The New York Knicks Are In Trouble With The NBA

According to Fred Katz of The Athletic, the New York Knicks are expected to be penalized for tampering. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Brunson signed with the Knicks after playing his entire career with the Dallas Mavericks.

On Thursday, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Jalen Brunson had left the Dallas Mavericks to sign with the New York Knicks.  

Free agent guard Jalen Brunson has agreed to a four-year, $104 million deal with the New York Knicks, his agents Aaron Mintz and Sam Rose of @CAA_Basketball tell ESPN. The deal includes a player option on the final season.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2022

Wojnarowski: "Free agent guard Jalen Brunson has agreed to a four-year, $104 million deal with the New York Knicks, his agents Aaron Mintz and Sam Rose of @CAA_Basketball tell ESPN. The deal includes a player option on the final season." 

Fred Katz of The Athletic, reports that the Knicks are expected to be penalized for tampering.  

The Knicks have unofficially landed Jalen Brunson.

I linked up with @tim_cato to discuss Brunson’s fit with the Knicks, replacing him in Dallas, conspiratorial ways to avoid tampering charges, and more.

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— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) July 4, 2022

Katz reported that the Mavs were not happy with the Knicks about how the situation played out (h/t NBC Sports and Bleacher Report). 

Knicks are expected to be penalized for tampering regarding their agreement with Jalen Brunson, per Fred Katz

Mavericks were 'frustrated' because reports of a finished contract between Brunson and Knicks came out before sides were allowed to speak to each other pic.twitter.com/RcqzhTCdt3

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 5, 2022

Brunson is 25-years-old, and helped the Mavs reach the Western Conference Finals last season. 

In the first three games of the playoffs, they played without their best player Luka Doncic, and Brunson helped lead them to a 2-1 lead against the Utah Jazz. 

He averaged 16.3 points on over 50% shooting from the field last season. 

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