I am full on in on deep conspiracy theories here based on the narrative being pushed and TJ's info. Here's what I think I think:
- We have basically agreed on the trade.. it has RJ in it. It will be RJ+Toppin 2 unprotected picks and 3 protected picks plus one swap. Fournier and Reddish. The extension was to alleviate our concerns and the deadline was all performative. The timing of the extension and the "deadline" are questionable. Extensions don't normally happen until October unless they are max extensions. The deadline being prior to 9/6 is weird. I think Tony knows the trade (it may not be what I say but I think Tony knows the key parts... I have no info other than what he has said on the public forums to be clear).
- We have a deal with the Lakers to get both unprotected picks. The deal involves Bogey, Beasley, Reddish, and one of the protected 1sts we get from NY (swapping a protected pick for an unprotected pick is smart). I can also see JC or Mike going in the Lakers deal... more likely Mike.
Back to the important stuff I agree with the sentiment of this post but I think the deal is slightly different.
RJ + Fournier + 3 unprotected 1sts + 2 protected 1sts + a pick swap
There is one more piece added I’m not entirely sure who it is (McBride?) but I doubt the Knicks are willing to add Toppin with RJ. I hope I am wrong though because that would be insane. It is interesting that Tony mentioned both of them.
Since we gain an unprotected 1st we lose a protected one. This is where I was asking if we’d rather have a protected 1st or a pick swap.
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