It only took the New York Knicks a few hours to grant their disgruntled star Kristaps Porzingis his wish of getting traded from the franchise. Shortly after the Latvian big man expressed his desire to be traded, the Knicks dealt him to the Dallas Mavericks in what many perceived to be a salary dump move for the franchise.

Before agreeing with Dallas, New York did canvass the market for the former fourth overall pick. Unfortunately, they found out that Porzingis' value had plummeted to levels they did not expect it to go, according to Marc Berman of The New York Post.

The Knicks were surprised Porzingis’ stock had dropped so much since the days leading into the 2017 draft.

Twenty months ago, the Celtics offered a boatload of young assets, and the Suns were prepared to ship Devin Booker and swap a draft pick that would have placed the Knicks in position to draft Lauri Markkanen. Former team president Phil Jackson thought the Finnish big man was built sturdier than Porzingis and would become more durable.

“Teams weren’t knocking their doors down,’’ one individual with knowledge of the matter told The Post regarding Porzingis’ trade value. “They got some interest, but not like that [Phoenix, Boston offer].”

To recall, the Knicks had already fielded offers for Porzingis even prior to his major injury. The 7-foot-3 unicorn had grown frustrated with the franchise after his sophomore season in 2017 and skipped out on his exit interview with former team president Phil Jackson.

This did not sit well with the champion coach, and he put Porzingis on the trade block. The Knicks reportedly got some juicy offers from teams such as the Phoenix Suns and the Boston Celtics. But the prospect of a healthy Porzingis seemed too much to give up for New York at that time.

Fast-forward to this season, with just around half a year removed from his ACL tear in February 2018, the Knicks began to float around offers for Porzingis. Unfortunately for them, the offers this time around weren't as valuable as they were back then.

As mentioned, the Knicks primarily made the move in order to clear space heading into the loaded free agency class of 2019, as they attached Tim Hardaway Jr. and Courtney Lee's contracts to acquire the expiring deals of Wes Matthews and DeAndre Jordan. In addition to that, the Knicks also received young prospect Dennis Smith Jr. and a couple of first round picks from Dallas.

Still, considering Porzingis' star power and how good he actually is when healthy, this isn't a justifiable reason at all for the Knicks to give up on their young superstar, even if he did request for a trade.

However, the problem is that sweet-shooting 7-footer is coming off an ACL injury, and there are just so many question marks on whether he'd be able to get back into his All-Star form or sustain a healthy career moving forward. These were probably significant factors as to why teams did not want to give up as much now for the one-time All-Star.

With all those ifs, the Knicks had no choice but to go with the best possible offer, and that came from the Mavericks.