{"id":162759,"date":"2025-07-11T08:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T08:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/162759\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T08:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T08:09:12","slug":"new-york-knicks-eye-new-dream-all-star-pairing-this-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/162759\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks eye new \u2018dream All-Star\u2019 pairing this offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks already have two All-Stars on their roster. That was good enough to help them reach the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000, but still not quite good enough to reach the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Knicks are headed back to the drawing board, trying to find a new head coach. But the roster could see some significant changes too.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/new-york-knicks\/knicks-unique-jaren-jackson-jr-interest-intensifies-desmond-bane-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Clutch Points\u2019 Kris Pursiainen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Clutch Points\u2019 Kris Pursiainen<\/a>, the Knicks\u2019 new \u201cdream All-Star\u201d pairing is to add Jaren Jackson Jr next to Karl-Anthony Towns this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeague sources say that a Jackson Jr. and Karl-Anthony Towns frontcourt would be a \u2018dream\u2019 pairing for New York in their starting lineup. Whether or not the Grizzlies would move Jackson Jr. remains to be seen. It presented as unlikely going into the offseason, but the Bane deal with Orlando was \u2018a rebuild trade\u2018 according to ESPN\u2019s Brian Windhorst. Would Memphis move the two-time NBA All-Star big to punt on competing in the loaded Western Conference?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clutch Points on New York Knicks\u2019 interest in Jaren Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Now that the Memphis Grizzlies have traded Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic, some have wondered whether Ja Morant or Jackson could be the next to go. Yet, the Grizzlies haven\u2019t shown any signs that they\u2019re looking to blow up the whole roster, which could mean Jackson and Morant are still off-limits in trade discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, if the Knicks could somehow manage to pair Towns with Jackson, it would give New York its own version of the twin towers that were built in Minnesota when the Timberwolves paired Rudy Gobert with Towns. Only this version in New York would have more positional versatility and the ability to hit outside shots too.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/kevin-durant-reportedly-expressed-interest-003000257.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kevin Durant reportedly expressed interest in New York Knicks trade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Durant reportedly expressed interest in New York Knicks trade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks already have two All-Stars on their roster. That was good enough to help them&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,2949,497,2955,178,6684,496,563,304,293,177,307,6,1136,191,3810,3806,47,76,373,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-162759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brian-windhorst","10":"tag-desmond-bane","11":"tag-eastern-conference-finals","12":"tag-ja-morant","13":"tag-jaren-jackson","14":"tag-jaren-jackson-jr","15":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","16":"tag-knicks","17":"tag-memphis","18":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","19":"tag-minnesota","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-new-york","22":"tag-new-york-knicks","23":"tag-newyork","24":"tag-newyorkknicks","25":"tag-orlando","26":"tag-orlando-magic","27":"tag-rudy-gobert","28":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114833586046747368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}