Pretty stupid to axe Mills just before the deadline. Signals that the
Knix are disorganized and likely desperate and can still reliably be rolled in a deal. Much better to just cut Mills out of the trade talks and reassign him officially a month later...
Some talk that now Knicks more willing to trade Morris. Sounds like Mills wanted to resign Morris and Perry of Dolan preferred moving him for value.
Shouldn't be hard to trade Morris if that's the plan.
Reportedly Knix were also looking at moving Randle (to CHA). Which is good as Knix should be looking at all options. Reportedly Knox has been talked about as well. I'd prefer to develop him, but he still looks 3 years away from becoming an average player, if he progresses.