Knicks acquire Rose from Bulls

In a surprising twist, the Jimmy Butler team actually followed through and shocked the National Basketball Association community by sending their beloved player Derrick Rose along with Justin Holiday and a 2017 second-round draft pick to the New York Knicks. Helped teach me the work ethic needed to excel in this league. Doug McDermott, Niko, we’ve got the first round pick coming up tomorrow night with the possibility of two first round picks next year, so you can see kind of where were kind of trying to go.

The Knicks angle is altogether more hard to assess, because it’s likely that this is just the first of several moves to come for team president Phil Jackson.

That may seem like an abstract number, but it coincides with the removal of the protective mask that Rose was required to wear early in the season. Derrick Rose moves on from his hometown team to join Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks.

Then injuries set in, and Rose might never again play at that dazzling level.

Of the teams chasing Durant, the Knicks are perhaps the least attractive basketball option in terms of contending so Jackson is facing an uphill battle in recruiting KD to come to NY. While Rose depends on pull-up jumpers far more than he ever did in his best seasons, the Knicks desperately need a perimeter player who poses even the threat of penetrating the lane to collapse the defense.

Grant, 6-4, 195-pounds, completed his rookie season for the Knicks with averages of 5.6 points and 2.3 assists over 16.6 minutes in 76 games after being selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 19th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft and then, had his draft rights traded to NY in exchange for Tim Hardaway Jr. At worst, he’s an exciting stop-gap at point guard.

Grant, 23, added 5.6 points and 2.3 assists a game in 2015-16 while Lopez, 28, averaged 10.3 points and 7.3 rebounds last season. However Anthony, who already has 12 years as a “franchise player” has yet to appear in an NBA Final.

Derrick Rose is bringing a lot of baggage with him to New York: The newest Knick will arrive on Broadway with a civil sexual assault lawsuit hanging over his head, but Derrick Rose vows it isn’t a rape case.

Will Porzingis’ touches and shots decrease with Rose and Anthony on the court? Grant was one of the players that the Bulls were interested in taking during the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft. Anthony made a decision to stay in his hometown, so Knicks president Phil Jackson now has a chance to bring both players to NY as he looks to fill the gaping center hole left by Robin Lopez’s surprising heave-ho. Noah won the 2014 Defensive Player of the Year award and he has been selected to three All-Defensive Teams.