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

[Dahlsim]

Good thoughtful post.  To the point you made above, I wonder how much turnover in the front office and coaching staff played a role in missing this.  Should Finley and Keith Grant have pounded the table until someone listened.  Did Nico and Kidd et al need some evaluation time?  Should they have known based on the data and testimonies available to them from staff holdovers?  Not making an excuse necessarily.  But, the timing of the regime change couldn’t have helped.

Good educated speculation there.  It seems clear Kidd and his staff saw something in Brunson that they could get more out of.  You have to wonder why they didn't also see the implications on extending him before fully showcasing him in an expanded role? 

Give Kidd and his staff some credit for putting Jalen into a position to highlight his game the way he did. Based on Brunson's own word's in the video, at the time that Jalen said he went to the Mavs 1st, both he and his father had discussed and decided on an acceptable number that was 1/2 of what the Knicks put forth at the time.    He said the Knicks offer was double what he and his father had discussed. 

So the coaching and direction Brunson received in Dallas, which he also gives big props to in the interview, put him position to massively increase his value with at least one NBA team, which is all you need ultimately.