Trades and Transactions Thread - 2025 Cont'd

[Jeffrey]

Forget all this Giannis and Durant stuff for a minute. What moves can make to add depth without sacrificing our core?

Lets go with the current starters and bench:

Mitch
KAT
OG
Bridges
Brunson

6. Hart
7. Deuce
8. Kolek


This is my wishlist if we're not making major moves..

Vet minimum signings:

Brook Lopez - stretch 5
Bojan Bogdanovic - bucket getter off the bench; also has size we need
Marcus Morris - wish we had this year. He is still a 40% 3point shooter. Adds toughness we need as well
Alec Burks - is still a good defender at the 1-3 position. Still can give you 8-10 ppg.

Non-MLE Tax:

Ben Simmons - yeah I said it. He can be our secondary ball handler, he can guard from 1-4 and small ball 5s. He is still a a premier defender, a rebounder that is still 6'9 on the open court. He will not be playing crunch time. Coming off the bench and play 20-25 minutes would be best for him.

[nykballa2k4]

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Firing Thibs is starting to remind me of when we signed Amare to get LeBron

[VirginiaKnickFan]

KAT for Towns

Bridges, Mitch and Josh Hart plus picks for Giannis

Giannis / Wright
Brunson / McBride
Anunoby / Shamet
Durant / Achiuwa
Hukporti / Portis

Head Coach: https://youtu.be/Q7ZO8mM4Vfw?si=N-2Pd5SZXykagxzs

[nykballa2k4]

Forget all this Giannis and Durant stuff for a minute. What moves can make to add depth without sacrificing our core?

Lets go with the current starters and bench:

Mitch
KAT
OG
Bridges
Brunson

6. Hart
7. Deuce
8. Kolek


This is my wishlist if we're not making major moves..

Vet minimum signings:

Brook Lopez - stretch 5
Bojan Bogdanovic - bucket getter off the bench; also has size we need
Marcus Morris - wish we had this year. He is still a 40% 3point shooter. Adds toughness we need as well
Alec Burks - is still a good defender at the 1-3 position. Still can give you 8-10 ppg.

Non-MLE Tax:

Ben Simmons - yeah I said it. He can be our secondary ball handler, he can guard from 1-4 and small ball 5s. He is still a a premier defender, a rebounder that is still 6'9 on the open court. He will not be playing crunch time. Coming off the bench and play 20-25 minutes would be best for him.

I think we needs to get back Donte. Obviously the cost starts at Deuce and PJ (for salary reasons). Do we include TyKo and Pac?

We should also look into adding Bey.
Horford is a rumored target

[Nicnac]

Start mitch and towns to compensate and trade JB for Tre. And use the Pic and roll. Mitch can cover tre's defensive weaknesses. And tre is a baller. Jb's value will never be higher but his effectiveness is really over rated other than end of game. ONLY 6 OR 8 ASSISTS TO TOWNS THE ENTIRE PLAYOFFS!!! not committed to winning imo

[TheGreenArrow]

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[Nazrmohamed]

Forget all this Giannis and Durant stuff for a minute. What moves can make to add depth without sacrificing our core?

Lets go with the current starters and bench:

Mitch
KAT
OG
Bridges
Brunson

6. Hart
7. Deuce
8. Kolek


This is my wishlist if we're not making major moves..

Vet minimum signings:

Brook Lopez - stretch 5
Bojan Bogdanovic - bucket getter off the bench; also has size we need
Marcus Morris - wish we had this year. He is still a 40% 3point shooter. Adds toughness we need as well
Alec Burks - is still a good defender at the 1-3 position. Still can give you 8-10 ppg.

Non-MLE Tax:

Ben Simmons - yeah I said it. He can be our secondary ball handler, he can guard from 1-4 and small ball 5s. He is still a a premier defender, a rebounder that is still 6'9 on the open court. He will not be playing crunch time. Coming off the bench and play 20-25 minutes would be best for him.

I think we needs to get back Donte. Obviously the cost starts at Deuce and PJ (for salary reasons). Do we include TyKo and Pac?

We should also look into adding Bey.
Horford is a rumored target

Id consider that a good summer

[KnixinSix]

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Key words......AT THIS JUNCTURE

[Jose7]

The most obvious move is to trade Mitch. He has a one year deal, his value will never be higher cannot bring him, Mikal and Hart back long term with the second apron situation in a few years.

Would go into the summer with

Towns
OG
Mikal
Deuce
Brunson

Hart
Hukporti
Pacome
Kolek

Mitch making 12.9, cant bring in salary over his correct?

Would look for center hungry teams and target a guard who has strong POA and floor spacing ability to start next to Brunson ideally.. fully embrace a pace and movement ball club.

[Clyde_Style]

The most obvious move is to trade Mitch. He has a one year deal, his value will never be higher cannot bring him, Mikal and Hart back long term with the second apron situation in a few years.

Would go into the summer with

Towns
OG
Mikal
Deuce
Brunson

Hart
Hukporti
Pacome
Kolek

Mitch making 12.9, cant bring in salary over his correct?

Would look for center hungry teams and target a guard who has strong POA and floor spacing ability to start next to Brunson ideally.. fully embrace a pace and movement ball club.

Why would you want to get rid of the player who may have had one of the greatest impacts in the Knicks last two playoff series?

[Knicksfan1992]

I mean honestly if the Knicks are going to look to expand their depth then the move is to trade either Mikal or OG IMO.

You could get a nice 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 package for either of them and their skill sets don't really complement each other on either end tbh.

We've learned Mikal can't be a full time POA defender and is much better off the ball. OG is also much better off the ball and guarding up rather than down. Neither are particularly good passers or ball handlers. While Mikal, at his best, does have a quick trigger on his shot he was rarely comfortable this year...

Knicks miss DD's skillset on O so much and it's because they replaced him with Mikal who became very methodical and trigger shy from 3. Maybe a new coach changes that? They can hope so but it might be better to get out ahead of the problem while he still has retained most of his value.

Was playing around on the trade machine earlier and one of the best ideas I came up with was:

Malik Monk
Keon Ellis

For

Mikal

Solves 2 issues for the Knicks (bench production and POA D) and gives the Kings a really good wing to pair next to Lavine.

If they want to expand it, then the Knicks could include Deuce who has a bit more of a PG skillset than anyone the Kings have and then they could send back a 1st or 2.

Just an idea I had.

[Clyde_Style]

I mean honestly if the Knicks are going to look to expand their depth then the move is to trade either Mikal or OG IMO.

You could get a nice 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 package for either of them and their skill sets don't really complement each other on either end tbh.

We've learned Mikal can't be a full time POA defender and is much better off the ball. OG is also much better off the ball and guarding up rather than down. Neither are particularly good passers or ball handlers. While Mikal, at his best, does have a quick trigger on his shot he was rarely comfortable this year...

Knicks miss DD's skillset on O so much and it's because they replaced him with Mikal who became very methodical and trigger shy from 3. Maybe a new coach changes that? They can hope so but it might be better to get out ahead of the problem while he still has retained most of his value.

Was playing around on the trade machine earlier and one of the best ideas I came up with was:

Malik Monk
Keon Ellis

For

Mikal

Solves 2 issues for the Knicks (bench production and POA D) and gives the Kings a really good wing to pair next to Lavine.

If they want to expand it, then the Knicks could include Deuce who has a bit more of a PG skillset than anyone the Kings have and then they could send back a 1st or 2.

Just an idea I had.

or a new coach utilizes Bridges better

I'm inclined to believe this FO has more faith in Mikal than most Knicks fans do

[spree2kawhi]

I mean honestly if the Knicks are going to look to expand their depth then the move is to trade either Mikal or OG IMO.

You could get a nice 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 package for either of them and their skill sets don't really complement each other on either end tbh.

We've learned Mikal can't be a full time POA defender and is much better off the ball. OG is also much better off the ball and guarding up rather than down. Neither are particularly good passers or ball handlers. While Mikal, at his best, does have a quick trigger on his shot he was rarely comfortable this year...

Knicks miss DD's skillset on O so much and it's because they replaced him with Mikal who became very methodical and trigger shy from 3. Maybe a new coach changes that? They can hope so but it might be better to get out ahead of the problem while he still has retained most of his value.

Was playing around on the trade machine earlier and one of the best ideas I came up with was:

Malik Monk
Keon Ellis

For

Mikal

Solves 2 issues for the Knicks (bench production and POA D) and gives the Kings a really good wing to pair next to Lavine.

If they want to expand it, then the Knicks could include Deuce who has a bit more of a PG skillset than anyone the Kings have and then they could send back a 1st or 2.

Just an idea I had.

or a new coach utilizes Bridges better

I'm inclined to believe this FO has more faith in Mikal than most Knicks fans do

So do I. He’s extremely talented. I’d say stand pat and practise. Focus on minor tweaks, bring back DiVincenzo , some other high character guys and defense, defense, defense. Mikal, OG and KAT are all keepers in my book.

[Clyde_Style]

I mean honestly if the Knicks are going to look to expand their depth then the move is to trade either Mikal or OG IMO.

You could get a nice 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 package for either of them and their skill sets don't really complement each other on either end tbh.

We've learned Mikal can't be a full time POA defender and is much better off the ball. OG is also much better off the ball and guarding up rather than down. Neither are particularly good passers or ball handlers. While Mikal, at his best, does have a quick trigger on his shot he was rarely comfortable this year...

Knicks miss DD's skillset on O so much and it's because they replaced him with Mikal who became very methodical and trigger shy from 3. Maybe a new coach changes that? They can hope so but it might be better to get out ahead of the problem while he still has retained most of his value.

Was playing around on the trade machine earlier and one of the best ideas I came up with was:

Malik Monk
Keon Ellis

For

Mikal

Solves 2 issues for the Knicks (bench production and POA D) and gives the Kings a really good wing to pair next to Lavine.

If they want to expand it, then the Knicks could include Deuce who has a bit more of a PG skillset than anyone the Kings have and then they could send back a 1st or 2.

Just an idea I had.

or a new coach utilizes Bridges better

I'm inclined to believe this FO has more faith in Mikal than most Knicks fans do

So do I. He’s extremely talented. I’d say stand pat and practise. Focus on minor tweaks, bring back DiVincenzo , some other high character guys and defense, defense, defense. Mikal, OG and KAT are all keepers in my book.

Outside of Brunson, Mikal had the most clutch game winning plays this season.

He's not a default alpha guy, but he has risen to the occasion numerous times.

I do believe he needs a better system to achieve the consistency people here demand of him.

[Montmorencie]

Depth is not the issue here, our core is not good enough to win championship.

We are not the Nuggets, we are pre Tatum Celtics with Isiah Thomas when he was third in the MVP voting.

[Besart19]

Forget all this Giannis and Durant stuff for a minute. What moves can make to add depth without sacrificing our core?

Lets go with the current starters and bench:

Mitch
KAT
OG
Bridges
Brunson

6. Hart
7. Deuce
8. Kolek


This is my wishlist if we're not making major moves..

Vet minimum signings:

Brook Lopez - stretch 5
Bojan Bogdanovic - bucket getter off the bench; also has size we need
Marcus Morris - wish we had this year. He is still a 40% 3point shooter. Adds toughness we need as well
Alec Burks - is still a good defender at the 1-3 position. Still can give you 8-10 ppg.

Non-MLE Tax:

Ben Simmons - yeah I said it. He can be our secondary ball handler, he can guard from 1-4 and small ball 5s. He is still a a premier defender, a rebounder that is still 6'9 on the open court. He will not be playing crunch time. Coming off the bench and play 20-25 minutes would be best for him.

at least one of Bridges or Hart should get traded for a reliable shooter and willing defender, not just stricky and part time ones

[HopelessKnick]

I am still hoping we can do a trade where we keep Mikal and OG to pair with Giannis and Brunson.

Keep in mind for that to have a chance of happening we would need to be the Lakers. That type of stuff usually does not happen for the Knicks.

With that said, I think San Antonio can make a great offer with the no.2 overall pick. So it only happens if Giannis specifically asks for NY. Hence the push for Jason Kidd.

But are the Giannis-Kidd ties so great that it would be a game changer for Giannis?

As for San Antonio---definitely with the 2nd pick they could make an incredible offer, but keep in mind that strategically it may not prove to be wise to go to the western conference. On top of that Wemby is too young and unproven HEALTHwise to rely on him IMO. I would still want to see him add another couple of injury free seasons before I trust a 7'5 guy to stay healthy longterm. I think if Giannis walks up to the Bucks and ask for a change, staying in the east and in a big market would be a priority. Going to a small market in the western conference may not be worth it for him.

[HopelessKnick]

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To me it reads like a trade request this offseason is rather unlikely. It could be that Milwaukee promised some improvements and Giannis wants to see what their FO can do and then re-evaluate later in the offseason. But maybe he is giving them the upcoming season.

[spree2kawhi]

or a new coach utilizes Bridges better

I'm inclined to believe this FO has more faith in Mikal than most Knicks fans do

So do I. He’s extremely talented. I’d say stand pat and practise. Focus on minor tweaks, bring back DiVincenzo , some other high character guys and defense, defense, defense. Mikal, OG and KAT are all keepers in my book.

Outside of Brunson, Mikal had the most clutch game winning plays this season.

He's not a default alpha guy, but he has risen to the occasion numerous times.

I do believe he needs a better system to achieve the consistency people here demand of him.

I even think all it takes is a second year with this group.

[spree2kawhi]

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To me it reads like a trade request this offseason is rather unlikely. It could be that Milwaukee promised some improvements and Giannis wants to see what their FO can do and then re-evaluate later in the offseason. But maybe he is giving them the upcoming season.

I still think he’ll be dealt this summer. I wouldn’t have thought so two months ago, but this seems inevitable. I could be wrong, of course, but I doubt he’ll become a Knick though