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The New York Knicks could pursue a trade for Chris Paul this offseason.
Paul is having a resurgent career at the age of 34, but he is owed $41.4 million in 20-21 and $44.2 million in 21-22. The Oklahoma City Thunder acquired Paul from the Houston Rockets as part of the Russell Westbrook trade and were unable to trade him to another team this past offseason.
Leon Rose, who is now running the Knicks, was the longtime agent of Paul.
Knowing the Knicks, they'll give us 3 firsts.Knickstape7 wrote:as a knick fan ill take cp3 but since his contract is that much we better get a first or 2 second rounders lol
Dr Aki wrote:Lol trust the Knicks to trade for a guy who's going to tank their pursuit of Giannis
Temuhjan wrote:The Knicks do need a starting calibre PG, but OKC better throw in a truck load of sweeteners. Say, a first round draft pick plus a rotation player on a cheap contract
RealGM Wiretap wrote:Paul is having a resurgent career at the age of 34
Pickled Prunes wrote:Temuhjan wrote:The Knicks do need a starting calibre PG, but OKC better throw in a truck load of sweeteners. Say, a first round draft pick plus a rotation player on a cheap contract
CP3 at 38 will still be far better than any player that would be willing to sign with the Knicks. And since most of OKC's assets will be on rookie deals while CP3 is there, OKC has no immediate need to move him. OKC would need to be getting something back for CP3 and I don't see anything in NYK that OKC would want.... so it won't happen.
Darthlukey wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:Temuhjan wrote:The Knicks do need a starting calibre PG, but OKC better throw in a truck load of sweeteners. Say, a first round draft pick plus a rotation player on a cheap contract
CP3 at 38 will still be far better than any player that would be willing to sign with the Knicks. And since most of OKC's assets will be on rookie deals while CP3 is there, OKC has no immediate need to move him. OKC would need to be getting something back for CP3 and I don't see anything in NYK that OKC would want.... so it won't happen.
The Thunder would be made to send out any assets along with CP3. They have overachieved and should still be looking to rebuild rather than compensate another team, especially the Knicks, to take on CP3
Barcs wrote:This would be same ol knicks. While they desperately need a PG, he's not the long term solution. If anything they should have pulled the trigger on D Russel.
Pickled Prunes wrote:RealGM Wiretap wrote:Paul is having a resurgent career at the age of 34
What?
I know that some don't understand this, but Paul was pretty good the last two seasons in a system that went increasingly away from his strengths. All he did to have a "resurgence" was to step out from Harden's shadow.
Pickled Prunes wrote:Darthlukey wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:CP3 at 38 will still be far better than any player that would be willing to sign with the Knicks. And since most of OKC's assets will be on rookie deals while CP3 is there, OKC has no immediate need to move him. OKC would need to be getting something back for CP3 and I don't see anything in NYK that OKC would want.... so it won't happen.
The Thunder would be made to send out any assets along with CP3. They have overachieved and should still be looking to rebuild rather than compensate another team, especially the Knicks, to take on CP3
Your statement doesn't make sense... at least not to me. They should be rebuilding and sending out assets? You don't give up assets to get off bad money when you are rebuilding. You take on bad money to get assets, which is what they did this past summer. And technically, it's only bad money when you need it to sign another player, which OKC doesn't at the moment.
RoyceDa59 wrote:CP3 playing like this at age 34 on a 2-year contract has more demand than I think people realize.
OKC doesn’t need to rush, they have until trade deadline 2022 to pull the trigger and he should continue to play at a high level for a few more years.
Temuhjan wrote:RoyceDa59 wrote:CP3 playing like this at age 34 on a 2-year contract has more demand than I think people realize.
OKC doesn’t need to rush, they have until trade deadline 2022 to pull the trigger and he should continue to play at a high level for a few more years.
Hmm... I wonder how many teams want to pay $85m over two seasons for a fringe starter / veteran sixth man. Last time I check that number is a big donut. Have fun!
