Granted, Wade and Crawford light up a lot of teams, but the fact is that, outside of starting 2-guard Thabo Sefolosha, Oklahoma City provides very little resistance in the backcourt. That's why the Thunder were hoping to land Iman Shumpert before last Thursday's trade deadline. Even after Shumpert suffered a strained left MCL in a Knicks loss last Wednesday, Oklahoma City was willing to part with this season's first-round draft pick to land the Knicks shooting guard, according to sources with knowledge of the trade discussions. The Knicks, however, refused to do the deal because they weren't getting a current player in return who could help them make a push for this season's Eastern Conference playoffs. At the end of the day, they deemed Shumpert more valuable than the 28th pick (or whatever low pick OKC gets) of the draft, sources said. The Knicks' priority all along in trading Shumpert was to attach Raymond Felton's contract to the deal and get a solid point guard in return. 雷霆因希望加強後場，就算香波受傷了，也願意拿出 2014 首輪來換香波。 不過尼克方面認為此交易， 一來無法立即交換到能上場的球員幫助球隊打入季後賽， 二來雷霆的首輪最高為第 28 順位，根本是看我們的香波沒有， 香波難道只值首輪第 28 順位而已，所以直接拒絕。 --

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