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

[Kammrath]

To explain the thought. Mavs knew Brunson wants to go. Mavs should know NY can easily create cap space. So basically they had two options:

A: lose Brunson for nothing
B: take Kemba, Burks, Noel (all three expiring) for 2023 FRP and two SRP

They would get three expiring contracts they could trade, cut or use and draft assets. This move has absolutely zero impact on any further moves they might make. It would just increase the assets to make it actually happen. Obviously they value money more.

But to absorb those three players they would have to cut two guys on the current roster. So you lose those players/assets and you are straddled with three contracts that nobody in the league wants. So to trade those three guys you would have to use assets to dump them. 

Also could the Mavs really have salary-matched such a SnT with those three guys with Brunson as a base year guy? 

I could see the Mavs not thinking those three guys are worth the 2023 1st, especially if that would limit other trade options this summer. 


My biggest stance on this summer:

We need to wait and see if any trades unfold before training camp before making judgments on the Mavs decisions. Only then will we have the proper data and hindsight to be able to assess the Mavs decisions with JB, etc.