A member of the Kentucky Knicks is on the move. Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Nerlens Noel is being traded from New York to the Detroit Pistons, along with guard Alec Burks, two future second-round draft picks, and $6 million. The trade will clear $19 million in salary-cap space, which will allow the Knicks to make a $110 million offer to free-agent guard Jalen Brunson.
Noel is entering his tenth season in the league (he didn’t play his first year as he rehabbed from his ACL injury). Drafted No. 6 back in 2013, he spent the first four years of his NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers before two-year stints in both Dallas and Oklahoma City.