Somebody check on New York Knicks team president Leon Rose. We need to make sure he hasn’t overheated with excitement at the prospect of Jaren Jackson Jr. becoming a trade candidate.
Rose is known to covet the 26-year-old, as Kris Pursiainen reported for ClutchPoints over the summer. And hey, who could blame him? Jackson won Defensive Player of the Year in 2023, and remains one of the most impactful anchors on the less-glamorous end. Cake in his development as an iso scorer, his floor-spacing ability, and yes, the fact he’s a former client of Rose’s from his Creative Artists Agency days, and you’ve got pipe-dream catnip.