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http://www.gatorsports.com/2018/01/gators-nba-knicks-unlikely-find-trade-partner-noah/
Knicks center Joakim Noah left the team in the middle of a road trip last Thursday after he and head coach Jeff Hornacek reportedly had a fiery exchange in practice the day after losing at Golden State 123-112. Noah was upset about getting just five minutes of playing time against the Warriors despite New York being down two big men that night.
The Knicks’ front office has been quiet about the incident and Hornacek has brushed off questions from the media about the situation, saying only that Noah won’t be with the team for the next couple games and his absence is due to personal reasons.
According to a New York Times report, Noah and the Knicks agreed to a cooling off period and talks between the two are scheduled for later this week, but a Yahoo story by Shams Charania suggests the Knicks will be shopping Noah before the upcoming trade deadline.
But with Joakim admittedly not the player he once was, two surgeries in the last 12 months and still being owed $38 million after this year is over, there likely won’t be many suitors for the 2014 defensive player of the year via trade. Other options for New York would be a buyout or the stretch provision which would extend the contract ease the yearly cap hit to $7.5 million over five years.
I expect some buyout, and maybe some other team will offer him to play for much less money. It does seem his career is near the end of his run.
Comment as you desire.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania
http://www.gatorsports.com/2018/01/gators-nba-knicks-unlikely-find-trade-partner-noah/
Knicks center Joakim Noah left the team in the middle of a road trip last Thursday after he and head coach Jeff Hornacek reportedly had a fiery exchange in practice the day after losing at Golden State 123-112. Noah was upset about getting just five minutes of playing time against the Warriors despite New York being down two big men that night.
The Knicks’ front office has been quiet about the incident and Hornacek has brushed off questions from the media about the situation, saying only that Noah won’t be with the team for the next couple games and his absence is due to personal reasons.
According to a New York Times report, Noah and the Knicks agreed to a cooling off period and talks between the two are scheduled for later this week, but a Yahoo story by Shams Charania suggests the Knicks will be shopping Noah before the upcoming trade deadline.
But with Joakim admittedly not the player he once was, two surgeries in the last 12 months and still being owed $38 million after this year is over, there likely won’t be many suitors for the 2014 defensive player of the year via trade. Other options for New York would be a buyout or the stretch provision which would extend the contract ease the yearly cap hit to $7.5 million over five years.
I expect some buyout, and maybe some other team will offer him to play for much less money. It does seem his career is near the end of his run.
Comment as you desire.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania
