A new bit of information has just emerged with regards to the New York Knicks' botched attempt to trade for Anthony Davis last year. Prior to joining the Los Angeles Lakers, Davis drew interest from a number of other teams, with the Knicks emerging as one of his potential landing spots.
The trade obviously did not come to fruition, and as it turns out, one of the main reasons behind the failure was New York's reported unwillingness to include Mitchell Robinson in any potential trade deal.
Steve Mills and Scott Perry were not open to moving Robinson last year in any package that would have returned Anthony Davis, per sources. But Mills and Perry also drafted Robinson. Generally speaking, executives who draft a player are more reluctant to trade the prospect.
Robinson is perhaps New York's most prized asset at the moment, which explains their desire to keep him. Then again, it's not everyday that an NBA team gets the opportunity to trade for a Top 5 player in the league — in his prime.
It was probably a question of how much a 26-year-old Davis could give the Knicks as compared to the bright future of a 21-year-old Robinson. And as everyone knows, the Knicks opted for the latter.
The Lakers paid an extremely steep price to acquire Anthony Davis, as they pretty much obliterated their roster to land the prized big man. This was what the Knicks had to do in order to give themselves a shot at the Davis sweepstakes, but for reasons only known to the team's front office, they probably did not think AD was worth it.
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