Trade 1: Lonzo Ball for Obi Toppin, Frank Ntilikina, and the 2023 Dallas first (plus a $22.5M TPE)
Pelicans angle: Seems like Lonzo is out. If New York is willing to pay him some big bucks, and New Orleans doesn't want to match, might as well get some assets out of it.
Trade 2: Kevin Knox to OKC for a second and a second-swap (plus a $5.8M TPE)
Thunder angle: Get a young prospect who still has potential, barely give up anything
Knicks angle: Since the sign-and-trade hard caps them, a TPE worth $5.8M is suddenly more valuable than Kevin Knox. Knox wouldn't get an opportunity on the Knicks, so trading him is seemingly inevitable.
New 12-man rotation:
Lonzo Ball // Derrick Rose
RJ Barrett // Immanuel Quickley // Reggie Bullock
Otto Porter Jr. // Alec Burks // Reggie Bullock
Julius Randle // Doug McDermott // Taj Gibson
Mitchell Robinson // Nerlens Noel // Taj Gibson