As the NBA continues, Investigation at the timing of Knicks‘point guard free agent acquisition Jalen Brunson, Athletic Fred Katz Analyze existing evidence. rumor Ahead of free agency in 2022, Branson has hinted at leaving the Mavericks for the Knicks on a new four-year, $104 million contract. When that chatter turned out to be true, the league chose to investigate what happened and when.
Katz is Jalen’s father and former New York point guard. Rick Bransonwas hired as an assistant coach under head coach Knicks Tom Thibodeau in june.Knicks team president Leon Rosewas the NBA agent who once represented Rick and has known both Bransons for decades.
Last year, the league chose to penalize the Bulls and Heat for perceived tampering violations in their 2021 sign-and-trade move. Lonzo Ball When Kyle Lowry, Respectively.each team coercion Abandon the following 2nd round picks.This year, in addition to the Knicks, the NBA investigating Sixers, due to possible tampering.
The Atlantic division also has:
- when Net point guard Kyrie Irving Brooklyn, who returned to his native New Jersey for the Pro-Am “More Than a Run” All-Star Game at Keene University, made a point of showcasing the moment on the team’s official social media platforms. Trying to decipher the tea leaves, Adam Zagoria at NJ.com It seems more likely that Irving will return to Brooklyn this fall, rather than being offloaded in a trade before the season. Kessler Edwards, David Duke Jr.When Lois O’Neal All were at the New Jersey event.
- heat point guard Kyle Lowryat some point during his successful run raptorstried to lure Vince Carter Back in Toronto, Lowry started working on Carter’s podcast The Vince Carter Show (twitter video link via Uninterrupted Canada). “At some point, we tried to get Vince back with us.” Raleigh said. “We had a conversation” Carter confirmed. “We tried to get it done, but it didn’t work.” Laurie continued. “I was one of the biggest supporters of trying to bring him back to Toronto, and Vince went all in. It’s unclear exactly when this recruitment took place, but it was likely quite late in Carter’s illustrious career. The Raptors originally drafted Carter with the No. 5 pick out of North Carolina. The 6-foot-6 winger was named to his first five All-Star teams while in Toronto before eventually being traded to the Nets during his sixth straight All-Star season in 2004/05. An eight-time All-Star overall, Carter went on to play an NBA-record 22 seasons. He retired in 2020 at age 43 after two years as a benchroll player for the Hawks.
- In case you missed it, the 6’11” Serbian power forward/center Philip Petrusevwas drafted with the 50th overall pick Sixers 2021, showed confidence with a Philadelphia development plan for him. Serbian native Petrusev will join Serbian club Crvena Zvezda for the 2022/23 season.
