Did Jalen Brunson make the right decision with contract extension? | Good Word with Goodwill

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and basketball analyst Isis Young discuss the pros and cons of the New York point guard’s decision to sign a contract extension this year instead of next and leaving $113M on the table. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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Apparently Jalen Brunton likes taking discounts or at least the appearance of taking discounts, signs signs a year earlier compared to if he would have signed next summer, he could have signed for $100 million more and gotten an extra year, which on its looks like in an amazing sacrifice.

But also you remember the New York Knicks?

I remember by Leon Rose and his agent is a guy named Sam Rose and Leon Rose and his dad, Rick Brunton have been close for decades, right?

I guess it is the value of relationships, right?

Signed for four years under 56 million ice.

How do you look at this and say, hey man, I ain’t passing up no extra $100 million 100 and $13 million.

You watch your damn mind.

Yeah, I’m selfish.

You know, I like to win, but also the 100 extra mil might make me feel better at night.

You know what I’m saying?

Like if we don’t um I think, I think in all seriousness like I need to call you Scrooge mcduck.

Yeah, out of here.

Just know Ice is taking the money too, don’t you worry?

Um But Yeah, I feel like, I kind of felt like, you know how all Knicks fans felt right in their reaction like, oh my gosh, this is a again franchise player that you can build around that.

A city can latch to that you can tell is trying to build roots here and get a championship here.

I also wonder too, you know, the conversations that Jalen is having with the, with the team, the organization about what needs to exist, you know, who should be there?

What is the next piece that we need in order to get this next jump?

So hopefully with him giving that up came with a lot of uh say, influence, you know, over, you know, what they’re going to do next.

Let’s be perfectly honest here, Jalen Brunson just turned 27 years old and he is…

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Publish date : 2024-07-16 18:52:45

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