01-14-2023, 11:22 PM
(01-14-2023, 07:40 PM)sterlingmallory Wrote: Yeah, lets see how badly Brunson actually wants to be a Knick if we offered like 5/130 or something like that. Considering Tyler Herro got 4/130 and Jordan Poole got 4/120, 5/130 for Brunson or maybe even a little bit more isn't so bad.
Right there with you, fam.
Brunson is underpaid on his current contract, and all of my Knicks fan friends are starting to figure that out, one by one.
I think the sentiment that he has more chances to put up numbers out from under Luka is quite valid. I agree that his averages wouldn't be as high here, and in a world where the Mavs had offered a bigger deal and been able to keep him there would be loads of Mavs fans who thought he was overpaid. From a certain angle, I think they'd be right.
But, on the other hand, if you're watching the team this season and not registering the degree to which he is missed, you're flat out lying about watching, I think. So...from THAT angle, it seems pretty easy to see that his impact is about more than just his higher averages.
I think the Mavs will regret the series of events that led to Brunson's departure for a decade, and there's a chance Brunson, himself, might end up regretting it, too.