TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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The problem with targeting Rose is that he's 100% a Thibodeu guy. It's a pretty well known thing that Rose had to actually ask Thibs for a smaller role after his first year in NY, which when examined from a different angle means that Thibs would play him more if he could. I know we see them signing Brunson, looking at Mitchell, etc, and think that makes Rose expendable, but I don't know that we can assume Thibodeau sees it that way at all. I really don't remember seeing much (outside of salary matching speculation) that leads me to believe Rose has been shopped at all. 

The guy Thibs seems to want to get rid of is IQ, which drives some of my Knicks fan friends crazy.