hometheaterguy
Knicks Guru
Again you are wrong...
The Knicks traded the right to swap in 2011 (they could not outright trade their 2011 pick because they lost 2010) and a Top-1 protected 2012 pick. They have full rights to their 2013, 2014, 2015...
You misunderstand the trade, and misunderstood the rule, which leads to gross misstatements of the situation.
I am pretty sure that the trade does not say anything about 2013-2017...http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4924836
Nothing in the initial report mentions it.
That said, I wouldn't want to make the trade anyway.
I think the issue might be because the Knicks have the chance of their 2012 pick being 1-5, that cause the the Knicks to go into a holding pattern until Houston officially grabs their pick. Or, their might have been some language changed at the very last minute... We the common fan usually do not get all the facts we just get a summary of transactions.