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That's roughly $27.5M per year. Jesus, that's a ton of money for a guy who might never make an all-star team. The fact that his minutes have gone steadily up have made his "improvement" seem greater. His PER over four years has been 12.9, 14.9, 17.1 and 17.1, and at age 25 and a three-year college player, you probably can't project a ton more growth in his game.

 

While it’s real money to you and me, in the NBA I think you have to look at it as what % of the salary cap does this player represent?

 

The next CBA negotiations are going to be very interesting.

 

Bulls and Heat were docked draft picks last offseason for agreeing to deals right at the marker. The Knicks just did it twice. I will bet folding money there will be no punishment.

 

Current projection from a quick Google search is $123.6M for the cap for 2022-23 - So Brunson would be 22.24 percent by himself.

 

The Knicks have been punished enough having Dolan as an owner. They seem to corner the market on guys nobody else is interested in and paying 20 percent over market on. It's always crazy to me that days after teams and players "admit their mistakes" in opting in or out of various contracts, they go and make bigger mistakes. Is Brunson even better than CJ McCollum?

 

You've got to remember, from the business side, there's a value to getting the Knicks name out there at the start of free agency, to showing the fans that the Knicks are "doing something", and that the Knicks "just got the biggest fish in free agency". Of course, next year, the story is going to be "Knicks looking to off-load Brunson and 2 1st rd picks for run at ........"

 

Lu Dort - $87.5M/5 yrs??? Wow. Good for him. Yet another sign, the NBA owners have tons of $$, forget about the salary cap, not needed. Stop whining for the owners.

 

they are always so far below the floor, I assume that they gave him a bonus to get to that level for the rest of this league year.

 

Who needs the Kings?

 

The Kings, oh my dear local Kings,

Trade for DiVincenzo at deadline (giving up real assets);
Don't tender DiVincenzo;
Sign Malik Monk (who was available for min last year).

What is going on??