Pass or Pursue on 5 proposed Derrick Rose, Immanuel Quickley Knicks trades
Trade #5: Immanuel Quickley for Corey Kispert and a first-round pick
This is probably the only trade I’m passing simply because of the player in return. Obviously, guys like Bogdanovic and Barnes are both much better than Quickley. However, the positional issues/lack of defense that comes with those deals would make it hard to say yes, especially in the case of Bogdanovic.
With this deal, the Knicks would be getting an elite three-point shooter in Corey Kispert and a first-round pick. The Knicks need three-point shooting, but there are other players they can make a move on.
The defense and playmaking Quickley provides, let alone his moments of excellent offense, makes it very difficult to want to move on from him. New York has players like Rose, Fournier, and heck, maybe even Randle that could be traded much easier.
With how poor Rose has played this season, the Knicks need the versatility Quickley provides and should prioritize keeping him unless there is a deal in which they are clear winners, such as the Barnes trade. There are simply better options to trade away other than the 23-year-old.
Quickley has his struggles offensively, hence why I would honestly consider trading him away, as the Knicks need more consistency all around. However, the trades Vertsberger proposed made it very difficult to say yes.
While the Knicks would be getting the better player in almost all of these trades, they would have to make other trades in order to straighten out the rotation. That is why they should look to move on from players in positions of need.
For once, the Knicks do not have a point guard problem, meaning they need to focus on other positional gaps. Brunson and Quickley do the job of playing the point just fine, it is other players that have not been picking up the slack.
Say Vertsberger had put the Barnes and Bogdanovic trades for Randle instead of Quickley, it would be much easier to say yes. Randle has been solid offensively this season, but his occasional poor shot selection, horrid defense, and seemingly poor leadership make it much easier to want to move on from him.
If the Knicks were to pull some of these trades off, they would need to have another move on deck and ready to happen. Hence why I passed on so many of these trades, the Knicks would be getting the better player, however, these trades alone would make the rotation very difficult to work with.
Verdict: Pass
