Why This Trade Makes Sense For The New York Knicks
Over the years, no big name, NBA All-Star level talent has legitimately wanted to go to the Knicks because of their lack of success. Nobody wants to lose in this NBA, especially NBA All-Star level talents. By proving that they can win, the Knicks can easily attract several high-level talents because of the market they are in.
Plenty of players around the NBA would probably love to play for the Knicks if they can prove they can be a successful organization moving forward and all it takes is for the first domino to fall. The Knicks need to make a splash sooner than later and acquiring a proven veteran talent like Derrick Rose is a great first step in the right direction.
The biggest reason why this trade makes sense for the New York Knicks is because they need something to lead this young team. R.J. Barrett, Obi Toppin and Julius Randle all seem to be promising young players, but no All-Star is going to give up their current situation to play with these guys yet. This is why bringing in a guy like Rose to lay the foundation is extremely important.
Having Derrick Rose be the leader of the team for now and help them win games proves to other big-name players around the NBA that the Knicks are finally legit and as a result, New York could land a couple All-Star caliber players via trade or next offseason in free agency and as it stands right now, the Knicks will have about $50M to spend in free agency next offseason.
DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry, Andre Drummond, Victor Oladipo and LaMarcus Aldridge are all current and former All-Star level talents that will be unrestricted free agents next year and potential targets of the New York Knicks. The most important thing the Knicks need to prove though in order to target these guys is that they can win.
Derrick Rose presents the Knicks with a great opportunity to win now at a very affordable cost, and while they would be giving up a future first-round pick, they would be getting a second-round pick in this coming year’s draft, giving them a total of six draft picks in the 2021 NBA Draft.
This presents New York with a major opportunity to trade for a big time talent, or continue to add young talent to this roster. All-in-all, the Knicks have the draft resources to be a great team moving forward and they have the cap space to make some noise in free agency.
All this organization needs now is to make a trade for a proven player like Rose to win now. Whether they make the playoffs or not, if this team can prove that they can win 30+ games this year, then there is no doubt that they will be in the running for two to three All-Star players this offseason.
Knicks fans should be very excited about the future of this organization and as long as management does not trade R.J. Barrett or Obi Toppin, then the future is extremely bright in New York.
