Any thoughts on this? Im more inclined to attach DSJ instead of Frank, im more than ok to trade Randle but i think Pheonix have been eyeing Frank for a while. Well the Suns might be open to this trade if the knicks pick lands in the top 2. If this trade happens we will still have 2 glaring holes in the starting 5. Who will our starting point and powerforward be? But a core of Devin, RJ and Mitch will be something definitely to build around! If we can leave Frank out of this trade, i think having Frank at point and Devin at 2 will be acceptable. Frank still needs to improve offensively at the very least consistently hit the open 3 but the pressure to score with that line up (Frank, Devin, RJ, ?, Mitch) will be lessened for sure.

Can anyone see a senario where we can move up to the late lottery or just outside the lottery by packaging the clippers pick and our second rounder so we can probably fill one of the two starting 5 hole?

Has anyone heard of Karim Mane, 6'5" pointguard out of Canada, he just declared for the draft but havent signed an agent. Looks like an interesting player for the clippers pick or our second rounder.

or Brandon Ingram at the 3 and booker at the 2 Just sayin'. #Poison pill

Ball, RJ, Knox, Randall, Mitchell

v.

Booker, RJ, Knox, ?, Mitchell (with no Frank)

I would just draft Ball. Now if we are stuck at 6, then i would consider the deal, but I would try to keep Frank and maybe give them Trier and DSJ, plus Randle and the 6th Pick.

newyorknewyork wrote:

Uptown wrote:No way in hell can I see Phoenix making that trade!

He's signed for the next 4 yrs. They have all the leverage. They would want a godfather deal that could load the team up, or a superstar swap(Ben Simmons if Philly fails over the next yr or 2?).

But they really have no reason to trade Booker at the moment. Would be cleaner for them to keep trying to build around him Ayton & Oubre. They can maybe package their lotto pick for another proven guy to compliment that. Sign someone like Gallinari or something.

Not saying he is untradeable but there are much, much better packages out there than Randle and Frank.

Uptown wrote:No way in hell can I see Phoenix making that trade!

Glad someone said it. It's ridiculous. We would have to give up 3 or 4 1sts

TheGame wrote:The Suns are not doing that deal unless we get like the 1 or 2 pick, and if we got the 1 or 2 pick, I think we would be better off drafting Ball. If we got Booker, that would be great, but we would still need a point guard.

Ball, RJ, Knox, Randall, Mitchell

v.

Booker, RJ, Knox, ?, Mitchell (with no Frank)

I would just draft Ball. Now if we are stuck at 6, then i would consider the deal, but I would try to keep Frank and maybe give them Trier and DSJ, plus Randle and the 6th Pick.

I'm not sure this trade is the best for the Knicks. They are giving up 3 rotation pieces (Carmelo Anthony situation) and 2 young players (Frank and the draft pick.) That's not such a smart move for a rebuilding team. It leaves gaping holes at 2 positions. PG is only DSJ. I'm assuming the Knicks would have drafted a PG with their pick, which they are now trading. I hope they let Portis go so who is the power forward? Now the Knicks loose leverage in free agency and will have to give extra money/years to players in a mediocre free agent class just to fill holes. That might take them out of the 2021 FA class.

This is more of a win now move. What was the point of sucking if the Knicks don't follow a rebuilding plan? Booker's young but he's already a max player. In a rebuild you try to draft stars or supplimentary players to go with stars. Not trade the youth. The Lakers gave away a bunch of their youth for AD. For the Knicks to do that now? This move by itself doesn't even get the Knicks into the playoffs. (Booker never elevated Pheonix to the playoffs by himself.)

Did anybody mention that Booker and Barret play the same position?

We all are sick of Randle's spinovers but don't sell short on him. He's a legit 20 and 10 guy who is still young and is one of the best bully ball players in the league, even if that style is dying. He has value around the league. Not everybody saw all his spinovers or were emotionally scared by them. Lots of teams won't be able to sign free agents this offseason so I'm sure there will be a trade market for him, as his salary ($18.9m) is pretty fair.

Doing this specific trade and getting Booker is a clear change of direction for this team. It might draw other stars(??) but it takes the Knicks out of rebuilding mode. It puts them back a year (really 2) as there will be no high draft pick this year. But it doesn't make them a much better team and it forces them to rely on the free agent (older players) market just to field a roster around Booker. At most it puts them in the dreaded medium plateau that gets the Knicks medium draft picks and medium supplimentary players with medium ages that have medium salaries but that might take them out range to get a second max star. (We don't know when the salary cap will recover.)