, it's been a week. But overall, I do think that's the move going forward. I'm curious what you guys think, though, so I do want to hear from you guys in the comments down below. Let me know your thoughts. And guys, before we do wrap the video up, I do want to talk about a pick. Y'all know I love the UFC. I talk about it a lot now. And guys, we're going to prize picks, and we are going to the main event of this UFC fight night in Oklahoma City, where I am taking Kamaru Usman to get more than 65.5 significant strikes. Look, I'm also taking, as well, because this ties into Usman's significant strikes, I'm taking Dreykus Duplassie and Usman to have more than 3.5 rounds on a goblin pick. Goblin picks mean it's a lower thing, and yes, the payout's lower, but it's more likely to happen. I'm taking this. Here's the thing. I know Duplassie can finish, guys. He finished Israel Adesanya to defend his belt. I get it. At the same time, we look at Usman. Usman has never been finished in the UFC outside of one head kick ever, which was kind of fluky in its own way. And also, Usman being kind of dumb, he should have just weathered the storm and also Herb Dean separated them when Usman had Leon Edwards pressed against the cage. Doesn't matter. The point is, Usman is as tough to finish as anyone in UFC history. One of the greatest fighters ever. Usman, yes, he's older. He doesn't fight that often anymore. But still, Dreykus's head movement leaves a little bit to be desired. He's willing to take a couple punches to enter the pocket. That's already going to be significant strikes there. Usman also, when he does take Dreykus down, which he will, he's going to start throwing strikes. Usman does not sit there and try to submit you. When he gets your back, well, he's not going to get your back. He's going to try to hold you in a sprawl. And then he's going to absolutely slam punches down on your head. He's going to try to hammer fist you down on your head when it's down near his stomach. So he just starts hammering him. And then also throws a couple shots at your liver when he's got that down in position. Dreykus, yes, he's weird and he wins by falling piano, as people say, because the man just circumvents wins. But at the end of the day, I do think that this is a scenario where this fight's going to go five rounds. I think it'll be a decision. I think Usman's chain wrestling is going to work well. But also, Usman's going to know to throw punches and not just sit on them. When Usman gets on top of you, he's going to start hitting you so you don't focus on getting up. Because he's not going to try to submit you his one submission ever. And it was a, I believe it was an arm triangle in his first fight ever. It was definitely his first fight ever in 2015. And yeah, I believe he got, he went from a headlock into an arm triangle. So, with that, I don't think he's going to be able to submit Dreykus. Dreykus is hard to get out of there outside of going to decision. I mean, Dreykus survived Hamzat Chimayev for 25 minutes. MMA math should say that Usman should be able to out-wrestle him since Usman put up a much better fight against Chimayev, who Chimayev also beat, definitely. I would have called it a 28-28 fight, doesn't matter. But, at the end of the day, if Hamzat, who finishes everyone for the most part, isn't going to finish Dreykus, and I know Hamzat didn't lose, but I really do think that Usman is going to be able to sit on him for most of this fight. But there will be points where they're going to end up in the pocket. Dreykus is fine taking a couple shots. Usman less so because he's worried about getting knocked out again. At the same time, I think Usman's going to get him out. Wow, long explanation, but it's the only place I get to talk about UFC. Sorry about that if you're not a UFC fan. Like this video, subscribe, turn on post notifications. Have a great day. Go Knicks.