Jalen Brunson's camp reportedly takes jabs at Luka Doncic amid free agency / News - Basketnews.com

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Jalen Brunson is about to leave the Dallas Mavericks as a free agent once the free agency starts on Thursday.

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According to Chris Haynes from Yahoo Sports, the New York Knicks are expected to present Brunson with a four-year offer in the territory of $110 million. Apparently, the player's camp feels that playing with Luka Doncic will not benefit Brunson in the long run.

"I've talked to people in his circle who think he has another level to reach that he just couldn't reach with Dallas because he played with the most ball-dominant player in the league," Haynes reports about Brunson camp's reasoning behind the move.

After trading Kemba Walker and the No. 13 overall pick, which became Jalen Duren, to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for a future first-round pick on draft night, the two teams have struck one more deal.

The Knicks will send Alec Burks, Nerlens Noel, two future second-round picks, and $6 million in cash to the Pistons in order to clear more cap space for their pursuit of Jalen Brunson, Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN reports.

With the two trades, the Knicks have cleared about $30 million in cap space, which allows them to sign Brunson to a lucrative deal. The Mavs are willing to offer a five-year deal to the player similar to what Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet signed two years ago (four-year, $85 million).

Brunson has already declined the Mavs' offer of a four-year, $55.5 million contract extension after the trade deadline. At that time, the guard already believed he could make much more in free agency.

Jalen's father, Rick Brunson, is an assistant coach for the Knicks. Leon Rose, the Knicks' general manager, is a former agent who negotiated the player's rookie contract with the Mavericks, while Rick was his first client as an agent.

Brunson was one of the key figures in the 2022 NBA Playoffs. The guard averaged 21.6 points with notable 41- and 31-point performances in first-round victories over the Utah Jazz while Doncic was sidelined by a strained calf.

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