Knicks Could Trade Guerschon Yabusele Pacome Dadiet Before Deadline

The Knicks are quietly opening the door to small moves before the Feb. 5 trade deadline. Marc Stein reports, "League sources say that Guerschon Yabusele and Pacôme Dadiet are available before the Feb. 5 trade deadline to potentially set the Knicks up to do some minor tweaking." New York is 24-14 but has lost five of six, so short-term adjustments around Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby make sense. Merlin sees these as low-risk maneuvers. Yabusele once averaged 11 points and 5.6 rebounds with Philadelphia but is a 3.3-point role player in New York, while 20-year-old Dadiet remains a developmental project. The Knicks are in win-now mode, so these two are tradeable chips to shore up depth or grab a draft asset.