Oversees Drafting Rights to G-League:
1) Issuf Sanon
2) Ognen Jaramaz

Will waive rights to anyone else that is stashed oversees and New York has their draft rights and is not already on the team in Fantrax or the spreadsheet

New York Knicks trade RJ Barrett $9.2M (2023) RFA to
New Orleans Pelicans for Lonzo Ball $11.0M (2021) RFA

New York accepts because RJ Barret cannot shoot (40.2 FG%), which is important in basketball so I am getting the sharpshooting Lonzo Ball (40.3 FG%). Ball pairs well with the recently traded Huerter. A big guard that rebounds and gets assists. There should be plenty of easy assists with Zion on the floor. His assist rate and overall shooting percentages increased once Zion returned from injury last year. RJ Barrett will continue to play in the disaster that is New York where he might not develop and reach his potential.

Sending down:

1) Ignas Brazdeikis
2) Theo Pinson

Looking for draft picks and young players (23 years old or younger). Willing to move the following players with value/upside or sign to extension if I don't trade:

1) Elfrid Payton $8.0M (2021)
2) Frank Ntilikina $6.2M (2021) RFA
3) Dennis Smith $5.7M (2021) RFA


Willing to trade for any draft pick or G-League Eligible Player:

1) Wayne Ellington $8.0M (2021)

I am looking for young players with upside to complement my core of Mitchell Robinson, Jarrett Allen, Miles Bridges, Kevin Huerter, Kevin Knox, etc. I have plenty of cap space and am willing to take on a bad contract if I need to in order to obtain a young player with upside or draft picks. Anyone is available for the right price.

I had a lot of the same thoughts and questions so I am glad someone asked.

I honestly really like that this league doesn't get overly complicated with a lot of things. I think there are often extra complications that don't add a whole lot to the league.

I do really like bidding by total contact as it is a lot simpler in my opinion. I also like that it might tempt people to make bad long term contracts. I like rules that can allow people to make gambles to win the championship but have a chance at backfiring. In my experience rules like that create great league parity. If someone wants to win now it should hurt a little in the future or have the potential to hurt in the future. Just my experience.

Another question on bidding on a total contract. If I have a winning bid of $50m do I have to evenly dispense the contract into 5 years of $10m for example or can I go $5m this year,  $10m in year 2 and 3, $15m in year 4, and $10m in year 5 or something like that? Can the winning bid be spread out unevenly over the years and is there a limit to the unevenness? 4 years at 2.5m, one year at $40m?

Thanks!