Not sure if it’s possible, but would you renegotiate the draft pick protection on the pick the knicks own so that it no longer has protections? With this, the draft pick would convey this year rather than in '25 or '26, and we could as early as next season regain draft pick trade flexibility. Trading a first for stew in hindsight imo is an underrated blemish on weaver’s resume.
hear your point. i think what it comes down to is whether you value adding another top 5 pick to the roster or the opportunity to trade for a star player this offseason by packaging FRPs, which as it currently stands the team may not be able to do until 2026. in a perfect world, trade for barrett by removing protections, continue season with core of cade and barrett, then package FRPs this offseason for another high caliber player and use cap space to absorb bad contracts for additional picks