Shams: Jalen Brunson to New York on 4 year/$104m deal

[El Poochio]

Knicks building the best bench mob in the history with Brunson and Randle

Bench MOB??

Your lying to yourself

On a championship team yes

[HEZI]

$104 million to be exact



You didn't answer whether or not Fox / SGA were worth $10 million more per, and also Tyus Jones, a backup is getting $15 million per. If he's better than a backup, and not as good as Fox/SGA, then his per year should fall right between them, which it does.

Derrick Rose makes 14 mil per. Our new starter might not even be an upgrade over the reserve and he’s costing double plus draft picks. Ridiculous

You might as well have typed, “I haven’t watched any Mavs games.”

And you’ve never watched Rose so all good

[HEZI]

Knicks building the best bench mob in the history with Brunson and Randle

It’s the only signings we can convince to come over

[Sark]

I posted this earlier, but it's worth repeating. If Haynes is correct and it's a 4/$104M deal, that's 21.0% of the expected $123.6M cap next year.

That is roughly the same cap percentage (19.3%) as the 4/$54M deal Robin Lopez signed with the Knicks in 2015 ($70M cap).

Due to the salary cap rising, that Lopez deal and this Brunson deal have almost the same cap impact.

This is a good deal if Brunson is an above average player. Doesn't even have to be a star (but fingers crossed he makes that leap).

Yes cuz signing Robin Lopez was such a masterstroke for us

Justifying a bad deal with another bad deal is as Knicksian as it comes.

[ophdog]

this deal if our major addition this offseason might be it for me. I can't cosign and support a rich kid getting a family hookup

[Chanel Bomber]

Knicks building the best bench mob in the history with Brunson and Randle

Bench MOB??

Your lying to yourself

On a championship team yes

Brunson could've definitely started for Boston.

He's not a star but he's an above-average starter.

I don't know if we've had anything that comes close to that since Melo and arguably 2020-21 Randle.

[TKKnicks1]

Going no where with just Brunson. Gonna probably waste his prime years too.

Follow it up with something noteworthy. Get Randle TF outta here.

[DowNY]

Should have signed Simons instead.


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Simons was restricted. Brunson was not.

[WargamesX]

So his knick name is Action Brunson, and I want credit for creating it lol.

[SelbyCobra]

LOL..

It is if your dad is an employee of a different organization; let’s be real.

I really don't think so - just don't discuss numbers and specifics. Just because a father and son work in the NBA for separate teams does not mean that they can't discuss the son's career and what he wants to do going forward.

It's definitely a loophole and an advantage, but it's also common sense. They're literally family, and as long as they weren't hashing out the legal terms and coming to official agreements, I don't believe there's anything enforceable regarding Jalen and Rick (or even Leon, honestly - he's been a confidant and mentor for Jalen's entire life).

I’m not saying they would get caught, but any indication of intent before the opening of free agency is tampering in that situation. The moment his father relays that indication to anyone in the Knicks’ organization, be it a blatant statement of an head nod or wink, he’s acting as an employee of the Knicks reporting to a superior on the status of a pending free agent. That’s tampering lol… he’s not a player; he’s employed by the Knicks and Brunson isn’t a Knick yet. As a father he wouldn’t tell anyone in the Knicks organization where his son is leaning.

But Rick Brunson wasn't a Knicks employee until this month (6/2, I believe) and according to The Post he was telling his friends "all year" that Jalen wanted to be in NY. Leon is Rick's best friends for decades, essentially family, so I think that connection is documented as being pertinent to a league investigation in these cases.

I'm not arguing against you, for the record. I'm saying that I think the league specifically takes in prior relationship in these cases, and that as long as they're not discussing specifics ("Jalen, I want to sign you to the Knicks when FA starts" at the Brunson family BBQ for example), they ARE allowed to discuss basketball, his career, etc due to the pre-existing relationship. Rick Brunson, and even Leon, discussing Jalen's future with him at Rick's house last offseason is very different than if Donnie Walsh had gone to Carmelo's house in Denver the year before he traded for him.

We'll see though.

[TerrenceClarke]

He is the Best PG we had since X.....


Randle is the best PF we had since....


RJ is the best Wing we had since......

[El Poochio]

Bench MOB??

Your lying to yourself

On a championship team yes

Brunson could've definitely started for Boston.

He's not a star but he's an above-average starter.

I don't know if we've had anything that comes close to that since Melo and arguably 2020-21 Randle.

Brunson wouldnt start for Boston cuz their only shtick was no weakness on defense

[thebuzzardman]

Haven't read yet. How sandy are all the vaginas?

[Chanel Bomber]

On a championship team yes

Brunson could've definitely started for Boston.

He's not a star but he's an above-average starter.

I don't know if we've had anything that comes close to that since Melo and arguably 2020-21 Randle.

Brunson wouldnt start for Boston cuz their only shtick was no weakness on defense

He's an ok defender but I take your point. Boston desperately needed a ballhandler in the Finals though.

[NYKnickerbocker]

So is this official or not. Just saw woj tweet saying he’s bring armed with an offer from the Mavs

[snadler]

Read on Twitter

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[HerSports85]

So did not accept the offer

Read on Twitter

[F N 11]

Read on Twitter

?s=21&t=uupCLUjIeeWaWI0q9MdG8w

Wait

[DowNY]

So is this official or not. Just saw woj tweet saying he’s bring armed with an offer from the Mavs

Nothing is official until July 6th

[F N 11]

Mavs came back to make sure we pay up at minimum lol. You got to be kidding me man…