{"id":563768,"date":"2026-01-27T09:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/563768\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:31:15","slug":"steins-latest-towns-holiday-knicks-davis-eason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/563768\/","title":{"rendered":"Stein’s Latest: Towns, Holiday, Knicks, Davis, Eason"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Popper of Newsday reported<\/a> last week that the Knicks have talked to multiple teams about the possibility of trading Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a>. Ian Begley of SNY.tv<\/a> and Sam Amick of The Athletic<\/a> reported differently, stating that they haven\u2019t heard any buzz about the Knicks discussing Towns trades.<\/p>\n

Sources told Stefan Bondy of The New York Post<\/a> (subscriber link) on Monday that the Knicks haven\u2019t been \u201cshopping\u201d the 30-year-old or talking Towns trades with opposing teams. Bondy acknowledges that could change in the coming days, but he doesn\u2019t expect the former No. 1 overall pick to be on the move by February 5.<\/p>\n

According to Marc Stein of The Stein Line<\/a> (Substack link), while New York\u2019s front office has attempted to downplay Towns-related chatter, some rival teams believe that\u2019s just posturing and that the five-time All-Star may be available under certain circumstances. At minimum, those clubs think the Knicks want to know what the market for Towns would look like, Stein writes.<\/p>\n

Towns, 30, has averaged 20.5 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists on .469\/.364\/.856 shooting through 42 games this season (31.6 minutes per contest). He\u2019s under contract through 2027\/28, including a $61MM player option in that final season.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more trade rumors from Stein\u2019s latest round-up:<\/p>\n

Stein has heard \u201crumbles\u201d that the Knicks have explored the viability of trying to trade for Trail Blazers guard Jrue Holiday<\/a>. Acquiring Holiday might make New York an even more appealing landing spot for his former Bucks teammates Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, according to Stein, who adds that the Knicks are said to be longtime fans of the six-time All-Defensive member and view him as a strong fit in the backcourt next to Jalen Brunson<\/a>.
\nDespite the external chatter about New York potentially weighing major moves, sources close to the Knicks have insisted to Stein that they\u2019re more focused on small-scale deals involving Guerschon Yabusele<\/a>, who makes $5.5MM this season and holds a $5.8MM player option for 2026\/27.
\nAnthony Davis<\/a> appears unlikely<\/a> to be traded prior to the deadline, Stein confirms. The Mavericks are expected to continue fielding offers for the injured big man over the next several days, but there doesn\u2019t seem to be any momentum towards a deal and Stein hears the 10-time All-Star prefers to stay with Dallas for the remainder of the season.
\nThe Rockets have made Tari Eason<\/a> off limits in trade talks ahead of the deadline, Stein reports. The 24-year-old forward, who has dealt with a variety of injuries over the past few seasons, is converting a career-high 46.6% from three-point range in \u201925\/26 and will be a restricted free agent in the summer.
\nIn case you missed it, we passed along several more rumors from Stein<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Popper of Newsday reported last week that the Knicks have talked to multiple teams about the possibility…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[495,7,123,204,288,2038,563,873],"class_list":{"0":"post-563768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","11":"tag-guerschon-yabusele","12":"tag-jalen-brunson","13":"tag-jrue-holiday","14":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","15":"tag-tari-eason"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563768","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=563768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}