When the Knicks take the floor inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Saturday, with the Cleveland crowd in free T-shirts and Donovan Mitchell wearing Cavaliers wine and gold, New York's attempt to land Mitchell from the Utah Jazz this past summer will set the backdrop for a compelling first-round playoff series. But there is another blockbuster trade, mind you, involving an All-Star guard and a team based in New York, which is responsible for the opposite end of Cleveland's vaunted starting lineup: All-Star center Jarrett Allen and second-year forward Evan Mobley.
Cleveland Cavaliers' Jarrett Allen celebrates with teammate Evan Mobley after making a shot during the skills challenge competition, part of NBA All-Star basketball game weekend, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Cleveland.
So the Nets took to the phones. Brooklyn tried to come up with a first-round pick without sacrificing the 22-year-old shot blocker, sources said, but it became clear Allen was the only piece on the Nets roster, outside of Durant and Irving, who commanded that type of value on the trade market. Brooklyn wasn’t just going to give Allen away, though. The Nets saw this evolution of the Harden trade negotiations as a way to offload Taurean Prince’s $12.6 million salary as well.
In the end, Harden became a Net. That Bucks selection from Cleveland brought the Rockets’ total draft asset return to five unprotected first-round picks for their bearded All-Star, plus three years of unprotected first-round swap rights with Brooklyn, while taking back Oladipo, Exum as well as Rodions Kurucs from the Nets. For a front office prioritizing future draft ammunition, Houston did haul in a substantially large yield.
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