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

[ItsGoTime]

The Brunson news really bums me out.  Now the next week or so is going to be stressful.  I was hoping for a less stressful time while just looking at tax MLE guys.    

I am sure Brunson is the focus.   Couldn't it be argued that guys like Irving, Beal, Anfernee Simons, Lavine, etc may be the smarter direction?  Can they open up enough space for those guys?   For instance, I can understand making all these moves if you can clear money for Beal.   Beal salary is scary but he has some star power.  If they could get Beal without gutting the team with players and picks, that could be interesting.  

Although it appears Brunson is the #1 focus for now.

So my thought was they clear the space for Brunson, strike out, go after Malcolm Brogdon with a package that uses that space to give an unequal amount of salary (Toppin as an example) in return for Brogdon. Strike out on that and do the same with flat earth, strike out and go to the next player. The main thing is they strike out on JB.