With victories hard to come by and the roster now stripped of rotation players, the New York Knicks are prime real estate for NBA Developmental League prospects.
The Knicks completed a three-team trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, according to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski. J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert are heading to Cleveland, while Dion Waiters is on his way to Oklahoma City. The Knicks, meanwhile, will receive three players—Lou Amundson, Alex Kirk and Lance Thomas—only one of whom they're expected to retain (Thomas).
Samuel Dalembert will also be waived as part New York's cultural overhaul, the result of which, as of now, will be plenty of open roster spots ripe for the taking.
"I think for now at least we go with what we have,” coach Derek Fisher said, per The Record's Steve Popper. “But I don’t think this in any way signals the end of our transition process."
Translation: More moves are coming. What those moves are, we don't really know. Armed with a couple of trade exceptions and expiring contracts, team president Phil Jackson will be busy working the phones, ...
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