Kristaps Porzingis The Worst Trade Of The Year

Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr, and Courtney Lee was just traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Dennis Smith Jr, DeAndre Jordan, and Wes Mathews. The Knicks have officially made the worst trade of the season for many reasons. This trade has successfully put the franchise back years and no longer leaves them with an all-star on their roster. The Knicks have Knicks it up again.

The Knicks have successfully given Porzingis to LUKA DONCIC WHO IS ALREADY TAKING THE LEAGUE BY STORM! KP was talking very highly of Doncic before the draft and it was evident he wanted the Knicks to try to trade up to get him, but they made no real effort to try to bring in the 19 year old Euro League MVP. These two together are going to take the league by storm and no one will be able to guard this European Duo. Porzingis has already stated that he will sign the qualifying offer in the summer, making him on the team until 2020.

The Knicks have successfully put them back by years. KP is currently they only one on the roster who is an all-star caliber player. They also have traded one of their leading scorer this season in Tim Hardaway Jr, who is averaging 19.1 points per game. Courtney Lee is someone who I am glad they Knicks have finally traded, so he can finally start his career again. Lee has been buried on the bench and it will be nice to see him finally getting real minutes again.

Before the Knicks drafted Frank they had Dennis Smith eating lobster and it looked like it was guaranteed that they will draft Smith, but they passed on him. Now the Knicks can finally say they made up for passing on him in this trade and tell their fans they finally got him. Dennis Smith better become an all-star now since he was traded for KP. DeAndre Jordan and Wes Mathews are more for the Knicks to clear their salary cap because they are both free agents this year.

The Knicks made this trade pretty quickly to the Mavs pretty quickly. KP wanted to be traded just came out today with 6 teams, Mavs, Heat, Nets, Clippers, Spurs, and Raptors, all wanting apart of the trade talks. The Knicks didn't even really take offers from the other teams to see who they could've gotten. I refuse to believe this is the best option the Knicks could've gotten for the 23 year old 7 foot all-star.

This trade just means that the only hope in New York is that the Knicks can successfully get the first overall pick and draft Zion Williamson. They will have enough cap space now to sign two max contract guys, the only problem is how many people have they gotten the fans about. The Knicks were suppose to sign guys in the past like LeBron James, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, and many others, but none have ever came to New York. This offseason our best bets are Kemba Walker, from New York, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, or Jimmy Butler.

New York Knicks Disaster Season

The biggest disaster in the Eastern Conference since 2014 is the New York Knicks. On March 18th, 2014 the Knicks hired Phil Jackson to take over as the president of the team. His first move was to sign Lamar Odom, who at the time was dealing with a drug problem. Jackson successfully ruined the last year of Carmelo Anthony's prime and under Jackson's tenure the Knicks went 80-166 in three seasons. The Knicks have had two picks who have turned out to look promising in Kristaps Porzingis and Kevin Knox, but some who haven't panned out the way they hoped so far in Frank Ntilikina, who is extremely good defensively but hasn't figure it out offensively.

The Knicks have been the laughing stock of the league for sometime now and they can't even take right. The Knicks have been competing for a top 3 pick in the draft and the best they've done so far is 4th, with this year maybe looking different. Currently the Knicks have the worst record in the entire league, at 10-39, and have a chance to finally win the lottery. The last time the Knicks had the #1 overall pick was in 1985, it was Patrick Ewing. The Knicks haven't had the fortune of the lottery in a long time and this season the chance for Zion Williamson is growing everyday in New York.

The Knicks players aren't taking all of this losing well however. Enes Kanter keeps getting hit with DNPs and he is frustrated with the lack of time. He has even stated that he would prefer the Knicks to just trade him instead of keeping him around. Tim Hardaway has stated that all of this losing is "a tough pill to swallow." All of these guys are competitors and they want to win at the highest level possible, to tell someone who has won in every phase in their basketball career that they want them to lose is obviously going to affect them. Courtney Lee is currently not getting all of the minutes he wants but he is trying to stay as positive as he can. Lee is staying professional and waiting for his number to be called so he can prove that he can still play at a very high level.

Enes Kanter is having the most frustrating season of all the Knicks players. He is on a contract year and will be trying to negotiate a new deal. With him barley playing it will be hard for him to convince teams to pay him all of the money he deserves. Kanter also is a team player and one of the best teammates in the league. During the Knicks game against Washington, in London, Kanter watched that game from his couch in his jersey cheering the team on. It has also been a rough season politically. Kanter couldn't go the game against the Wizards in London due to the fact he is worried about being killed. Kanter is currently excited from his home country of Turkey because he has been very outspoken about the Turkish President. This has caused Kanter's father to be arrested and his family to publicly disown him. Kanter was benched for his 4th straight game against the Hornets on Monday and had the fans chanting to put him in. It was a home game for the Knicks and the fans wanted Kanter to come in and play. Enes is beloved by the fans of New York and his lack of playing is frustrating for all the fans to watch.

Frank Ntilikina even faced his own frustrations against the Knicks on Christmas Day. His mother flew all the way from France to watch her son play in his first ever Christmas Day game. Christmas Day is considered the beginning of the real NBA season because that is the time where teams decide to fully commit to tanking or to compete for the playoffs. Frank was apparently very frustrated with his lack of playing time saying with an edge "Did I know that I would not play?" Frank however knows he needs to be more confident in the offensive side of the ball and the fans are dying for him to become more confident. Frank is an excellent defender, even Kyrie Irving praising him after their first game against each other last year.

Kristaps Porzingis is a restricted free agent this offseason, instead of just giving him the max offer the Knicks have decided to match any offer he gets in the offseason. This would give New York extra cash to try to bring in a huge free agent to play with Kristaps, but it could ruin the relationship with him and come back to bite them down the road. Gordon Hayward is an example of this, Utah didn't give him a max offer years ago and then when he became an unrestricted free agent he decided to not resign with them, due to the fact they didn't give him a max offer.

The Knicks have put Tim Hardaway and Courtney Lee on the trading block, hoping to get some sort of future assets or do a salary dump with Hardaway's contract. Enes Kanter is heading down the buyout road with him growing more and more frustrated with lack of playing time. Even Trey Burke is on the trading block with the Knicks hoping to get a 2nd round pick for him. Every player on the team could be traded with the exception of Kristaps. Anthony Davis is in the Knicks trade targets and they are going to try to make a huge offer for him, including unprotected 1st round picks.

This Knicks season has became a complete disaster with the only end coming if they can pull off either Zion or Anthony Davis. New York fans haven't had much to root for in the past few years and hopefully that will change. The future could be bright in New York or it could just be another New York Knicks specialty of letting all the fans down.

Klay Thompson To The Lakers

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN - via an appearance on SportsCenter - Thompson would consider joining the Lakers if they were able to add disgruntled New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis through a trade, and if the Warriors didn't offer him max money as a free agent.
 
 At the start of the season, Thompson said that it would be "hard" to leave Golden State when discussing his upcoming free agency. But with recent with recent news of Anthony Davis wanting to come to the lakers his views have changed

Realistically they probably won’t offer him max money if they haven’t yet Klay Thompson is a premier player but even the Golden State Warriors know that he’s not worth that much money and he is on a team of All stars so it will be highly unlikely for them to give him a max deal. Even though he stated he would be a warrior for ever I think he might have to reconsider that statement definitely if the Lakers can offer him a good enough of contract to persuade him he’ll be finding a new home in California.

The Lakers could be a great place for him I believe him LeBron and Anthony Davis would make a great fit together and give the Lakers the boost that they need to become a complete team. Also he will be working with the his former assistant coach Luke Walton who knows exactly what to do with him and knows exactly what system he works well in. Then it would only be right if he played for them and follow in his dad footsteps who also was a former Laker and who is now a radio color commentator for them.

What happened to the lakers?

This NBA season is wacky thing now a days. Many teams can't compete for titles, so they try to get ready for next season success. The knicks, the cavs, and the suns are all hoping to get that number 1 draft pick. The raptors are doing everything there power to keep Kawhi Leonard. But L.A Has the weirdest storyline this year.

 The weird thing is that Lebron joined the lakers and it seems like he hasn't played much game. This season the lakers seem to only have trade talks and injuries. What direction is the lakers going? My answer is that Magic seemed to really believed that Paul George was coming with Lebron to LA. But because he didnt the Lakers went to look for anyone.

The young core is a process. The young core is considered Lanzo ball, Klye Kuzma, Brandon Ingram and the newest Ivica Zubac. We The question was weather to see if they trade the young core or keep them. Many people have many people have many opinions on the core but it looks like they are gone. The upside to keeping them would have been to keep them and see them has hometown heroes who stay with the them there whole career. The down side was the team would waste Lebron talent on teaching young kids how to play better. The Lakers got Lebron to win big now. The young core really needed to step up but they didn't. We all knew that one or two would go but now all them will properly get traded off.

The overall picture of the team is so scattered that I could not point in any one direction other then to say they are trying hard to find the sidekick to Lebron. magic should put his vision out to the lag
kers fans so they know what they could expect. Because trades are not a garintee. many things can block a trade. there should be a better plan so the fans can get the hype train going. They want, need it, and will fight for it on social media. The problem is they don't know what to fight for.

Anthony Davis Drama

Whenever a top 5 player in the league is about to be traded there is bound to be a bunch of drama to come along with it. Davis had asked for a trade this morning, according to Woj, and the drama is starting to begin.

Jrue Holiday is currently the Pelicans 2nd best player, who is also good friends with Anthony Davis. Holiday said that 90 percent of the reason why he decided to stay was because of Davis. They have both been on the Pelicans since 2013 and have grown a strong friendship. Holiday is currently on a 5 year $127 million contract that he signed in the summer of 2017. Davis even told Holiday and a few other teammates a couple of days ago that he wants to be traded out of New Orleans. The Pelicans might have to trade Holiday to if Davis is traded. Holiday is a very talented player who shouldn't have his prime wasted with rebuilding years.

The Pelicans have issued a statement to the NBA that they want the league to strictly enforce the tampering rules while looking for a trade partner with Davis. The Pelicans don't want to have tampering happen and have Davis tell them he will only resign with one team. If this comes out that he will only resign with one team then it'll devalue his trade value. Instead of getting a young core of players and picks the Pelicans could be faced with mid-level players. Teams could tamper with Davis and convince him that his only chance to win a championship is with them. However, Davis does expect to finish the Pelicans.

This drama is growing into other organizations to, as the Celtics are now facing more turmoil in their own office. It has came out that Boston is not a top target for Davis, the team was hoping to trade for Davis after this season. They also are now worried that Kyrie Irving will not sign as there is a growing uncertainty on whether he will resign or not next season. The Celtic's season is currently below their expectations and everything that could go wrong is starting to go wrong for the team.

The NBA is currently also doing an investigation against Davis as an "on-the-record request for a trade by an agent or a player" is a worthy of a fine, according to Woj. The NBA spokesmen announced that today and it could be in direct correlation with the Pelicans issuing the tampering rules.

Davis is a top 5 player in the league and every team should take a chance on him. Even the Bulls could have a shot at resigning him since he is from Chicago. However, this process of trading him will be a long drama filled one, as it is with every high profiled level athlete in the game. Whoever Davis ends up with will automatically be in talks for possibly a run at the championship.

Anthony Davis Wants Out So Where Does He Go

Woj has just reported that Anthony Davis will not sign an extension with the Pelicans and he wants out. The Pelicans have only made the playoffs twice so far in Davis's career. Davis wants to be traded to a team where he can compete to be a winner and have a chance to win a championship. Anthony Davis is only 25 years old and is averaging 29.3 points per game and 13.3 rebounds per game, every team should take a chance at this once in a generational type of power forward.

The trade rumors are already heating up for Davis, with the most obvious being the Lakers. According to the LA Times the Lakers have to start the trade by offering Lonzo, Kuzma, Ivica Zubac and a first round pick. This would be a huge offer for the Pelicans and they would have to consider the trade in front of them. The Pelicans should try to bring in Josh Hart in the trade to, he is a Summer League MVP and has improved greatly in his 2nd year. 

The Knicks are trying to do an aggressive trade for Davis. According to Windhorst he thinks New York would be one of the only teams that Anthony Davis would resign to. The Knicks are going to offer unprotected 1st round pick in their package. The Knicks could silently become a dark-horse in the Anthony Davis lottery.

Boston Celtics have been interesting in acquiring Davis for a while now, but they can not offer a trade for Davis this season because of Irving. The rule is called the Rose Rule (after Derrick Rose the first player to sign the deal), if two players sign the Designated Player Rookie Extension, which both Davis and Irving have, then you can not have two players on the same team who have signed that extension. The Celtics will have to wait for the summer when Irving can decline his player option and resign with the Celtics, then Davis can be traded over to Boston. 

The Sixers have a chance to make what could be the greatest backcourt duo in the history of the NBA. Imagine trying to score when Embiid and Davis are in the paint, you just can't. Embiid is averaging 2 blocks a game, and Davis is averaging 2.6 blocks a game. The opposing teams would have an extremely difficult time scoring, especially when Butler is on the perimeter locking everyone down. The Sixers would have to trade Simmons in this trade, but ultimately it would be better. Embiid and Davis both can shoot and post, which means the floor will become less clogged in the paint. The Sixers could become the scariest team in the Eastern Conference and could become the best defensive team in the league.

I believe the Trailblazer should offer some type of package for Davis to try to give Lillard help. They could offer Cj McCollum and a first round pick to try to get Davis, This trade isn't as great as the others but it could be intriguing. McMcollum is averaging 20.8 point per game and could have a chance to average 26 if he's on a team of his own. This could be a long shot but they need to find help for Lillard to give him a legitimately shot at a championship.

The Pelicans are in a situation now where they need to trade their franchise player, and they need to somehow win the trade. If the Pelicans don't win the trade they could be forced to relocate the team entirely. This trade is going to change the landscape of the NBA as a generational type power-forward is going to be on the move. The Pelicans need to act now as the trades are hot instead of waiting on a trade and the value of him will go down, like the Butler trade where the Timberwolves could've gotten 4 first round picks. 

Victor Oladipo Injury Update

On January 24th Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo suffered a right knee injury during the second quarter against the Toronto Raptors . Oladipo was racing back to defend a transition break and collapsed as he closed on Pascal Siakam.

The severity was evident almost immediately as trainers draped a towel over the leg and players from both teams surrounded Oladipo while he was down. No replays were shown on the video screen that stretches from free-throw line to free-throw line, and fans began chanting Oladipo's name. Later that night the Pacers staff sent out and injury update to say that Oladipo was going to get an MRI in the morning they told everyone it was a Right knee injury. Results came in that Thursday and we found out that he ruptured quadriceps tendon in his right knee. It's the same injury that effectively ended Charles Barkley's career when he was with Houston in 1999.

This devastating injury puts him out for the rest of the year we don’t know how long it would take him to recover from this the doctors said it would of been better if he tore his ACL then ruptured his quadricep tendon. The doctors also mentioned how shocked they are of him even suffering from such a rare injury. The doctors also said “generally people who have quadriceps tendon ruptures are older folks. For whatever reason, with people younger than 40, the patellar tendon, which is below the kneecap, is the the more likely of the two to sustain an injury. That's the compelling thing about Oladipo's injury. He's a young man in the prime of his athletic career. He's just not in the normal range where we see a lot of these injuries”.

    Hearing that is really concerning for his and his teams future, Oladipo had been averaging 18.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.7 steals in 31.9 minutes this season now that he’s gone their playoff chances are most likely going to end as well. The Pacers with Oladipo were the third seed in the east let’s see if the pacers can pick up the slack as a team and learn how to adapt without there leading contributor.