Brandon Knight is on the Verge of Being Traded
By Adam Maynes
Brooklyn Nets
In some of the circulated trade rumors, the Nets want to acquire Knight to pair up with Jeremy Lin. If this is the case, than shooting guard Bojan Bogdanovic becomes expendable. The Nets have tons of cap space – who doesn’t – and can afford a very one-sided contract swap – Knight’s $12.6M for Bogdanovic’s $3.5M. Therefore, a one-for-one would be plausible.
In this case the Suns would get a 6’7″ SG/SF in the last year of his contract opening up free agent options this summer.
Although, he could even be worth a contract extension as he might actually fit the rebuilding process for two reasons:
He is a scorer and could backup both Devin Booker and T.J. Warren. Plus Bojan is a good 5-6″ taller than Knight so defensively he is far more advantageous.
Bagdanovic is from Bosnia and Herzegovina, just as Dragan Bender is. A leadership role could emerge with Bojan for Dragan which could help to hasten Bender’s development in the league.
If the Suns want a draft pick in the deal, they may be forced to take on the contract of a player such as power forward Luis Scola whose $5.5M contract will be off this books this summer anyway, although he would not be eligible for trade until mid-December. If other pieces are involved, trading Scola would help free Brooklyn even up even further in other trades this season.
Secondarily, the Suns could further swap P.J. Tucker for Scola. P.J. would become expendable with Bojan on the roster, and from the Nets’ perspective, P.J. would probably garner a little more in return than Scola if they wish to flip him right away.
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