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

[Moviemavguy]

He wants a lower payroll, so the check he has to write to the league at the end of the season is much, much lower. He wants this outcome MORE than he wants to add anything NY might've offered up. It's really quite simple. 

My guess is that where he'll go from here is to try to get out of paying the tax completely. Get ready for more disappointment at the trade deadline.

Burks is a 10 million expiring, so I sincerely doubt that was the issue.  And he shot 40% from three at 12 ppg.  I saw the SB nation on potential S&Ts, and there were a multitude of things that could have happened.

And why offer Brunson any contract at all if that was true?