But I disagree with the popular narrative that Leon, Aller and the rest of the management team wanted to go over the 2nd for Mitch this year and Dolan said “No”. That’s just speculation, politics and media nonsense.

I think Leon and his team laid out the possible scenarios and impacts for our chances this year, chances of Mitch getting hurt again, chances to extend the window of contention for this team, chances to retool now or around Brunson in a few years and extend his window, chances of being punished severely in terms of taxes and draft picks if they went over the 2nd apron this year and stayed over it as opposed to a future year – and it was a damn close call.

Unless something changes, I think they WILL go over the second apron in the future, just not for Mitch and not so soon.

That is some coincidence, KYN. Sometimes, things seem to be all connected. 😉

To make it more “extreme” she’s the only woman named Fatima I’ve met in my life!
That’s not a common name here.
She’s from another country.

If the point being made is that Leon and Brown are likel to be in agreement with personnel decisions, sure. I mean, under the circumstances, is Brown gonna object to signing Drummond?

OTOH, did Brown really want to keep Hukporti? I could see him being at odds with Leon on that one. There’s a situation where he possibly didn’t have much say.

Given that most personnel decisions this offseason are at the margins and apron-centric, perhaps agree. But otherwise disagree. The guy was brought in to collaborate and that seems to be what happened particularly the deadline moves.

Bottom line is that Dolan has taken full responsibility for the decision to not go into the second apron under any circumstances, so what Brown felt is pretty moot.

I also don’t think that Brown has much say in personnel decisions, beyond putting in his two cents. What I would hope is that every candidate that they have considered was analyzed thoroughly…film, character references, analytics, etc. It’s a pretty extreme “Moneybal” situation right now. All hands on deck. Getting the most marginal value out of the remaining roster spots and trade assets is the challenge.

Did he want Mitch gone? He was pretty unhappy with him just before the Finals began.