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[Mavs2021]

Knicks are hot.  For years, that organization was a mess, but they have been on a hotstreak with moves the last few years.

-Took advantage of Mavs incompetence with Brunson
- OG trade
-Josh Hart trade last deadline
- Donte signing this offseason
-Hartenstein signing last offseason

Brunson is what makes it all work, but the bottom three above are what I like to term building around the edges.  Knicks have multiple firsts to trade to (not great picks due to protections) and they can use multiple firsts if a team is looking for 3 firsts.  They may be a legit one really nice move from being a real contender.

You mean we sign Randle in FA instead of trading for Porzingis. We keep Brunson instead of trading for Kyrie. We spent our saved 1st round picks on Anunoby and Markkanen instead of Porzingis, Kyrie and Wood. We sign Hartenstein with the MLE instead of Delon Wright. Even without the benefit of hindsight, most of these decisions seem pretty straight forward. 

Markkanen/Randle/two first rounds pick for 32M or Porzingis for 32M
Brunson/DFS/first round pick for 40M or Kyrie for 40M

Add Doncic/Anunoby and that´s four f´n All-Stars plus two ALL-NBA defenders, all of whom basically begged to play in Dallas (except for Anunoby). But yeah nobody wants to sign here.

Doncic/Brunson
Anunoby/Hardy
DFS/Green
Markkanen/Randle
Hartenstein/Kleber