2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[SkenfromLMF]

I could be wrong, but I don't think any of us questioning the idea of starting Brunson long term question his value to the team.  He has been great offensively lately and a crucial part of the bench.  

However, it's a real shame they did not do his contract with a player option instead of non-guaranteed.  If they could make him restricted this year it would be a no brainer.  My concern is that next year when they will be over the cap his agent will have all the leverage and he may get really expensive.  My preference would be that they offer him an extension this year (to be executed after they get everything else done) and if they can't come to an agreement, then they need to seriously explore trading him when his value will potentially be at its highest.

I vehemently disagree with this sentiment - I am going to go all in on keeping the band together OVER THE CAP and adding the Full MLE caliber player to the wings/4, which means Jalen Brunson is going to get paid as a Bird FA with Dallas, UNLESS they are blown away by a team who will take him and Powell and give up a near All-Star caliber player in order to get those Bird Rights. This team is direly short on assets and throwing away Brunson (he will get paid too much to keep) or even Richardson and THJ in the chase for non-existent FA's is not the way to improve that base. 

Face it, this team will operate over the cap and most likely over the TAX after Luka extends... and if mark refuses to accept that as an owner he is no better than the Perot/Zachanelli penny pinching morons that gave away Jason Kidd as he neared the apex of his career. Teams with ALL-NBA ALPHAS must spend to keep them happy - I don't want to be Orlando (Shaq, Penny, T-MAC..) and none of them stayed.