TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[Kammrath]

So what could be the reasons for the hold up for the Brunson sign announcement as official?  Are both teams waiting for one of the bigger trades to go through?  For instance, they say lets wait a week and see if anything breaks through where more things move?  Are the Knicks giving Dallas a week or so to see if they can find any value in a TPE?  Are the Knicks exploring deals that might be beneficial to them?   Or do the Knicks want Jalen to be in person?

I think @"DanSchwartzgan" thoughts on it make sense....

Neither Brunson nor Hartenstein were completed today.  NY hasn’t finalized Robinson either.  To your point, the stuff that was taken off the table is just the three way stuff with Detroit.  NY is keeping this open for some reason.  Dallas doesn’t control the timing, nor do we have to be part of the reason it is still open.

Starting with the NY perspective…NY should have TPE’s from the Kemba deal and the Noel/Burks deal.  But, the trade match where Noel/Burks can match Brunson or go to a 4th team (or Dallas) is off the table.  They can operate under the cap without any help.  They can operate over the cap, but the trade match for Brunson has to be something else now.  I don’t think Dallas wants Fournier or Randle.  They could go to a third team, but Dallas would get the incoming player from the third team, not NY (as they got Brunson in the deal).  They could bring in a player into the large TPE and turn around and trade that player to Dallas for Brunson.  Seems like a lot of trouble unless Dallas is paying up for this, or the third team dumping said player is a requirement in a larger deal where NY uses Fournier and/or Randle in a trade match for a star.

It is also possible NY is keeping this open in case Dallas finds a deal it wants and is willing to pay NY something for making Brunson a three way.  No idea what the asking price would be.  I’ve said before I’d rather pay up if there is an incoming player.  I’m not in favor of sending out much in the way of compensation  just for a TPE.