The Knicks can offer Jalen Brunson a $156.5 million contract extension on Friday. If he waits until next summer, he can sign for $270 million. Easy call, right? Not so fast.
Brunson agreed to a four-year, $156.5 million extension, which is $113M less guaranteed than the five-year, $269.1 deal he’d be eligible to sign next summer.
Jalen Brunson’s $156.5 million extension with the New York Knicks may have been a recent NBA revelation, but there’s some key context that seems to have inspired the deal.
Carmelo Anthony came to the Knicks from the Denver Nuggets ahead of the 2011 trade deadline after a season that saw him set the franchise record for points in a game and being named an all star for the seventh time.
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