“Knicks about to risk it all for Jalen Brunson”: NBA Twitter’s prediction turned out accurate as New York Knicks offload Kemba Walker and Jalen Duran for future 1st rounders

Akash Murty | 24/06/2022
“Knicks about to risk it all for Jalen Brunson”: NBA Twitter’s prediction turned out accurate as New York Knicks offload Kemba Walker and Jalen Duran

The New York Knicks go all in to create cap space for Jalen Brunson. They handed over Kemba Walker’s contract to the Pistons after patching it up with the #13 pick Jalen Duran.

The New York Knicks have been planning for an aggressive chase for Dallas Mavericks’ Brunson for a long time. And his performance late in the season provided much fuel to it along with the raise in his asking price.

Knicks had planned to go as far as clearing the cap space of at least $25 million for the man who with a bunch of role players helped Dallas stay put in the NBA playoffs in the absence of Luka Doncic.

Kemba Walker ($9.2 million), Evan Fournier ($18 million), Nerlens Noel ($9.2), or Alec Burks ($10 million), the Knicks were willing to move any or every one of them if it meant they could get the Mavs’ 25-year-old point guard. Even their fans knew it months ago.

Now they have made a big move towards chasing their plan that solely rests on if Brunson wouldn’t re-sign with the Mavs.

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Jalen Brunson might not even come to New York, still, the Knicks gave away their 11th pick and then Jalen Duran

Mark Cuban has been pretty straightforward in making it obvious that he’d be willing to go into luxury tax if it means he could bring back Jalen for the next year.

And still, the Knicks are going all in their pursuit of the 2x NCAA champ. They have sent Walker and Jalen Duran, the 13th pick of the 2022 draft whom they just acquired from the Charlotte Hornets.

This might have made two of the biggest Knicks supporters, Stephen A. Smith and Spike Lee sick to their stomachs along with everyone else in New York.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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