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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Side question for you @"DanSchwartzgan": Do you remember if there were any deals that happened at the TDL with teams that might have been interested in JB?

I'll have to give it some thought, but wouldn't it almost have to be NY?  Everyone knew of their interest and without a Brunson extension in place, giving up anything of value would have been a risky deal for any other team.

My guess is a Robinson for Powell swap and then a $10mm ish backcourt guy for Brunson swap.  Maybe Burks.  The trick with a Brunson trade is how little money he made.  We know they felt the need for a Robinson-type player based on the signing of McGee.  Now you need to replace the backcourt hole with someone making about what Powell makes.  I get that we all think a three-headed PG lineup is a necessity after seeing how it worked.  But, it wasn't that way in February as we didn't have that luxury until after the KP deal.  So, could have been a secondary creator like Burks if we knew we were also getting SD in a separate deal.  

In hindsight, Robinson/Burks would look pretty good right now.