On the eve of the 2016 NBA Draft the Knicks made a controversial deal with the Chicago Bulls for Derrick Rose. Out went Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon and just-finished-his-rookie-season Jerian Grant, and in came Rose and Justin Holiday. The Bulls also threw in their 2017 second round pick, a sweetener that did little to remove the bitter taste the deal left in many Knicks fans’ mouths.
As many predicted at the time the Rose trade did little to change the trajectory of the franchise.