New York Knicks: Five reasons to trade for Jerian Grant

The New York Knicks are in search of a point guard to complement Frank Ntilikina. Could Jerian Grant be the next player whom New York brings back?

The New York Knicks acquired Jerian Grant on the night of the 2015 NBA Draft. It was a widely applauded move by former team president Phil Jackson, as many analysts pegged Grant as a fringe lottery pick who could go earlier than he did.

Two years removed from the selection of Grant at the 2015 NBA Draft, it would be worth acquiring him all over again.

Grant completed his rookie season with the Knicks, but was included in the trade that brought Derrick Rose to New York. He’s coming off of a quietly solid sophomore season, but has found himself in a logjam of a point guard rotation.

With the opportunity arising for a team to acquire Grant for an easily affordable cost, New York should be viewed as a prime candidate to do so.

This idea may be unsettling on the surface, as New York recently signed Tim Hardaway Jr.—another player whom it drafted and then traded—to a four-year deal worth $71 million. In fact, Hardaway Jr. was the player whom Jackson traded in order to acquire Grant.

The media may have fun with the narrative, but that doesn’t make it any less rational for the New York Knicks to trade for Jerian Grant.

Here are five reasons why.