Knicks · 15 years of trading down in the draft (page 1)

Taken from this article at knickerblogger: http://knickerblogger.net/the-low-down-o...

2000: Chicago trades #7 (Chris Mihm) for #8 (Jamal Crawford) + cash

2000: Houston trades #9 (Joel Przybilla) for #15 (Jason Collier) + future 1st rounder (#22 pick in 2001 draft (Jeryl Sasser selected))

2001: New Jersey trades #7 (Eddie Griffin) for # 13 (Richard Jefferson) + Jason Collins and Brandon Armstrong

2003: Memphis trades #13 (Marcus Banks) + 27 (Kendrick Perkins) for #16 (Troy Bell) + #20 (Dahntay Jones)

2005: Portland trades #3 (Deron Williams) for #6 (Martell Webster) + #27 (Linus Kleiza) + 2006 1st round pick (#30 Joel Freeland)

2006: Chicago trades #2 (LaMarcus Aldridge) for #4 (Ty Thomas) + Viktor Khryapa

2006: Minnesota trades #6 (Brandon Roy) for #7 (Randy Foye)

2006: Philadelphia trades #13 (Thabo Sefolosha) for #16 (Rodney Carney) + 2007 2nd rounder (Kyrylo Fesenko selected) + cash

2008: Minnesota trades #3 (OJ Mayo) + Jaric, Walker, and Buckner for #5 (Kevin Love) + Mike Miller, Jason Collins, and Brian Cardinal

2008: Indiana trades #11 (Jerryd Bayless) + Ike Diogu for #13 (Brandon Rush) + J Jack and J McRoberts

2010: New Orleans trades #11 Cole Aldrich + Morris Peterson for #21 (Craig Brackins) and #26 (Quincy Pondexter)

2011: In a 3 way trade, Sacramento trades #7 (Bismack Biyombo) for #10 (Jimmer Fredette) + John Salmons; Milwaukee trades #10 (Jimmer Fredette) for #19 (Tobias Harris) + Stephen Jackson, Beno Udrih, and Shaun Livingston

2013: Minnesota trades #9 (Trey Burke) for #14 (Shabazz Muhammad) and #21 (Gorgui Dieng)

2013: Dallas trades #13 (Kelly Olynyk) for #16 (Lukas Nogueira) + 2 future 2nd rounders

2014: Philadelphia trades #10 (Elfrid Payton) for #12 (Dario Saric) + 2nd rounder + future 1st rounder

2014: Denver trades #11 (Doug McDermott) for #16 (Jusuf Nurkic) + #19 (Gary Harris) + future 2nd rounder

Generally, it seems like a lateral move. I've always been of the opinion that we should keep our pick and take the best player available unless someone blows us away with an offer.

Interesting post. I agree these trade down moves are often lateral moves. A couple of good ones, more often, not so good. What that doesn't show is the success rate for just taking BPA at your original slot. That's probably slightly higher.

One thing this led me to is Portland's 2006 draft, which has to be one of the best of all time:

They traded picks that were Tyrus Thomas and Randy Foye for LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy. Geeeeez. Somehow managing to trade UP twice in the same lottery (also, of course, the LaMarcus Aldridge pick was the Knicks pick that was sent to the Bulls in the Curry trade)

#4 Portland Trailblazers

Picks: LaMarcus Aldridge (2); Brandon Roy (6); Sergio Rodriguez (27); Joel Freeland (30)

A+

Anytime you manage to come away with two players who very well could have went #1 and #2 overall in a draft while not giving up that much in return, you’ve done quite well. The Blazers knew who and what they had targeted going into the draft, and they made sure they got exactly that. It was not only inspiring to see the Blazers made trade after trade to ensure they secured the players they wanted; it was incredibly entertaining as well.

Taking on the ugly contract of Raef Lafrentz certainly isn’t pretty for the bottom line for a franchise that is trying to be sold, but considering the circumstances involved, it needed to be done. When you consider the equally shaky status of Theo Ratliff’s knees and the fact that he has just one less year on his contract than Lafrentz, it’s a move that makes quite a bit more sense.

Continuing with the trend of talent, character, and an abundance of upside, we find another potential steal at the #27 pick with Sergio Rodriguez. Acquiring a player of his caliber that late was a huge coup for Portland, as he’ll develop into a very solid backup point guard at the very least. The jury is still out on Joel Freeland and whether he’ll ever make it in the NBA, but considering the roster crunch involved with all the picks the Blazers already made, it’s a move that makes quite a bit of sense. Portland got two future 2nd rounders from Indiana for the #31 pick and then picked up another one from Memphis for the player they got at #45 to go along with the future 2nd rounder they picked up earlier in the night from Chicago, further showing how slick Kevin Pritchard and Steve Patterson are when working under pressure. The highlight of the night for me personally was seeing Portland single handedly destroy a trade the Timberwolves and Rockets had in place (#6-Brandon Roy, for Luther Head and #8-Randy Foye) by forcing Minnesota’s hand and taking Foye a pick early at #7. That ensured that the Timberwolves had to trade arguably the 2nd best player in the draft to the Blazers for Foye and cash considerations, a move that was entirely lost on ESPN at the time but should go down as one of the most ballsy ever.

Despite the ridiculous criticism that was levied on Portland as part of the embarrassing draft night coverage provided by ESPN, the Trailblazers had a fantastic night and had every right to call it a “homerun.”

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One thing the Knicks can do to consider trading UP is to take on an ugly contract.

Does Minnesota or the Lakers have a contract they just can't stand and would love to unload? Maybe the Sixers want to unload JaVale McGee?

crzymdups wrote:One thing the Knicks can do to consider trading UP is to take on an ugly contract.

Does Minnesota or the Lakers have a contract they just can't stand and would love to unload? Maybe the Sixers want to unload JaVale McGee?

Rubio, mofo. That's the contract to unload. We throw in a 2018 protected first as a sweetener, but really we're doing Minny a favor by absorbing that crap deal, and freeing them up to pick Russell or Mudiay, and build their backcourt of dreams. Might be we could ditch Calderon in that deal somehow.