Knicks traded future footage, and expressed interest in Gordon Hayward

With the locker vacated, Leon Rose is ready to round up their debut Knicks, and the junior captain is said to have already made a deal with the Utah Jazz while also having his sights set on players including Gordon Hayward, who has just picked $ 34.2 million in guaranteed money.

Just when you thought you could spend a second celebrating a seemingly successful draft night, the Knicks wasted no time initiating major renovations by shedding half of the team. Shortly thereafter, they caught uncut Miles Powell outside Seton Hall. Then the world arose and did not sit.

First, Mark Stein of The New York Times reports that Knicks is very interested in contracting the 30-year-old Gordon Hayward, who has pulled out of his choice of the $ 34.2 million player with the Boston Celtics for this season and is now an unrestricted free agent. .

The once beleaguered All-Star is finally starting to look like their old self again this year with an average of 17.5 points (50% of field, 38% of depth), 6.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. But he dealt with injury problems during the season, including a broken wrist and a serious ankle sprain, and only played 52 matches.

In order to build a strong team, you need talent, and a talented fellow Hayward. It’s okay for the Knicks to show interest. What they can’t do is panic and worry that the Indiana Pacers or someone else will bid on them, and offer Hayward an inflated, multi-year contract. Please, and yes this sentence could be considered begging, don’t overpay Hayward.

However, all about Hayward are still rumors. It is just something to chew on. This next piece of news is something you can really take in. The Knicks agreed to a deal with Utah Jazz that would bring back the middle big man Ed Davis and two picks in the second round of 2023. It seems that the Knicks don’t trade anyone or anything as part of that deal, they just agree to take over Davis’s contract until he has Jazz has more space to sign with their players. Classy!

Online people say that since 2023 will be the first year that high school players can be recruited again, the Knicks cleverly tries to conceal as many options for that draft as possible. Sure, but they might instead be storing demo assets so they can trade for John Wall or something. Just saying, don’t rest too much. The year 2023 is distant.

If that wasn’t enough for you, the Knicks also watches over the owner of Beasley, whom Timber Wolves reportedly offered to take over. The 23-year-old Beasley played just over three seasons in Denver before trading with Minnesota in February as part of a gigantic four-team deal.

He finished last season in tears, lighting it with an average of 20.7 points (47% of the field, 43% of three), 5 boards and 2 assists in the 14 matches he played for the Timberwolves after the trade. For his career, the 6’4 ” shot keeper averaged 8 points, 2 rebounds and one assist per game while shooting was 45% overall and 39% out of the arc.

However, the following came after the report on Beasley became available, so the truth is never known until the actual action is taken.

This off-season period is just beginning, my friends. Things must be getting crazy from now on. Keep your hopes high but your expectations low. And Leon, when will you trade Julius Randall so that Obi Tobin can slide as a springboard forward?