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

[Smitty]

No one is "trying to get rid of him"....what we are wanting is the Mavs to upgrade their roster in any way possible. 

I think there are too many scenarios (playoffs in particular) where JB's size is going to be a detriment on both ends and he won't be in the closing five. I want the Mavs to invest on upgrading their closing five. It is my opinion that JB isn't the best for that in the long term. Just my opinion, that is all.

I respect your opinion and obviously don’t agree. Maybe one day you’ll see what I see in Brunson. The dude has “it”. Improved every year. I’ll admit I root for the undersized, hard working guy to succeed in the NBA and I’ve been wrong before (I liked the initial KP trade) but I think JB is a winning player on a winning team.

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I was with Dan, I wanted to trade him based on the risk. That risk also hasn’t been alleviated, but now all we can do is hope. There wasn’t a single vocal person here that wanted to “get rid of him”.

I put SnT scenarios being mentioned in the “get rid of him” pile. Basically anyone suggesting the Mavs don’t resign him this off-season. And there are plenty of those posts if you scroll through.