I'd rather have one all-star (KZ) and try to lure a 2nd via FA. Rather than have none and hope to lure two together. Seems we're counting a lot on Kyrie being buds with these other guys. Who knows, maybe agent chatter favors us. Or maybe KZ's recovery is not as good as hoped. There's possibly stuff we're not privy to, but otoh it's usually impressive how much leaks out all the time.
I'd just note that right now Kyrie and KD, Butler and Kawhi are all in much better spots and on better teams than what the Knix will be next year even if NYK adds any two of those guys. Look at their rosters and compare to ours. AD is the exception as NOPe has a middling team. It's possible Knix get lucky. Kyrie is a bit of an oddball, so he seems to be the major wildcard out there. Otherwise, I think counting on getting Zion with the 14% lotto chance is pretty fanciful.
Fwiw, Zach Lowe had this to say about the KZ/bro threat:
"By the way: I'll believe Porzingis takes his one-year qualifying offer when I see it. Pure posturing."
He's obviously more in the know than Bo, and he also thinks it smacks of total BS.
Maybe part of the Knix problem is Dolan ... has been ... too uninvolved. He let Phil talk KZ trades. He let PerryMills trade KZ for cap space. Old days, I'd wager Dolan would have said that KZ is untouchable. Like when he stepped in to secure Melo. Dolan knows the allure of star power in NYC.
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