06-30-2022, 03:28 PM
(06-29-2022, 01:33 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: The Knicks have been franchise trash for 23 years and signing Jalen Brunson isn't going to fix that. If anything, overpaying Brunson is reminiscent of the same play the Knicks have used time and again to keep them bottom dwellers.
I never said I disagreed that the Mavs mismanaged Brunson as an asset, but it's absolutely revisionist history to think Jalen deserved anything more than 10mil a year before the start of last season. Had the Mavs actually done that last year, you'd probably be screaming mad about how the Mavs always overpay their "boys in blue" and that they're stupid for throwing that kind of money to a short guard that can't play defense who was just played off the court in the playoffs vs. the Clips. etc. etc.
Two things can be true at once. Mavs should've done something more with Brunson as an asset. They failed to capitalize on that. True.
Knicks throwing JB a deal in excess of 25 mil is a bad use of assets. True.
Kinda my sentiments. Knicks gonna Knick. Paying JB near max money seems insane to me. Especially from the knicks perspective where they don't have a star next to him in place. This is how long term mediocrity happens. Too good to get premium picks, not good enough to contend. If the Mavs chose to do it, I would understand. But the Knicks spending capspace on this is crazy. We just ran into the wrong team at the wrong time. JB shouldn't be even in this ballpark.