Tonight, at midnight French time, it’s the start of the “mercato” in the NBA, and Jalen Brunson is one of the handful of players who will animate the first hours of this “free agency”. The Knicks, who have just slimmed down as much as possible, are the big favorites to sign him and, contrary to what was announced Yahoo! Sportsthe Mavericks seem to be the only ones able to overshadow them.
Thus, the leader will obviously meet the leaders of New York and Dallas, and not those of Miami, as some rumors suggested. The Associated Press denied them., explaining that there had never been any question of a meeting between the 25-year-old player and the decision-makers of the Heat. For Pat Riley, the only way to attract him would have been to set up a “sign-and-trade”, because the Floridians cannot compete with the Knicks and the Mavericks financially.
In New York, we would in any case be ready to offer Jalen Brunson a contract of more than 100 million dollars over four years. On the Dallas side, we would consider offering him 85 million dollars over four years as well. Does Mark Cuban intend to match the New York offer? Maybe not, since he already has a plan B to compensate for the possible departure of his playmaker…
| Jalen Brunson | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 73 | 22 | 46.7 | 34.8 | 72.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 57 | 18 | 46.6 | 35.8 | 81.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 8.2 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 68 | 25 | 52.3 | 40.5 | 79.5 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 79 | 32 | 50.2 | 37.3 | 84.0 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 16.3 |
| Total | 277 | 25 | 49.4 | 37.3 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 11.9 | |