Knicks Rumors: NYK Believed to Be Collecting Assets for Possible John Wall Trade

The New York Knicks are reportedly interested in bringing John Wall to the Big Apple.

Marc Berman of the New York Post reported the Knicks are "stocking up" their young assets and could attempt to trade for Wall if he becomes available via trade.

Berman reported the Knicks would offer Frank Ntilikina, Damyean Dotson, Courtney Lee, a 2020 first-round and a second-round pick as part of a three-team swap.

The Wizards are 4-2 since beginning the season 6-12, likely lessening their desire to blow up their roster. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported last month that Washington had begun softening its stance on Wall and Bradley Beal being untouchable and were listening to potential trade offers.

Those trade winds have slowed down as the Wizards have begun digging themselves out of their hole over the last couple of weeks. Wall is still not playing his best basketball—certainly not the level of a player whose contract will be averaging north of $42 million a year over the next four seasons—but the franchise is clearly invested in a turnaround.

The Knicks, meanwhile, seem like they would be on the opposite end of the spectrum. Kristaps Porzingis may miss the entire season recovering from a torn ACL, and Kevin Knox has shown flashes of talent when he's been on the floor.

The Knicks are also expected to be major players in free agency this summer, making a Wall trade potentially prohibitive. Wall will have a $37.8 million cap hold for 2019-2020, which would take the Knicks out of max salary room they could potentially have for Kevin Durant.