Finally, it is not a simple exchange between the Cavaliers and the Lakers since The Athletic reveals that the Knicks have decided to invite themselves into the transaction. Rajon Rondo is still heading to Cleveland, but his bargaining chip, Denzel Valentine, isn’t going to Los Angeles, but New York.
According to ESPN, the Knicks recover Denzel Valentine but also 1.1 million dollars, and the rights to two players drafted 6 and 17 years ago (Wang Zhelin and Brad Newley), in exchange for the rights to Louis Labeyrie, the French interior who has been playing since four years in Valencia. For its part, SNY.tv reveals that the leaders of New York should not retain Denzel Valentine, and that they chose to separate from Wayne Selden, whose contract was not guaranteed. Result: the Knicks will have a free place in their workforce.
On the Lakers side, we can thank the Knicks since they allow them to save four million dollars in salary and “luxury tax”, while freeing up a place in their workforce.
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Julius Randle | 72 | 35.3 | 41.1 | 30.8 | 75.6 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 20.1 |
| R.j. Barrett | 68 | 34.7 | 41.0 | 34.6 | 72.1 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 20.1 |
| Evan Fournier | 77 | 29.5 | 42.0 | 39.3 | 71.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 14.2 |
| Derrick Rose | 26 | 24.5 | 44.5 | 40.2 | 96.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| Kemba Walker | 37 | 25.6 | 40.3 | 36.7 | 84.5 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| Alec Burks | 78 | 28.3 | 39.1 | 40.2 | 82.5 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 11.6 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 75 | 22.6 | 39.0 | 34.6 | 88.8 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 10.9 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 72 | 25.7 | 76.1 | 0.0 | 48.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 8.5 |
| Obi Toppin | 69 | 16.1 | 52.2 | 26.8 | 76.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 8.0 |
| Cam Reddish | 15 | 14.4 | 41.5 | 25.8 | 90.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| Quentin Grimes | 46 | 17.1 | 40.4 | 38.1 | 68.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| Taj Gibson | 49 | 18.1 | 51.6 | 38.9 | 79.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 4.3 |
| Kevin Knox | 13 | 8.5 | 37.5 | 35.7 | 70.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Nerlens Noel | 25 | 22.5 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| Miles Mcbride | 38 | 9.1 | 30.3 | 24.6 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Damyean Dotson | 2 | 10.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Jericho Sims | 38 | 11.8 | 77.5 | 0.0 | 31.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Wayne Selden | 3 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Archdeacon Ryan | 8 | 5.0 | 66.7 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Tyler Hall | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Danuel House | 1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Mooney | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
