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

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When Kevin Durant left the Warriors, they could have just let him leave for air and saved a massive amount of money. That would have been the Cuban thing. Instead they took on the overpaid contract of D'Angelo Russell. Was he the right player for the Warriors? Absolutely not. They paid a huge amount of luxury tax for this ill-fitting player, later turning him into the even more massive contract of Andrew Wiggins. Many people mocked them for this, including me. Well not much laughing about that now. The Warriors did this because they're a smart franchise, because they recognize you don't just lose assets for nothing, not even "overpaid" ones who don't fit.

In contrast, the Mavs show no recognition of what the proper values of players are whatsoever. They offer unconditional, massive contracts to unproven players. They wildly overpay culture guys who would be 3rd-stringers on any other team. And they lose values rotation players for nothing because "Oh no, we can't overpay him!" The Mavs are nothing but a three-ring circus franchise, and Mark Cuban is the entire fucking clown car.

They should have locked him up sooner and traded him sooner. That's really what it comes down to. I don't like Cuban. He gets too involved. What I think people are missing is that I feel like Jalen isn't coming back because of opportunity. I have a feeling that even if Dallas tried to overpay he would still go. He wants to be a starting PG. There just isn't an opportunity for that in Dallas.

I wish Jalen the best but I think he will get a little exposed with the Knicks. I just don't think he is a player that can handle being game planned for. There is a whole world of talent difference in DeAngelo Russell and Jalen Brunson.