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[doozer]

Let's talk through the third ball handler thing for a moment.

The hue and cry for a third ball handler started in the summer of 21.  Brunson was a bench player and failed playoff participant at that point. 

Actually, the talk during the summer of 21 ALWAYS was about adding a SECOND ballhandler, as none believed at that point that Brunson could fill this role. While it indeed was a pleasant and successful luxury to have Luka, Brunson, and SD, there was always an understanding that it would be difficult to commit as much money to those three players instead of other positions. Didn't SD even decline to look for a permanent house in the area as he wasn't sure he would last the summer? I'm pretty sure if Brunson had stayed, SD would have been on the trade market.