Knicks trade Ed Davis to Wolves for Omari Spellman, Jacob Evans, draft pick

The Knicks will trade big man Ed Davis to the Timberwolves for big man Omari Spellman, shooting guard Jacob Evans and the rights to a future second-round pick, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Evans and Spellman, sent by the Warriors to Minnesota at the 2020 deadline as part of the D’Angelo Russell–Andrew Wiggins deal, will earn a combined $4M in 2020-21. Davis, meanwhile, is set to make $5M this season. Given the added money and the fact that the Timberwolves are surrendering a draft asset in the deal, this appears to indicate that the Timberwolves like Davis and might intend to retain him. The 31-year-old journeyman could help spell sharpshooting star center Karl-Anthony Towns.

Considering that the Knicks acquired two 2023 second-round draft picks for taking on Davis’ salary originally, it is impressive that the club has now added a third second-round draft pick in moving off his salary.

With these new additions, the Knicks now have 16 players on their roster, aside from their two-way players. Marc Berman of the New York Post cautions that one or both players could eventually be waived, as the priority of the deal was apparently the new draft pick.