s/knicks - Worst trade you'll see all day. Makes every franchise upset, but some Knicks fans will like it

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Worst trade you'll see all day. Makes every franchise upset, but some Knicks fans will like it

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Pacers

+3 players ($51.0m) +9 picks,

Cap Impact - $6.5M

Ja Morant

PG, 6' 2", 1.39 LEBRON
Shot Creator

$36.7M

4yrs

Mitchell Robinson

C, 0.38 LEBRON
Roll + Cut Big

$14.3M

2yrs

Jalen Duren

C, 6' 10", 1.84 LEBRON
Contract Over | Roll + Cut Big

$4.5M

2yrs

2025 - Round 2

via DET

2025 - Round 2

via BOS OR MEM

2026 - Round 2

BOS or WAS holds rights to swap

2026 - Round 2

via DET, MIL OR ORL

2027 - Round 1

2027 - Round 2

2028 - Round 2

via IND OR PHX

2028 - Round 2

via NYK

2028 - Round 2

via BOS

-5 Wins

+9.77 MPG

-1.77 Off.

+0.36 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$8.3M

$14.6M

$25.4M

($162.4M)

($163.4M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 2nd Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$62,104,900

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$51,043,852

Allowable Incoming Cap

$77,881,125

ETPE's Used

(NTMLE, RME, BAE)

$4,536,840

Cap Difference

- $11,061,048

Standard Contracts

16 Salary Matching

Incoming < $62.1M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $26,837,273

Must Waive Players

Indiana would have 16 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 1 player.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Myles Turner since his contract is ending.

Nuggets

+3 players ($88.5m),

Cap Impact + $1.0M

Karl-Anthony Towns

C, 2.71 LEBRON
Post Scorer

$49.2M

4yrs

Tobias Harris

PF, 6' 8", 0.24 LEBRON
Shot Creator

$25.3M

2yrs

Cade Cunningham

PG, 6' 6", 1.63 LEBRON
Poison Pill | Shot Creator

$13.9M

6yrs

-1 Wins

+28.73 MPG

-4.37 Off.

+1.48 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$12.8M

-$6.7M

$4.0M

($183.6M)

($184.8M)

This team will be a 1st apron team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 2nd Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$87,432,138

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$114,268,147

Allowable Incoming Cap

$87,432,138

Cap Difference

+ $26,836,009

Standard Contracts

16 Salary Matching

Incoming < $87.4M x 1 + $0

You are over the allowable incoming amount by $26,836,009

Poison Pill

Cade Cunningham is on a rookie contract and signed an extension that is to begin the following season. Therefore, he has what is known as a "poison pill" contract. He can no longer be traded for a player making equal money. Instead, his current salary is averaged along with the salaries he is to receive in his extension, and that average becomes his incoming salary for trade purposes. His outgoing value for the Pistons will be $13.9M while his incoming value for the receiving team will be $39.6M.

Must Waive Players

Denver would have 16 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 1 player.

Financial

Nuggets are unable to complete this trade. Since they are an over apron team, they are only able to take back 100% of the salary they are sending out, plus $0.

Nuggets can only take back $87.4M in salary based on the amount they are sending out.

Cut $26.8M from the Nuggets incoming trade value to make this trade successful for the Nuggets.

Grizzlies

+2 players ($36.0m) +1 pick,

Cap Impact + $1.3M

Jamal Murray

PG, 6' 4", 1.11 LEBRON
Shot Creator

$36.0M

5yrs

Precious Achiuwa

C, 6' 8", -0.46 LEBRON
Contract Over | Roll + Cut Big

$6.0M

1yr

2030 - Round 2

-1 Wins

+0.72 MPG

-3.26 Off.

+1.26 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$5.7M

$10.0M

$20.8M

($165.0M)

($168.1M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$40,686,201

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$36,016,200

Allowable Incoming Cap

$51,107,751

ETPE's Used

(NTMLE, RME, BAE)

$6,000,000

Cap Difference

- $4,670,001

Standard Contracts

15 Salary Matching

Incoming < $40.6M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $15,091,551

Implicit No Trade Clause

Precious Achiuwa cannot be traded unless he approves the trade. Since he was signed to a one year deal with his bird-rights, he has the ability to veto a trade.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Santi Aldama since his contract is ending.

Pistons

+1 player ($51.4m),

Cap Impact - $5.4M

Nikola Jokić

C, 6' 11", 6.37 LEBRON
Post Scorer

$51.4M

4yrs

-5 Wins

-84.03 MPG

+3.89 Off.

-0.99 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Cap Space

Tax Space

Apron Space

$4.2M

$34.4M

$40.7M

($136.3M)

($137.3M)

This team will be a under the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$56,868,753

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$51,415,938

Allowable Incoming Cap

$55,648,533

Cap Difference

- $5,452,815

Standard Contracts

12 Salary Matching

Incoming < $140.5M - ($141.8M - $56.8M)

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $4,232,595

Roster Compliance

Detroit would have 12 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Dennis Schröder since his contract is ending.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Jalen Duren since he has a team option next year which is worth $6.4M.

Knicks

+4 players ($80.6m),

Cap Impact + $9.5M

Tyrese Haliburton

PG, 6' 5", 3.7 LEBRON
Primary Ball Handler

$42.1M

5yrs

Myles Turner

C, 6' 11", 1.31 LEBRON
Contract Over | Stretch Big

$19.9M

1yr

Dennis Schröder

PG, 6' 1", -0.25 LEBRON
Contract Over | Shot Creator

$13.0M

1yr

Santi Aldama

PF, 6' 11", 1.24 LEBRON
Contract Over | Movement Shooter

$3.9M

1yr

+11 Wins

+44.82 MPG

+5.51 Off.

-2.11 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$27.5M

-$21.6M

-$10.8M

($198.3M)

($199.8M)

This team will be a 2nd apron team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 2nd Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$69,523,982

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$79,090,681

Allowable Incoming Cap

$69,523,982

Cap Difference

+ $9,566,699

Standard Contracts

16 Salary Matching

Incoming < $69.5M x 1 + $0

You are over the allowable incoming amount by $9,566,699

Must Waive Players

New York would have 16 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 1 player.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Precious Achiuwa since his contract is ending.

Hard Cap

This trade would result in the Knicks crossing the tax apron of ($188.9M) while hardcapped at the 2nd apron. Therefore this trade is not possible. Remove $10.8M of incoming value to remain below the hard cap.

Hard Cap Reasons

Aggregated the salaries of Bojan Bogdanovic, Shake Milton, and Mamadi Diakite in a trade for Mikal Bridges.

Financial

Knicks are unable to complete this trade. Incoming player salary ($19.9M) is matched using multiple outgoing players. Since they are now an over second apron team after this trade, they are not able to aggregate players in a trade. This means for example, that they cannot send out two players to acquire one with a similar salary to both.

Financial

Knicks are unable to complete this trade. Since they are now an over second apron team after this trade, they are only able to take back 100% of the salary they are sending out, plus $0.

Knicks can only take back $69.5M in salary based on the amount they are sending out.

Cut $9.5M from the Knicks incoming trade value to make this trade successful for the Knicks.

LEBRON (Luck-adjusted player Estimate using a Box prior Regularized ON-off) impact data is provided by BBall Index . See how LEBRON is calculated, and explore the data.

Nuggets... get Cade & KAT

Pistons... get Joker. lol

Knicks... move Hali to the 1, Brunson plays the 2 again. And Aldama / Miles Turner fills some of the hole KAT left. They get much better.