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

[Winter]

NOBODY was saying "I think the Mavs are going to keep Brunson through the deadline and then allow him to bail on the team with nothing, not even minor assets, coming back. That will be fine." I don't think ANY of us were anything close to "right" about this.

True enough, but I think most of us were under the impression that it would be close to impossible to be outbid.

The reports now are that the Mavs simply didn't want to go over 106 million. See below. I guess Cuban can make a pitch with some incentives or something, but it still appears that the Mavs have a limit they don't want to go over... and NY is willing to beat. So I am not sure what will be different tomorrow. 

A league source tells Stefan Bondy of The New York Daily News that the Mavericks have been unwilling to offer more than $106MM to this point, with Brunson reportedly seeking $125MM. Haynes confirms Bondy’s report, stating that Dallas has pitched a five-year, $106MM deal to Brunson, so it sounds like he might be open take a slight per-year discount ($125MM over five years vs. $110MM over four) if the Mavs are willing to go that high using his bird Rights