2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Branduil]

Trading Brunson will prove incredibly difficult, unless a team is willing to take on a Hardaway or Bertrans due to BYC. So you need a team willing to trade pieces when they already have cap space OR have a large Trade Exception to make it work.

Dallas has a Trade Exception that would help the process, but it will expire before Brunson can be Signed & Traded. Brunson has played himself into $20+ million to start and Max years with max raises for Dallas to retain him. Depending on how his new found production is maintained with Luka, he is pushing his initial salary toward the Max as well. JB gonna get paid and I hope he remembers the Kidd who drove the Brinks truck for him -

One advantage in keeping JB is that he seems to LOVE the team AND is apparently an incredibly loyal player... I sure don't  want to find out if he carries grudges against teams that undervalue him.

When you have a guy who just scored 30 points in consecutive playoff wins and loves the team, the solution is simple... pay the man.