What if I were to tell you that the New York Knicks gained three draft picks for a player that never even touched the court in Madison Square Garden in a Knicks uniform?
You would probably say that I am crazy, and the Knicks are not savvy enough to pull off miraculous moves such as this. However, new general manager Leon Rose has bought a sense of intelligence that the organization has lacked over the past decade, maybe more.
Following the conclusion of the 2020 NBA draft, Rose took to the phones, looking to acquire bad contracts attached to assets for the future.