At this point in the offseason and after what went down in last week’s draft nobody is questioning the New York Knicks' grand plan for the 2022 summer: making a run to acquire Dallas Mavericks point guard and upcoming free agent Jalen Brunson.
Everybody is seemingly reporting the Knicks—now real—interest in the New Brunswick, NJ native who will find himself without a deal come July 1 and with it the start of this offseason’s free-agent market. Brunson, who has spent the last four seasons in Dallas, is a restricted free agent, mind you, so New York is going to be forced into playing hard ball by offering him a max contract hoping the Mavericks don’t match the offer.