ESPN他新的文章一段話提到的
https://reurl.cc/VD3naN
Dallas could have signed Brunson to a four-year extension for as much as
$55.5 million before the season, but the Mavs didn't offer it then nor did
they engage in negotiations with Brunson's representatives. He was coming off
a disappointing first playoff series of his career, as former Mavs coach Rick
Carlisle drastically cut Brunson's minutes in the final few games of the
seven-game exit against the LA Clippers.
小牛可以在賽季開始前給Brunson 4年55.5M的合約(這是他們當時能開的最大數字)，但
小牛並沒有開，在他剛結束了讓人失望的季後賽初體驗，前小牛教練 Rick Carlisle在
那個系列賽中最後幾場大幅減少了他的上場時間
"It sat with me all summer," Brunson said at the start of training camp.
這感覺整個夏天都跟著我 Brunson在訓練營時說到
Nor were the Mavs willing to make that commitment midseason, when Brunson had
transitioned from sixth man to starter and was thriving. An extension would
have handcuffed the Mavs from including Brunson if a trade for a star
materialized. Dallas offered the extension immediately after the Feb. 10
trade deadline, when Mavs forward Dorian Finney-Smith signed an identical
deal.
小牛也不願意在季中做出這樣的保證，當Brunson已經從第6人打到先發並且越來越好
，一個延長續約會讓小牛無法把Brunson放入，假設要交易明星球員的包裹中，
而在2/10交易大限後，小牛馬上給出了Brunson延長續約，DFS在當時就達成了協議
"I told him once the season is started, that's it," Rick Brunson says. "I
told the Mavericks, 'Once the season is started, there's no contract talk,'
and I went back against my word. In January, I thought he did enough where he
deserved [the extension]. I said, 'Hey, take the money, man.' He wants
security. He wants to live here. And they declined.
"He didn't turn s