The New York Knicks are angling for their first NBA Championship run in more than five decades, but some of its stars have made multi-figure moves off the hardwood.
Jalen Brunson is the engine that’s driven the New York Knicks’ turnaround, but he keeps where he lays his head at night private. Rumor has it that he purchased a mansion in Ocean City, New Jersey last year, but little else is known about the property, according to Realtor.com.
Big man Karl-Anthony Towns — “Bodega KAT” — purchased a home in Minnesota in 2020 for $4.5 million, according to Realtor.com, wanting to enjoy the luxury life while suiting up for the Timberwolves. There’s a movie theater room (KAT is a big fan of HBO’s “Severance”), a pool, a sauna and a gym.
Towns was dealt to the Knicks ahead of the 2024-25 season, rendering the 17,000-square-foot home in Medina obsolete. He listed it two months ago for $5.5 million and is reportedly since renting in New York City.
Before the season started, he did scoop up a $14 million home in Los Angeles with girlfriend Jordyn Woods, according to TMZ. The couple moved into the home last May, enjoying an 11,000-square-foot estate that has a barn, a 350-bottle wine fridge, a home theater, a tennis court, a racquetball court and a 150-person nightclub on the grounds.
“Iron Man” Mikal Bridges paid $6 million for a 5,200-square-foot ground-floor duplex in Tribeca last year, the New York Post reported. The original asking price dropped to roughly half what Bridges paid before a flash sale auction brought the price back up.
The home includes a gym, an office and a yoga studio. It was a fortuitous buy for Bridges: he purchased the home in May 2024, two months before he was traded to the Knicks from New York’s other team, the Brooklyn Nets.
Miles McBride is a lightning rod off the bench, much like the beleaguered project initially known as the XI in New York City development circles. In September, McBride scored a 1,600-square-foot unit in the Chelsea development — now known as One High Line — for $15,500 a month, according to the New York Post.
Amenities at the building include a lap pool and a golf simulator. The fact that it’s only a mile away from Madison Square Garden probably doesn’t hurt Deuce McBride on game days.
Backup guard Delon Wright, who made a rare appearance in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, is believed to be renting in New York City, according to Realtor.com, but owns a 6,000-square-foot home in Encino, California. He purchased the property last year for $5 million, and owns a two-bedroom condo he paid $3.5 million for in Dallas.
As of 2023, backup big man Mitchell Robinson maintained at least one home in New York, specifically Westchester. White Plains offered an opportunity for the center to live his country lifestyle and shack up with his 19 dogs, according to the New York Post.
The Louisiana native also has a place in his home state.
Do-it-all guard Josh Hart lives in Westchester County’s Harrison, where he and his wife Shannon commissioned a 250-square-foot playroom for their two young sons, complete with a climbing structure, basketball hoop and yellow cab wallpaper.
Coach Tom Thibodeau put his Connecticut home on the market for $1.3 million, according to an independent New York Knicks website, but The Real Deal could not immediately verify that information.
Precious Achiuwa was born in Nigeria, spent time as a youth in New York, New Jersey and Florida and appears to own a single-family rental in Doral, purchased in 2022 for $1.8 million, according to Traded. The broker on the deal couldn’t be reached for comment.
And Landry Shamet mostly spends his time on the bench these days, giving him time to build up his real estate lending portfolio, as detailed last year by Forbes. His work with a former college teammate is centered around Phoenix — where Shamet played professionally — and Wichita, where he spent his college years.
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