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[SleepingHero]

The biggest mistake was not at least offering him the max extension last offseason.  I'm not saying it was a no brainer and I don't know if he takes it (I think even then he wanted to get out from Luka shadow) but imagine if we went into this offseason with Brunson on a 12 mil contract.

Hindsight is 20/20. Coming off that Clippers series I don't think anyone here would've liked Brunson at 13+mil a year which would've been higher than Powell/DFS/Maxi. Dude was legit played off the court averaging 8ppg with a -56.

It would've been a massive risk throwing him a guaranteed 55mil for 4 years. Of course that would've been the best move in hindsight but it doesn't matter much.

One bad contract (now unmovable) doesn't justify a second bad one.  Brunson at $130mm in his DALLAS ROLE would have been a bad contract.  Letting him go for nothing was a really bad move, but the mistake was not trading him the summer or at the TDL.  Once it got to July, we had no control over the outcome.

Thank you for articulating what I've been trying to say since the summer. Brunson at 30+mil in his role is a massive overpay. The real mistake was not trading him before it got to summer.