08-20-2022, 04:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-20-2022, 04:50 PM by KillerLeft.)
(08-20-2022, 10:18 AM)Benskix2 Wrote: A 2nd rounder and a player another team didn't want is probably the best you were getting for Brunson at the deadline, I think the experience we had in the playoffs is more valuable to the teams growth than a 2nd round pick.
I totally agree with your conclusion… If your assumption about what he was worth at the deadline is correct. The thing is, I just can’t reconcile myself with the idea that a guy worth 26 million per year over the summer got there from scratch based on two playoff series. I think he was probably worth MORE this summer than he was at the deadline, but I don’t agree that he was worth nothing at that time to teams who would have wanted to re-sign him. As a rental, sure.
I guess without knowing what offers they actually had, we’ll never know. Either way, it’s not a rationalization I’m comfortable with in terms of letting them off the hook for this travesty. Still, to your overall point, yes, the deep playoff run was of more benefit to this team than a journeyman player and a second round pick.