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

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I’m not sure the Murray comparison applies.  What Brunson was last summer and what he is now is viewed pretty differently.  Murray has been the same good player for a while now.  San Antonio dealt him two years prior to his becoming a FA.  Nico didn’t have that luxury with Brunson (and wouldn’t have gotten a thing for him two years ago if he did).

I do agree Donnie didn’t deal Nico the greatest hand on this one.  I do think Nico has done some good things.  I get tired of the ‘smartest guy in the room’ crap and always swinging for the fences.  Nico seems more willing to hit singles and doubles when appropriate.  Hopefully the cupboard is being restocked for a home run swing later.

Who knows if Nico should get credit for Bullock, but that was a nice single.  Wood might be a double, especially for what we gave up.  McGee isn’t ideal, but he is an improvement in rim protection and rebounding at a position we are apparently going to continue to use.  So, another single.  Hardy may be a single or a double also.  Most everyone wanted us to trade back into the draft and we did.  I was watching some Collin Sexton highlights the other day and thought all those mid-range pull-ups looked a lot like something Hardy seems to do well.  IF Hardy just gets rotation minutes, he is another single.  If he can score anything like Sexton (with less tunnel vision and greater efficiency) it may be even better than a double.

I was thinking that Sexton would probably be a real target if Carlisle was still around.  Reminds me a little of Monta Ellis.  He would be an asset if we could get him for the right price.