“While several teams have inquired about Brown, intrigued by his ability to work his way into almost any lineup along with his championship pedigree, the New York Knicks remain a possible or even likely landing spot, with Evan Fournier and his contract as the matching piece.
According to a league source, the Raptors are asking for and have been offered a first-round pick for Brown, who is earning $22.5 million this season and has a team option on his deal for next season worth $23 million.
The sticking point is that the Knicks are trying to get the deal done by using one of the two first-round picks they have for the upcoming draft — either their own pick, projected to be 23rd, or the Dallas Mavericks’ pick, which would be 17th if the draft was tomorrow, and is top-12 protected.
Given the Raptors are already in position to have four picks in the top 31 selections of what is deemed to be a fairly ordinary draft class, at best, it’s little wonder Toronto is holding out for a future Knicks first-rounder. But that’s a commodity the Knicks are loathe to part with as they try to keep their powder dry should they have an opportunity in the off-season to trade for a star to bring them into championship contention.”
by ploptankploop
8 Comments
I hate the team “keep their powder dry” for some reason.
he has a very friendly smile
I honestly think we should use a pick one of these years. You can’t play everyone.
I mean, I would gladly take him for Fournier and some seconds. Salary is comparable to Fournier, has a team option for next year so his trade equity then as well and he would actually contribute in Thib’s style.
It’s a lateral move salary wise and it’s someone who can contribute and has playoff experience.
A week ago I was skeptical… some redundancy with Hart and all.
But damn, we NEED depth. Unless it’s a stud 2 guard/wing (which ain’t out there) or a Brogdon type PG backup we have only one glaring need: depth before attrition kills our rising season.
We can’t give them our future fist round pick in anything but this draft because the reason we want Brown is to trade his salary for the NEXT trade that will certainly be draft pick heavy on our part.
Maybe we can give them the Bucks pick instead?
I still feel like we need shooting but I’ve been wrong about other moves in the past year so I’ll trust the org
He’s not a bad player, could do worse, question is fit
Is this move really a needle mover? His game has never really caught my attention.