Some notes on the Knicks with three weeks to go until the NBA trade deadline:
GRIMES DRAWING INTEREST
The Knicks may trade Quentin Grimes ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline, as he’ll certainly draw interest from opposing teams.
The Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets are among the teams with interest in the 23-year-old shooting guard.
The New York Post reported that the Mavericks are also interested in Grimes.
Grimes lost his starting job to Donte DiVincenzo earlier this season, and his minutes off the bench have fluctuated.
I don’t know if the Knicks will ultimately pull the trigger on a deal involving Grimes, but he has value on the market, and it may be in both parties’ best interest to find a trade.
One of the Knicks’ objectives at the deadline is to bolster their bench, and Grimes is one of the most valuable trade-eligible players on their roster.
The former first-round pick is difficult to trade on his own because he’s making $2.3 million, so it would be tough for the Knicks to find a player who helps them win immediately and makes a commensurate salary.
New York can obviously add other players to their package to make the math work -- including Evan Fournier’s $19 million expiring deal is an option.
Some people with the Knicks see Bruce Brown as a trade target after he was traded from Indiana to the Toronto Raptors in the Pascal Siakam deal.
Various reports have linked the Knicks to Portland’s Malcom Brogdon, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier and other bench scorers, but SNY has not independently confirmed those reports.
As of late last week, the Knicks had not made significant contact with Portland on Brogdon, but obviously things can change quickly at this time of year.