NBA trade season is officially upon us, friends. We just got our first headliner deal of the season.
The Atlanta Hawks just traded Cam Reddish, Solomon Hill and a second-round pick to the New York Knicks for Kevin Knox and a heavily protected first-round pick from the Hornets. The pick is top-18 protected for the 2022 season and, if the season ended today, it’d convey to the Hawks.
For the Knicks, it’s a solid deal. They get to take on a project in Cam Reddish who hasn’t been great but has shown flashes of potential here and there. All they had to give up for him was a project in Knox that didn’t work out and a pick that wasn’t theirs. Knicks fans are obviously excited.
For the Hawks, it’s weird. At least on the surface. They just gave up a promising player for a pick with a chance to…get another young promising player? That doesn’t make a ton of sense.
But this move could potentially have a ripple effect on their franchise for years to come. Let’s explore that.
