OKC Thunder: 2 trades to consider making for Kevin Knox

OKC Thunder trade No. 1) second-round picks and a contract for Knox

Like we said earlier, since coming into the league as a lottery selection three years ago Kevin Knox has not lived up to the hype.

That said, with the known lack of player development found within the Knicks organization, perhaps not all the fault can fall on the 21-year-old.

On the flip side, the OKC Thunder have been known to be a franchise that has had ample success with player development over the years — just look at the likes of Isaiah Roby, Kenrich Williams, and Hamidou Diallo as examples — and, in turn, could theoretically work their magic on a guy like Knox.

Playing alongside both Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Diallo during his one-and-done season at Kentucky, the wing found himself posting impressive averages of 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds on 45 percent shooting from the field & 34 percent shooting from deep and managed to dazzle scouts with his defensive versatility with his size (6-9, 7-1/4 wingspan) and high basketball IQ.

Though his NBA averages of 9.3 points and 3.5 rebounds on just 37 percent shooting from the floor are not what some expected when the Knicks selected him in the top-10, he has shown flashes of being a quality contributor in this league and, should he ever find consistency, he’d be worth the low-risk “gamble” of taking on the final two years of his contract.

Giving up a couple of seconds for a third-year lottery selection is always an enticing move to make. Here, we also see the unused sophomore point guard Ty Jerome heading to the Knicks as a sweetener, for he, too, is a young first-round pick (selected 24th overall in 2019) still looking to make his mark in the association.