Mozgov: When he was a rookie, he thought he could stay in New York for a long time. After being traded, he realized that anyone could be traded.

Recently, former Russian NBA player Mozgov recalled on the show that he was traded to the Nuggets by the Knicks during his rookie season.

Mozgov said: "My wife and I came to New York and signed a three-year contract with the Knicks. I was very happy at the time. I drove around the city and saw the team's training facility. When I arrived at the apartment, I thought, 'I'm going to stay here for three years.' "

"After playing for half a season, I heard rumors about the trade. At first I didn't hear my name in the discussion. The team told me, you just arrived here and you will stay until the end of the contract. , blah blah blah a lot. During the All-Star Weekend in 2007, I went to Las Vegas with my wife, and I got a call, and my wife was sitting next to me, and the GM said to me on the phone, 'Hey, I didn't make this decision, but the Nuggets GM pushed us to do it, and then the owner followed up and made the deal. So tomorrow, you go to Denver, the flight is at four o'clock. ’”

“I was thinking, ‘What the hell? I just signed a contract here for three years Yes, I still want to stay here for three years. ’ That’s when I realized that this kind of thing can happen in the NBA, even if you are a player like Doncic and Anthony Davis, you can be traded; or James and Irving, everyone can be traded. "

"My wife looked at me and asked me what happened, and I said I was going to Denver. Then my wife was shocked and she was screaming, 'Do they really have to do this? ’”

In 2013, the Nuggets, Timberwolves and The Knicks reached a three-way deal. The specific plan of the transaction is: the Nuggets will receive the Knicks' Wilson Chandler, Felton, Gallinari, Mozgov and the Timberwolves' Koufos, the Knicks' 2014 first-round draft pick, and the 2012 and 2013 second-round picks. Draft picks; the Knicks received Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman, Sheldon Williams from the Nuggets and Brewer from the Timberwolves; the Timberwolves received Eddie Curry and Anthony Randolph from the Knicks.