“If you can imagine, my phone was ringing a lot yesterday,” McDonough said. “The ideal time to get a deal done is whenever the best offer presents itself. So we’d be fine doing it sooner rather than later. At the same time, he’s under contract for this year plus next year. We sent him away from the team to eliminate that distraction. So we’re willing to do a deal, we’re open to do a deal whenever the best offer presents itself.”
“If you can imagine, my phone was ringing a lot yeste…
July 6, 2022 | 6:01 pm EDT Update
Expectation is that Jalen Brunson deal with Knicks won't be finalized today

Marc Stein: The expectation, I’m told, is that Jalen Brunson’s new deal to join the Knicks is unlikely to be finalized today as part of the Day 1 wave of signings and trades after the NBA moratorium was lifted. More on Brunson and a slew of around-the-league topics: marcstein.substack.com/p/more-nba-fre…
Rudy Gobert believes he was traded because Jazz felt their window to win with that group was closed

Ryan Miller: Rudy Gobert on why he thinks he was traded: “The window for winning is not always big. … I think the organization felt like we had maybe past that window. … I think they just felt like with the assets that they could get with me, it was better for them to go that way.”
Jon Krawczynski: Gobert: The goal is to win a championship. That’s what I came here to do.