Ayo Dosunmu is a perfect trade target for a New York Knicks team that needs extra ball-handling and perimeter defense, and doesn’t have the assets or flexibility to take on a bunch of salary. But that idealism falls apart if landing him requires the front office to send out Deuce McBride.
James L. Edwards III of The Athletic thinks it will. In his latest mailbag, he writes that “any deal for Dosunmu would have to start with” McBride. If that’s the case, consider it a deal-breaker for the Knicks.
Deuce McBride is too valuable for the Knicks to trade
You don’t need to be a fly on the wall of Leon Rose’s office to know that New York won’t meaningfully consider moving on from McBride until this offseason, when he’s entering the final year of his contract.