The Knicks proposal might be interesting but have a feeling Hardy would play Fournier and we would hate it as much as watching Gay. From the eye test he's just playing out the string which is why they are willing to give up assets to move off his contract. He's also a guy who was never known to play much defense even when he was still in his prime. The draft capital would be key here as you just know he's going to pick up that 24-25 $19mil player option. The Jazz would have alot of dead salary on their books next season between Gay, THT, and Fournier unless they are able to move at least one of them in a trade this offseason.
Obi's shooting could potentially fit between Kessler and Lauri. He's still on a rookie scale contract so it's not like you are married to him like you would be with John Collins. Defensively not great. He has the athleticism but his lateral quickness is the issue. Not a perfect fit but still a closer than either Vando or KO at this point. Doesn't really solve any of the Jazz defensive issues but KO is a really low bar on that side of the ball. Actually OBI + Fournier combined contracts are approx equivalent to Collins' deal except the latter runs longer.
Snooping around, the Knicks would definitely NOT include Quickley or Grimes in this sort of trade which makes sense since they were even hesitant to include them in a Donovan deal.