Trade & FA 2023-24: Lavine Market Barely There| NOP Want Trae or Murray

[Knutsen]

I think everyone here would be ecstatic if somebody simply took him for free, which makes me think its very unlikely they can get anything for him.  They tried to trade him at the TDL at the height of his value and could not get anything for him.  He has been terrible since and likely destroyed what little value he had.  Plus, they know we are trying to get off him to make room and there is not a lot of competition to eat his salary.

Problem is his contract becomes an asset at the trade deadline as an expiring contract - but we have to get rid of him earlier to be able to sign Jones. So by having to just dump him and maybe throw in a second rounder we lose the chance to finally turn him into a valuable, fitting piece unfortunately.