Phil Jackson protected Knicks' future by refusing to trade its 2018 1st round pick
The Knicks president did not want to trade the 2018 1st round pick
Knicks president Phil Jackson protected Knicks' future at the trade deadline by refusing to trade their 2018 1st round pick.
Per ESPN, But the asset Jackson held on to Thursday showed he may be taking a different approach than past Knicks executives.
Jackson’s firm rule at the trade deadline, per league sources, was that the Knicks hold on to their 2018 first-round pick.
It’s unclear how frequently the Knicks were asked for the pick in the days leading up to the trade deadline, but what is clear is that it was off limits, according to league sources familiar with the club’s thinking.
“Phil said that they weren’t dealing it,” was how one source put it.
New York sent Denver its 2014 first-round pick in the Carmelo Anthony trade; it also agreed to swap its 2016 first-round pick with the Nuggets' in that transaction.
That 2016 pick? The Knicks don't have that one, either. They agreed to send it to Toronto via the Andrea Bargnani trade.
Per ESPN, But the asset Jackson held on to Thursday showed he may be taking a different approach than past Knicks executives.
Jackson’s firm rule at the trade deadline, per league sources, was that the Knicks hold on to their 2018 first-round pick.
It’s unclear how frequently the Knicks were asked for the pick in the days leading up to the trade deadline, but what is clear is that it was off limits, according to league sources familiar with the club’s thinking.
“Phil said that they weren’t dealing it,” was how one source put it.
New York sent Denver its 2014 first-round pick in the Carmelo Anthony trade; it also agreed to swap its 2016 first-round pick with the Nuggets' in that transaction.
That 2016 pick? The Knicks don't have that one, either. They agreed to send it to Toronto via the Andrea Bargnani trade.
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