Makes sense. The Hornets have had above-average payrolls with no success for years. Jordan has owned the team for like 20 years and no playoff success at all.
This would have been more true to character if Mike bet the kids in a race on their scooter and took their lunch money.
If we gave them Gordon for #11, Rose, Reddish, and Quickley (or Grimes), they could then not pick up the option on Toppin and Gibson (non guaranteed) for next year and be very close to having the space to offer Brunson a 4/$80m deal.
[Stein] The New York Knicks are gaining major momentum in their bid to sign Jalen Brunson away from the Dallas Mavericks in free agency, league sources say. One source close to the process described that threat as “very, very, very real. https://marcstein.substack.com/p/brunson-sweepstakes-just-got-real?sd=pf
The article is paywalled, but what's the threat? Is Mark Cuban unwilling to match? I thought the Mavericks were expected to match any offer.
Knicks hired his dad to the coaching staff (was formerly a HS coach). Cuban can match, but one imagines Brunson will be a Knick eventually
