Would the New York Knicks participate in the first-round pick for the Houston Rockets guarding Victor Oladipo … [+]
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As the New York Knicks consider trading to improve their schedule by Thursday’s deadline and secure their first postseason site in nearly a decade, they may be open for to trade the chosen version to do so.
“I don’t think they want more young players to have their bricks play,” an NBA official told the Post New YorkMarc Berman Tuesday.
The 21-22 Knicks are tied with Boston for 7th in the Eastern Conference, a game and a half behind Charlotte for 6th. Getting 6th this year means you don’t have to take part in the play-in tournament. New York is holding its first round pick in the 2021 deep draft as well as Dallas ’first round pick received in the 2019 Kristaps Porzingis trade. He also has a second round from Detroit that could be in his early 30s depending on how well the Pistons are playing going.
The Post reports that a trade for Houston defender Victor Oladipo would only happen if the free agent agrees to a contract extension to stay with the team beyond the 2020-2021 season. The Knicks have a capping place this season, so you don’t have to put the Rockets in salary, but it looks like they would have to cough for the first rounder to get Oladipo.
ESPN reports that Oladipo has interest in the Miami Heat as well as the Knicks and Houston is confident it will trade the 28-year-old guard, who is in the final year of a four-year, $ 85 contract. million, this week. It was acquired from the Indiana Pacers in January in the four-team trade sent by James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets.
New York has also explored trades for Orlando wing Evan Fournier, New Orleans guard Lonzo Ball (target this summer hitting a limited free agency) and JJ Redick (buy-out candidate at his family lives in Brooklyn) and Cleveland center Andre Drummond to a lesser extent, per the Post. Other names that have appeared on the market include Malcolm Brogdon, founder of Pacers and Myles Turner, the paper said.
The Knicks will also control the first round of Dallas in 2023, selected Berman said the team is willing to participate along with another selection in the future.