To take you again three years — not so way back to have forgotten, however maybe lengthy sufficient to fade from consciousness — the Knicks had been scorching on the path for Donovan Mitchell.
They had been outbid by the Cavaliers in sensible phrases, since No. 45 is now in Cleveland, however the Knicks additionally weren’t given a possibility to match the successful provide. That course of led to perception across the NBA that Danny Ainge, president of the Utah Jazz, had no intention of sending Mitchell to his most well-liked vacation spot of NYC.
Barring a broadcast Ainge memoir, we’ll in all probability by no means know if that’s correct. Ainge may nonetheless applaud his commerce return of Lauri Markkanen, a ahead from Finland who has flirted with stardom. The Knicks weren’t providing a participant with Markkanen’s upside.
RJ Barrett, Obi Toppin and Immanuel Quickley? Markkanen is healthier.
