[Fred Katz] The most important moment of the Knicks’ offseason is yet to arrive. On Friday, Jalen Brunson will become eligible for a contract extension. Will he sign it?
[Fred Katz] The most important moment of the Knicks’ offseason is yet to arrive. On Friday, Jalen Brunson will become eligible for a contract extension. Will he sign it?
If og is paying for all those dinners like u and josh said… maybe brunson can afford that pay cut. He deserves the bag tho so whatever he chooses as long as he’s a Knick I’m elated
Aalfee
Hes gonna get the bag next season. Will probably take a small discount to help re-sign the rest the of the nova guys but not this big of a discount.
GKRForever
No way. He could tear his ACL today, not play a game this year, and still get the max from the Knicks next year. He’d be leaving $100M on the table.
NYerInTex
I expect a huge signing by Brunson Friday, tens of millions a year.
Highest paid assistant coach in sports history!
jbrunsonfan
If he signs, we can probably extend Randle early as well. If he doesn’t, then we will have big Qs heading into next offseason
Yankeeknickfan
I still need to see it to beleive it, but it’s more on the table after the bridges trade
Norby710
No chance.
YanksJetsKnicks
I’d be shocked. We already made our big trade and we saw what OG got. JB deserves his bag.
Pablo_Undercover
He’d be stupid to sign this season imo. His value is about to absolutely explode, he shouldn’t sell himself short
Doggydog212
If he doesn’t sign this extension he’s gonna sign the more expensive one next year, but either way we are keeping him. So very stupid if you ask me to say this was more important than trading for Bridges or signing OG
NYdude777
The amount of “fans” who root for giant contracts that actually hurt the team is crazy. Thankfully JB is smarter than them and understand keeping a strong team requires sacrifices from everyone.
JNerdGaming
guess we’ll see if that report is still accurate
Urban_Introvert
Before OG’s signing I was leaning towards the belief that he’ll sign that extension. I thought Rose would’ve gotten OG to agree to like $37-39M per year as opposed to $42.5M. So I think because of OG’s contract (which he 10000% deserves), JB will wait it out instead.
Fungmar
idc who u are. leaving 100M dollars on the table is such an insane thing to do that i cannot fathom him doing it. idk a single athlete who has done that let alone NBA
solo118
If he does, we should be kissing his feet
daftmonkey
I have no idea what’s going to happen on Friday, but it’s a 100% lock that this has already been negotiated and will not in anyway negatively impact the team.
Bwahehe
If he wants to keep the Villanova core together long term, he might sign that extension as a favor to the FO for getting Bridges.
Either way he’s going to be a Knicks legend and will probably have whatever positions that he wants to life in MSG. His family certainly isn’t hurting for money or opportunity.
York_Villain
It would be stupid to sign now.
Saucy_Totchie
Barring something insane he’s staying no matter what. It’s just a matter of Brunson going with the sure thing signing now versus waiting to sign the bigger contract which can come with some risks. Definitely other things to think about though and it’s ultimately his decision. He’s certainly worth every penny though.
confuddly
He probably would’ve before the offseason started, but look at the money that was handed out this summer.
Quickley, who wasn’t good enough to start over Brunson, just got 35M a year. Maxey got 40. Brunson probably sees all these contracts and realizes that this is too big of a discount
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Wait for the bag next year JB. You earned it.
If og is paying for all those dinners like u and josh said… maybe brunson can afford that pay cut. He deserves the bag tho so whatever he chooses as long as he’s a Knick I’m elated
Hes gonna get the bag next season. Will probably take a small discount to help re-sign the rest the of the nova guys but not this big of a discount.
No way. He could tear his ACL today, not play a game this year, and still get the max from the Knicks next year. He’d be leaving $100M on the table.
I expect a huge signing by Brunson Friday, tens of millions a year.
Highest paid assistant coach in sports history!
If he signs, we can probably extend Randle early as well. If he doesn’t, then we will have big Qs heading into next offseason
I still need to see it to beleive it, but it’s more on the table after the bridges trade
No chance.
I’d be shocked. We already made our big trade and we saw what OG got. JB deserves his bag.
He’d be stupid to sign this season imo. His value is about to absolutely explode, he shouldn’t sell himself short
If he doesn’t sign this extension he’s gonna sign the more expensive one next year, but either way we are keeping him. So very stupid if you ask me to say this was more important than trading for Bridges or signing OG
The amount of “fans” who root for giant contracts that actually hurt the team is crazy. Thankfully JB is smarter than them and understand keeping a strong team requires sacrifices from everyone.
guess we’ll see if that report is still accurate
Before OG’s signing I was leaning towards the belief that he’ll sign that extension. I thought Rose would’ve gotten OG to agree to like $37-39M per year as opposed to $42.5M. So I think because of OG’s contract (which he 10000% deserves), JB will wait it out instead.
idc who u are. leaving 100M dollars on the table is such an insane thing to do that i cannot fathom him doing it. idk a single athlete who has done that let alone NBA
If he does, we should be kissing his feet
I have no idea what’s going to happen on Friday, but it’s a 100% lock that this has already been negotiated and will not in anyway negatively impact the team.
If he wants to keep the Villanova core together long term, he might sign that extension as a favor to the FO for getting Bridges.
Either way he’s going to be a Knicks legend and will probably have whatever positions that he wants to life in MSG. His family certainly isn’t hurting for money or opportunity.
It would be stupid to sign now.
Barring something insane he’s staying no matter what. It’s just a matter of Brunson going with the sure thing signing now versus waiting to sign the bigger contract which can come with some risks. Definitely other things to think about though and it’s ultimately his decision. He’s certainly worth every penny though.
He probably would’ve before the offseason started, but look at the money that was handed out this summer.
Quickley, who wasn’t good enough to start over Brunson, just got 35M a year. Maxey got 40. Brunson probably sees all these contracts and realizes that this is too big of a discount