{"id":740379,"date":"2026-07-03T06:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/740379\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:40:25","slug":"knicks-rejected-in-attempts-to-trade-for-pelicans-yves-missi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/740379\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks rejected in attempts to trade for Pelicans’ Yves Missi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Knicks have been looking for their Mitchell Robinson replacement<\/a> in the Big Easy, but the Pelicans are telling them to take a hike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York has tried to acquire New Orleans center Yves Missi this offseason, but multiple offers to the Pelicans have been rejected, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes<\/a>. The Pelicans view the big man as a vital core figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Pelicans have also reportedly told the Knicks that they have no intention of moving Missi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"YvesYves Missi of the New Orleans Pelicans looks on during the game against the Sacramento Kings on April 3, 2026 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time that the Knicks have pursued the 6-foot-11 big man in 2026, with The Post\u2019s Stefan Bondy reporting in February that the team approached New Orleans specifically about Missi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time, a source told Bondy<\/a> that New Orleans was looking for a first-round pick in exchange for Missi. The Knicks did not have any first-rounders to give up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Knicks have seemed to have heightened their search to fill the gap left by Robinson\u2019s departure, which was a foregone conclusion<\/a> \u2014 with owner James Dolan saying he was unwilling to go into the NBA\u2019s second apron \u2014 after the celebration of the team\u2019s first title in 53 years settled down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A league source also told The Post that the Knicks were among the teams that were vying to sign Marvin Bagley III before he eventually agreed to a deal with the Nuggets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"KnicksKnicks center Mitchell Robinson reacts on the court during the first half. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

Missi averaged 5.7 points per game and 5.8 rebounds last season with the Pelicans, while also averaging 1.5 blocks per game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The big man is one of New Orleans\u2019 best offensive rebounders and rim protectors, and it makes sense that the Pelicans are not interested in sending him elsewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Knicks do need to fill the hole in their frontcourt after Robinson\u2019s departure<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The beloved Knick spent eight years with the organization before he agreed to sign with the rival Celtics on a three-year, $47.4 million contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks have been looking for their Mitchell Robinson replacement in the Big Easy, but the Pelicans are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[25161,355,6932,361,99],"class_list":["post-740379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-mitchell-robinson","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}