The Knicks can deal up to eight first-rounders, including up to four unprotected picks, in a potential trade with the Jazz for Donovan Mitchell. They could add at least three first-round swaps, as well as young talents such as RJ Barrett, Quentin Grimes, Immanuel Quickley and Obi Toppin.
Those factors give New York an edge over other potential suitors for Mitchell, Fred Katz of The Athletic writes. Katz breaks down possible offers from the Wizards, Heat, Raptors, Hornets, Kings and Hawks — the other teams reportedly interested in a Mitchell deal — and how the Knicks might top them.
We have more from the Atlantic Division:
- Jayson Tatum is brimming with confidence the Celtics will win the title next season, fortified by the additions of Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari, he told The Athletic’s Jared Weiss. “I mean, what kind of teammate would I be if I said no?” he said. “We got this close, and we added two really good players. I think it makes us better.” Tatum is staying out of the way of other potential moves, including chatter regarding a Kevin Durant blockbuster. “(President of basketball operations Brad Stevens) lets me do my thing. I let him do his thing,” he said. “In all honesty, that’s his decision and that’s his job.”
- Winning the Most Valuable Player award would be a best-case scenario for the Sixers’ Joel Embiid next season, Kyle Neubeck of PhillyVoice.com writes. The worst case scenario, beyond a significant injury, would be the superstar center growing disenchanted with the franchise’s inability to get over the hump in the postseason.
- A best-case scenario for Sixers reserve Paul Reed, according to Neubeck, would be a more modest goal — getting more minutes and bringing youthful energy and production. A worse-case scenario would be for the Sixers to lose trust in Reed and wind up overusing P.J. Tucker at the ‘five’ spot before the postseason.
Eight first round picks is way too much!
I’m hoping he’s stating what attractive inventory the Knicks have and not suggesting they trade all of those picks nor players. If you would compare Donovan to Sexton there’s not much difference.
If that was on the table DM would be a Knick already
Other than the fact that one has been the lynchpin of one of the most successful offenses in the NBA the last few years while the other’s team had their best record since LeBron left in a year in which he missed most of the season.
@Tacocat
And that means what? Cavs had a top 7 defense and a bottom 5 offense and won 42 games. You think the Cavs wouldn’t have likely won more games if they had another 18 to 25 points a night on the floor? I hate that. “Correlation does not imply causation”. The Grizzlies won 78% of the games without Morant (21-6) vs 64% with Morant (35-20). Would you argue the Grizzlies are better off without Morant? It’s much more likely the Cavs were better than the year before because their defense moved from a bottom 5 team to a top 7 team with the addition of Mobley. And Garland had a slight improvement offensively (+4 in points, +3 in assists) because he played more minutes, had to carry the team as its main shot creater and had more offensive weapons in Mobley, Markannen and a reemergence of Love. Wins are a team effort. The Jazz didn’t win solely because of Mitchell. They had a good roster with talent on both sides of the ball.
Not much difference bw Donovan Mitchell & Collin Sexton? Smh jeez u guys suck at this. I’m a huge fan of Collin. He’s literally 1 of my very favorite guys in the league. He’s very clearly not on Spida’s level. Collin would def help NYK or any team. But not to the level that Spida would
@Sankara
“You guys suck at this”? Who’s you guys?
Suck at what? Not having the same opinion as you?
I often don’t agree with a lot of what you say. It doesn’t mean you suck at voicing your opinion on these posts.
I think your take on Durant is awful, for example. How can you not see that what he’s doing is wrong? You’re such a big fan with a superior opinion.. you’re okay with this? This should be normal and accepted? He won’t honor the commitment he made when he signed a legal contract, unless they fire the coach and gm? I have never in my life seen such a great player act like this. He’s a huge part of why the NBA is turning into a soap opera. Even the commissioner went public that he doesn’t like it. Why doesn’t he like it? Because it’s not good for the NBA. And what’s bad for the NBA business, is bad for the players since they’re basically partners.
“You guys” is self explanatory. You guys suck at being basketball fans. I appreciate you saying that I don’t suck at voicing my opinion, an unnecessary compliment if there ever was 1… as far as KD, which ofc has nothing to do with Mitchell or Sexton, I’m obv for KD. I’m a basketball fan. 10 times outta 10 ima be for 1 of the best basketball players ever in a beef vs management. I was for Kyrie vs those same suits. Owners sign long term contracts with players & then trade them the same yr, ask Blake Griffin & Kevin Huerter how that feels. I don’t see you or anyone crying for them. And tbh no one should, those guys are millionaires & they’ll be just fine even if it is a life changing move that they have no control over. No one should cry for these owners or these franchises (or whoever yall perceive to be KD’s victim in this heinous crime) either. Owners are billionaires. Franchises should not be loved more than your fellow human. Even if that human is from a different side of town from you. I have far more love and respect for KD the man and the basketball player than for a company called the NBA. That you or anyone would love the NBA more than guys like KD, Russ, Bron that make the NBA what it is is EXTREMELY telling lol. Like do yall not see how transparent yall are? Also plenty of great players have done this lol, Magic, MJ, Dwight, Kobe, Kareem, Barkley, Shaq, Kidd & far more have all either demanded a trade or actively gotten a coach fired or both… the era of player empowerment that you say has turned the NBA into a soap opera started with Bron’s decision a lil over a decade ago. Business been booming since then fym
You have your argument and your beliefs. I disagree with almost all of them adamantly. The fact that you can’t discuss hoops without insulting and generalizing everyone is what I think is extremely telling. We suck as fans because we don’t agree with you? Okay then.
The nba and players are partners at this point. It’s not good for the nba business for players to sign contracts and then 1 year into them, not honor them. None of those players you mentioned pulled this temper tantrum stuff like KD The give me my way or I won’t honor my contract nonsense. What made the NBA great again started in the 80’s. The Celtics and Laker rivalry and David Stern built this foundation. MJ took it and ran with it. LeBron, regretted “the decision” publicly btw. I was in Cleveland when people were in the streets burning his jersey. But LeBron never “went dark” towards any of his teams or pouted about the coach and gm in year one of a max contract.
Obviously KD isn’t upset with the money he’s making. He’s upset at the team. He doesn’t like the players around him and he doesn’t like the coach that he lobbied for. That’s not being a good teammate. I’d say that’s not even being a good person. That’s not loyal or honorable. That’s just common sense to me. But I guess we all don’t have the same sense in common lol.
I get what you’re saying about how they’re both scorers who can play the 1 or 2 guard. But idk about not much difference. Every single NBA owner and executive must disagree with you, because Mitchell would never last this long in FA. Sexton also could have been had for less than half of what it’s going to take to get Mitchell.
My question is if Gobert was overrated and Mitchell is too … then why did the jazz win so much?
Far far from anything Sexton has accomplished.
Mitchell can shoot the ball from anywhere, and has moves to get open in any situation. He’s already in the record books for some of the highest scoring playoff games in history. It’s a very very short list of guys who scored 50+ in a playoff game multiple times.
@Lyman
The Jazz won 51 games the year they drafted him. He don’t not MAKE them a good team on his own. He had a great team from the get its just that the West was a lot stronger then vs now.
It’s a fair point that they were good the year before how arrived. But I said if both Gobert and Mitchell are overrated not just Mitchell. Then I mentioned how Mitchell is one of the players on a very short list of players who have scored 50+ points in a playoff game twice or more. Including 57 which is still 3rd most all time. Which is crazy to think actually, that only two players in history scores more points in a playoff game than him.
The dude is special. Good point on the jazz being good the year prior to then drafting him. But having him be their best or second best player didn’t stop them from continuing to win year in and year out. He’s never missed the playoffs, and he’s dangerous when he gets there.
I think the term “up to” should have answered that question. Meaning they don’t have other commitments for their first rounders in other trades
Getting pretty close to training camp. The latest reports are they’re not even close.
Certainly seems like the Jazz don’t want to trade him. The Knicks want him for the market price, but the Jazz would rather keep him for that price. It’ll require an overpay to get him on your team right now.
I’m guessing the Jazz maybe do 1-2 smaller trades and Donovan starts the season with the Jazz. I don’t think anyone can predict past that. There are too many variables, including how hot of a start Donovan has and if that drives the price to where other teams are more willing to overpay.
Sadly, without Ben it looks like it will be a worse case scenario for Embiid!
Without Ben lol as I’d he made the team a title favourite
They literally were title favorites when they had Ben. Lol yall have extremely short memories I swear.
And how far did it actually get them?
No offence to Doc or to Harden but I don’t see us winning as we are right now.
Doc has tried and failed over and over and over. He won with a loaded Celtics team a decade and a half ago. Not that he’s a bad coach he’s just not amazing either. Harden he’s still really good but he’s not the 40 points per game beast he was in Houston. I really hope he can prove me wrong and absolutely balls out but he looks to have definitely lost a step or two. Then aside from these two, Tobias contract stops us from making another other moves to improve.
It’s probably never going to happen but I’d love to see both the Morris brothers on the Sixers. They are both originally from Philly so it would be cool to see them return and bring some physicality and toughness. Marcus as a starter and Markieff off the bench.
As I said probably never happen but just an idea.
Sixers: Buddy Heild and Marcus Morris
Clippers: Myles Turner
Pacers: Tobias Harris, Mattise Thybulle, BJ Boston and 2 first round picks from the Sixers
Sixers line up
Maxey Harden Tucker Morris Embiid
Melton Heild House Niang Morris
Morris and Tucker can switch forward spots depending on match ups. Heild off the bench is a great scoring threat which is something we have lacked. Markieff would also be solid at the 5 competing with Reed.
Would be terrific for the clippers, Turner would be a great fit at the 5. Wall PG Kawhi and Turner them for the last starting spot take your pick from Batum, Covington, Kennard or Powell.
The defence would be insane with Kawhi and PG on the perimeter and Turned inside blocking shots.
For the Pacers it’s a rebuilding return of young players and picks while taking on a bad contract. However I think Tobias would be a good locker room guy and on the court would fit well with Haliburton and Mathurin. Better deal that what the Lakers are offering that’s for sure.
So we give away harris and Thybulle and get Morris and hield, which is a wash at best since harris actually is a decent player. And then they had two firsts in addition? GTFOH
Probably will Harris hasn’t and won’t be traded! His contract is so negative they wouldn’t get back anything as good as what Harris gives them
Someone remind Mr. Tatum that a heat team with injuries to six of their seven best players took them to seven games. You weren’t that close.
Your tears taste great.
The Celtics did not have Robert Williams either. Celtics are now better than the Heat. I think Riley is not as sharp as Stevens now either.
If they were getting like Bojan, Clarkson, Beverley and Mitchell and were dumping Randle and Fournier okay then. Send a bunch of picks and young players.
Brunson
Mitchell
RJ
Bojan
Robinson
Clarkson
Pat Bev
Hart
McBride
Then they need to fill out the bench with a backup guard and backup wing.
Sexton is not a Thibs player. Want no part of him. He’s the third guard on any team. Emphasis TEAM. Something he won’t accept. Cavs not keeping him either.
Lakers should be after him. As he’s one of few players they can trade for.
Aren’t you tired of the same story washed and served every day now.
Mitchell is gone. It’s a done deal. Utah is in full rebuild. Knicks are the favorites. You don’t have to be a real genius to know that.
The longer it takes. The less they will get.
Personally I pray Danny holds out. He’s going to play himself. Cause there will be other options that present itself for Knicks. Year three of rebuild hasn’t even begun yet.