The New York Knicks weren’t finished dealing.

Just a few weeks after buying OG Anunoby from the Toronto Raptors, the Knicks remained lively on the NBA commerce deadline, scooping up ahead Bojan Bogdanović from the Detroit Pistons in alternate for Quentin Grimes, Evan Fournier, Malachi Flynn, Ryan Arcidiacono and two second-round picks, per a number of studies. Alec Burks shall be headed to New York within the deal as effectively.

Bogdanović, who will flip 35 in April, is averaging 20.2 factors per sport this season. Grimes, who has not performed since Jan. 30, is a profession 37.9% three-point shooter.

Let’s grade the deal.

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Knicks: A

Love this deal for New York. Bogdanović is an achieved perimeter scorer with 47 video games of playoff expertise underneath his belt. He offers the Knicks one other nice choice on the wing and is any individual who received’t really feel the stress of the massive moments the group anticipates being in later this yr.

Paired with Anunoby on the skin, New York out of the blue has nice lineup flexibility. What a couple of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Anunoby, Bogdanović and Julius Randle lineup? Or sub Randle out for any one of many group’s gritty bigs. Or take Hart out for a giant and encompass Brunson with immense dimension. The Knicks are actually higher suited to enjoying a number of kinds of basketball, which shall be key for matching up towards the opposite high groups within the East.

At worst, Bogdanović offers them one other big-bodied environment friendly scorer who’s overqualified to come back off the bench. Only seven gamers are averaging at the least 20 factors whereas capturing at the least 46% from the sector and 41% from three. The Knicks now have two of them: Brunson and Bogdanović.

Plus, the Knicks not giving up any first-round picks on this AND the Anunoby deal? That’s the icing on the cake, particularly as future stars loom.

Related: Knicks Acquire Bojan Bogdanovic, Alec Burks in Trade With Pistons, per Report

Pistons: C+

Grimes looks like he may very well be a very stable function participant on a very good group. The downside is the Pistons aren’t a very good group. And it could be truthful to say Monty Williams hasn’t precisely proven probably the most endurance with a number of the youthful gamers on the roster. Grimes ought to get a chance in Detroit, although, with veterans leaving by way of commerce and the group needing common competence.

It’s additionally a bit of shocking the Pistons weren’t capable of extract a single first-round decide for Bogdanović, although perhaps they finally valued a extra recognized amount in Grimes than the uncertainty of the draft. Not a nasty deal for Detroit, however maybe a bit of underwhelming contemplating how a lot worth Bogdanović ought to add to his subsequent group.