Brunson's all-time salary cut, will there be a championship return?
Brunson renewed his contract with the Knicks ahead of schedule, taking more than 100 million less than next year's contract extension, showing a very selfless side. Of course, there are other factors besides selflessness. For example, his father's relationship with management, such as Brunson's own second-round pick, would consider taking a contract first, so as not to cause injuries and other unpredictable factors to lead to the result of long nights. Regardless, Brunson's contract extension allows the Knicks to successfully avoid the local tyrant line while chasing a championship, so can they get the top trophy in return?
Dream Green believes the Knicks won't win a championship because of the lack of a real scorer. This is ridiculous rhetoric. Brunson, who averaged nearly 29 points per game in the regular season last season and 32 points per game in the playoffs with injuries, is qualified as the leading scorer. Last season's champion Celtics, whether Tatum or Jaylen Brown, were not better scorers than Brunson, and their ability to attack at critical moments was not better than Brunson. Therefore, it is not convincing to use Dream Chasing as a reason to look down on the Knicks.
The Knicks are now a team that is both offensive and defensive, Brunson can guarantee the first firepower, Randle can continue the second firepower after his return, and the other major rotations are definitely the icing on the cake, if not scorers. The key is that the Knicks' defense has reached a very terrifying point, Bridges and Anunoby are already the strongest forward defensive combination in the league, Hart, DiVincenzo, Mitchell Robinson are also very good defensive players, and the Knicks' main rotation has at least five defensive giants, Brunson and Randle, who can safely play their hands on the offensive end.
With the current roster configuration, the Knicks don't have to worry too much about Randle dropping the chain in the playoffs. The biggest obstacle to their title is injuries. Anunoby, Randle, Hart and Brunson all suffered injuries of varying degrees last season, and even if Bridges is an iron man, it remains to be seen whether he will be "wearable" under Thibodeau. So whether the Knicks can compete for the championship depends on whether Thibodeau can change his thinking. #布伦森4年1 56.5 million salary renewal#
Objectively speaking, what are the prospects for Brownie's future development?
Bronny played in two Summer League games, and the statistics in these two games were 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, 3 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks! This data is really not very eye-catching, for Bronny's performance, many people say that Bronny does not have the ability of the NBA at all, and how long Bronny can stay in the NBA depends on when James retires!
To be honest, I think Bronny has a good chance of getting a foothold in the NBA!
First of all, everyone must have a clear positioning for Bronny, and we can't position him too high in the future just because his father is James! Objectively speaking, Bronny is only the 55th pick, and there are only a handful of people who can survive this pick in the NBA, so I can only say that Bronny's data in the summer league is more in line with his pick. In terms of Bronny's technical characteristics, his ball-holding ability is average, so his scoring ability on the offensive end is also average, and he is more of a catch-and-shoot shot! This technical characteristic dooms him to not be a core player in a team in the future! But his ability on the defensive end is good, defensive enthusiasm and physical confrontation are online, so Bronny's positioning should be the team's puzzle player, the function is relatively stable, refer to Beverley's technical characteristics, but Bronny's personality is not as flamboyant as Beverley, which is also destined that Bronny's ceiling may not reach Beverley's height!
Secondly, under the premise of not having a high positioning, Bronny's scoring resources are enough for him to survive in the NBA! First of all, the Lakers gave Bronny a rookie contract of 4 years and 7.9 million guaranteed contract, which is still rare for him to be the pick, this contract is enough to see how much the Lakers attach importance to Bronny, at least during this contract period, the Lakers give Bronny The training resources must be among the best among the rookies in the team! It is not surprising that Bronny will start from the Development League after the start of the new season, but the Lakers are likely to let Bronny serve as the starting point guard in the Development League, which is still a great improvement for Bronny's ability! In addition, James can teach by word and deed, which is very different from his college days, and now Bronny is on the Lakers, and James can teach him experience at any time, and at the extreme, Redick will give Bronny more opportunities to play because of James' existence! Even if James retires, there is still Rich Paul who can escort Bronny, and it is not a problem to use Fu Paul's connections in the league to give Bronny a position on the bad team!
To put it simply, with low personal positioning + abundant resources, Bronny has no problem surviving in the NBA!