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Knicks To Trade Nate, Darko and Close to Acquiring McGrady
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 17, 2010
Modified Feb 17, 2010
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The Knicks have agreed in principal to trade three-time slam dunk champion Nate Robinson to the Boston Celtics for backup guard Eddie House, who previously played for Coach Mike D'Antoni in Phoenix. Robinson was an at times electric and mostly well-liked player with the New York fans, but had been butting heads with Coach D'Antoni all season, resulting in a prolonged banishment on the Knicks bench for much of December.
The wheeling and dealing doesn't stop at Robinson either. The Knicks are close to sending Darko Milicic to the Timberwolves for Brian Cardinal. Cardinal would then be cut for the Robinson trade with the whole transaction saving the Knicks $1.8 million this season. The Knicks have also been been in talks with the Houston Rockets about acquiring former star guard Tracy McGrady leading up to tomorrow's trade deadline; the Post reports that the deal is being held up right now over draft picks, and will likely include shipping out some mixture of Jared Jeffries, Larry Hughes and Jordan Hill. In other words, if both deals are made, the Knicks will be getting rid of a lot of bulky contracts in anticipation of the Lebron-Sweepstakes this summer.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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