Earlier on Wednesday, the New York Knicks traded the 27th and 38th picks in the draft to the Utah Jazz for No. 23. The expectation was that the Knicks were angling to use that pick to trade up for Obi Toppin. As it turns out, Toppin fell to eight and the Knicks did not need to use assets to go get him.
When the Knicks took Leandro Bolmaro with the 23rd pick, it didn’t make a whole lot of sense. But news quickly broke that the Knicks were sending Bolmaro to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 25th and 33rd picks.