{"id":85752,"date":"2024-07-12T17:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=85752"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:54:51","slug":"knicks-sign-franchise-leader-jalen-brunson-eye-opening-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/12\/knicks-sign-franchise-leader-jalen-brunson-eye-opening-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Sign Franchise Leader to Eye-Opening Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Knicks guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> has agreed to a four-year, $156.5 million contract extension, per ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In a largely unprecedented financial concession to give roster flexibility to a contender, New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson has agreed on a four-year, $156.5 million extension, his agent Sam Rose of CAA tells ESPN &#8212; $113M less guaranteed than he\u2019s eligible to receive in one\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DDJvz7TUlr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DDJvz7TUlr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1811867780884627697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A first-time All-Star in 2023-24, the 27-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/21\/knicks-jalen-brunson-sign-rich-contract-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">took an astounding pay cut<\/a> in order to help the Knicks maintain financial flexibility.<\/p>\n<h2>Knicks Agree To Eye-Opening Contract Extension With Jalen Brunson<\/h2>\n<p>Had Brunson waited until next offseason to sign his extension, he would\u2019ve been eligible for $113 million more in guaranteed salary. Notably, Brunson\u2019s agent \u2014Sam Rose of CAA Sports\u2014is the son of Knicks president Leon Rose. Brunson&#8217;s dad (Rick Brunson) is a Knicks assistant coach and a former client of the elder Rose.<\/p>\n<p>These deep-seated relationships are presumed to be among the primary factors in Brunson\u2019s decision to agree to the deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s how it looks <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AKsU33fmby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AKsU33fmby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1811868259597320374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With that being said, Brunson has a fourth-year player option on his contract that would allow him \u201cto recoup the rest of the $113 (million).\u201d If Brunson declines his player option, he\u2019ll be eligible to sign a four-year, $323 million extension in 2028. Should he bypass that option, he could still re-sign with the Knicks for five years and $418 million in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>However, Brunson will be 32 years old in 2028. Consequently, there\u2019s really no guarantee he\u2019ll ever be offered that contract.<\/p>\n<p>His play is largely predicated on his craftiness and shooting touch, so his game could age gracefully. For comparison, Dallas Mavericks guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> is 32 years old and at the top of his game. Nonetheless, Brunson wouldn\u2019t be the first or last player who declined as they crept past 30 years old. Considering his injury history, he could be one of the next ones.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word On Jalen Brunson<\/h3>\n<p>Regardless of what happens when it\u2019s time for Brunson\u2019s next contract, they at least have him locked in for the remainder of his prime.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jalen Brunson&#039;s ULTIMATE 23-24 Season Mixtape \ud83d\ude24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0EGLi65VuFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Emerging as their franchise leader last season, his talent level and heroics will help keep them in title contention. As of now, the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers are the favorites to come out of the East. However, if the Knicks manage to make <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/11\/knicks-timberwolves-should-make-splash-offseason-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">another major roster addition<\/a>, they\u2019ll make it a conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson has agreed to a four-year, $156.5 million contract extension, per ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski. In a largely unprecedented financial concession to give roster flexibility to a contender, New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson has agreed on a four-year, $156.5 million extension, his agent Sam Rose of CAA tells ESPN &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":85754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,3],"tags":[1417,49188,297],"class_list":["post-85752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-news","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-leon-rose","tag-nba-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}