[1] During the off-season, the Knicks hired general manager Isiah Thomas as head coach.
Second-year forward David Lee played a sixth man role off the bench, averaging 10.7 points and leading the team with 10.4 rebounds per game.
[3][4] Following the season, Steve Francis signed as a free agent with his former team, the Houston Rockets.
[6] The Knicks had previously sent the rights to their 2006 1st round pick to the Chicago Bulls alongside the option to swap 2007 draft spots in a deal involving Eddy Curry and Michael Sweetney.
[7] Chicago would go on to forward the pick – which landed at number two overall – to the Portland Trail Blazers, who came away with LaMarcus Aldridge.