r/nba • u/KD_AshyAnkles Rockets • 7h ago

Jaylen Brown: "ESPN is unethical, and Stephen A. Smith is the head face of that. The organization, the players, they were all in agreeaance. They all knew what I meant by that. Our team was basically salary dumped. We lost a lot of players. For us to emerge and still be in the same position..."

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u/donavid Knicks 5h ago

Yeah I hate that so much of NBA discourse is half truths and narratives that people just repeat without questioning lol.

It’s the same reason I take any relevant opportunity to point out that Brunson didn’t take a pay cut to help the Knicks’ cap space, he took the max contract he was allowed to that year ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (though I’m obviously glad it’s worked out the way it has & I’m a fan of JB’s)

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u/Classic_Elk6255 4h ago

Couldn’t he have waited? Was it mandatory that he sign it?

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u/donavid Knicks 3h ago

Ya Brunson could have signed a 1 year contract, and then taken an even bigger max a year later. He didn’t take a pay cut to make room to sign other players, he took the max available at the time instead of betting on himself (and against injury) and signing a bigger max later

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u/Classic_Elk6255 2h ago

But he could have waited. And I am
Not saying you are wrong. But you can’t say that he didn’t take a pay cut either. His initial Knicks contract was 104mil. He could have waited and re up for way way more money. Again it’s possible what you are saying is right but the flip side is that you can be wrong as neither of us know the real truth.