2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

Most places (including Jake Fischer) have said Jalen Brunson is in the $20M+ AAV range. IMO, he gets $22-$24M AAV at least. 

5/90 deal would be $18M AAV; 5/95 deal would be $19M AAV.

Reminder, Nico and Cuban just paid THJ $18.75M AAV last summer, and that was a discount (rumor was NOP was offering $22M AAV). Brunson is much better than THJ, and younger. Mavs cannot afford to get cute if they want to retain Brunson.

I'd be fine with 5/110 with bonuses to get to that number. 

Say Brunson's contract is 5/110, but it's really only $95 guaranteed. Give him $7.5 mil in likely bonuses (I.E start 40 games, shoot over 45% etc.), and $7.5 mil in unlikely bonuses (I.E all-star game selection, All-NBA etc.) 

5/102.5 is $20.5 mil a year which is right in line of that AAV range and still slightly more than what the Knicks could offer if they only clear $25 mil in cap space. That's how I'd approach it.