Josh Hart is happy to see Jalen Brunson sign a long-term deal with the New York Knicks.
The New York Knicks and the rest of the city are elated to see the team sign Jalen Brunson to a four-year deal worth $156.6 million.
The Knicks would be happy to have Brunson back regardless of the price, but his deal costs a little more than $100 million less than what he could have signed had he waited until he opted out of his 2025-26 player option. It's one of the biggest sacrifices towards winning in NBA history, or even just work history, and nobody seems to be happier than his teammate Josh Hart.The Knicks showed signs of appeasing to Brunson and making him the focal point of the team when they signed him to a four-year, $104 million deal in the summer of 2022. He will play out that contract until the end of the 2025-26 season and then have this four-year, $156 million deal come into play.
The first move to build a team that catered to Brunson's desires came when the Knicks traded for Josh Hart in the middle of the 2022-23 campaign. Brunson and Hart were part of the 2016 NCAA champion Villanova Wildcats and now had a chance to play out their dreams together in the NBA.The Knicks doubled down on this Villanova connection by signing Donte DiVincenzo in free agency last summer and then trading for Mikal Bridges a few weeks ago.
With Brunson making this huge sacrifice, it could inspire some of his teammates to do the same. It's hard to win in the NBA as-is, so any possible way of making things easier on a front office can help, and that's what Brunson has done by signing this extension now instead of later.Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster.
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