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. 雷霆因希望加强後场，就算香波受伤了，也愿意拿出 2014 首轮来换香波。 不过尼克方面认为此交易， 一来无法立即交换到能上场的球员帮助球队打入季後赛， 二来雷霆的首轮最高为第 28 顺位，根本是看我们的香波没有， 香波难道只值首轮第 28 顺位而已，所以直接拒绝。 --

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