Both the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors may be without multiple key players in Tuesday night's NBA Cup quarterfinals matchup.

They are the patch of calm where everywhere else storm clouds are either raging or gathering momentum. This can all change on a dime, of course — or with the snap of an ankle, or the crackle of a knee, or even if things go particularly poorly beginning with an unfavorable outcome of the game with the Raptors.

Former New York Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony has a retroactive recommendation for how his old team could have won it all with him.

When asked if LeBron James would waive his no-trade clause for the Knicks, agent Rich Paul dismissed the idea but offered a telling smile, fueling the rumors.

Those six players comprise most of the Knicks’ minutes sheet. Miles McBride, Jordan Clarkson and Guerschon Yabusele, too, have their own superpowers that earn them minutes in a stacked New York lineup. Traditionally, a player like Ariel Hukporti wouldn’t see minutes with three players ahead of him on the depth chart.

According to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN, if the Milwaukee Bucks are open to discussing Giannis Antetokounmpo with teams, the New York Knicks will no longer have the exclusive negotiating window as his preferred destination.

Two of the bigger institutions the NBA has to offer, LeBron James and the New York Knicks, continually headline the biggest offseason chaos-creators, two histor