BRUNSON BURNER: to NYK for 4yrs/$104M (no SnT) | NYK docked 2025 2nd for tampering

[omahen]

First, THJ is the summer's big-money signing. Now, we're talking about trading him because he's not a good defender, something which should have been knowable at the time. Did they just punt on making any decision to deviate from the previous path in the summer because Nico was still learning how to evaluate players? Did they just not know what they were doing? This is the sort of thing that drives me crazy. 

I think there is another possibility. They signed THJ because there was simply no other option, knewing well he is not best fit. His contract is decent and movable. If they wouldn't sign him, the only offseason aquisition would be Bullock.