The New York Knicks have not been particularly coy about their pursuit of impending free agent point guard Jalen Brunson. The entire league knows they want Brunson and are willing to free up big cap space to give him a monster deal. But the Dallas Mavericks are the only pro team Brunson has ever known. They just made the conference finals, and they supposedly badly want to re-sign him. Surely that is enough to get Brunson back, right?
Apparently not.
The Brunson-to-the-Knicks chatter reached a fever pitch online Tuesday, as pretty much every plugged-in NBA writer declared Brunson’s free agency decision to be fait accompli.