The Suns and Knicks have had trade talks involving Brandon Knight and Eric Bledsoe, but don’t appear to be close to a deal. According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM (Twitter link), the two teams discussed a trade involving Knight, but the Knicks countered with a deal that included Bledsoe, which Phoenix declined.
We heard previously that the Knicks had contacted the Suns about Bledsoe. As Marc Berman of The New York Post observed at the time though, New York doesn’t have a ton of assets to offer up in a potential deal. Bledsoe isn’t a hugely valuable trade chip, but he’s a starting-caliber point guard coming off a career year and is under contract at a reasonable rate ($29.5MM for two years), so Phoenix would likely be seeking young players or picks, which the rebuilding Knicks would be reluctant to give up.
That’s not the case for Knight, who is coming off perhaps the worst year of his career, having recorded a career-low .398 FG% and 11.0 PPG. The Knicks wouldn’t have to give up as much for the former eighth overall, but Gambadoro suggests that the two teams were discussing a deal that would trade Knight “into cap space.” The Knicks no longer have space available, so it’s not clear what a Knight deal would look like at this point.
The Knicks explored signing a handful of veteran point guards in free agency, but ultimately used their cap space and room exception to sign Tim Hardaway and Ron Baker, respectively. That effectively took the team out of the market for any notable veteran free agents, but New York continues to seek out a veteran mentor for Frank Ntilikina, making the trade route a real possibility.
The best news of the year !!!
Bledsoe and Knight both are very high level player !!!
Bledsoe starting PG 20p 5r 5a
Knight Bank SG 15p 3r 3a
The east is so much Easier than the west !
Bledsoe make all star debut
Brandon Knight is trash and he’s on an awful contract
I’d be fine with a deal if lee or Noah are involved
Noah not Lee. Lee would be insurance in case Bledsoe or Knight gets injuried.
May try and involve Melo. Maybe that’s why they are asking Melo if he is willing to go to other teams that’s not Houston or Cavs
Melo to the Cavs… Love and a Cavs 2nd rounder to the Suns… Bledsoe and the lower of the Suns 2 2018 first rounders to the Knicks
What are the chances the Knicks and Rockets can bring the Suns in on a 4 team deal to move Melo?
Haha Noah isn’t going to be in a deal unless the Knicks are throwing in their 2018 1st round pick
Bledsoe would be sick on the Knicks.
Thinking about it doesn’t make sense for the Knicks to go after Bledsoe if they decided to give Hardaway this crazy ass contract (which they could had offer him less money, no where near a $19 mil per year player)
I’d love to see Bledsoe in a Knicks uniform… Knight not so much. Is there any chance they can be included in on a deal for Melo with Houston or Cleveland?
I can see a deal centering around Cavs getting Melo, Knicks getting Bledsoe and the Suns getting Love
This article makes no mention of who the Knicks would give up, (Dump) LOL
I like a Love Melo Bledsoe 3 team deal with the Knicks getting back a Suns 1st rounder
Unfortunalty the suns wouldn’t like that
Why not?
They are getting Love for Bledsoe and a first rounder… they have 2… I’d even be ok taking the lower of the 2
Because Love doesn’t fit in with the teams’ young timeline
Melo, on his contract, is nowhere near that valuable. That’s arguably a better haul than Chicago and Indiana got for Butler and George respectively