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

[Smitty]

Losing Jalen will be a huge setback.  Winning player.   Playing with Luka certainly helps hide some of his limitations.   But he has also found how to play with Luka.  This is more difficult especially if you like having the ball in your hands.   You may go 4-5 possessions where you don’t get a chance to dribble.  That can be tough to stay in rhythm.  And he does all this with great efficiency.   

Losing him will be such a self own.  Should have taken care of it well before this time.  We will see.

Absolutely. What STAR will want to come here and leave his ego at the door to play second fiddle to Luka? The Mavs will have to build a TEAM like they did with Dirk.

I’m old enough to remember how this board wanted Kyle Lowry so bad. And his services at the young age of 36 cost the Heat 28M this year for a whopping 7.8 ppg in the playoffs. Who’s still only a career 14.8 ppg scorer. Yet somehow Jalen’s game, at 25 years old, can be easily replaced..