Before Jalen Brunson was an NBA Champion, an NBA Finals MVP, or even the captain of the best team in the NBA right now, he was a free agent looking for his long-term home after beginning his career as a second-round pick by the Dallas Mavericks.
Despite interest from multiple teams, Brunson chose the Knicks and did so at a discount in the hopes of building a winner around him with the additional financial capital.
Fast forward to the second Saturday in June, and that decision unquestionably paid off, to the point where Charles Barkley happily declared him the best free agent signing in NBA history on
“I want to give him some credit,” Barkley declared. “I want to give, you know, obviously what you said about Brunson, I said, it’s the greatest free agent signing in NBA history, but also he took so much criticism for guys when he took a hundred million dollars less so they could go out and get other players. He deserved like, hey, listen, a hundred million dollars is a lot of money, but he wanted them to go out and get him some help, and they went on and got him some help and they are the World Champs.”
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