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“In the wake of Brunson’s decision [to extend], there were two questions NBA team executives and agents posed for both New York and the league:

Will Brunson’s extension decision start a trend of stars prioritizing roster building at the cost of significant finances in response to both the rapidly rising salary cap and the stringent apron rules in the league’s new collective bargaining agreement?

And what does Brunson’s new deal mean for Julius Randle, who on Saturday becomes eligible to sign a lucrative extension – and whose upcoming negotiations in New York, team executives told ESPN, will be the ultimate case study under the CBA?

“Is he Jalen Brunson?” one Western Conference executive told ESPN when commenting if Randle would be willing to compromise on his next contract, “or Paul George?”

The money available to re-sign your own players is so great, but the apron rules are so prohibitive, one Eastern Conference executive told ESPN: “There has to be a balance on how a team can remain competitive but also reward a player financially.”