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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
It's strange to me to be bitching about things when they haven't even become official.
We don't know what will happen when free agency begins. For all we know there is a sign and trade. Or the Knicks revoke their offer now that Murray is off the table. Or they decide to pivot to Beal. We don't know.
All I know is we could not have received Noel/Burks. It is illegal. It only worked with the Pistons because they were under the cap. BYC rules would have applied because Brunson had full bird rights and got a raise over 20% of previous salary.
Brunson would count for 25million for the Knicks but only 12.5million for us and since we're over the cap, we'd need to match that 12.5mill.
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I don't pretend know all the complexities of how sign-and-trades work, but I just don't buy that there wasn't a deal to made early on. The Knicks had to move heaven and earth to get Brunson. They built their entire offseason around him- at least to this point. Common sense tells me that the Mavs could have worked something out if they wanted to given how many hoops the Knicks had to jump through.
As for bitching about things before they're official. I mean, fine I guess. But when Woj, Stein, Lowe, Cato, and McMahon are all saying that Brunson to the Knicks is all but a done deal, I tend to believe that.