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Which is part of the Knicks lore of Jalen Brunson.

Him taking less money freed them up to make some of the moves that they made, gave them some of the cap flexibility to make the moves that have put this team together.

Yeah, Marvin.

So say if Brunson only plays two more seasons as a Knick and they win the title this year, Jalen Brunson is going to be Reggie Jackson.

Yeah.

You weren't there for long, but what you did, we will never forget.

Right.

Incredible accomplishment.

Yeah, Dylan.

If they go on to win, do you think we'll see a trend of more players maybe opting for less money to kind of boost their roster?

No.

That was a semi-rhetorical question, but it seems like it's crazy, though, because it's been proven in football and stuff, too, like that works.

Of course it works.

If you give your team more flexibility, and we're seeing this to some degree.

Let's use LeBron as a recent example.

Most of the reporting that's out there says that LeBron is willing to take a little bit less, or maybe a lot less, to go back to Los Angeles.

But he wants to hear what the team is going to do with that money.

He doesn't want to take less just to save Mark Walter on luxury tax penalties.

He'll take less because it means they can go out and get a 3 and D guy to play alongside him, get a springy center, do some of the things that will help that team win a championship.

But more often than not, guys aren't taking less money to...