Knicks get a sniper but give up Obi Toppin in proposed trade

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Looking at the proposed trade for the Knicks

Malik Beasley of the Utah Jazz leads the league in three-point attempts per 36 minutes, hoisting up 11.5 shots from deep. That aggressive shot-taking has immense gravity on the court and it’s the reason why Beasley is the most coveted shooter on the trade market.

The Knicks have first-round picks in surplus to make a deal for Beasley, but the difficulty becomes the matching salary. To avoid giving up crucial rotation players, this construction allows the Knicks to shed Evan Fournier’s salary and bring Beasley in:

First reported by ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, the deal would give the Jazz draft capital plus a young big in Obi Toppin. They appear to be very open for business on moving veterans like Beasley, and this deal gives them an awful lot of draft capital plus Toppin to both send out Beasley and take on the contract of Fournier.

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