With the internet now back to some sort of normal state, we can now break down and fully engulf the three team trade that all of a sudden, has Phil Jackson being mentioned for executive of the year.
Dion Waiters will go to the Thunder, J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert will go to Cleveland and three players with nonguaranteed contracts — Alex Kirk and Lou Amundson from the Cavs and Lance Thomas from the Thunder — would go to the Knicks.
Reports suggest the Knicks may waive all three nonguaranteed players.
As part of the deal, the Thunder are sending a protected future first round pick to the Cavs and the Cavs are sending their 2019 second-round pick to the Knicks, sources said.
Cleveland bolster its roster tremendously as well. Having a chance to compete for a championship should allow JR Smith and Iman Shumpert to step their games up. The move automatically makes the Cavs bench deeper and bigger in the backcourt.
For the Thunder, Waiters provides insurance for Reggie Jackson, their talented guard who is in the final year of his contract.