NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson now considers joining the Knicks the “best move,” but before he hit free agency in 2022, the All-Star point guard wanted to stick with the Dallas Mavericks, he said in a new interview. Brunson, now in the second season of a four-year, $104 million contract with the Knicks, maintains he was prepared to sign a significantly cheaper extension with Dallas before the 2021-22 season but the Mavericks took too long to commit. “I really did want to stay in Dallas,” Brunson, 27, said on the “All The Smoke” podcast. “Before my fourth season in Dallas, my last season in Dallas, w…
