The NBA trade deadline is on Thursday, so luckily this isn't going to drag much longer.

We'll get a conclusion to this for now by Thursday.

Keep this in mind about Janus and Carl Anthony Towns.

Let us assume that Janus isn't moved.

And right now, as I sit here today, I think it's 60, 40 he has moved.

I think there's a motivation, not as much for the box,s, but for Yannis to get out because then he would be able to extend with his new team in a few months on a new mega contract, which he would not be able to do if he's traded during the offseason. And for Yonis also, it's a chance to compete for a championship. He's 31 years old. Like, you don't want this thing to go away.

So Janus would want to be traded before Thursday. I think in the Buck's case, it's about getting the best offer. Like, if they get the best offer right now and they feel good about it, I think they pull the trigger. If they're like, we don't love it, they can wait till the summer. Yeah. Here's how this really involves Kat. Let's assume for a second the Knicks just don't have the package to pull it off.

That moving bridges to a third. Yeah. Here's how this really involves Kat. Let's assume for a second the Knicks just don't have the package to pull it off.

That moving bridges to a third team, cat to a third team isn't enough because the Knicks

can't trade their own draft picks right now because of the Steppian role in the trade

they made with the Nets.

They can, once the draft hits, they would be eligible to not only trade

the Detroit pick, I'm sorry, the Washington pick from this year, but they would also be eligible

to trade their own pick from 2033. So it enhances their package. If Janus isn't traded,

the Knicks cannot move Carl Anthony Towns in a separate trade for two helpful pieces.

Because Kat is going to be necessary to a future Janus trade.

And in my opinion, the best case scenario for the New York Knicks...

This is just because of the offset.

Because of the salary matching.

And because I think he has a chance to enhance his value, especially going into an offseason in which everybody's involved. More teams will think they're winners. Like my team's a great example of it. Not that I'm going to be involved in this, but I just want to give you an example where things change. Right now the Nets are tanking. Come July, they win the lottery. They're like, oh, cool, let's go try to win. win. All of a sudden, there may be a suitor for Carl Anthony Towns.

So it opens up more possibilities for a third or fourth team. But the best case scenario for the Knicks, in my opinion, I have said this from the beginning, is that Janus doesn't get traded. You guys try to win with the core that you have. maybe you make a piece here and there, Jose Alvarado, whomever,

to try to improve this current roster.

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