The New York Knicks are occupied with buying and selling for former Boston Celtics guard Marcus Sensible, who at the moment performs for the Memphis Grizzlies, in line with Kris Pursiainen of CBS Sports activities and Ballislife.com.
The Knicks have had “inside discussions a couple of potential deal for Marcus Sensible, per sources conversant in the scenario,” Pursiainen wrote on X.
“NYK has had rumored curiosity in Sensible earlier than. No deal is imminent however a number of sources indicated the Knicks are keen to be lively in the marketplace.”
The New York Knicks have had inside discussions a couple of potential deal for Marcus Sensible per sources conversant in the scenario.
NYK has had rumored curiosity in Sensible earlier than. No deal is imminent however a number of sources indicated the Knicks are keen to be lively in the marketplace. pic.twitter.com/RZZzIFRKS0
— Kris Pursiainen (@krispursiainen) October 5, 2024
This information comes per week after the Knicks traded Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Karl-Anthony Cities. The Timberwolves acquired a 2025 top-13-protected first-round choose from New York through the Detroit Pistons.
The Charlotte Hornets have been the third group within the commerce. Charlotte acquired DaQuan Jeffries (sign-and-trade), Charlie Brown Jr. (sign-and-trade), and Duane Washington (sign-and-trade) from New York.
The Hornets have been additionally despatched the Denver Nuggets’ or Philadelphia 76ers’ 2025 second-round choose (whichever is least favorable from Timberwolves), the Golden State Warriors’ 2026 second-round choose (from Knicks), New York’s 2031 second-round choose, and $7.2 million money from the Knicks.
New York Knicks have restricted draft capital for potential Marcus Sensible commerce after buying Karl-Anthony Cities
Per Spotrac, the Knicks owe the Brooklyn Nets practically all of their first-round picks till 2029, and the Nets additionally maintain swap rights over their 2028 first-rounder. All of the Knicks can commerce away is a heavily-protected Washington Wizards first-round choose, along with swap rights over their 2026 and 2030 first-round picks.
Extra importantly, Cities is within the first season of the four-year, $220 million supermax extension he signed in 2022. ESPN’s Bobby Marks reported Wednesday that the Knicks are $3.6 million beneath the second apron and have two roster spots to fill.
The Knicks must discover a method to match Sensible’s $20.2 million wage for this season. That is a part of the four-year, $76.49 million contract extension he signed with the Celtics in 2021.
Buying and selling for Sensible won’t be the very best plan for the Knicks. In spite of everything, the previous Defensive Participant of the 12 months is coming off a collection of accidents. He solely appeared in 20 video games final season because of a left foot sprain and the rupture of the proximal interphalangeal joint central slip in his proper ring finger.
