The history of the New York Knicks is an interesting one. That’s just about the most polite way we can put that. One might expect the team in the NBA’s biggest market to have found more success over the years.

One would be wrong. Somehow, the Knicks always seem to come up short. 

That’s especially true in terms of talent acquisition. The Knicks are regularly linked to the league’s biggest available names. On the other hand, they rarely land them. 

With that in mind – the Knicks appear to be in hot pursuit of Donovan Mitchell this summer. Everybody knows it.

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At times, it feels like we’re all simply running out the clock, waiting to see how many first-round picks the Knicks and Jazz settle on before making the deal official. 

Wouldn’t it be fitting if the Knicks landed Gary Trent Jr. instead?