Shake Milton, the veteran combo guard, and Mamadi Diakite, a rarely used forward, will be joining the Brooklyn Nets as part of a sign-and-trade with the New York Knicks. Also part of the deal, which will likely become official Saturday, Brooklyn will send Keita Bates-Diop, the power forward the Nets acquired in the Royce O’Neale trade, across the river to New York.
Shams Charania broke the news early Thursday — July 4 — afternoon...
Sources: The Knicks are signing-and-trading Shake Milton as part of Mikal Bridges/Bojan Bogdanovic trade to the Nets, who will also send Keita Bates-Diop to New York.