It could be a star.

New york knicks chris paul trade. Why the knicks do it. Nba trade rumors suggest chris paul s price tag could be too steep for the new york knicks. New york knicks trade rumors. However other than the suns one team believed to be linked to chris paul was the new york knicks who haven t sniffed a playoff berth in over a decade.

Chris paul knicks fans have openly rejected the trade given new york is in the middle of a rebuild. Again it s worth noting that rose is now running the show for the knicks. Even so the knicks are a storied franchise and one of the most valuable in all of sports so it makes sense why the allure of new york is something a lot of athletes love. Frank ntilikina kevin knox mitchell robinson and rj barrett figure to be the future of the franchise therefore logic suggests the knickerbockers continue with its youth movement.

While new york has the cap space to accommodate paul s massive contract it should be noted that the knicks were hesitant to trade any of their. New york about two hours before his oklahoma city thunder tipped off against the knicks on friday night chris paul walked onto the madison square garden court still in his street clothes. The temperature appears to be cold for chris paul. Chris paul to the knicks rumors date back to as far as 10 years ago when paul made a toast at carmelo anthony s wedding talking about a big three in new york with anthony and amare stoudemire.

Paul was traded to the thunder on july 16 2019 and according to the new york post s veteran scribe marc berman was sent there after rose attempted to have him traded to the knicks instead. The 2023 knicks pick is lightly protected but if the 2021 free agency doesn t go as new york hopes that could easily be a lottery pick.

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