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The most recent harm to Mitchell Robinson hasn’t stopped the New York Knicks from doing their due diligence on the commerce market at different positions.
The Knicks are amongst a number of groups who’ve expressed exploratory commerce curiosity in Hawks guard Dejounte Murray, league sources instructed HoopsHype.
Murray can’t be traded till Jan. 9 after agreeing to a four-year, $120 million contract extension with the Hawks in July. Nonetheless, given Atlanta’s sluggish begin to the season as a fringe Play-In workforce following Jalen Johnson’s harm, nothing will be thought-about off the desk for the Hawks along with traditional commerce suspects De’Andre Hunter and Clint Capela.
The Knicks additionally stay desirous about buying and selling for Raptors ahead OG Anunoby, league sources instructed HoopsHype. Final season, Knicks ahead RJ Barrett got here up in these transient commerce inquiries, however nothing substantive materialized. That’s prone to stay the case once more except New York blows Toronto away with enough first-round draft choose compensation and possibly one other younger asset.
Immanuel Quickley, who one NBA govt described as New York’s second-best commerce asset behind Jalen Brunson, was far aside with the Knicks on a possible contract extension earlier than the season. As beforehand reported by HoopsHype, Quickley was provided round $18 million per 12 months and was searching for nearer to $25 million yearly, league sources mentioned. Given the extensive hole in extension talks, together with the idea Quickley would finally like to begin, the Knicks would take into account shifting final 12 months’s Sixth Man of the Yr finalist in the proper commerce.
The Knicks have additionally dangled Evan Fournier’s $18.86 million expiring contract like a pinata at a child’s party ready for groups to take a swing at it and his profession 38 p.c three-point share. The Frenchman has performed in just one sport all season.
