Why the Knicks do it

Dewayne is disgruntled, money matches, gives NYK a true center rotation. They love Taj, but he should be 3rd in line for PF and C and this makes his minutes more impact so he isn't exposed as much as he ages.

They add the following players to their roster:

• Dewayne Dedmon ($13.3M, 3yrs remaining)

Why the Kings do it

They get off their disgruntled back up for a tough bench player who is a poor mans, three level scorer. Defensively he's bad and the key word is a poooooooor mans three level scorer. The other thing is his contract is team controlled and next year gives them more flexibility to offer Bogdanovic.

They add the following players to their roster:

• Bobby Portis ($15.0M, 2yrs remaining)