This is not a deterrent ? if the price of landing an All-Star level player is a second-round pick, teams will factor it into the cost of doing business and happily pay it.
The NBA?s nearly five-month investigation into the Knicks is complete and the league announced Wednesday that New York ?violated league rules governing the timing of this season?s free agency discussions.? Meaning the Knicks tampered with Jalen Brunson. Which everyone knew they did.
The punishment is the Knicks lose their 2025 second-round pick.
The Knicks are laughing about that all the way to the No.6 seed in the East (where they sit as of this writing). Brunson is averaging 20.8 points and 6.2 assists a game, has been the steady floor general the Knicks need and has played like an All-Star.
Until the NBA starts handing down real punishments tampering will not stop. Hell can we get the draft pick that is being taken since we were the team that lost the player?
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