At 2:03 p.m., doubt was beginning to sink in that the 2018 NBA trade deadline would pass without the New York Knicks executing a trade. After the fireworks in Cleveland, impatience inevitably surfaced in and around New York City.
At 2:04, however, news arrived that the Knicks have broken their silence and made a move for a 21-year-old playmaker with a world of untapped potential.
One of the few reports that emerged about the Knicks centered around small forward Doug McDermott. McDermott was reportedly garnering interest from around the NBA, which implied that New York would be active after all.