Full Look at Knicks' 2026-27 Depth Chart and Their Biggest Weakness

The Knicks enter next season as the measuring stick, and they earned it the hard way.

They went 53-29, then beat the Spurs in five games in the Finals, closing it out with a 94-90 win in Game 5 for the franchise's first championship since 1973.

Jalen Brunson took Finals MVP after scoring 45 in the clincher, Mike Brown returns for his second season on the bench, and the front office spent July keeping the band together.

The depth chart is nearly set, it is strong almost everywhere, and the one soft spot is not hard to find.

Brunson runs the show after a season in which he averaged 26.0 points and 6.8 assists, and the main note on him is the left wrist surgery he had in early July, with a return to basketball activities expected later this summer.

Behind him sit Jose Alvarado, back on a three-year deal, plus Miles McBride and Tyler Kolek, with Jordan Clarkson and Landry Shamet providing more scoring off the bench.

The wings are the deepest part of the roster, since Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart all return, Pacome Dadiet and Kevin McCullar Jr. fight for the leftover minutes, and second-round picks Jack Kayil and Tyler Nickel arrive after strong summers, though a CBA wrinkle still hangs over Kayil's situation.

Brunson has already said he likes the chances of a repeat, and with this perimeter group it is hard to argue.

Karl-Anthony Towns anchors everything after averaging 20.1 points and 11.9 rebounds, and he spent June going head to head with Victor Wembanyama on the biggest stage before offering a confident response about that matchup.

The change is at the spot behind him, because Mitchell Robinson left for Boston on a three-year, $47.4 million deal, and New York replaced him with Andre Drummond on a one-year, $3.9 million contract.

Drummond is a fine value at that price, and he is also a clear downgrade from Robinson as a defender and offensive rebounder at this stage, which the front office plainly understood when it chased more help.

Center depth is the flaw, and the team knows it.

New York put a two-year, $4.7 million offer sheet on Moussa Cisse and watched Dallas match it, leaving Trey Jemison III as the third big.

The Knicks are the only team in the league without a two-way player signed, and that the delay is tied to the pursuit of a center trade.

A title team leaning on Towns into June needs real insurance behind a backup on a one-year deal, because one bad landing in March would leave the champs painfully thin at the position that decides playoff series.

Until that trade lands, the roster has one honest weakness, and everyone in the league can see where it sits.