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00:00The Knicks and Jalen Brunson have agreed to a four-year, $156.5 million extension.
00:10That is $113 million less guaranteed than he's eligible to receive, which would have
00:17been in one year.
00:18So one year from now, Scottie, he could have got 113 more.
00:22It says here the repercussions of him choosing it now are massive for the Knicks' ability
00:27to keep this current team together and keep making roster moves to close the gap on a
00:32championship.
00:33The deal will cost Brunson $37.1 million over the next three years, comes with a fourth-year
00:39player option that would set up Brunson to recoup the rest of the $113 million on a four-year,
00:46$323 million extension in 2028.
00:50So I guess he'll eventually, Scottie, get it down the road, but he ain't getting it
00:56now.
00:57So that's, but look, some people say 100, we talked about this the other day, 150 is
01:02a lot of money, but when you're leaving 113 off the table, man, that's a lot of money
01:07too.
01:08Yeah, look, I'll tell you what, I mean, I don't know anything about this other than
01:14being nice or whatever he's doing or giving them flexibility.
01:18What I would have demanded in that deal is the end of it.
01:24At the end of the deal, I get this money no matter what.
01:28And I also want a no trade clause.
01:31I want, if I'm giving you all this money, what are you giving me?
01:35It sounds like they gave him none of that.
01:38They gave him an option in that fourth year from what I'm hearing just right out of your
01:42mouth.
01:43This is how I'm seeing it for the first time.
01:45I almost fell over.
01:47So what am I getting out of this?
01:50Other than giving away $113 million, well, is he the new GM at a team?
01:57Like does he get power for now running their finances so they can go get other players?
02:03So he gave up all that money so they can go spend money on other players.
02:09But what the F do I get out of this?
02:12I want guarantees, no trade.
02:14And I'm getting the money back at the back end one way or the other in four years.
02:19Now remember, everyone thinks they're a hot commodity and a hot tamale until they're not.
02:28Like four years from now, he may not even be the same player he is today.
02:32He's had injuries, broken hands, everything else.
02:36What's he going to be like after banging for the Knicks for four years at the garden when
02:41he has the ball 90% of the time?
02:44What kind of a beating is he going to take?
02:46He already takes a beating.
02:48He already gets hammered.