According to Frank Isola of SiriusXM NBA Radio, the New York Knicks reportedly have interest in trading for Oklahoma City guard Chris Paul after the season. The Knicks’ new president of basketball operations, Leon Rose, was once Paul’s agent for many years. New York, who hasn’t made the playoffs since 2013, is looking to duplicate the success the Los Angeles Lakers had in hiring Rob Pelinka, also a former player agent, as their general manager three years ago.
Paul has had a year of resurgence after being traded to the Thunder this past offseason. Once thought to be too injury-prone and on the decline to be an impact player anymore, Paul has flipped that narrative into an All-Star campaign, while leading the surprising Thunder–who many thought were in the beginnings of a rebuild–to a season that will likely end in a playoff berth.