Trading 80 million forwards, but asking for 5 first-round picks. The Knicks miscalculated, he was not a seller

When the European Championships were in full swing and the popularity of the event continued to heat up between fans and the media, the New York Knicks strongly seized the core heights of public opinion in an extremely clever way. With the help of a small picture at first glance, it easily caused a stir in the public opinion field and successfully aroused widespread and heated debate. It is worth noting that Knicks' well-known media Knicks Muse is obviously doing it deliberately this time. The transaction plan he released was really surprising. Although the protagonists in the picture are not super stars like Jokic and Antetokounmpo, this picture still contains a lot of highlights and attracts everyone's attention.

The specific content is about the potential deal between Spurs forward Kelden Johnson and Knicks defender Josh Hart. Although the Knicks have successfully strengthened forward players like Abussele in the offseason, if the team hopes to stand out in the fiercely competitive East, the current strength is undoubtedly far from enough. After carefully studying the management's operations, after successfully renewing Bridges' contract, the framework of the team's main lineup has been fully established. The overall strength of the inner and outer lines formed by Towns and Brunson, as well as the forward lines formed by Anunobi and Bridges, cannot be underestimated.

However, the newly appointed new coach Mike Brown must overturn Thibodeau's previous decision and allow more rotation players to participate instead of using only eight-man rotation. Therefore, the depth of the bench on the bench becomes the X factor in whether the team can compete for the championship. So far, the team is still missing three standard contracts from the roster. Although free agents Ben Simmons, Brogodon and Shamet all have the opportunity to join, as one of the few players who are ready to fight, other teams are also ready to move. In order to better improve the team's strength, it is also a good idea to use Hart to strengthen it.

On the one hand, it can reduce the team's future salary pressure, and on the other hand, it can supplement role players who are adapted to the coaching staff, but the situation has developed beyond expectations. KnicksMuse's subsequent post made the Spurs management break the defense and said bluntly: Using Hart to trade Kelden is not a good idea, and it was soon responded by SpursMuse. To reach this deal, the Knicks will have to pay 5 first-round picks as a price. Although it's just a joke, it's easy to take it seriously. After all, the two players have different functional and tactical status, and the results of the game are also different.

However, rational analysis shows that Hart's situation is not as stable as Johnson. Even though there are not many rumors about Hart at present, compared with Kelden, the latter is the team's non-sale product. Looking back at last season, Johnson, who has an 80 million contract, is an important rotation on the Spurs' bench. His passion and vitality can always bring hope to the team to win. Both offensive and defensive, they are everywhere. The average of 12.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game cannot reflect his value at all. The most important thing is that as the leader of the Spurs locker room, his influence on the field still influenced more teammates.

When rookie Castle won the Rookie of the Year, Kelden attended the press conference with Fox and Vinban Yama. Not everyone can participate in such an important occasion. In addition, when the Spurs held a press conference for the new sponsor of the stadium, Frost Bank, Kelden Johnson and Barnes attended the event as player representatives. Such an honor would not be given a "scratch" with no box office appeal, which is enough to prove the recognition of the Spurs management for him and his future role in the team.