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

[mvossman]

Inexcusable. Nico has fallen down a peg in my book. How can you not know what you have when you've had a front row seat to it all year. Nico got caught up with the rest of you trade Brunson for something better folks... At least it will only cost Cuban money in the long run...

Don't be too hard on Nico, this was probably Cuban driven like all of the major GM decisions in the past.  Its a typical move for him.  Screw up current potential asset situations in order to go for the big score in the future (either free agency or big trade).

It could cost more than Cuban money in the log run.  It could possibly cost us Brunson.  I'm not sure what Cuban's tax tolerance is going to be, and there could be long term issues related to staying under the apron.  If we end up dropping another 8 mil a year to Brunson it definitely could affect moves elsewhere over the next 4 years.