Knicks emerge as JaVale McGee alternate candidate as Lakers ogle to designate Marc Gasol

The Knicks have emerged as skill alternate companions with the Lakers for JaVale McGee, as Los Angeles continues to strive to liberate cap house to designate free agent heart Marc Gasol, SNY's Ian Begley confirmed Sunday.

In accordance with Begley, trading McGee used to be continually half of the Lakers' offseason thought within the occasion that they were going to strive to liberate cap house. They are attempting to rep extra cash and ogle extra financially aesthetic to Gasol, who has narrowed down his picks of touchdown spots to Los Angeles and Toronto.

McGee is owed $4.2 million this season, so if the Knicks were to partake in this alternate, it would possibly perhaps perchance perhaps ogle the same to the deal they appropriate did with the Utah Jazz: taking in Ed Davis' $5 million contract with two second rounds picks despatched to Unique York within the alternate, as effectively.

Though the Lakers place no longer want mighty when it involves future draft assets, you would possibly presumably demand the Knicks to rep as a minimum one extra asset out of the alternate within the occasion that they conform to a deal.

The Knicks' involvement in alternate talks were first reported by The Unique York Occasions' Marc Stein.