{"id":93548,"date":"2024-08-30T11:42:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=93548"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:42:55","slug":"mark-cuban-jalen-brunson-confront-mavs-knicks-saga-head-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/30\/mark-cuban-jalen-brunson-confront-mavs-knicks-saga-head-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban, Jalen Brunson Confront Mavs-Knicks Saga Head-On"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a lengthy, insightful, and revealing interview on Fanatics Sportsbook\u2019s Roommates Show<\/em>, New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson<\/a> and former Dallas Mavericks controlling owner Mark Cuban hashed out the details of the infamous 2022 offseason. That year, Brunson left the Mavs after four seasons in Dallas. However, ever since he decided to sign with<\/a> the Knicks, there have been plenty of theories about why that happened.<\/p>\n

Ever the businessman, many believe that Cuban lowballed Brunson in an effort to cut costs. Brunson, looking to make a name for himself, was rumored to want to more scoring opportunities. These two theories aren\u2019t conflicting; they can both be true. Still, until Brunson and Cuban\u2019s sit-down, there wasn\u2019t much clarity about the situation.<\/p>\n

Mark Cuban, Jalen Brunson Confront Mavs-Knicks Saga Head-On<\/h2>\n

\u201cFrom my perspective,\u201d Brunson says, \u201cafter we played the game and lost Game 5 in the (2022) Western Conference Finals, I remember seeing on Twitter that Mark did a postgame interview. It was with our crew or whatever, and Mark was like, \u2018Hey, we can pay him the most money.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n