Does Dallas Have Any Chance to Keep Brunson?

[Lalouie]

they will pay him and that's all that counts

[Rafael122]

Mavs books are a mess lol. It's not so much Luka getting the max money, or even THJ. It's the mid-tier contracts that are horrendous: Powell, Bertans, Dinwiddie. Bullock is making $10 mil next season, Boban is making $3.5 million next season. For reference, Whiteside signed for the minimum IIRC for 16-18 minutes a game. I'm not really sure why they gave Boban that much money. Then on top of all of this, you're adding Brunson's 20-22 mil.

Even in 2023-2024, they're at about $108 million not including Brunson's extension which probably puts them over the cap. Just from a casual observer, they're probably better off letting Powell/Kleber fall off the books, but they have to do something with Dinwiddie/Bullock and probably THJ. That's way too much money tied into 3 people.

[Nate505]

The NBAPA should be grateful for the Jazz and Quin Snyder's system that gives hard working players a big stage to showcase their talents and make big bucks.

[Drygon]

Be funny if he becomes Nash 2.0 after Mavs let him go.

It kinda happened, madness

Neither team would trade those players for him, I don't think any team would trade their 1a or even their 2 for him

personally i want him gone for a legit number 2 like AD. hes overrated. Sign and trade is more likely.

As a Mav guy I don't wanna give him 100. I guess you could talk me into a 5yr 100 mill deal but anything more would be too much imo. You'd be much more comfortable with him in the 15-18mill range.

yeah lets not compare those 2. its blasphemous to nash. brunson isnt even a high pick to have that kind of potential.

I feel like Fred Vanvleet is a good analog for Brunson, would you agree?

Brunson is a certified nba star. Mavs should do whatever they can to keep him.

16-4-5

Brunson looks good now but whichever team pays him will probably regret it almost immediately. He is too inconsistent to be making big money. Just my 2 cents.

Damn... Some of the takes regarding Brunson have aged worse than milk.

[zimpy27]

I think he will get $104m-116m over 4 years, which is 20-22% of the salary cap.

Dallas can offer the 8% raises or the 5 years..

I remember being convinced Dallas would offer him this deal. But they didn't come close.

In fact Knicks got him for $100m over 4 years.

Crazy. Even at that time he was on that Brogdon/FVV level and they both got ~20% deals

[sp6r=underrated]

Be funny if he becomes Nash 2.0 after Mavs let him go.

Kudos to Big J for catching the parallels. In my wildest hopes I didn't see it working out this well.

The ended up paying a 4-year older Kyrie Irving, a worse player than current Brunson $10 million more per year.

[Michaellam1987]

DAL made a huge mistake here.

[Red_man1]

I’ve been wanting him on my team since before his rookie year. He’s gonna be like a better Damon Stoudemire etc. A very smart, floor general, consistent double double type PG that is consistently looked over, but can outplay his matchup any given night and come up with electrifying plays+ Big shots.

This is actually a great comparison in hindsight. A “ superstar” version of Damon Stoudamire.

[Optms]

Be funny if he becomes Nash 2.0 after Mavs let him go.

It kinda happened, madness

Neither team would trade those players for him, I don't think any team would trade their 1a or even their 2 for him

personally i want him gone for a legit number 2 like AD. hes overrated. Sign and trade is more likely.

As a Mav guy I don't wanna give him 100. I guess you could talk me into a 5yr 100 mill deal but anything more would be too much imo. You'd be much more comfortable with him in the 15-18mill range.

yeah lets not compare those 2. its blasphemous to nash. brunson isnt even a high pick to have that kind of potential.

I feel like Fred Vanvleet is a good analog for Brunson, would you agree?

Brunson is a certified nba star. Mavs should do whatever they can to keep him.

16-4-5

Brunson looks good now but whichever team pays him will probably regret it almost immediately. He is too inconsistent to be making big money. Just my 2 cents.

Damn... Some of the takes regarding Brunson have aged worse than milk.

I can't find it but the thread where the Knicks signed him aged worse.

If you think this is bad, people trashed the Knicks for signing him.

[Bolivar]

I’ve been wanting him on my team since before his rookie year. He’s gonna be like a better Damon Stoudemire etc. A very smart, floor general, consistent double double type PG that is consistently looked over, but can outplay his matchup any given night and come up with electrifying plays+ Big shots.

[Optms]

Jalen has played 2 good games against the Jazz. Does that alone get him paid?
Jazz's perimeter defense is weak, a lot of perimeter players are able to exploit it.

Take a look at how Jalen was ineffective against the clippers in last year's playoffs for 5 out of the 7 games.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brunsja01/gamelog-playoffs/
I think the real calibration of Jalen's abilities is taking the average of the 2 series; which is to say he'll give you 15 points a game on decent efficiency.

Sorry but you were totally off on that analysis big boss.

[Crunch 99]

Jalen has played 2 good games against the Jazz. Does that alone get him paid?
Jazz's perimeter defense is weak, a lot of perimeter players are able to exploit it.

Take a look at how Jalen was ineffective against the clippers in last year's playoffs for 5 out of the 7 games.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brunsja01/gamelog-playoffs/
I think the real calibration of Jalen's abilities is taking the average of the 2 series; which is to say he'll give you 15 points a game on decent efficiency.

Sorry but you were totally off on that analysis big boss.

I remember being somewhat skeptical of Jalen's star quality after that Jazz series, notwithstanding Jalen stepping up to average 32 ppg in the first three games playing without Doncic, resulting in a 2-1 Maverick's lead. My thinking was that the Jazz were overly reliant on Donovan Mitchell for offense, and that Mitchell often didn't have good energy left for defense, resulting in random guys emerging to look like stars. Brunson was also built perfectly to bully Conley in the paint. But it turned out that Jalen really was a star in the making.

[Kingdibs19]

Probably an unpopular opinion... Brunson looks good now but whichever team pays him will probably regret it almost immediately. He is too inconsistent to be making big money. Just my 2 cents.

[The Servant]

Honestly, I don't think Dallas keeps either. I think they blow it all up cuz it's not a championship core. Defense wins championships and first play ins.