Why The New York Knicks Do The Deal 

Derrick Rose is averaging a career-low in minutes per game. That feels like a sensible place to start. 

Moreover, that makes sense. The Knicks acquired Jalen Brunson this summer. At this point in each’s career, it’s fair to say that Brunson is a significantly more productive player. Meanwhile, Rose is effectively squeezed out of the rotation. 

If the Knicks aren’t going to play Rose anyway, they may as well trade him. In all likelihood, Robinson won’t see much more time in their rotation. That’s fine – in essence, they’re not trading for Robinson here. 

They’re trading for a first-round pick. Meanwhile, Robinson’s contract may be bad, but it’s not prohibitively expensive either.

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If the Knicks have a big trade lined up, chances are, they’ll be able to include Robinson’s salary in it. 

With that in mind, should the Heat really move him just to get off of his contract?