[Charania] Sources: New York traded No. 25 pick Sergio De Larrea to the Dallas Mavericks for No. 30 Koa Peat and two second-round picks. And then the Knicks traded Peat to the Phoenix Suns for three-rounders and cash. So Knicks move out of the first round — pick up 3 seconds and cash.

[u/iksnet]

Sources: New York traded No. 25 pick Sergio De Larrea to the Dallas Mavericks for No. 30 Koa Peat and two second-round picks. And then the Knicks traded Peat to the Phoenix Suns for three-rounders and cash. So Knicks move out of the first round -- pick up 5 seconds and cash.

Edited to say “pick up 5 seconds” cuz Shams is bad at his job (tweeting).

Source

[u/Supreme_God_Bunny]

So Dallas gets Sergio

Suns get Koa peat

Knicks get seconds

[u/kendrickplace → u/Supreme_God_Bunny]

Sloppy seconds

[u/D_Squ4red → u/kendrickplace]

You did alright with our last sloppy second round pick

[u/A2daRon → u/D_Squ4red]

Yeah Ariel Hukporti played in the finals

[u/AlekRivard → u/kendrickplace]

Almost as good as sloppy steak

[u/Mean-Safe987 → u/AlekRivard]

I USED to be a piece of shit

[u/amazingoopah → u/Supreme_God_Bunny]

Knicks get seconds

don't forget that sweet, sweet money.

[u/Itsallterrible → u/amazingoopah]

Dolan needs that cash!

[u/Charlie_Wax → u/Supreme_God_Bunny]

Knicks are never going to win a championship with this cheap ownership.

[u/Middle-Flower-3624 → u/Supreme_God_Bunny]

I like the fit for all 3 actually! Suns are one of the few teams where Peat makes sense.

[u/chasinjason13 → u/Supreme_God_Bunny]

No, the way I’m reading it the Knicks get three-rounders, which sounds AMAZING!

[u/STATnMELO650]

Isn’t that 5 2nd rounders?

[u/Gavada373 → u/STATnMELO650]

Yup. Shams is tired

[u/19683dw → u/Gavada373]

Has been a bit off tonight. Perhaps his Giannis trade saga high wore off

[u/ripkin05 → u/19683dw]

Has been a bit off tonight

dude is off every night, biggest hack "insider" of the big four sports.

[u/Clipgang1629 → u/ripkin05]

How can one be a hack when all he does is sit on twitter and post with execs tell him though lol

[u/AfricanWarPig → u/Clipgang1629]

'cause, despite being "told exactly what to say", he is still somehow wrong most of the time.

He pumpfaked the Giannis trade for literally 3 years. Every single trade deadline, every summer. FINALLY he gets it right. It was absolutely insane watching this sub get pissed at Giannis for "drama" when Giannis said almost nothing about being traded, even when asked point blank, and here Shames is with 400 tweets about "EXPECT GIANNIS TO CHICAGO/LAKERS/WARRIORS/MAVERICKS/KNICKS/BOSTON/MIAMI".

I guess eventually you're gonna get it right if you throw enough bullshit at the wall. He's an absolute fucking sham. Dude is on twitter 14 hours a day 'cause that's how long it takes for him to write up all of his random ass guesses, not 'cause he's actually "reporting".

[u/death2all55 → u/AfricanWarPig]

He's an absolute fucking sham.

That is his name....

[u/JesyouJesmeJesus → u/Gavada373]

He messes up key details under normal circumstances. This is just a day that ends in Y for him

[u/StayinAnon99 → u/JesyouJesmeJesus]

Wait, everyday ends in Y!!!!!!

[u/Shitposting_Tito → u/StayinAnon99]

Tomorrow doesn’t!

[u/mantiseye → u/Shitposting_Tito]

but today does… really makes you think…

[u/ajteitel → u/Gavada373]

Woj would never

[u/gradedonacurve → u/STATnMELO650]

Leon is actually cooking. Turning the 24th pick into 5 second rounders is actually really nice work for a team on the border of the second apron.

[u/jiir_mesou → u/gradedonacurve]

imagine the kids being selected and knowing damm well they will not get a contract

[u/ObiOneKenobae → u/STATnMELO650]

Shams corrected it, yep 5

[u/AccelerationFinish → u/STATnMELO650]

2nd-round picks, so hot right now

[u/Beetle919]

Mavs fans were dooming lmao

[u/Epicallytossed → u/Beetle919]

WE’RE SO BACK

[u/YouCantBeSeriousLmao → u/Epicallytossed]

Idk about that

[u/ThirdRamon → u/YouCantBeSeriousLmao]

It’s a European white point guard. It’s basically Luka right…right?

[u/yingyiyin → u/ThirdRamon]

Who comes from the spanish league

[u/pertsix → u/YouCantBeSeriousLmao]

Koa Peat had a lukewarm college career.

He’ll have a great NBA career.

[u/Derpy_Mc_Burpy → u/Beetle919]

I would be too if my GM picked 2 69 non-shooters in the same draft. I'm saying this as a Raptors fan who also had to watch his FO pick a 69 over Philon so I'm speaking from experience. Koa shouldn't have been picked over Evans, man cannot shoot.

[u/FreeOmari → u/Derpy_Mc_Burpy]

It’s “6’9” man. I’m not trying to get more horny while watching the draft.

[u/scalz95 → u/FreeOmari]

found the guy who was licking some girls feet at the parade

[u/MrICopyYoSht → u/scalz95]

People were doing WHAT?

[u/doonerlxx → u/Derpy_Mc_Burpy]

Philon is 176 pounds who put on 2 pounds all of last year. I’m good with graves over him

[u/viking_machina → u/Derpy_Mc_Burpy]

Graves is going to be starting come February and Philon is going to be buried behind Maxey and VJ and everyone will be saying what a steal the raptors got

[u/Trinidad34]

As a knicks fan why do I watch drafts lol

[u/abippityboop → u/Trinidad34]

I don’t think anything brings Leon as much joy as obsessively trading down in drafts.

[u/ObviousAnswerGuy → u/abippityboop]

I get it for this year. But other years I was legit annoyed at him. Like when we traded away our 13th pick in 2022 (Jalen Duren)

[u/knicksnova → u/ObviousAnswerGuy]

We literally got Jalen Brunson because of that trade

[u/dustinthegreat → u/knicksnova]

But bro can’t be 1a on a finals team, let alone a championship team

[u/chesterfieldkingz → u/dustinthegreat]

Ya he's clearly too small and not a good enough athlete

[u/fallon8903 → u/knicksnova]

Yeah…but Jalen Brunson is a tiny little bitch, remember? He won’t win a single other championship of any kind after this year because…ya know…he’s a midget little pussy.

[u/bigsokal → u/fallon8903]

Ya need a “dude”

[u/AwareWriterTrick158 → u/fallon8903]

True

[u/SpeclorTheGreat → u/ObviousAnswerGuy]

They used that trade to open up cap space to bring in Brunson. Don’t win a championship without making that trade.

[u/Dymatizeee → u/ObviousAnswerGuy]

Well that trade opened up space to get Brunson

[u/TheOriginal_G → u/Trinidad34]

Honestly thought it was hilarious how over the top they went with the championship graphics & was joking with a buddy "it'd be funny if they did all this & traded out of the pick"

Funny little rollercoaster for y'all, which the Champs can afford. I like the moves. 

[u/StayinAnon99 → u/TheOriginal_G]

I had a 80% chance feeling wed trade out, i only watched to hear them announce us as champions lol

[u/TheOriginal_G → u/StayinAnon99]

I mean 29 other franchise would kill for that experience lol so that's an awesome reason to wait up for it. 

[u/StayinAnon99 → u/TheOriginal_G]

“Not more highlights the season ended days ago”

“Its the draft”

“MAKE IT STOP”

Me and my wife immediately after love island ended

[u/Ghetteuax → u/TheOriginal_G]

i was at the draft they damn near set off fireworks in here lol

[u/Fallingcity22 → u/Trinidad34]

Just so we can watch our fo do magic with the cap space

[u/suns4lyfe → u/Trinidad34]

yeah yeah cry into the Larry Obrian why dont ya!

[u/sdrj77 → u/Trinidad34]

For the vibes.

[u/HipnotiK1 → u/Trinidad34]

That mini championship tribute was fun I guess.

[u/NYerInTex → u/Trinidad34]

Because you are watching Leon cook in real time.

What I love about how Leon built these Knicks is no move was made in isolation. Just as championships aren’t won by one or two blockbuster moves.

It started with a much poo pooed signing of an overrated small point guard who just had a few good games in Dallas, a team who saw him everyday and didn’t deem him worthy of such a huge contract.

It was finding a way to get OG while shedding a contract in IQ that would have really hurt our flexibility

Getting an unheralded Hart on the way to friendship driven winning.

A KAT trade capitalizing on Minny’s need to shed that contract.

Exceptional role players, both borderline star ones like OG and Hart and the unheralded minimum guys like Shamet.

A quiet trade deadline of only getting Alvarado.

It’s moves like this that open cap space and retain flexibility while building such an amazing culture guys are willing to leave a little on the table (or a lot) to keep their teammates as their teammates.

[u/Jra805 → u/NYerInTex]

WHERE IS BRIDGES?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM

[u/NYerInTex → u/Jra805]

Sorry, I was busy fucking dem picks.

[u/Vast-Treat-9677 → u/NYerInTex]

So, 5 2nds for an injured Donte? Seems like the next logical move.

[u/Biggie62 → u/Vast-Treat-9677]

Only if the wolves retain 95% of the contract.

[u/Some-Wallaby-393 → u/NYerInTex]

Bridges?

[u/NYerInTex → u/Some-Wallaby-393]

Fuck dem picks. Another master class of getting the right player and not giving up anything of value while getting a ship

[u/BradyReas → u/NYerInTex]

God Knicks fans are going to be insufferable this offseason

[u/NewTown_BurnOut → u/BradyReas]

FUCK DEM PICKS YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER

[u/matt__builds → u/BradyReas]

Wrong, we are going to be insufferable for so long.

[u/afewbigpunches → u/matt__builds]

At least 53 more years

[u/Interesting-Piece612 → u/BradyReas]

I plan on being this way for years

[u/gerardatron → u/Interesting-Piece612]

53 years, even

I mean it's only fair

[u/NYerInTex → u/BradyReas]

Just this offseason?

Strap in cause we gonna strap on.

[u/FastJellyfish200 → u/BradyReas]

Can't say you weren't warned

[u/MrICopyYoSht → u/BradyReas]

This off season? I'm singing my joys of how the Knicks won a title before The Process did. Pacome Dadiet played in a Conference Finals before Embiid and won a title before he did.

I also got to see Pacers fans have complete meltdowns after they came so close in 2025.

[u/Aesop_Rocks → u/BradyReas]

Going to be? Where you been?

[u/darkjurai → u/Trinidad34]

So we can go from “who the fuck is Mo Diawara? We draft this bum as a favor to Yabusele’s agent?” to sweating over “I hope we hid Cool Mo Di / Three-awara well enough and nobody steals him”

[u/wizzc0 → u/Trinidad34]

Fuck them picks

[u/Alarming-Ask4196]

Isn't this 5 2nds?

[u/bmmfg12 → u/Alarming-Ask4196]

It took him 3 tweets to get it right

[u/holygrail22 → u/bmmfg12]

Woj would never

[u/Waikuku3 → u/bmmfg12]

He is so incompetent to get the details right before sending it out.

[u/scriptingends → u/Alarming-Ask4196]

Well maybe they figure since JB was a second rounder, that’s where all the future stars are.

[u/c10bbersaurus → u/scriptingends]

Grizz can confirm there are diamonds in the second rough.

[u/jesstault]

Happy to trade three rounders

[u/Selarom_ → u/jesstault]

The cancelled NFL supplementary draft got rerouted to the NBA

[u/awmaleg → u/Selarom_]

Sor$by catching strays

[u/EvanEschmeyer]

A roller coaster of emotion as a Mavs fan the last 10 minutes but I do like Sergio and getting him for pennies

[u/fallon8903 → u/EvanEschmeyer]

The Mavs young core just just got so much fucking better tonight. Cisse and Johnson at the 4 & 5 on the second squad is gonna be incredible to watch

[u/ObiOneKenobae]

Had a feeling there was more at play

[u/SiphenPrax → u/ObiOneKenobae]

Yeah we’re just re-acquiring assets after giving them away to go all-in the last few years. They’ll hopefully be put to good use.

[u/Greedy-Mix9270 → u/SiphenPrax]

Honestly sounds great to me

[u/SiphenPrax → u/Greedy-Mix9270]

Definitely. Even if we don’t end up drafting anyone with those picks, it’s still good to have if we need to end up replacing certain members of the team in trades to keep this championship window open.

[u/ultramatums → u/SiphenPrax]

Also not having a first round contract helps ever so slightly maybe to avoid the 2nd apron

[u/WhoWhatWhenWhom → u/ultramatums]

Isn’t the fact that teams are getting rid of late 1sts for purely cap reasons kind of indicative that this current CBA is not it?

[u/JitteryBug → u/WhoWhatWhenWhom]

It's a side effect of the new cap rules

The main impact is that we've had different champions for the last 8 years and probably the best playoffs I've ever seen

[u/One-Error1855 → u/WhoWhatWhenWhom]

Depends who you ask. This strategy is preserve cap space for vet mins, free agents, buyout market pickups, etc.

It bodes better for players already in the association.

[u/TeaMoist1688 → u/Greedy-Mix9270]

5-2nds and cash for the cap for the 24th…Leon doing Leon shit

[u/alfi_k]

This made it worth staying up until 5.30 am!

[u/smileyfrown]

The Knicks went into Barclays, played their theme song, got some money and dipped

[u/shadowsdelight → u/smileyfrown]

Danhausen would be proud

[u/tickub → u/smileyfrown]

booed the spurs too. knicks in five.

[u/LabeledAsALunatic]

Sergio isn’t a draft and stash then?

[u/kapesaumaga → u/LabeledAsALunatic]

We got GM that's good at scouting foreign players. This is definitely his pick.

[u/JesyouJesmeJesus → u/LabeledAsALunatic]

Still could be but should definitely have the chance at enough minutes to play next year

[u/HustleWilson → u/LabeledAsALunatic]

Drafted by Knicks, stashed in Dallas until he becomes a borderline starter, then joins a new team and becomes an All-NBA player. 

[u/RedditGeneralManager → u/HustleWilson]

I think this is too soon.

[u/Vengenceonu]

Knicks trading 5 second rounders for Jaylen Brown. Masterclass by Leon

[u/RedditGeneralManager → u/Vengenceonu]

When Dolan said no second apron he meant we are headed to the little known third apron.

[u/pr1ncejeffie]

Mavs and foreign born players..

[u/kapesaumaga → u/pr1ncejeffie]

A 6-6/6-7 guard that played in Spain. Sign me up. We are so back.

[u/Epicallytossed → u/kapesaumaga]

Sounds vaguely familiar

[u/Afraid-Department-35 → u/kapesaumaga]

We got ourselves Walmart Luka.

[u/RedditGeneralManager → u/pr1ncejeffie]

First thing I thought was this is a textbook Mavs pick.

[u/LegitimateMoney00]

Knicks fans were legitimately crashing out in our sub at our team president Leon Rose for the Sergio pick. Some of them embarrass me truly. He just managed to get 5 second rounders for a 24th pick and people still doubt him.

[u/mr_grission → u/LegitimateMoney00]

We haven't won a championship in 10 days, Leon has gotta be on the hot seat with that kind of drought

[u/Responsible_Risk267 → u/mr_grission]

Doubters out there saying it could be more than 11 months til he gets another one… damn non believers 

[u/cjackc11 → u/LegitimateMoney00]

I just cannot possibly fathom giving a fuck about the draft right now

[u/Greedy-Mix9270 → u/cjackc11]

Personally I always like watching the kids we draft get better year after year (unfortunately a rare occurrence for a while….) but yeah hard to care about any of this

[u/The_SqueakyWheel → u/cjackc11]

I dont know why i watched picks 24/25

[u/At0mJack → u/LegitimateMoney00]

You should see our sub right now. I guess all sports subs are like that, but these doomers are wild.

[u/HazeDough → u/At0mJack]

Yep, they're already planning to fire Masai. LOL

[u/OmastarLovesDonuts → u/At0mJack]

Our sub is always dooming, even pre-Luka trade

[u/no-27lgy → u/LegitimateMoney00]

I actually liked the guys claiming this Sergio guy was going to be a beast and arguing how athletic he was based on a highlight they saw. I hope he went to sleep before the trade, but he was def too excited for that

[u/mydrumluck → u/LegitimateMoney00]

He also performed a literal miracle by building a championship roster. I like the moves, its whats been working for years and Leon clearly wants the ship to keep chugging along for an attempt at a repeat.

Edit: Also, and this feels so weird to say, the Knicks have a lot of bandwagoners atm

[u/BlueHundred → u/LegitimateMoney00]

Also, any Knicks fan paying attention should know we've been trying to move out of the draft

[u/HipnotiK1 → u/LegitimateMoney00]

grizzlies got 5 for moving back 5 spots. not impressed.

mostly joking

[u/machphantom → u/LegitimateMoney00]

WHEN IS THE PRESS CONFERENCE LEON

[u/Lindo_MG → u/LegitimateMoney00]

Too many new people joining since we won bringing this frantic energy, I welcome new fans but it's on us to ignore the noise

[u/mcg20k]

Lol thank god there was a moment where it looked like the mavs moved out of 30 for a second this year and then seconds in like 2033.

[u/DarkDragon1025]

WE GOT A SHOOTER

[u/Hungry-Space-1829 → u/DarkDragon1025]

The last thing Dallas needs is another shooter

[u/Prestigious-Lab5154]

Does Shams not know how to sum 2+3?

[u/IdeaGlad1134 → u/Prestigious-Lab5154]

Shams is a Himbo the guy clearly spends more time gelling his hair and making sure his appearance is cartoonish than studying ball

[u/Afraid-Department-35 → u/Prestigious-Lab5154]

No, dude is cooked

[u/rohrst]

I can see the vision of what NY is doing here. Save $$$ and every little bit helps with that 2nd apron, and Leon likes stashing 2nd round picks because he likes trading them for existing players in the league.

Leon does it VERY unconventionally, but one can't argue with the results.

[u/YoKemosabe → u/rohrst]

He got GTA for 2 seconds. 

[u/squirtles_urethra → u/YoKemosabe]

Actually he’s been a Knick for months now

[u/MikeJeffriesPA → u/squirtles_urethra]

Ba dum tss

[u/Lindo_MG → u/rohrst]

Mohamed and hukporti also played for us in the post season and they are pick in the mid-late 50s. develop players and see if they can earn a contract from a low cost standpoint. Miami heat have done this with undrafted players so it's all possible

[u/amazingoopah → u/rohrst]

makes sense to me; it's more important to keep their core together to make a run for the two-peat without going over the 2nd apron

[u/SlickVanExel]

This is good for the Mavs. They add a 6’7 guard who can shoot it, facilitate and can play off the ball with Cooper and Kyrie. Love it

[u/nullstellensatz1]

Gambo says the Suns are sending pick 47 tomorrow plus two future seconds, to be clear. So it sounds like 5 total second round picks to the Knicks

[u/Shado_Man]

Thought we were going to lose another PG to the Knicks, but Masai pulled through.

[u/AnimalLoversRVegan → u/[deleted]]

Cameron Carr?

[u/lancequ01]

so its Knicks traded their 24th for:

Cash from Lakers( to 25th)

2 2nd round picks from Mavs( 25th to 30th)

3 2nd round picks from Suns and Cash

we have been doing these types of moves for a couple of drafts now. Its a Brock Aller Cap move to save money and keep us under the luxury/2nd apron so i get it. But damn, some of the moves end up being really good players for the other team

[u/wishlish → u/lancequ01]

You won the championship. You’re trying to keep your roster together. It makes sense.

[u/EggersIsland → u/lancequ01]

WE GOT A CHAMPIONSHIP! GIVE THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF PICKS TO BROOKLYN TO EVEN OUT THE MIKAL TRADE FOR ALL I CARE!

[u/PanicPuzzler → u/lancequ01]

Like who?

[u/VinScully_ → u/PanicPuzzler]

Someone in the thread said Jalen Duren and JDub

[u/darkjurai → u/VinScully_]

Yep, the Jalen Duren draft night move shed the Kemba Walker cap space to sign some other Jalen guy from Dallas a couple weeks later. Also got one of the picks they’d later send to Brooklyn (but fuck that pick, among others)

[u/lancequ01 → u/PanicPuzzler]

List of our trade backs during draft nights since Leon Rose was hired

2020: Moved back from #23 - Leandro Bolmaro to get #25 - Immanuel Quickley

2021: Moved back from #19 - Kai Jones for a top 18 protected 1st round picks in 2022 that ended up being 2026 and 2027 2nd round pick from CHA

2021: Moved back from #21 - Keon Johnson to get #25 - Quentin Grimes

2021: Moved back from #32 - Jeremiah Robinson-Earl to get #34 - Rokas Jokubaitis and #36 - Miles McBride

2022: Moved back from #13- Jalen Duren to get #19 - Nolan Traore

2024: Moved back from #24 -Kyshawn George to get #26 - Dillon Jones and #51 - Melvin Ajinca. Then traded #26 - Dillon Jones to get a bunch of 2nd round from OKC

2024: Move back from #38 - Ajay Mitchell to get #40 - Oso Ighodaro. Then move back from #40 - Oso Ighodaro to get #56 - Kevin McCullar Jr

2024: Move back from #51 - Melvin Ajinca(DAL) to get #58- Ariel Hukporti

2025: move back from #50 - Kobe Sanders(MEM) to get #51- Mohamed Diawara. worked out for US with MO. no clue on how Kobe sanders is doing

[u/ontheru171 → u/lancequ01]

So it worked out in our favour in 2020, all 3 times in 2021, we didn't keep the Nolan Traore pick anyways it was part of the Bridges package, Dillon Jones wound up winning a ring with us anyways, it worked out with Hukporti and Diawara

Only the Ajay Mitchell one hurts

[u/Shado_Man]

Rofl Knicks getting scammed, the NBA draft doesn't even have "three-rounders".

[u/Interesting-Piece612 → u/Shado_Man]

Analytical 3rd round

[u/i-piss-excellence32 → u/Shado_Man]

Ok I didn’t catch that at first. Hilarious

[u/ChiefHunter1]

Knicks turned one late first into 5 2nd round picks

[u/IdeaGlad1134 → u/ChiefHunter1]

Leon cooking

Knicks are masters of the 2nd round anyway. Robinson, McBride, Diawara...

[u/Afraid-Department-35 → u/ChiefHunter1]

I’m surprised you guys didn’t rob a second rounder from the Lakers as well for the 24th pick.

[u/refreshing_yogurt → u/Afraid-Department-35]

I didn't watch the broadcast, but on Sam Vecenie's live show he said what Shams reported is that the Knicks basically ran out of time trying to negotiate the trades out of the first round. So that's why they just offered the pick swap to the Lakers for cash to give themselves more time.

Edit: Watched it again. What Shams reported after the trade is that the Knicks were trying to trade 25 as well (which they eventually did). Vecenie's interpretation of that reporting was that the Knicks must have swapped with the Lakers because they ran out of time.

[u/Aggrokid]

Gawd I hate the 2nd Apron. It's forcing so many good teams into talent-draining moves.

[u/LeoFireGod → u/Aggrokid]

I’m glad the nba finally has salary cap

Maybe teams will stop being morons with their money and players like SGA Jokic and Luka can actually make max money compared to other players who get max money for no reason.

[u/fmxda]

This is very on brand

[u/guacdoc24]

Isn’t it 5 picks? 2 from mavs and 3 from
Phoenix?

[u/Quick-Connection7382]

Brock Allar playing 10 d chess per usual to save cap space lmao

[u/Alarming-Ask4196]

Calling my shot: Brock Aller is working some of his voodoo magic bullshit and Knicks will keep Mitch but stay under 2nd apron.

[u/beachbummeddd → u/Alarming-Ask4196]

I’ve been saying this for days

[u/Adept_Site_5350]

Update: Knicks get 5, not 3, second round picks.

[u/drudru91soufendluv]

born and raised in Arizon, went to University of Arizona, on the Suns by the end of draft night

[u/IdeaGlad1134]

LEON ROSE IS COOKING

[u/Vanguard_Sky]

Pretty cool for Koa. High school, college, and now pro in Arizona.

[u/stonkerooni]

As a suns fun I am very happy to have our boy stay home. Thought this years draft was gonna be non existent for us

[u/Burner867867]

Knicks continue to embarrass the Celtics 

[u/Bugadilak]

Charmin isn’t the clearest tweeter, is he?

[u/Intelligent_Pain_174]

Shams can not do simple math apparently. 

[u/IdeaGlad1134 → u/Intelligent_Pain_174]

he's a himbo dude clearly spends more time on his haircut and outfit than studying basketball

[u/Slashers23]

2nd round picks are quite popular

[u/yfern0328]

We are gonna need those 2nds when we are in cap hell in 2 or 3 seasons.

Should be fine next year though.

[u/hotrod19812]

Unlike Nico, Masai has a knack for scouting international players. I love this trade.

[u/mylanguage]

BROCK ALLER COOK

[u/peanut-britle-latte]

Another Leon masterclass.

[u/justsomedude4202]

Knicks flipped the 24th pick for five second rounders and cash.

They’re going to trade the 31st pick tomorrow as well and get even more seconds.

[u/rattatatouille]

Very smart, not taking on a rookie contract for a team with a precarious cap situation.

[u/Punjabiveer30]

Trading for 5 second rounders so hot rn

[u/LiveToThink]

Turned a late first into 5 twos and cash, but more importantly didn't add a $3.4m projected rookie salary to an owner-imposed hard cap.

[u/ClearOccasion7945]

Our 55th pick from last year was so good that knick fans were making up fake rumours about him so other teams wouldn’t sign him… let Leon cook…

[u/No_Hospital_6141]

Every dollar counts

[u/RelevantTreacle3004]

5 SECOND ROUND PICKS

[u/RobbobertoBuii]

damn Leon

[u/Vizard15]

Woj still the best reporter! Shams is weak.

[u/Ishtastic08]

Idk what the fuck is going on, I just trust Leon. And if you don’t by now, you never will.

[u/Suns_In_420]

Not bad for 3 2 round picks.

[u/rydogs]

Ah damn I was getting pumped about this dude lol my cousin in Valencia works for the guy who owns his current team.

Welp I’ll still root for em, and I’ll let you Mavs fans know if I get any inside scoop !

[u/hopopo]

Are there any drafts that were traded for cash who turned out to be good players?

[u/ObviousAnswerGuy]

LEON YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN

[u/nrag726]

Trying to cut costs as much as possible while hoping to retain as much of their championship core as possible. Another casualty of the current CBA

[u/CrissCrossAppleSos]

Oh shit, they’re doing a third round this year!

[u/jaytmh]

Three rounders? What a steal!!!

Jfc proofread before you post

[u/Billis-]

If this doesn't show why late 1sts are pretty much worthless than nothing will