06-29-2022, 01:21 PM
(06-29-2022, 01:07 PM)audiosway Wrote: Another thing being missed right now is that Jason Kidd is a HOF PG. If he thought Brunson was as indispensable as people on this forum do as a player or an asset...he would be going to bat for JB to get paid. I'm telling you guys that this is the Knicks doing Knick things.
I love Brunson but he is more like a Derrick Fisher type PG. Once teams start game planning for him he will look overpaid. He's a good player so he will adjust and learn to work around it. But, he's not going to go to NY and look like a superstar that got away.
Time will tell but I think trying to pin point this to any one reason is a folly.
-Jalen probably had earnest intentions of resigning.
-Jalen "wanted what Luka has" with no potential of having that in Dallas
-The Mavs "low balled" him at ~$22m per.
-Mavs knew there was a "fit" problem with Luka and Jalen and probably had a number they didn't want to exceed because of that on court conflict.
-Knicks doing Knicks things to blow Jalen away with a massive offer.
-Jalen has family ties to that are and now to the Knicks since they hired his dad.
-Being recruited is a great feeling.
-Probably felt underappreciated by the Mavs with how his contract had been handled historically