Indiana Pacers Receive: C Isaiah Hartenstein, F Obi Toppin, 2023 First-Round Pick (DAL via NYK)
New York Knicks Receive: C Myles Turner
Were you expecting a Turner-for-Robinson swap?
Fair. We did set the intro up that way. Consider yourself a victim of the old bait and switch.
We thought about it. All told, it didn’t quite seem right. If Turner wasn’t on a contract year, it might have gone differently.
If we were the Knicks, we wouldn’t feel great about sending Robinson out only to potentially rent Turner for roughly half a season.
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That holds especially true with Robinson on a long-term, affordable deal. Hence, we’ve got the Knicks sending this package out instead. They’ll have to use Turner and Robinson as a platoon.
Is that a good idea for them?