01-29-2022, 02:03 PM
(01-29-2022, 01:40 PM)burekemde Wrote: I'm all for trading Brunson for another equal player, young and with all-star level or potential for that in coming season, if the fit is better for the team. Given how great Brunson and Luka have produced offensively and defensively, I think that would be hard to find that player. All-in for keeping Brunson.
Right in theory I agree with you, but are you 100% committed to paying Brunson a contract (if the Knick rumor is believed to be true) of north of 20 mil a year?
That's what this contract looks like:
$21,122,500
$22,812,300
$24,502,100
$26,191,900
Total: $94,628,800
And that's the minimum "north" of 20 mil the rumor was for. Brunson's good. He's crafty. But he has obvious deficiencies. He's gotten destroyed the last 2 years in the playoffs (and that trend didn't go away when he's played good playoff teams this year). It's also concerning that lineups with Luka+Brunson aren't particularly special. In fact Luka led lineups are much better sans Brunson, and the same holds true for Brunson led lineups,
I think Brunson at 20+mil isn't an asset anymore, and we'd be locking ourselves into playoff mediocrity.
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