Just six months following trading him, the New York Knicks are willing to let Cam Reddish go. In the Big Apple they have already done their homework, leaving free the necessary salary space to get Jalen Brunson for a record close to 110 million dollars for 4 years. For this they have had to show the exit door to players like Alec Burks, Nerlens Noel and Kemba Walker. However, the franchise intends to make even more room by taking advantage of Thibodeau’s philosophy of reducing rotations to their bare minimum. And Reddish seems one of the favorites to jump ship.
To be fair, the forward is not only one of the most valuable pieces the Knicks can put up for sale, he is also a player who has never adapted to New York and who will be out of contract in 2023. Reddish left Atlanta in looking for a leading role to see his minutes per game reduced from 23 to 14 and his points from 11.9 to 6.1. Fred Katz account in The Athletic what several teams have already shown interest in the young player facing the opening of the market tonight.
The apparent urgency with the departure of the former Hawks is directly related to the Evan Fournier situation. The Knicks tried to look for exit options for the French shooting guard before getting rid of Burks and Noel. But his high record and two years remaining on his contract meant that New York had to introduce a future first-round pick that they weren’t willing to give up. For this reason, they willingly accept Fournier as an important player and do without Reddish with more joy.
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