Dak, CeeDee, and Micah need to take note of Jalen Brunson

[blueblood70]

Of course the NBA has a cap. Why do you think Brunson left $113 Million on the table in team’s favor if the NBA has no cap I wonder haha. Seriously? Anyway, besides that bit of ignorant gibberish I see the rest of your post agrees with me. Smart take.

It's a soft cap we all know it if you're allowed to go over it and just have to simply pay a tax regards to how much it is these billionaire owners would be willing to buy a championship doing it which you cannot do in the NFL I mean we're gonna stop trying to circumvent what I'm saying because that is a fact they have a loose cap we call it a soft cap the NFL has a hard cap the MLB have no cap.. I've already said this first of all we shouldn't even be having this discussion because they're two different sports with two very different financial caps there's nothing in parallel that you can use at all it should have never been started and here we are how many pages deep of nonsense that means nothing to the NFL because you can't compare them they couldn't be further from each other.. We're talking about a hard cap that also has to worry about 63 players to pay it is very different makeup on how you distribute the money to make sure you can build a team in a much more physical sport that you can lose players far more often... There's no comparison at all this is like a useless post it's like eating air it it means nothing there is no comparison it should have never been started...

 

[John813]

With all the restructuring abilities, players do not need to take paycuts.
And it's the Not For Long vs the NBA. Two sports with different levels of physicality and peaks for most top players.
CDL more than likely won't be a #1 into his 30's. Brunson has a better shot at being a top guard when he can opt out in 3 years.

 

[Bobhaze]

The comparison of Jalen Brunson and any NFL star is like apples and oranges. Or comparing steak to tofu.

The NBA uses a soft cap to govern its finances and it is constructed completely differently than the NFLs unwavering hard cap. NBA players have way more options of how to get paid and structure deals than the NFL.

And using the highest paid player in Pat Mahomes as an example of being “team friendly” is just inaccurate. The chiefs are paying Mahomes nearly a half a billion in total cash over the next decade. But the chiefs have a brilliant GM in Brett Veach who is extremely crafty in deferring Mahomes contract hits on their cap, enabling them to keep monster DT Chris Jones on the team with a big contract. It’s NOT about how much money is being paid, it’s how they manage the payments that matter.

The problem here is NOT how much money Dak, Cedee and eventually Parsons will make. It’s that we have a FO that does not understand how to structure deals to defer and manage the cap hits. There are a ton of teams with fat payrolls that are signing FAs and making moves we never make. Why? Because they have a FO focused on doing whatever it takes to win.

The reason we struggle with cap is NOT because of the “greedy” players. It’s because we have an incompetent front office when it comes to managing the cap.

 

[Loso86]

Did Brady or Mahomes make $39 Million? They took a pay cut as the OP spells out qui… nevermind you wont understand

Brady took a pay cut cause his wife made more than him, Majomes didn't take a pay cut. Am I speaking to fast for you...!?

 

[CowboyFrog]

Brunson seems to be a leader and very "basketball in tune". His team(personal camp) has had a plan for a while in New York....and it seems to be working great. They arent stupid people and I am sure Brunson is learning if not a significant voice in the decisions already.

He's a winner and smart. Smart enough to break off from Luka, knowing his game is better with him as the ball handler, when Luka is one of best players ever. Brunson could have been Pippen but chose to go to a team and have a voice in forming that team....and its working.

I would put money on it that NBA players would vote Brunson as being very savvy. Wouldnt ever be able to prove it. But...his god father runs the Knicks...that God father's son is an NBA agent, his dad is an assistant coach....what more pedigree do you need? Doesnt mean Brunson is smart enough to absorb all that knowledge...but all signs point to him being smart and a hard worker.

The situation is no where near the same as most players. Brunson is literal gold financially barring some crazy mental issue or drug issue.

never said Brunson wasn't smart I'm saying its easy to take less money in the NBA in Brunson's "Family" situation because they have handshake deals that are not on the books...love Brunson but this is not the same desicion a normal NFL player has to make on thier contract.

 

[CowboyFrog]

The comparison of Jalen Brunson and any NFL star is like apples and oranges. Or comparing steak to tofu.

The NBA uses a soft cap to govern its finances and it is constructed completely differently than the NFLs unwavering hard cap. NBA players have way more options of how to get paid and structure deals than the NFL.

And using the highest paid player in Pat Mahomes as an example of being “team friendly” is just inaccurate. The chiefs are paying Mahomes nearly a half a billion in total cash over the next decade. But the chiefs have a brilliant GM in Brett Veach who is extremely crafty in deferring Mahomes contract hits on their cap, enabling them to keep monster DT Chris Jones on the team with a big contract. It’s NOT about how much money is being paid, it’s how they manage the payments that matter.

The problem here is NOT how much money Dak, Cedee and eventually Parsons will make. It’s that we have a FO that does not understand how to structure deals to defer and manage the cap hits. There are a ton of teams with fat payrolls that are signing FAs and making moves we never make. Why? Because they have a FO focused on doing whatever it takes to win.

The reason we struggle with cap is NOT because of the “greedy” players. It’s because we have an incompetent front office when it comes to managing the cap.

this 100%

 

[NotForLong]

The NBA sucks!!! Keep it out of this American football forum.

Exactly

 

[Clove]

At this point last summer Jalen Brunson had already achieved more team success in 1 year in NY than our trio of superstars have in years but it was comparable. Over the past year, Although having never been an All Star, his impact on his team’s regular season success made him an MVP candidate. In the playoffs with his team severely banged up he averaged numbers that have only been achieved by 2 players in the history of the NBA playoffs, Michael Jordan and Lebron James. His performance earned him the right to demand a max deal, contrary to the performances that our 3 players displayed while still maintaining the belief that they are owed maxed deals. Yesterday Jalen Brunson took a deal that lost him $113 MILLION for the team’s benefit. He said he studied what champions like Mahomes and Brady and Duncan did and this had to be done. Our 3losers on the field maybe are just that, incapable of winning. Will they not at least try to help the team win via this other avenue?

I personally would not take any kind of discount whatsoever. At any point on that field, I could be killed. We have at an average of 4 years in the NFL. For those reasons, I'm not taking deals. Let the Jones Clowns figure that out.