08-10-2023, 06:01 PM
(08-10-2023, 01:51 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: If so, I hope they flush that lesson out and go back to a state of naive ignorance, ASAP, because not losing Brunson, who probably would’ve been a value at his max, would’ve been worth giving out 10 contracts like Powell’s. I still don’t even regret that contract. Brunson walking GUTTED this thing.
He's about to get even better too. He's playing with Team USA and there are already reports coming out that he's basically the leader of the team. Playing for Team USA almost always turns out to be a great thing for young players. I think Brunson is going to be an all star next year and beyond. Nico has done a fantastic job of rebounding after last years disastrous offseason, but man, even with Kyrie, in the back of my mind I can't help but think about what we could have done if we'd found a way to keep Brunson, even if we had to throw the full 5 year max at him. He's turning out to be worth it.
We wouldn't have had to trade Dinwiddie and DFS for Kyrie, we could have kept them or traded them for something else. I know I know it's over now and there's no point in rehashing it over and over but whatever, it's another all time screw up after we'd already made a couple all time screw ups in the past with losing Nash and Tyson Chandler.