The New York Knicks are evidently comfortable with the idea of building around a disgruntled star with their gained assets. No need to use those assets to draft a star, the free agency pull of the Knicks is clearly no longer there, an agitated star player is the strategy.
Well, OK then. If that’s the route they want to take, there are some options for the Knicks to consider.
Before this was their strategy, though, the team apparently went at D’Angelo Russell, trying to secure him in a trade with the Golden State Warriors at the 2020 trade deadline.