With Mitchell Robinson and OG Anunoby out both for their own times and with other pieces like Brunson just going out with an injury, Knicks can get interior presence while adding a great high impact playmaker for their run.

Quentin Grimes saw himself become available in trade talks after once being heralded as a promising piece of the Knicks's young core. While his trade value along with the draft capital New York can give up, Washington feels the need to let go of an expiring contract in Tyus Jones and also their promising starting center to New York for the extra draft capital and promising young pieces.