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

[cow]

In the Mavs' defense, they weren't wrong to not see him as part of the longterm plans. A Luka-Brunson backcourt was never going to win a championship. But they needed him as an asset. Their biggest screw-up was not signing him to the extension early. They didn't trust Donnie's scouting, what they had already seen from Brunson, and moreover misjudged the market.

I guess the upside is that I'm no longer mad at Brunson at all. He got his Brinks truck. More power to him. If the Knicks deceived him by making him believe that he was going to be the alpha when they clearly don't believe that (see DM pursuit), he can cry all the way to the bank.

Not much of a Mavs defense as the final mistake was not trading him after the "biggest screw-up".  Brunson's handling throughout should be a case study in player mismanagement.