Dennis Rodman… to the New York Knicks?

Not quite.

The NBA great and Hall of Fame power forward joked with an Instagram post on Monday, July 1st, that he was signing a lucrative contract with the New York franchise.

“Breaking News from Woj,” the photo Rodman posted read. “Free agent Dennis Rodman has agreed to a four-year, $140M deal to join the New York Knicks, agent Darren Prince tells ESPN.”

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The five-time champion with the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls jested his hoax deal with the Knicks at the expense of ‘Bockers fans. New York was recently shut out of the superstar sweepstakes, missing out on much-sough-after All-Stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, who have agreed to team up and join crosstown rivals Brooklyn Nets with one-time All-Star center DeAndre Jordan.

The Knicks cleared cap space in January by trading All-Star power forward Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks. In doing so, and sending Tim Hardaway Jr. and Courtney Lee's contracts, New York had upwards of $70 million to spend this summer. After striking out on Durant and Irving, however, the front office, led by general manager Scott Perry, decided to offer out two-year deals to veterans forward Taj Gibson, forward/center Bobby Portis, wing Reggie Bullock, wing Wayne Ellington, and guard Elfrid Payton. Each of the five signees has a team option on the second year of the contract.

New York also signed free-agent power forward Julius Randle, 24 years young, to a three-year contract worth $63 million including a team option on the last year of that deal, too.

So, even after those six signings, it doesn't look like the Knicks will have room to ink The Worm, who last played in the NBA in 2000, to a deal.

Sorry, Dennis.