NBA Strips New York Knicks Of 2nd-Round Pick For Tampering With Jalen Brunson

The New York Knicks no longer have among their 2025 second-round choices — the NBA has actually concluded its examination into early totally free firm conversations with Jalen Brunson … and identified the group did, in reality, damage the guard.

The league revealed the penalty on Wednesday … stating the Knicks started their recruitment of the previous Dallas Mavericks gamer prior to the start of totally free firm this previous offseason.

Of course, there was constantly suspicion surrounding the acquisition … specifically thinking about Jalen’s father, Rick, ended up being an assistant with the Knicks simply one month prior to Brunson signed a four-year, $104 million handle New York in July.

On top of that, the Brunson household is really near to Leon Rose, the existing president of the Knicks.

The news of Jalen’s intents to sign with the Knicks recovered cost prior to the totally free firm duration began … so it ended up being apparent a probe was on the horizon.

On the intense side, the Knicks might still have 2 second-round choices in 2025 … thanks to trades with the Detroit Pistons and Brooklyn Nets.