Why The New York Knicks Do The Deal
Again: the Knicks are clearly priming to trade for a star player. Every move they’ve made in recent years indicates as much.
In fact, the Knicks have quietly assembled the best collection of draft capital in the NBA east of Oklahoma City. Moreover, as mentioned, they’ve got plenty of veterans to make the money work in a trade for a superstar – even one who’s making as much as Beal.
Adding Beal doesn’t make the Knicks contenders. On the other hand, it doesn’t need to. All it needs to do is make them a clearcut playoff team, which it ought to. The plan from that point is to use their newfound respectability to attract more stars.
That feels like a viable plan. After all, the Knicks play in the biggest market in the NBA. Washing the stink of the past two decades off will require hard work, but if Beal is able to help them do so, it will surely appeal to prospective free agents to play in the Big Apple.
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If all goes well, this would be the first step towards getting the Knicks back to contention. That sounds perfect for the Knicks. After all, fewer things in life are more beautiful than watching a plan unfold to perfection.
