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

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Jalen needs to know if he signs here, he is a part of our long terms plans.  Nothing is guaranteed in the NBA, but he needs to be shown he is more than an asset.    I don't trust Cuban at all to portray this.   Hopefully Nico can.  Can we add a trade kicker to the contract?   There is no more no trade clauses right?

I think Jalen has confidence Leon Rose would view him more of an asset.  On the other hand if the Knicks miss out of the playoffs there is a good chance Thibs is gone.....and possibly their front office too.   Although I would assume at this point the front office may be given another year.

I think this is incredibly insightful.

It also is relevant to the size of the contract. If you think you might get bounced around the league, you want the biggest deal you can get -- even an albatross deal, which makes it harder to trade you.

If he doesn't trust that he has a HOME in Dallas, it's hard to put that genie back in the bottle.

About no-trades, those are legal to negotiate in certain situations, but JB doesn't qualify (mainly, must have 8 NBA years). The max trade kicker (15%) could help, if prefers Dallas but doesn't quite trust the FO to keep him.