The New York Knicks pulled out all of the stops throughout this NBA offseason to place collectively a legit title contender that might compete with the very best of the Japanese Convention, buying Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Cities in separate trades.
Earlier than the crew made the transfer to accumulate Cities from the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Knicks had 4 former Villanova stars: Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Donte DiVincenzo and Bridges.
However that’s not the case with the Knicks including a confirmed huge in Cities whereas dealing away a sharpshooting position participant in DiVincenzo.
Hart not too long ago talked concerning the crew’s plans for Halloween and he appears a bit of bummed they will’t put a theme collectively with out DiVincenzo.
“If we didn’t trade Donte, we could’ve done the Four Musketeers or Ghostbusters, but we don’t have four anymore,” Hart mentioned on the “Roommates Show.”
Josh on if he’s dressing up for Halloween:
“If we didn’t trade Donte we could’ve done the four musketeers or ghostbusters, but we don’t have four anymore.”
The commerce between the Timberwolves and Knicks, which additionally despatched Julius Randle to Minnesota, was seen as questionable by some, with each groups arguably title contenders earlier than the deal and the transfer being an pointless danger.
Nonetheless, it might show to be the reply for one or each of their makes an attempt to make the 2025 NBA Finals.
Curiously sufficient, each groups have gotten off to a rocky begin, with the Knicks dropping to the Boston Celtics and the Timberwolves falling to the Los Angeles Lakers on opening evening.
