Leon Rose broke his silence on Friday — at the least on paper.
In a press release launched by the workforce, the Knicks president addressed his determination to commerce out of the primary spherical of the 2022 NBA Draft.
Rose, who hasn’t spoken to the workforce’s beat writers since final preseason, mentioned within the assertion that the Knicks’ the draft-night trades Thursday created “elevated monetary flexibility and extra draft capital transferring ahead.” The assertion additionally famous that the trades will permit the Knicks “to be lively in free company, in addition to within the commerce market.”
Rose mentioned the main target was to be “strategic and considerate in our workforce constructing” whereas “prioritizing our participant improvement program.”
The Knicks traded the No. 11 choose within the draft to the Thunder for 3 future first-round picks. They then acquired the No. 13 choose in trade for 5 future draft picks and dealt it to the Pistons, together with Kemba Walker, to shed his $9.2 million wage. They did obtain a 2025 first-round choose belonging to the Bucks within the deal. The three first-round picks they gained are all protected, although the one from Milwaukee will convey except it's within the prime 4.
All instructed, the Knicks at the moment are $18 million beneath the wage cap, and are placing themselves in place to make a serious run at coveted free agent level guard Jalen Brunson of the Mavericks.
Additionally they personal 11 first-round picks and 11 second-round picks over the following seven years, giving themselves property to make additional strikes to bolster a 37-win roster in want of enhancements.
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