TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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About Brunson ...

The repeated media notes of NY chasing Brunson seems bizarre to me. I doubt the Knicks are actually saying over and over that "We made this move to get Brunson" (because mentioning Brunson even once would be tampering), which means the Knicks are doing things and everyone is assuming the target is Brunson, and writing it as such. 

Think about it. It's being written like it's a foregone deal that Brunson goes to NY when the Knicks hit a certain number, which is just dumb. "They're getting more, they're almost there, one more move to have enough to land Brunson." But just because NY gets cap room doesn't mean Brunson wants to go there. The NBA doesn't ever work that way, so why would NY be able to do what no other scrub team can do? Sure, the Mavs don't have actual control, but if Brunson likes Dallas and Dallas likes Brunson, then it's just a matter of agreeing on a number ... and whatever NY is doing is just noise.

Not sure where the Knicks are going with this. Maybe "Brunson quest" is giving them PR cover to strip the roster down and get rid of lots of junk, I dunno. But I do think there's a hidden agenda that's driving the NY moves way more than JB is.

Aren't Rose and the Brunson family pretty close?  I wonder if it's as simple as Rose doing them a solid by ensuring that Brunson does get paid by floating that Brunson is the target while actually looking at someone else (Mitchell, Kyrie, etc).  If Knicks then get that person then NY media celebrates how the Knicks were able to get a "better" player than Brunson, Brunson gets paid like he deserves, NY and Dallas both get the players they want, and everyone leaves happy.