<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Story going online now from <a href="https://twitter.com/IanBegley">@IanBegley</a> & I: ESPN sources say Knicks, challenging as it sounds, have begun exploring J.R. Smith trade options</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/statuses/421038137385558016">January 8, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
They only way another team takes a negative value player is if the team trying to unload him offers picks/other assets. As the Knicks have none of these, they are stuck with him.
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Yep. He's the kind of guy who you bring in to a team with an established and dominant culture (Spurs,Heat, KG era Celtics etc.) on a minimium contract and HOPE it works out. Not the type of guy on a contract like the one he's on.
If only the Knicks could trade with themselves, he would be the exact type of player and contract they would happily give up an unprotected first and young promising player for.
Please let him go to the Pistons. I would LOVE to see JR Smith, Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings all on the same team. That would be amazing. Of course, it would be better still if the Pistons would then trade Drummond for either Javale McGee or Andrew Bynum. They could complete the team by swapping Greg Monroe for Matt Barnes. PG- Brandon Jennings SG- JR Smith SF- Matt Barnes PF- Josh Smith C- Javale McGee or Andrew Bynum That, ladies and gentlemen, is my All-Knucklehead All Star team.
