It was the signing that had been talked about the most for a few days, at least the one that weighed the heaviest among free agents, and it finally took almost four hours for the rumor to become official: Jalen Brunson joined the Knicks for 4 years and 104 million!
He was announced as one of the most coveted free agents this summer, and even more so when he confused the first round of the Playoffs against Jazz with a doormat. A rather crazy and very strategic upgrade a few weeks from the Free Agency, and inevitably… the Knicks, who else, quickly rushed into the breach, after a meeting that was still slow a tad. IThey made Jalen Brunson their priority, as did RJ Barrett’s extension, and the now ex-Mavericks point guard is now a New York player. and will have the heavy task from the start of the school year to take on a nine-figure contract in the most scrutinized theater on the basketball planet.
Free agent guard Jalen Brunson has agreed to a four-year, $104 million deal with the New York Knicks, his agents Aaron Mintz and Sam Rose of @CAA_Basketball tell ESPN. The deal includes a player option on the final season.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2022
Soon to be 26 years old, Jalen Brunson is in full swing and above all at the heart of a crazy progression (8, then 12, then 16 points on average last season at the relay of Luka Doncic), and his last campaign in Dallas and in particular his Playoffs have therefore finished convincing the Knicks board. Left-handed combo guard, a real electric battery with big muscles and capable of handling an attack, planting his buckets or going to rub under thanks to his false-slow rhythm, Jalen Brunson has everything from the right pickaxe, even if the 104 out of 4 can make some people wince, a bit like the famous Peugeot 104 which was on four wheels. In short. It makes you wince yeah, because we’re talking for the moment about a guy who turns at 16 pawns on average, every day obviously has its trouble, but JB will have to offer an immediate step-up so as not to see Madison Square Garden rumble with the onset of winter. No surprise then, and Jalen Brunson therefore closes his Dallas chapter after having spent his entire first four seasons in the NBA there. The Mavs will most likely recover, as Jalen sees himself landed in front of a huge challenge.
The Free Agency 2022 is officially launched, and with this shot an explosion of signatures from all over the Stazounis, including contract extensions by the dozens. The following ? We hope that the coffee maker is full, because the weekend promises to be long. Very long.