Did the Knicks do the right thing not to give in to Jazz’s demands for Donovan Mitchell’s transfer? The future will tell, of course, and we’ll probably have to wait two or three years for the answer. In the short term, the Cavaliers appear to be the big winners and New York may have lost. Short term.
The leaders ultimately preferred to bet RJ Barrett, with a four-year contract worth $ 120 million. A contract that the Knicks were not really willing to offer him this summer.
” They didn’t want to pay RJ now, they like it, but he’s not one of their playersExplains a source close to the Knicks, al New York post, recalling that it was the former management who had chosen the Canadian in the draft. ” The preference was to include him in an exchange with Donovan. If they had Donovan back without including Barrett, they wouldn’t have paid RJ now.“.
But now the Knicks have not wanted to give up and, to celebrate the occasion, they have decided to act by stretching their player. A way to send a message to your audience, that you appreciate the musician, but also Jazz. All without necessarily closing the doors to Donovan Mitchell as in three years he will be a free agent and the Knicks will always be able to position themselves on him.
Neither Brunson nor Barrett have maximum contracts and there is hope of amassing tens of millions of dollars to attract Mitchell.
| RJ Barrett | Percentage | It bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Squad | MJ | min | Strokes | 3pt | LF | Turned off | def | Until | Pd | Fte | int | Bp | ct | Pt |
| 2019-20 | NOW | 56 | 30 | 40.2 | 32.0 | 61.4 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 14.3 |
| 2020-21 | NOW | 72 | 35 | 44.1 | 40.1 | 74.6 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 17.6 |
| 2021-22 | NOW | 70 | 35 | 40.8 | 34.2 | 71.4 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 20.0 |
| Total | 198 | 34 | 41.8 | 35.7 | 69.7 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 17.5 | |
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