{"id":409131,"date":"2022-10-13T18:36:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T18:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=409131"},"modified":"2022-10-14T02:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T02:22:38","slug":"luka-doncic-talking-about-jalen-brunson-drop-off-mavs-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/luka-doncic-talking-about-jalen-brunson-drop-off-mavs-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic Talking About Jalen Brunson Drop Off &#038; Mavs Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the month of June, according to a source who spoke to The Dallas Morning News, Jalen Brunson decided to sign a four-year, $100+ million deal with the New York Knicks, creating a significant gap in the Mavericks&#8217; starting backcourt and the team&#8217;s free-agent plans.<\/p>\n<p>Brunson&#8217;s team cancelled a meeting with owner Mark Cuban, general manager Nico Harrison, deputy general manager Michael Finley, and head coach Jason Kidd in New York just before the NBA&#8217;s bargaining window opened at 5 p.m. Dallas time on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bleacher Report ranked Luka Doncic as the No. 1 guard in the NBA \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MFFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vSuTPLKkOX\">pic.twitter.com\/vSuTPLKkOX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MFFL NATION (@NationMffl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NationMffl\/status\/1579928278558986241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAccording to the insider, the Mavericks&#8217; contingent had prepared the team&#8217;s &#8220;best pitch&#8221; for Brunson&#8217;s comeback and, at the very least, wanted to get face-to-face explanations of his reasons for leaving.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update from Mark Cuban at Mavs&#39; practice today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Mavs are &quot;working really hard&quot; to finalize a Luka Doncic reunion vs. Real Madrid next preseason: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l0wyFzanjm\">https:\/\/t.co\/l0wyFzanjm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Callie Caplan (@CallieCaplan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CallieCaplan\/status\/1580287002523553793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Brunson will now receive a higher salary.\u00a0 Over the next four years, the Knicks will pay him more than $25 million annually.\u00a0Quite a jump from his final season of a four-year rookie deal as the No. 33 pick in 2018 when he earned $1.8 million, making him the 334th-highest-paid player.<\/p>\n<h2>Luka Doncic On Jalen Brunson&#8217;s Drop Off<\/h2>\n<p>Doncic discussed the chances of the Mavericks in their new iteration and without Brunson with Callie Caplan of the Dallas Morning News. Doncic stressed that while they cannot replace him, they have fresh recruits who bring something new to the squad when asked if he feels there will be a &#8220;huge drop-off&#8221; with the rising star guard gone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jalen Brunson gets it to fall&#8230; AND 1!<\/p>\n<p>His footwork in the paint is TOUGH <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6LU7oQIvOD\">pic.twitter.com\/6LU7oQIvOD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1580340957589172224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Do you feel there will be a big drop-off from <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2022\/06\/30\/source-jalen-brunson-cancels-meeting-with-mavericks-intends-to-sign-with-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>losing Brunson<\/b><\/a><b>?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Doncic:<\/b>\u00a0&#8220;<em>It\u2019s always the same. I got like 340 questions about Brunson. We can\u2019t replace him. He\u2019s JB. You can see how much he gave us. He gave us a lot. Off the court, on the court, he was a great guy, a great teammate. But you know, we have new teammates. You\u2019ve got to focus on what we have, not what we don\u2019t have, and we\u2019ve just got to focus on our team here.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For Luka Doncic and the Mavs, this mindset is unquestionably the best. They ought to concentrate on their offseason additions in the same way that Jalen Brunson is already giving his new team, the New York Knicks, their full attention.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I&#39;m gonna make mistakes, but it&#39;s, how do I respond to those mistakes? How do I respond to different situations? Am I gonna sulk or am I gonna move on to the next play, have a short-memory, and try to be the best that I can be the next play?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jalen Brunson <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwqSW46cbE\">pic.twitter.com\/xwqSW46cbE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sny_knicks\/status\/1579950994623897601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even after essentially losing their second star behind the Slovenian phenomenon, Dallas is still one of the top teams in the West. They are actually a more well-rounded team now that JaVale McGee and Christian Wood have solved their frontcourt problems.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JALEN BRUNSON THAT&#39;S COLD \ud83e\udd76 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nBQh1VUePE\">pic.twitter.com\/nBQh1VUePE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KNICKS ON MSG (@KnicksMSGN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KnicksMSGN\/status\/1578534276835975169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the addition of JaVale McGee and the trade for Christian Wood, the Mavericks improved their frontcourt despite losing Jalen Brunson, who was arguably Dallas&#8217; second-best player last season. Superstar Luka Doncic appears to be in the finest shape of his career, which is another cause for excitement. The Mavs are trying to get out to a quick start in the Western Conference, which will be a tougher, healthier division after two consecutive years of sluggish beginnings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_2FsQJO2Fdk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/score\">NBA LIVE SCORE\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/schedule\">NBA SCHEDULE\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the month of June, according to a source who spoke to The Dallas Morning News, Jalen Brunson decided to sign a four-year, $100+ million deal with the New York Knicks, creating a significant gap in the Mavericks&#8217; starting backcourt and the team&#8217;s free-agent plans. Brunson&#8217;s team cancelled a meeting with owner Mark Cuban, general [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":256159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,51],"tags":[190,2400,369],"class_list":["post-409131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-mavericks","category-nba","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-luka-doncic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}