WASHINGTON — Before Jonas Valanciunas signed his three-year, $32 million deal with the Wizards — a free agent contract that felt almost immediately like a future trade piece — the bruising center heard a little bit about the Knicks’ interest.
“I don’t know how serious that was. My agent was handling,” Valanciunas told The Post. “I heard something from that side. But there’s a lot of X’s and O’s. Salary cap issues, this and that. Strategic stuff. Every team does what they think is the best for them.”
The Knicks, of course, went the route of Karl-Anthony Towns, keeping their salary cap as necessarily below the second luxury tax apron as possible while they plotted the arrival of his mᴀssive contract.
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Jonas Valanciunas blocks a sH๏τ during the Knicks’ game against the Wizards on Dec. 30.Getty Images
Jonas Valanciunas dribbles the ball during the Wizards’ game against the Knicks on Dec. 28.Now two months into the season, the maneuvering paid dividends for the Knicks — Towns is on an All-Star path — but there are still concerns about center depth.
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