[Stein] The New York Knicks have explored pathways to try to acquire Portland’s Jrue Holiday.
A belief persists among some rival teams that Towns is in play to some degree. Or that the Knicks, at the very least, have tried to get a sense of what his market would be.
Now would the Knicks, when it actually comes down to it, be willing to surrender Towns in any trade that doesn’t involving acquiring Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo? Would James Dolan and Leon Rose (Towns’ former agent) really sanction any drastic in-season shakeup and possibly make their team smaller by parting with Towns mid-stream?
Another concept that keeps coming up: Rumbles that the Knicks have explored pathways to try to acquire Portland’s Jrue Holiday.
There are at least two clear reasons why New York would have interest in a player who helped both Milwaukee and Boston win championships this decade: 1) The presumption that acquiring Holiday — if there’s a way — would make the Knicks an even more attractive destination to Holiday’s former Bucks teammate Antetokounmpo; 2) New York is believed to hold a longstanding fondness for Holiday as a potential backcourt complement to Jalen Brunson.