Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

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I didnt think about it, thanks for the correction, appriciate it a lot! Then in order to "unlock" the 2026 pick the only way is to drop the protection on that NY pick giving them 1 SRP to make it happen.

And I agree with you, I didnt even pretend to consider it a serious trade proposal, it was just for the sake of argument.

For the life of me I don't understand the need to send a positive assets to NY to make 2024 unprotected.  I argued this, ad nauseum, last season by saying that you never know how a season will play out and NY should, at least say "yep, we'll take it", as unprotected picks are ALWAYS more valuable.  In 2023, the Mavs hit an iceberg.  

Had the Knicks done this last year, giving the Mavs a late 2nd to do so, this is how it could've played out: 
A. the Mavs still missed the playoffs and NY got a ticket in the Wemby lotto
B.  the pick still landed NY Lively
C.  At worst, it would've been a very high non-lotto pick

Everyone here keeps negating the fact that NY is ONE SEASON away from that pick potentially converting to a 2nd rounder.  At this point the Knicks should jump at gaining immediate asset certainty and do what it can to gain an unprotected lotto pick this year, especially on a team like the Mavs built on only two players.