LeBron agent Rich Paul puts Knicks on LeBron's whiteboard:
"It's difficult…
If Knicks hadn't won there'd be no board. He'd be going to Knicks…
Jalen Brunson would have to pick up phone & say…'It's no issue w me'"
Max: "Have Knicks called?
Paul: "Yeah…They checked in…
You want to respect what those guys have built…It's Jalen Brunson's show. He's earned that right…You want to respect that…
Sources: New York Knicks have tried feverishly to trade for New Orleans Pelicans center Yves Missi after losing Mitchell Robinson, but offers have been rejected multiple times. Pelicans view Missi as a vital core figure and the message is that he’s unavailable.
The Celtics are banking on Payton Pritchard making a Jalen Brunson-type leap, per @tomhaberstroh
“The Celtics trading [Jaylen] Brown is a bet that [Payton] Pritchard is their in-house version of New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, a diminutive player who didn’t fully show his talents until Luka Dončić was out of the picture.”
(Via @YahooSports )
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