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

[mvossman]

And then JB demands a sign and trade so he gets that same contract from the Knicks. At this point, it’s looking like this will end with a a trade bringing back a slightly positive asset, probably Burks. He’s better than nothing.  JB is in the driver’s seat.  The Mavs could have gotten him last off-season but misevaluated their player. JB proved them wrong by going out and having exactly the same season but playing more minutes.

Can't sign that same contract with Nicks (no 5th year).

Burks is not a positive asset.  We would get our 23 in addition to Burks (which would be better than nothing).  

A lot of folks are saying the Mavs messed up the evaluation, and that is probably true.  But it is interesting to look at what this collective group thought about giving him an extension last offseason.  The majority of folks did not want to offer the max extension.  Some of our best posters had opinions like "he is not worth half his max extension" or "he is 12-16 minute backup guard".  There were also questions if Brunson that would even take a max extension.  The thought being that he wanted to explore free agency as primary point guard.