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Ayo Dosunmu, Kenrich Williams
Tyler Kolek, Mitchell Robinson, Washington’s 2025 first-round pick (likely 2026 and 2027 seconds), 2027 second-round pick (second-most favorable from Houston, Indiana, Miami and OKC), 2028 second-round pick (less favorable from Indiana and Phoenix), 2030 first-round swap (top-four protection)
Wing depth, point-of-attack defense, on-ball creation and additional 4-5 minutes loom as the Knicks’ biggest needs ahead of the deadline. This return addresses most of them.
Dosunmu is just 6’5″, but his capacity to defend at the point of attack as well as guard up—he has experience covering 3s and 4s—ensures he’ll check two of the four boxes. Though it would be a stretch to call him an on-ball creator, he has ferried floor-general responsibilities for Chicago in a pinch. His drive-and-dish game should shine amid New York’s spacing.
Williams is an ideal frontcourt addition for almost any team. In the Knicks’ case, he can play next to Karl-Anthony Towns or Precious Achiuwa and even as the lone man in the middle with OG Anunoby or Josh Hart at the 4.
Listed at 6’6″, Williams is undersized. New York is getting smaller with Robinson on his way out. So be it. Robinson isn’t playing right now, and Karl-Anthony Towns sponges up nearly 35 center minutes per game. The Knicks should be able to fill traditional-big reps on the cheap if Jericho Sims and Ariel Huckporti aren’t doing it for them.
Unloading nearly all of New York’s best remaining assets for two non-starters won’t sit right with some. But that’s the reality of your best remaining assets being so nondescript.
Getting two players who project as part of the postseason rotation while increasing room ($2.7 million) beneath the second apron is a big deal—particularly when you’re flipping Robinson at the nadir of his market. And this is an even easier sell for the Knicks knowing Dosunmu (one year, $7.5 million remaining) and Williams (two years, $14.4 million) are on bargain-bin deals that extend beyond this season.
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